I am trying to locate the LDS church or civil records for Syberia, Poland... http://tinyurl.com/syberia-poland It is the location marked by the lower-right balloon. I have looked at several LDS films for Świedziebnia, Sadłowo, and Lubowidz and did not see any mention of Syberia. Any ideas? -- Dennis Kowallek Cincinnati, Ohio (born in Cleveland) kowallek@iglou.com ****************** Researching in Świedziebnia (and surrounding area)

Hello Dennis, Agnieszka and Kuba do provide you with good information on Syberia. However, an accurate assessment of your needs requires a closer inspection of the data and guidance from you with regard to the time period of your interest. Before we go into this further, let me clarify a bit. The LDS church does not have any records for that area since they have no parishes there. The LDS church, through the Family History Library, maintains an extensive archive of other church, Roman Catholic and Evangelical for example, records. Keep in mind this distinction. The Polish Archives are likely the holders of civil records. Specify what you are looking for and the time period of your research. If the time period is the 19th century, then a good reference is the Słownik Geograficzny, the Polish geographical dictionary, (SGKP) in which you will normally find the parish associated with a community. It can be accessed, for example, via > http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/polszczyzna/SGKPi/SGKPinfose2.html#x3-50002 You will find an entry for Syberya in Tom XI, page 732. In fact there are 21 communities with that name. One of them is yours. You might be able to determine which one is correct by looking at the entry for Sinogóra, a neighboring village. That entry tells you Sinogóra is located in gmina Rozwozin. With that information you should be able to located the correct village in the list for Syberya and determine its relevant parish. I will give you a clue. It is not one of the parishes suggested by the other responders. Those parishes were established in the 20th centuries. Having done that you should be able to determine whether the FHC contains records for the parish of interest. You might be in luck. Best wishes in your research. