Folks, About six weeks ago I posted a message to this group asking for help with the translation of inscriptions in Polish written on the backs of some photos I had inherited. Several people responded with good suggestions about posting the photos at other sites and then sending a note to this group with the appropriate links. I am now able to do this and will take advantage of this new ability in the future. (I travel a lot, which is why it took so long). In the meantime, Joe Armata responded with an offer to help if I sent images directly to him. I took advantage of Joe's kind offer and he has helped me to complete the task of translating about 25 photo inscriptions from Polish to English. Actually, Joe did most of the work but I did learn quite a bit from working with him (and I now have Shea and Hoffman's book "In Their Words..."). I know that this group is set up for the purpose of exchanging information and helping others with their research. Still, I would like to publicly thank Joe for his significant help with this task because I know it took a significant amount of his time, he did it for a complete stranger, and it means so much to me as I try to come up the hill on another foreign language. Lest I forget, I should also acknowledge past help from Andy Kowaluk and Agata Krzywicka. Jim DeGraff Houston, TX

Bill, Thanks for this additional tip. Sometimes an indirect lead turns into the one that bears fruit, so I'll definitely follow up on this. Jim >>From the book "A Question of Honor" in 1943 "Inn Scotland more than 30,000 >>troops of the I Polish Corps continued there training while awaiting the >>cross-Channel invasion of Europe." "They had spent the previous three >>years guarding the British shores from German invasion." "Also undergoing >>intensive training in Scotland was the 1st Independent Polish Parachute >>Brigade." > > The 1st Polish Corps also included the 4th Infantry Division and 16th > Independent Armored Brigade. You can Google I Polish Corps and you may > find things that are helpful. Sorry that I could not answer your direct > question. > > Bill Rutkowski > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > [email protected] > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm hoping to correspond with any Samiecs with relatives or descendants from the Krakow area. My grandfather came here from the village of Wola Zelichowska, Stopnica (county), Kiellce (province) (papers in Russian) although passenger manifests list the village of Solec as his home. It appears that his village is approximately 50 km from Krakow. He traveled with three others: Domial Ydzik, Piotr Bos, Marcin Kaprol and Jakob Osin; leaving Hamburg Germany on May 8, 1913 on the ship Pretoria. They arrived at Ellis Island on May 22, 1913. Records indicate they traveled to Clifton Springs, NY, then Piotr Samiec and Domial Ydzik moved to the Batavia, NY area where work was apparently readily available. If any of these names are familiar to you, please contact me, I'd love to hear from you. Thanks for reading my message. Peter Samiec [email protected]

Can someone Please give us step by steps how to put pictures into Pisasa and then put them into FTM or Ancestry.com Help is really appreciated. Barb & Dee

Jim: >From the book "A Question of Honor" in 1943 "Inn Scotland more than 30,000 troops of the I Polish Corps continued there training while awaiting the cross-Channel invasion of Europe." "They had spent the previous three years guarding the British shores from German invasion." "Also undergoing intensive training in Scotland was the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade." The 1st Polish Corps also included the 4th Infantry Division and 16th Independent Armored Brigade. You can Google I Polish Corps and you may find things that are helpful. Sorry that I could not answer your direct question. Bill Rutkowski

