History of the family Raczko

Raczko - ancient nobility of Russian origin in Lithuania, boyars and knights, higher nobility that where adopted into the Clan of Ostoja in the middle of 15th century. In early documents as for the position of the family members with power of judging they where barones.

Rafal Saczkowicz Raczko of Puczyce, judge in the earth Bielsko in 1470 and mayor in the Mielnik in 1484. Sons Rafal: Bartholomy, Vilnius cathedral canon in the 1493, Pawel of Ruskow, the army of the Bielsko in 1511, Jerzy in the Puczyce and Turosn, judge the earth in the Bielsko in 1514-1533 and secretary of Kings Sigismund the Old and in the year 1533, Jan in the Kibortyszki, Podubise and Ugiany in Samogitia.

In the following centuries, the family members of the righteous different functions available, and several deputies were in the Diets of elective Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and they were electors: Wladyslaw IV Waza, Stanislas Leszczynski, August II the Strong and Augustus Poniatowski, Stanislaus. In addition, the seal of Puczyc Raczko Stanislaus is located at the act of the Union of Lublin. With branches Samogitian-Lithuanian deputies of Samogitian earth was Vincent, Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki elector, and Jacob Raczko and his brother Anthony were Members of Convocation of the Diet in 1764, summoned to the Diet elective.

Subscribers to the books of nobility in the eighteenth / nineteenth / twentieth century include:

- In the gub. Vilnius: Ignacy and his sons Marcin and Dominic and his brother Vincent, Jacob's sons, grandsons of George and great-grandchildren of Simon (1804), Vincent and his sons Alexander, John, Francis and Constantine (1800 and 1850), Ignacy, Boniface, Kazimierz, and Vincent, sons Anthony, grandchildrens of Andrew (1800, 1849 and 1850), and after Maciej sons Vincent and Anthony with the sons Ignatius, Cajetan, Michael and Leonard (1851),

- In the province of Kaunas: descendants of Stanislaw, John, Joseph and Matthew, sons of Kazimierz, grandchildren of Andrew, great-grandchildren of Adam Wojciech (1795 and 1856),

- In the province of Vitebsk: Edward, Napoleon, Joseph, and Wladislav, sons of Francis, Dominic, grandsons of Onufry, grand-grandson of Wasyl (1870 and 1905).