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Re: Writing to Polish parishes

trk60 — Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:57 pm

Author: trk60

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:57 pm

Thank you Christina for the info, I actually just received a reply today from the Lomza branch of state archives in Bialystok. I had given up on them and sent a letter directly to the parish priest a few days ago, so now I'm trying to decide weather to wait to see if I get a response or to go ahead and order a search with state archives.

Tim.

Re: Writing to Polish parishes

introibo — Mon Mar 30, 2015 6:51 am

Author: introibo

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 6:51 am

I have written to Poland three times - once to diocesan archives, twice to a parish. Got fantastic results once from archives, once from archives...then no response from second parish. Oh well. It was worth it.
Christina W.

Re: Writing to Polish parishes

trk60 — Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:29 am

Author: trk60

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:29 am

Thank you Zenon, very helpful, I'm off to the post office.

Re: Writing to Polish parishes

Zenon — Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:48 am

Author: Zenon

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:48 am

Tim,

This issue was already raised in our Forum a few times before, for example here: http://polishorigins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=13831 or here: http://polishorigins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=13831 . From many conversations with our guests and with Polish priests I know that even if you write in English and send a donation there is no big chance that you receive any response. But we genealogists know that we have to be resourceful and sometimes stubborn to get the information we need

Writing to Polish parishes

trk60 — Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:23 pm

Author: trk60

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:23 pm

Hi, is it a good idea to contact a Polish parish to ask them to search for records of ancestors? Maybe there are previous posts on this subject that I have missed. Thanks, Tim.