Records under 100 years old can be found in the local parish and/or the local goverment agency, which covers the gmina. If you know the village where they were born, married or died, used http://mapa.szukacz.pl to learn the name of the gmina. When you know that, you can use Google to find the office by searching for ______ (village or town name) and the word urzad. Be careful. If it is Jelenia Gora, you will find one for the miasto (city) and one for the powiat (county). As far as parishes go, most are in the town where the gmina urzad are located. Sometimes you will find places that have different towns for the parish and gmina urzad. The more information you have at hand, the quicker your search will go. Knowing exact places of birth or exact parish is important. I have not documents on my grandfather saying the name of his birth village. He only listed Bakalarzewo (parish) or Suwalki (county and/or province). You can learn the name of the local parish by using this site: http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny. This is from a set of books giving geographical information, history and statistics on places in the old Kingdom of Poland. It took them from 1880 through 1914 to gather and print all the information on these places in Poland. Since some parishes were destroyed during WW I and WW II and some had boundary, check this site to see if there is still a church there. This site gives you the year they were established: http://parafie.genealodzy.pl/. Some tell you which records have been forward to the archdioceses for storage. If you know where the families lived or may be now living, you can write to the parishes or the gmina headquarters for help in locating them. The LDS has filmed a sizable amount of old records from Poland. Once you learn the gmina and parish, check their online catalog at http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp. This is their site to locate an LDS Family History Center, where you can rent the film and copy all the records you want: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp. If you are trying to find family and all else fails in locating them you can write to this address: Centralne Biuro Adresowe ul. Kazimierzowska 60 02-543 Warsaw Poland You will need to give them the name of the person, when born, where they lived, and parents names if possible. This is for tracing living people. This is the website for the Polish Red Cross. They can help with locating living and deceased persons: http://www.pck.pl/. This is one for tracing people who ended up in concentration and labor camps: http://www.its-arolsen.org/en/contact_information/index.html. There may be others you have different sources. Happy hunting. Tina Ellis On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:52 AM, Watson's <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to thank everyone who answered my message only a week ago. > I have found my Grandmother, Aunt and Uncle who were all deported. My Aunt > and Uncle seem to have been repatriated, which we didn't know, we thought > they had perished in the camps. So maybe they married and had children, in > which case cousins are out there! So sad my Father didn't know they had > survived the war. > I am now looking for birth, death and marriage certificates. Are these kept > in a central location or in each parish or town? Bearing in mind we still > don't know where they were repatriated too. Although I think my Uncle may > now be in western Poland possibly near Jelenia Gora? > Any further help would be fantastic! > Anita Watson > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > [email protected] > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I would like to thank everyone who answered my message only a week ago. I have found my Grandmother, Aunt and Uncle who were all deported. My Aunt and Uncle seem to have been repatriated, which we didn't know, we thought they had perished in the camps. So maybe they married and had children, in which case cousins are out there! So sad my Father didn't know they had survived the war. I am now looking for birth, death and marriage certificates. Are these kept in a central location or in each parish or town? Bearing in mind we still don't know where they were repatriated too. Although I think my Uncle may now be in western Poland possibly near Jelenia Gora? Any further help would be fantastic! Anita Watson

Roman, Thank you so much! That is really helpful. Barb In a message dated 10/31/2010 5:51:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Barbara, It's fairly clear that Wólka Szlachecka belongs to the Franknowo parish. There is no need to speculate. Both villages were in Germany (Kr. Rössel, East Prussia) prior to WW-II. The German names are Adlig Wolka and Frankenau. And today both belong to the same civil administration (village council) of Franknowo. Roman On 10/31/2010 12:04 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Thanks to both Roman & Debbie for your comments and sugestions. > It sounds to me like maybe Wolka Szlachecka was absorbed into Franknowo > but I am an amateur at this, so of course that is only speculation on my > part. Debbie I will take your advice and send an email. I'll report back > when I hear. Thanks again Roman & Debbie I really really appreciate the help. > Barb > ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Barbara, It's fairly clear that Wólka Szlachecka belongs to the Franknowo parish. There is no need to speculate. Both villages were in Germany (Kr. Rössel, East Prussia) prior to WW-II. The German names are Adlig Wolka and Frankenau. And today both belong to the same civil administration (village council) of Franknowo. Roman On 10/31/2010 12:04 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Thanks to both Roman & Debbie for your comments and sugestions. > It sounds to me like maybe Wolka Szlachecka was absorbed into Franknowo > but I am an amateur at this, so of course that is only speculation on my > part. Debbie I will take your advice and send an email. I'll report back > when I hear. Thanks again Roman & Debbie I really really appreciate the help. > Barb >

