This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RdC.2ACI/437.7.1.3.2.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Mary, It seems more proper to me to give the full name(s) of whose record(s) you are trying to locate and the name of the village where they lived, along with a date of birth or an approximate date. Grajewo is a gmina and parish, so people from the surrounding area would have also had their BMDs recorded in Grajewo. If you want Piotr to search all of the records in Grajewo, I think it would be appropriate to offer to pay him. He may also need a notorized statement giving him authorization to do research for you. Tina Ellis