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                                        <title>Marriage record translation</title>
                                        <link>https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=77893#77893</link>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=4019'&gt;marcelproust&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 5:31 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Białkowo&lt;br /&gt;
Number 6&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It happened in the village of Dulsk, on January 13th/25th, 1880, at 3 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We make it known that in the presence of the witnesses, Michał Baranowski, 33 years old and Mikołaj Niedziałkowski, 34 years old, workers living in Białkowo, a religious marriage was concluded, between:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Jan Melerski, a single man, a soldier with the rank of private, 25 years old, a worker living in Rudawa, who was born in the village of Rudawa, a son of the spouses: the late Wojciech Melerski and the living  Katarzyna Melerska nee Anusiak&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
and&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tekla Zbiczyńska, a miss, 20 years old, a daughter of the spouses: the late Michał Zbiczyński and the living Marianna Zbiczyńska nee Przybulska, who was born and lives at her mother's in Białkowo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This marriage was preceded by the three banns of marriage, announced in the parish churches in Nowogród and Dulsk, on: December 30th, 1879/January 11th, 1880, January 6th/18th, 1880 and January 13th/25th, 1880.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The newlyweds declared they did not enter into the prenuptial agreement.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The religious marriage ceremony was performer by the priest Tomasz Janowicz.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This act was read to the illiterate present and it was signed by Us only.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The administrator of the Dulsk parish, serving as Civil Registrar, priest Jan Spira.</description>
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                                        <author>marcelproust</author>
                                        <pubDate>Sun Mar 16, 2025 5:31 pm</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Re: Tracing a birth record</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=13475'&gt;MG2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 4:22 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Thank you so much to you both!  &lt;br /&gt;
I appreciate your time and kindness!</description>
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                                        <author>MG2025</author>
                                        <pubDate>Sun Mar 16, 2025 4:22 pm</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Re: Tracing a birth record</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=10015'&gt;Trish&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:55 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Hi MG and Marcel,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel, I didn't see that posted Anastazya's birth record already. I guess we were posting at the same time. Great minds think alike.  &lt;img src=&quot;images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Very Happy&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
MG,&lt;br /&gt;
Here is the marriage information on the parents of Anastazya. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;hhttps://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&amp;amp;lang=pol&amp;amp;bdm=S&amp;amp;w=02kp&amp;amp;rid=S&amp;amp;search_lastname=melerski&amp;amp;search_name=jan&amp;amp;search_lastname2=Zbiczy%C5%84ska&amp;amp;search_name2=tekla&amp;amp;from_date=&amp;amp;to_date=&amp;amp;rpp1=&amp;amp;ordertable=&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;hhttps://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&amp;amp;lang=pol&amp;amp;bdm=S&amp;amp;w=02kp&amp;amp;rid=S&amp;amp;search_lastname=melerski&amp;amp;search_name=jan&amp;amp;search_lastname2=Zbiczy%C5%84ska&amp;amp;search_name2=tekla&amp;amp;from_date=&amp;amp;to_date=&amp;amp;rpp1=&amp;amp;ordertable=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here is the actual record which was on familysearch.org. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVZ-JSYW-F?i=243&amp;amp;cat=52771&amp;amp;lang=en&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVZ-JSYW-F?i=243&amp;amp;cat=52771&amp;amp;lang=en&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You'll need to ask someone to translate the record for you. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here is a list of the other children born to Jan and Tekla.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&amp;amp;lang=pol&amp;amp;bdm=B&amp;amp;w=02kp&amp;amp;rid=B&amp;amp;search_lastname=melerski&amp;amp;search_name=jan&amp;amp;search_lastname2=Zbiczy%C5%84ska&amp;amp;search_name2=tekla&amp;amp;from_date=&amp;amp;to_date=&amp;amp;rpp1=&amp;amp;ordertable=&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&amp;amp;lang=pol&amp;amp;bdm=B&amp;amp;w=02kp&amp;amp;rid=B&amp;amp;search_lastname=melerski&amp;amp;search_name=jan&amp;amp;search_lastname2=Zbiczy%C5%84ska&amp;amp;search_name2=tekla&amp;amp;from_date=&amp;amp;to_date=&amp;amp;rpp1=&amp;amp;ordertable=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Regards,&lt;br /&gt;
Trish</description>
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                                        <author>Trish</author>
                                        <pubDate>Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:55 pm</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Translation</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=4019'&gt;marcelproust&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:43 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Białkowo&lt;br /&gt;
26&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It happened in the village of Dulsk, on March 29th/April 10th, 1895, at 3 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;
Appeared Jan Melerski, 39 years old, a peasant living in Białkowo, in the presence of the witnesses, Piotr Bogacki, 41 years old and Jan Kaźmirski, 39 years old, both peasants living in Białkowo and presented Us a newborn female child, informing that the child was born in Białkowo on March 28th/April 9th of the current year, at 12 o'clock at noon, to his legal wife, Tekla nee Zbiczyńska, 38 years old.&lt;br /&gt;
At The Holy Baptism, held today by the priest Jan Spira, the child was given the name Anastazja and her godparents were: Michał Kwiatkowski and Marianna Wiśniewska.&lt;br /&gt;
This act was read to the declarant and the witnesses, who all were illiterate and it was signed by Us only.&lt;br /&gt;
The administrator of the Dulsk parish, serving as Civil Registrar, priest Jan Spira.</description>
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                                        <author>marcelproust</author>
                                        <pubDate>Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:43 pm</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Re: Tracing a birth record</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=4019'&gt;marcelproust&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:37 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;90%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;3&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 	  &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;genmed&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;MG2025 wrote:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;	&lt;tr&gt;	  &lt;td class=&quot;quote&quot;&gt;Hello, I'm relatively new in my research of my Polish grandmother. I believe I found her birth record through Geneteka.pl (see attached). I tried the link to the scan of the document, but it's unavailable. What other ways can I access the document, either on line or a photocopy? Do I need to write to the office where the record is located, or is there another site that may allow me to look at it? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you in advance!&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;postbody&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here it is.</description>