Thanks to both Roman & Debbie for your comments and sugestions. It sounds to me like maybe Wolka Szlachecka was absorbed into Franknowo but I am an amateur at this, so of course that is only speculation on my part. Debbie I will take your advice and send an email. I'll report back when I hear. Thanks again Roman & Debbie I really really appreciate the help. Barb In a message dated 10/30/2010 10:00:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Roman and Barb, I don't know why I keep having trouble with that site. If Franknowo had a web site it would probably list its member villages and we would know for sure whether Wólka Szlachecka is in that parish. I am out of town so I can't spend a lot of time on this now. I think Barb should send an email to the Archdiocese of Warminska and ask in which parish Wólka Szlachecka is located. Debbie Roman wrote: > Let's take a look at this... > > The WEB site >> http://archidiecezjawarminska.pl/ > works for me - I had no problems manipulating it. Perhaps they know that > I understand Polish. :) > > The "Dekanaty i Parafie" will produce a list of parishes in that > Archdiocese. However, Wólka Szlachecka is not on the list. But Franknowo > (previously Frankenau) is listed: >> http://archidiecezjawarminska.pl/node/142 > > Neither Franknowo nor Wólka Szlachecka are listed under the menu item > "parafialne strony internetowe" (Parish Internet Pages). > > In the middle of the 19th century Wólka Szlachecka belonged to the > parish in Franknowo. The Polish Słownik Geograficzny contains an item on > Franknowo but does not list Wólka Szlachecka. > > Cheers, > > Roman > > > On 10/29/2010 1:25 PM, Debbie Greenlee wrote: >> Barb, >> >> Now that I can get onto that site, it still doesn't work right. >> In the right hand column under "warte twojej uwagi" is a link titled, >> "parafialne strony internetowe", which isn't working now. I think if >> that link worked you'd be able to do a search to find out whether >> Wo~lka Szlachecka village is served by the parish in Franknowo. >> >> At the top of the page is "Dekanaty i Parafie" which also doesn't seem >> to work either. >> >> If you can't get information from this web site then I think you >> should email the archdiocese and just ask in which parish is the >> village of Wo~lka Szlachecka located. [email protected] >> >> >> Debbie >> >> [email protected] wrote: >>> Debbie, >>> Thanks for the information you provided. I did go to the web site >>> listed below but did not find Wolka Szlachecka as one of the villages/towns. Of >>> course the web site is in Polish so maybe I missed something. Do you have >>> any other thoughts on this? >>> Thanks again. >>> Barb >>> >>> >>> In a message dated 10/28/2010 3:10:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >>> [email protected] writes: >>> >>> Barb, >>> >>> Looks like the parish for Wo~lka Szlachecka is located in Franknowo >>> which would be in the Archdiocese of Warminska. >>> http://archidiecezjawarminska.pl/ >>> but the site appears to be down so I can't be sure that Wo~lka >>> Szlachecka is actually in that parish. Hopefully the site will be >>> back-up soon. >>> >>> LDS has filmed some records from Franknowo parish but they may be too >>> far back for you right now. >>> http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?dis >>> play=titledetails&titleno=203359&disp=Kirchenbuch%20%20&columns=*,0,0 >>> >>> Debbie >>> >>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> Would anyone have knowledge of what Roman Catholic parish would >>> serve Wolka Szlachecka, Poland today regarding records for the late 1800's? >>>> Also would anyone know where the civil archives are located for >>> Wolka Szlachecka, Poland? >>>> Thanks any and all help is appreciated. >>>> Barb >>> ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Roman and Barb, I don't know why I keep having trouble with that site. If Franknowo had a web site it would probably list its member villages and we would know for sure whether Wólka Szlachecka is in that parish. I am out of town so I can't spend a lot of time on this now. I think Barb should send an email to the Archdiocese of Warminska and ask in which parish Wólka Szlachecka is located. Debbie Roman wrote: > Let's take a look at this... > > The WEB site >> http://archidiecezjawarminska.pl/ > works for me - I had no problems manipulating it. Perhaps they know that > I understand Polish. :) > > The "Dekanaty i Parafie" will produce a list of parishes in that > Archdiocese. However, Wólka Szlachecka is not on the list. But Franknowo > (previously Frankenau) is listed: >> http://archidiecezjawarminska.pl/node/142 > > Neither Franknowo nor Wólka Szlachecka are listed under the menu item > "parafialne strony internetowe" (Parish Internet Pages). > > In the middle of the 19th century Wólka Szlachecka belonged to the > parish in Franknowo. The Polish Słownik Geograficzny contains an item on > Franknowo but does not list Wólka Szlachecka. > > Cheers, > > Roman > > > On 10/29/2010 1:25 PM, Debbie Greenlee wrote: >> Barb, >> >> Now that I can get onto that site, it still doesn't work right. >> In the right hand column under "warte twojej uwagi" is a link titled, >> "parafialne strony internetowe", which isn't working now. I think if >> that link worked you'd be able to do a search to find out whether >> Wo~lka Szlachecka village is served by the parish in Franknowo. >> >> At the top of the page is "Dekanaty i Parafie" which also doesn't seem >> to work either. >> >> If you can't get information from this web site then I think you >> should email the archdiocese and just ask in which parish is the >> village of Wo~lka Szlachecka located. [email protected] >> >> >> Debbie >> >> [email protected] wrote: >>> Debbie, >>> Thanks for the information you provided. I did go to the web site >>> listed below but did not find Wolka Szlachecka as one of the villages/towns. Of >>> course the web site is in Polish so maybe I missed something. Do you have >>> any other thoughts on this? >>> Thanks again. >>> Barb >>> >>> >>> In a message dated 10/28/2010 3:10:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >>> [email protected] writes: >>> >>> Barb, >>> >>> Looks like the parish for Wo~lka Szlachecka is located in Franknowo >>> which would be in the Archdiocese of Warminska. >>> http://archidiecezjawarminska.pl/ >>> but the site appears to be down so I can't be sure that Wo~lka >>> Szlachecka is actually in that parish. Hopefully the site will be >>> back-up soon. >>> >>> LDS has filmed some records from Franknowo parish but they may be too >>> far back for you right now. >>> http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?dis >>> play=titledetails&titleno=203359&disp=Kirchenbuch%20%20&columns=*,0,0 >>> >>> Debbie >>> >>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> Would anyone have knowledge of what Roman Catholic parish would >>> serve Wolka Szlachecka, Poland today regarding records for the late 1800's? >>>> Also would anyone know where the civil archives are located for >>> Wolka Szlachecka, Poland? >>>> Thanks any and all help is appreciated. >>>> Barb >>>

