Dear Mary, About going to the LDS library/FHC (Family History Center) - it will be a new experience, but it has been a tremendous help for me to use our local one (near Syracuse, NY). I had heard they had microfilmed records on many eastern European parishes, so I went in and asked the staff for help using the microfiched/computerized indexes to what resources are available. I found that the log of my grandmother's ancestral town's parish was indeed available (didn't even know the name, just looked for RC parish in that town - in the old days, one parish may have served a few towns, and you MAY need to check if, like many towns, your ancestral towns have new names since the 1880s when your folks were there). I walked in there a year and a day ago, Mary, knowing only that my grandmother Barbara Belensky had been born 2 Dec 1895 in Margecany, Slovakia, once spelled Margitfalva, and her dad probably in that area in May of 1859, her mom in April of 1863. I knew not one date or name farther back than that. Thank my thoughtful relatives for all living in one parish for many years - I now have traced back from my grandmother on both her parents' sides (most branches) an additional 5 generations!!! I've traced quite a number of folks to the 1720s, even a few (deducing from death dates) to the 1690s. It has been a joy! Of course, this roster is 90% Latin, 10% Hungarian - but don't let that daunt you. At http://www.iarelative.com/slovinky.htm, and at several sites linked to http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/sites.htm, you can find enough "translating lists" to get you started - you don't need to know ALL of Latin or Hungarian if you have a good, determined attitude... After all, the vocab to research the essentials of vital records is what, 200 words or less? "Mother", "Father", "Baptized", "died", "Farmer", "teacher", "married", "godparent", etc. - you don't need to know the whole language. You posted: <<I have never been to an LDS library...I want to go, but I'm afraid of being overwhelmed. Please tell me it won't be so. What is the first thing I should do when I go? I need to find out info about my grandfather, Piotr Wroblewski born August 28, 1887 in Sosnowice, Poland. My grandmother, Josefa Targosz was born March 19, 1889 in Wadowice, Poland. I want to find their birth records and marriage record. Please tell me what my first step should be when I get to the library. I don't know what churchs are in Sosnowice or the name of the province. In Wadowice the church might be St. Mary of Perpetual Succor. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.>> Ask the LDS staffer to help you look for those Polish towns, what records are available. There's a good likelihood that that very parish record will be available. You requisition that microfilm from the Salt Lake City LDS library - and the fees are quite reasonable, a few dollars for a few weeks' use. (Basic use of the FHC is free.) The staff will notify you when the film arrives. They may even have a video "orientation" to their facility. Ask for some help using the film viewer, if that's a new skill to you, and scan through for a known event, such as, go to the 1880s baptisms range, and look for your grandparents by name. These films are not indexed, so you'll have to just go along by date, scanning for their names. It's possible the dates as you've been told them are "off", so if you don't find them in 1887 and 1889 as expected, try scanning all of, say, 1882-1892, just to be sure. You may well find "grandpa" as a newly baptized baby, listed with his parents' names (in that era, you may see his mom's maiden name listed, too), date of birth and bapt, town of residence, possibly his father's occup., the names of the godparents, also note as to denom. in case it's, say, a Roman C. parish but one parent was Greek Cath, or whatever. IF you have no luck finding them, they may have attended another parish in a neighboring town, or may not have been RC after all; go back and try ordering another likely film, eg, next town over.