Complex sentence: The Sowa surname first appears on church records in the late 17th century in the small towns and hamlets of the Soldau region of Ostpreussen, Preussen, Germany, an area in the north-central area of modern-day Poland and known as Działdowo.
Split into simpler sentences: The Sowa surname first appears on church records in the late 17th century in the small towns and hamlets of the Soldau region of Ostpreussen, Preussen, Germany. This area is located in the north-central area of modern-day Poland and is known as Działdowo.