Stephanie, As Elaine mentioned you can only do this through a bank wire transfer and the fees charged by your bank and the intermediary bank (a New York bank) can easily add up to more than what the Torun~ branch of the Wl~ocl~awek Civil Archives would charge you. Check out US Money Express here: http://www.usmoneyexpress.com/ you can give/send them the money and for a smaller fee than your bank charges, they will transfer the money to the archives. I have used this service several times both as a wire transfer and to deliver cash in Poland and I never had a problem. You must tell the people who wire the money to include your name and address, the archive's correspondence number (Nasz znak: 843-73/10) then you need to send the archive an email telling them you've wired the money through US Money Express and again, listing their control number Nasz znak: 843-73/10. One problem though. Usually the archives indicate how much money they want up front. Once they actually locate records they will contact you again telling you generally what they found and how much it will cost above your deposit. This is where it gets expensive because of what US banks charge to press a button on their keyboards. The archives usually ask for around $30.00 per deposit. If you went through a bank, sent the deposit and then at the end send the archives more money you will have paid more than $80.00 in fees. Debbie Stephanie Hsu wrote: > Hi, > Has anyone accessed documents from the Włocławek Archives? Here is the link: http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en&miejscowosc=strzelno&gmina=&wojewodztwo_id=0&wyznanie_id=0&rodzajaktu_id=0&search=search > > I have contacted them regarding some documents, but I don't understand how to pay them. If I go to my bank to try to do this, what information do I give to the bank? > > Thanks in advance, > Stephanie > > > > > This is the information sent to me: > > Archiwum Państwowe w Touniu Oddział we Włocławku > Nasz znak: 843-73/10 > > > > Archiwum Państwowe w Touniu Oddział we Włocławku informuje, że wpłatę należy uiścic na następujące konto bankowe: > > ARCHIWUM PAŃSTWOWE W TORUNIU, PL. RAPACKIEGO 4 > NBP o/o. Bydgoszcz PL 39 1010 1078 0020 4613 9150 0000 NBPLPLPW > > Opłate należy uiścić poprzez bezpośrednią wpłatę na konto bankowe, ponieważ Archiwum nie przyjmuje czeków ani gotówki. > > > I don't read or understand Polish, so this is what I understand using google translate: > > National Archives Branch in Włocławek Toruniu > Our sign: 843-73/10 > > > > National Archives Branch in Włocławek Touniu indicates that the deposit must be paid to the following bank account: > > State Archives in Toruń, PL. Rapacki 4 > NBP o / o. Bydgoszcz PL 39 1010 1078 0020 4613 9150 0000 NBPLPLPW > > The fee must be paid by direct deposit into your bank account, because the archive does not accept checks or cash. >