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                                        <author>marcelproust</author>
                                        <pubDate>Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:37 pm</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Re: Tracing a birth record</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=10015'&gt;Trish&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:36 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;90%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;3&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 	  &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;genmed&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;marcelproust wrote:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;	&lt;tr&gt;	  &lt;td class=&quot;quote&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;90%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;3&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 	  &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;genmed&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;MG2025 wrote:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;	&lt;tr&gt;	  &lt;td class=&quot;quote&quot;&gt;Hello, I'm relatively new in my research of my Polish grandmother. I believe I found her birth record through Geneteka.pl (see attached). I tried the link to the scan of the document, but it's unavailable. What other ways can I access the document, either on line or a photocopy? Do I need to write to the office where the record is located, or is there another site that may allow me to look at it? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you in advance!&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;postbody&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Let me check it.&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;postbody&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi MG and Marcel,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here is the Anastazya's birth record. It was Scan #7. Marcel gave you the link to the actual location of the record. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
MG, you will have to ask Marcel to translate this record for you. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Regards,&lt;br /&gt;
Trish</description>
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                                        <author>Trish</author>
                                        <pubDate>Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:36 pm</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Re: Tracing a birth record</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=4019'&gt;marcelproust&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:29 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;90%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;3&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 	  &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;genmed&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;MG2025 wrote:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;	&lt;tr&gt;	  &lt;td class=&quot;quote&quot;&gt;Hello, I'm relatively new in my research of my Polish grandmother. I believe I found her birth record through Geneteka.pl (see attached). I tried the link to the scan of the document, but it's unavailable. What other ways can I access the document, either on line or a photocopy? Do I need to write to the office where the record is located, or is there another site that may allow me to look at it? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you in advance!&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;postbody&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is the direct link to this church book and the marriage record image:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.genealogiawarchiwach.pl/#query.type=ALL&amp;amp;query.facetQuery.date=1895&amp;amp;query.facetQuery.archiveTeam=Akta+Stanu+Cywilnego+Parafii+Rzymskokatolickiej+Dulsk&amp;amp;query.city=Dulsk&amp;amp;query.suggestion=false&amp;amp;query.thumbnails=false&amp;amp;query.facet=true&amp;amp;query.asc=false&amp;amp;query.sortMode=PUBLICATION&amp;amp;modal=257851820&amp;amp;personTree=false&amp;amp;goComments=false&amp;amp;searcher=big&amp;amp;query.query&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.genealogiawarchiwach.pl/#query.type=ALL&amp;amp;query.facetQuery.date=1895&amp;amp;query.facetQuery.archiveTeam=Akta+Stanu+Cywilnego+Parafii+Rzymskokatolickiej+Dulsk&amp;amp;query.city=Dulsk&amp;amp;query.suggestion=false&amp;amp;query.thumbnails=false&amp;amp;query.facet=true&amp;amp;query.asc=false&amp;amp;query.sortMode=PUBLICATION&amp;amp;modal=257851820&amp;amp;personTree=false&amp;amp;goComments=false&amp;amp;searcher=big&amp;amp;query.query&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I will translate it.</description>
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                                        <author>marcelproust</author>
                                        <pubDate>Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:29 pm</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Re: Tracing a birth record</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=13475'&gt;MG2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:28 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Thank you!!</description>
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                                        <author>MG2025</author>
                                        <pubDate>Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:28 pm</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Re: Tracing a birth record</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=4019'&gt;marcelproust&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:24 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;90%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;3&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 	  &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;genmed&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;MG2025 wrote:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;	&lt;tr&gt;	  &lt;td class=&quot;quote&quot;&gt;Hello, I'm relatively new in my research of my Polish grandmother. I believe I found her birth record through Geneteka.pl (see attached). I tried the link to the scan of the document, but it's unavailable. What other ways can I access the document, either on line or a photocopy? Do I need to write to the office where the record is located, or is there another site that may allow me to look at it? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you in advance!&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;postbody&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Let me check it.</description>
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                                        <author>marcelproust</author>
                                        <pubDate>Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:24 pm</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Tracing a birth record</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=13475'&gt;MG2025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:17 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Hello, I'm relatively new in my research of my Polish grandmother. I believe I found her birth record through Geneteka.pl (see attached). I tried the link to the scan of the document, but it's unavailable. What other ways can I access the document, either on line or a photocopy? Do I need to write to the office where the record is located, or is there another site that may allow me to look at it? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you in advance!</description>
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                                        <author>MG2025</author>
                                        <pubDate>Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:17 pm</pubDate>
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