Recently, I have found that my paternal grandfather (Andrzej Piwowarczyk) was born in Skalnik, Poland. His naturalization papers list his birthplace as Skalnik, Austria. I have two dates for his birthdate. The one on his naturalization papers is the 30th of November, 1875. The other, on his Marriage License Docket, is the 20th of December 1867. Based on a comparison to my grandmothers age, his age at the time of his marriage and the birth of his first daughter the most likely date is 1867. My question is: Is there a source of civil records for Skalnik and if so how do I contact them? His wife (my grandmother Victoria Meleski) was born on the 4th of January, 1871 in Toki, Austria (now Poland). Again, the same question applies. Thanks Len Urban

Len, LDS has not filmed the church records for Skalnik so you will have to write to the parish, in Polish, and ask for a photocopy or digital image of Andrzej Piwowarczyk's baptismal record. You could also request a photocopy or digital image of his parents' marriage record or at the very least, a complete transcription of the records. You don't just want a certificate. Make sure to ask where the records are located if they are not at the parish. do not send money up front but do ask how you can make a donation. Address: Parafia Rzymskokatolicka w Skalniku p.w. Sw. Klemensa Papieza Skalnik 35 38-230 Nowy Zmigród Poland web site: http://www.parafiaskalnik.pl/ A good format to use for your letter and suggestions for the Polish phrases to use can be found here at "PolishRoots The Polish Genealogy Source": http://www.polishroots.org/Research/letters_polish/tabid/294/Default.aspx As for your grandmother, Wiktoria Meleski, I think the village is Torki. Request the same types of records as you did for Andrzej. address: Parafia rzymsko-katolicka Torki 24 37-732 Medyka Poland Debbie len urban wrote: > Recently, I have found that my paternal grandfather (Andrzej Piwowarczyk) > was born in Skalnik, Poland. His naturalization papers list his birthplace > as Skalnik, Austria. I have two dates for his birthdate. The one on his > naturalization papers is the 30th of November, 1875. The other, on his > Marriage License Docket, is the 20th of December 1867. Based on a comparison > to my grandmothers age, his age at the time of his marriage and the birth > of his first daughter the most likely date is 1867. My question is: Is there > a source of civil records for Skalnik and if so how do I contact them? > > > His wife (my grandmother Victoria Meleski) was born on the 4th of January, > 1871 in Toki, Austria (now Poland). Again, the same question applies. > > Thanks > Len Urban >

Thanks Debbie -----Original Message----- From: Debbie Greenlee [mailto:daveg@airmail.net] Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 12:22 PM To: poland-roots@rootsweb.com Cc: lturban@verizon.net; kelsa@epix.net Subject: Re: [POLAND] Sur name Piwowarczyk Len, LDS has not filmed the church records for Skalnik so you will have to write to the parish, in Polish, and ask for a photocopy or digital image of Andrzej Piwowarczyk's baptismal record. You could also request a photocopy or digital image of his parents' marriage record or at the very least, a complete transcription of the records. You don't just want a certificate. Make sure to ask where the records are located if they are not at the parish. do not send money up front but do ask how you can make a donation. Address: Parafia Rzymskokatolicka w Skalniku p.w. Sw. Klemensa Papieza Skalnik 35 38-230 Nowy Zmigród Poland web site: http://www.parafiaskalnik.pl/ A good format to use for your letter and suggestions for the Polish phrases to use can be found here at "PolishRoots The Polish Genealogy Source": http://www.polishroots.org/Research/letters_polish/tabid/294/Default.aspx As for your grandmother, Wiktoria Meleski, I think the village is Torki. Request the same types of records as you did for Andrzej. address: Parafia rzymsko-katolicka Torki 24 37-732 Medyka Poland Debbie len urban wrote: > Recently, I have found that my paternal grandfather (Andrzej > Piwowarczyk) was born in Skalnik, Poland. His naturalization papers > list his birthplace as Skalnik, Austria. I have two dates for his > birthdate. The one on his naturalization papers is the 30th of > November, 1875. The other, on his Marriage License Docket, is the 20th > of December 1867. Based on a comparison to my grandmothers age, his > age at the time of his marriage and the birth of his first daughter > the most likely date is 1867. My question is: Is there a source of civil records for Skalnik and if so how do I contact them? > > > His wife (my grandmother Victoria Meleski) was born on the 4th of > January, > 1871 in Toki, Austria (now Poland). Again, the same question applies. > > Thanks > Len Urban >