Stephanie, Last year I tried to get birth certificates and the only payment they accept is a bank transfer from your bank to the archives account and it must be in Zlotys. I finally had to hire a researcher to get me the documents. She was reasonable and she also traced records back to 1700s on my family that I didn't know I had. Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephanie Hsu" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 10:40 AM Subject: [POLAND] Włocławek Archives > Hi, > Has anyone accessed documents from the Włocławek Archives? Here is the > link: > http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en&miejscowosc=strzelno&gmina=&wojewodztwo_id=0&wyznanie_id=0&rodzajaktu_id=0&search=search > > I have contacted them regarding some documents, but I don't understand how > to pay them. If I go to my bank to try to do this, what information do I > give to the bank? > > Thanks in advance, > Stephanie > > > > > This is the information sent to me: > > Archiwum Państwowe w Touniu Oddział we Włocławku > Nasz znak: 843-73/10 > > > > Archiwum Państwowe w Touniu Oddział we Włocławku informuje, że wpłatę > należy uiścic na następujące konto bankowe: > > ARCHIWUM PAŃSTWOWE W TORUNIU, PL. RAPACKIEGO 4 > NBP o/o. Bydgoszcz PL 39 1010 1078 0020 4613 9150 0000 > NBPLPLPW > > Opłate należy uiścić poprzez bezpośrednią wpłatę na konto bankowe, > ponieważ Archiwum nie przyjmuje czeków ani gotówki. > > > I don't read or understand Polish, so this is what I understand using > google translate: > > National Archives Branch in Włocławek Touniu > Our sign: 843-73/10 > > > > National Archives Branch in Włocławek Touniu indicates that the deposit > must be paid to the following bank account: > > State Archives in Toruń, PL. Rapacki 4 > NBP o / o. Bydgoszcz PL 39 1010 1078 0020 4613 9150 0000 > NBPLPLPW > > The fee must be paid by direct deposit into your bank account, because the > archive does not accept checks or cash. > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > [email protected] > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

--- On Sat, 10/30/10, Jim DeGraff <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > Thanks, this is the type of information I was looking > for.=A0 I'll check all > three sites in your note as I don't actually kno= w what> happened to the > person during or after the war.=A0 Jim: Here's another one for you. I remember the Perth ones as being "pink" = stone; however, it had been raining heavily and that might have changed the= color of the stone. Might pay to check this site first! PD http://www.derekcrowe.com/poland/wargraves/default.aspx

