https://forum.polishorigins.com/index.php Ask & share everything you would like to learn and tell about your origins in Poland en-EN (c) Copyright 2026 by PolishOrigins(TM) Forum forum@polishorigins.com (PolishOrigins Forum) forum@polishorigins.com (PolishOrigins Webmaster) Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:30:05 +0200 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:30:05 +0200 http://backend.userland.com/rss phpBB2 RSS Syndication Mod by Lucas 1 http://forum.polishorigins.com/templates/sephia/images/rss2.png https://forum.polishorigins.com/index.php Ask & share everything you would like to learn and tell about your origins in Poland https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=28457#28457 <br /> Author: <a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2547'>arielvfu</a><br /><br /> Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:16 am<br /><br /> <br /><br /> What are the chances that birth in 1938 would have been listed as Akt Znania and not as a normal birth act? <br /> <br /> my family member was born in Lodz and never was issued a birth certificate there (they left the city in 1939), we checked both USC and the Archive<br /> <br /> everybody keeps telling me that Akt znania is just for marriage but in the family we saw in the late 19th and early 20th century that in the same family some children shortly after birth were issued Akt znania while others had &quot;normal&quot; birth certificates - they came from a village not from Lodz itself<br /> <br /> what are the main reason to issue Akt Znania instead of a birth certificate? (did it cost less?, was it even allowed to issue akt znania for a baby in the big cities?)<br /> <br /> thank you https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=28457#28457 arielvfu Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:16 am https://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=28457#28457