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 >