PolishDragon, Thanks, this is the type of information I was looking for. I'll check all three sites in your note as I don't actually know what happened to the person during or after the war. I'm hoping to work through his records to identify descendants in Poland that I could contact about family history. Jim DeGraff Houston, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [POLAND] Polish Army in the West Records --- On Thu, 10/28/10, Jim DeGraff <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jim DeGraff <[email protected]> > Subject: [POLAND] Polish Army in the West Records > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 11:15 PM > I've done some Googling on this, but > still could use some advice on where to > write or look for personnel records of Polish soldiers > stationed at St. > Andrews, Scotland during WWII. Jim: This website which you may have already seen would appear to be compehensive and knowledgeable: http://www.ostrycharz.free-online.co.uk/OB.html Did he die in the war? might be listed on Commonwealth War Graves site: http://www.cwgc.org and that would provide a military number for search purposes. There are numerous Polish War Graves in Scotland's cemeteries. Did he die in Scotland after the war? Then, Scotlands People is the place to go: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Pay a small fee and download up to 1950. "A Question of Honor" by Olson & Cloud (about the Polish Air Squadron) has a great bibliography and acknowledgements at the back. See if your local library has a copy. It does say Sikorsky Museum in England has info on Polish Army also, but Sikorsky website doesn't mention it. Good hunting. [email protected] ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, Has anyone accessed documents from the Włocławek Archives? Here is the link: http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en&miejscowosc=strzelno&gmina=&wojewodztwo_id=0&wyznanie_id=0&rodzajaktu_id=0&search=search I have contacted them regarding some documents, but I don't understand how to pay them. If I go to my bank to try to do this, what information do I give to the bank? Thanks in advance, Stephanie This is the information sent to me: Archiwum Państwowe w Touniu Oddział we Włocławku Nasz znak: 843-73/10 Archiwum Państwowe w Touniu Oddział we Włocławku informuje, że wpłatę należy uiścic na następujące konto bankowe: ARCHIWUM PAŃSTWOWE W TORUNIU, PL. RAPACKIEGO 4 NBP o/o. Bydgoszcz PL 39 1010 1078 0020 4613 9150 0000 NBPLPLPW Opłate należy uiścić poprzez bezpośrednią wpłatę na konto bankowe, ponieważ Archiwum nie przyjmuje czeków ani gotówki. I don't read or understand Polish, so this is what I understand using google translate: National Archives Branch in Włocławek Touniu Our sign: 843-73/10 National Archives Branch in Włocławek Touniu indicates that the deposit must be paid to the following bank account: State Archives in Toruń, PL. Rapacki 4 NBP o / o. Bydgoszcz PL 39 1010 1078 0020 4613 9150 0000 NBPLPLPW The fee must be paid by direct deposit into your bank account, because the archive does not accept checks or cash.

Let's take a look at this... The WEB site > http://archidiecezjawarminska.pl/ works for me - I had no problems manipulating it. Perhaps they know that I understand Polish. :) The "Dekanaty i Parafie" will produce a list of parishes in that Archdiocese. However, Wólka Szlachecka is not on the list. But Franknowo (previously Frankenau) is listed: > http://archidiecezjawarminska.pl/node/142 Neither Franknowo nor Wólka Szlachecka are listed under the menu item "parafialne strony internetowe" (Parish Internet Pages). In the middle of the 19th century Wólka Szlachecka belonged to the parish in Franknowo. The Polish Słownik Geograficzny contains an item on Franknowo but does not list Wólka Szlachecka. Cheers, Roman On 10/29/2010 1:25 PM, Debbie Greenlee wrote: > Barb, > > Now that I can get onto that site, it still doesn't work right. > In the right hand column under "warte twojej uwagi" is a link titled, > "parafialne strony internetowe", which isn't working now. I think if > that link worked you'd be able to do a search to find out whether > Wo~lka Szlachecka village is served by the parish in Franknowo. > > At the top of the page is "Dekanaty i Parafie" which also doesn't seem > to work either. > > If you can't get information from this web site then I think you > should email the archdiocese and just ask in which parish is the > village of Wo~lka Szlachecka located. [email protected] > > > Debbie > > [email protected] wrote: >> Debbie, >> Thanks for the information you provided. I did go to the web site >> listed below but did not find Wolka Szlachecka as one of the villages/towns. Of >> course the web site is in Polish so maybe I missed something. Do you have >> any other thoughts on this? >> Thanks again. >> Barb >> >> >> In a message dated 10/28/2010 3:10:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> Barb, >> >> Looks like the parish for Wo~lka Szlachecka is located in Franknowo >> which would be in the Archdiocese of Warminska. >> http://archidiecezjawarminska.pl/ >> but the site appears to be down so I can't be sure that Wo~lka >> Szlachecka is actually in that parish. Hopefully the site will be >> back-up soon. >> >> LDS has filmed some records from Franknowo parish but they may be too >> far back for you right now. >> http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?dis >> play=titledetails&titleno=203359&disp=Kirchenbuch%20%20&columns=*,0,0 >> >> Debbie >> >> [email protected] wrote: >>> Hi, >>> Would anyone have knowledge of what Roman Catholic parish would >> serve Wolka Szlachecka, Poland today regarding records for the late 1800's? >>> Also would anyone know where the civil archives are located for >> Wolka Szlachecka, Poland? >>> Thanks any and all help is appreciated. >>> Barb >>> >>

