Harmsdorf
       
German name: Harmsdorf
Todays name: Niewiadowo
District: Cammin
Todays district: Zachodniopomorskie
Location: 14°54‘ Ost, 53°40‘ Nord
Location description: approx. 13 km north of Gollnow, approx. 38 km northeast of Stettin, approx. 43 km nbehind the GermanPolish border
Religion: ev.luth.
Church district: Basenthin
Church: The new church was made of bricks in 1836. The old wooden tower from the 18. century stayed first
Military unit: Kanton 18, Infanterieregiment 8 (in year 1734)
Municipality encyclopedia: IV-12-40

No detailed information to my knowledge

Population:
1734:  13 fireplaces, approx. 70-100 persons
1871: 125 persons, of which 6 in the related estate-district, see census data
1905: 119 persons, additionally 5 in the related estate-district
1928: 108 persons
1939:   89 persons
2000: 56 persons

Census data at the 1.December 1871 in the village:
119 Inhabitants, 60 male, 59 female, 75 localnative, 119 evangelist, 0 catholic, 0 jews, 23 children under 10 years, of the persons over 10 years 90 can read and write, 3 illiterates, 3 without indicationben. persons with physical defects: 0 blind ones, 0 deaf-mutes, 0 "stupids and lunatics", 2 are localabsent, altogether 18 residential buildings, 1 living place, 22 family households, 0 single households

Census data at the 1.December 1871 in the estate-district:
6 Inhabitants, 2 male, 4 female, 2 localnative, 6 evangelist, 0 catholic, 0 jews, 2 children under 10 years, of the persons over 10 years 3 can read and write, 1 illiterates, 0 without indicationben. persons with physical defects: 0 blind ones, 0 deaf-mutes, 0 "stupids and lunatics", 0 are localabsent, altogether 1 residential buildings, 1 living place, 1 family households, 0 single households

Families, i search for in Harmsdorf:
Ehlert, Krüger, Kindt, Retzlaff, Struck

Sources for ancestor research in Harmsdorf:
Mormons:
Internet:
Batch-Nr. : C999401 = Christenings 1850-1870
(http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp)

Films:
Christenings, Marriages, Deaths 1809-1842 -  FHL INTL Film [ 903349 ]
Christenings, Marriages, Deaths 1850-1870 -  FHL INTL Film [ 905033 Item 3 ]
Christenings  1850-1870 -  FHL INTL Film [ 883689 Item 1 ]

Books:
Trauregister Hinterpommern vor 1876. Kreis Naugard; Lfg. 2:Kreis Naugard; Marriages ca. 1844-1876; v. 1993 185 Seiten von Franz Schubert. www.degener-verlag.com ISBN 3-89364-205-6 23,30 Euro

New !!!
Pictures of my attendance in October 2004:
 
Impressions:
Though Harmsdorf is very small (see Population), it became my favourite on my journey. It's based very romantic between soft hills, meadows and forest. The houses and farms are the originals of before the war and look in a good shape, which wasn't everywhere the case.The church (meanwhile catholic) stands in the middle of the central place and is in a good shape too, unfortunately it was locked. It has a stork-nest on the chimney. I didn't see any shops, well, with only 56 inhabitants.... The cemetary is 200 meter north in the forest. It's rather big for this small village, framed by a brick-wall, and has still some old graves from the german time at the edge, mainly end of 19. century. Some crosses are broken, but some are still standing and readable (see pictures). I saw the names Krüger and Struck, which are amongst my ancestors from Harmsdorf, and the name Mittag.

Many thanks to Matthias Parpart, who send me his decryption of the names:
Christian Friedrich Krüger *08.10.1815 +12.03.1882
Hermann Krüger *19.04.1849 +10.07.1884
Ida Krüger *05.10.1889 +27.03.1896
Egbert August Richard Struck *??.??.18?? +??.??.18??
Franz August....Struck *22.04.1885 +20.04.1887
Ida Maria Tugendreich Struck *14.04.1881 +01.08.1881
Emma Emilie Mathilde Struck *14.01.1884 +01.02.1884
Erich Arthur Wilhelm Mittag *24.09.1884 +11.05.1885 
Gottfried Krüger *05.10.1813 + 24.??.1891 (my GrGr-Grandfather)

Conclusion: a romantic small village in a wonderful landscape.
If someone speaks polish: Here is a description of the village from the polish Gollnow-Homepage:
http://www.goleniow.pl/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=156