Barb, Now that I can get onto that site, it still doesn't work right. In the right hand column under "warte twojej uwagi" is a link titled, "parafialne strony internetowe", which isn't working now. I think if that link worked you'd be able to do a search to find out whether Wo~lka Szlachecka village is served by the parish in Franknowo. At the top of the page is "Dekanaty i Parafie" which also doesn't seem to work either. If you can't get information from this web site then I think you should email the archdiocese and just ask in which parish is the village of Wo~lka Szlachecka located. [email protected] Debbie [email protected] wrote: > Debbie, > Thanks for the information you provided. I did go to the web site > listed below but did not find Wolka Szlachecka as one of the villages/towns. Of > course the web site is in Polish so maybe I missed something. Do you have > any other thoughts on this? > Thanks again. > Barb > > > In a message dated 10/28/2010 3:10:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Barb, > > Looks like the parish for Wo~lka Szlachecka is located in Franknowo > which would be in the Archdiocese of Warminska. > http://archidiecezjawarminska.pl/ > but the site appears to be down so I can't be sure that Wo~lka > Szlachecka is actually in that parish. Hopefully the site will be > back-up soon. > > LDS has filmed some records from Franknowo parish but they may be too > far back for you right now. > http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?dis > play=titledetails&titleno=203359&disp=Kirchenbuch%20%20&columns=*,0,0 > > Debbie > > [email protected] wrote: >> Hi, >> Would anyone have knowledge of what Roman Catholic parish would > serve Wolka Szlachecka, Poland today regarding records for the late 1800's? >> Also would anyone know where the civil archives are located for > Wolka Szlachecka, Poland? >> Thanks any and all help is appreciated. >> Barb >> >

--- On Thu, 10/28/10, Jim DeGraff <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jim DeGraff <[email protected]> > Subject: [POLAND] Polish Army in the West Records > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 11:15 PM > I've done some Googling on this, but > still could use some advice on where to > write or look for personnel records of Polish soldiers > stationed at St. > Andrews, Scotland during WWII.  Jim: This website which you may have already seen would appear to be compehensive and knowledgeable: http://www.ostrycharz.free-online.co.uk/OB.html Did he die in the war? might be listed on Commonwealth War Graves site: http://www.cwgc.org and that would provide a military number for search purposes. There are numerous Polish War Graves in Scotland's cemeteries. Did he die in Scotland after the war? Then, Scotlands People is the place to go: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Pay a small fee and download up to 1950. "A Question of Honor" by Olson & Cloud (about the Polish Air Squadron) has a great bibliography and acknowledgements at the back. See if your local library has a copy. It does say Sikorsky Museum in England has info on Polish Army also, but Sikorsky website doesn't mention it. Good hunting. [email protected]

Barb, Try using the google translate. You can set it up to translate web pages automatically. Good Luck! Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [POLAND] Help with parish - Wolka Szlachecka Debbie, Thanks for the information you provided. I did go to the web site listed below but did not find Wolka Szlachecka as one of the villages/towns. Of course the web site is in Polish so maybe I missed something. Do you have any other thoughts on this? Thanks again. Barb In a message dated 10/28/2010 3:10:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Barb, Looks like the parish for Wo~lka Szlachecka is located in Franknowo which would be in the Archdiocese of Warminska. http://archidiecezjawarminska.pl/ but the site appears to be down so I can't be sure that Wo~lka Szlachecka is actually in that parish. Hopefully the site will be back-up soon. LDS has filmed some records from Franknowo parish but they may be too far back for you right now. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?dis play=titledetails&titleno=203359&disp=Kirchenbuch%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Debbie [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > Would anyone have knowledge of what Roman Catholic parish would serve > Wolka Szlachecka, Poland today regarding records for the late 1800's? > Also would anyone know where the civil archives are located for Wolka > Szlachecka, Poland? > Thanks any and all help is appreciated. > Barb > ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3225 - Release Date: 10/28/10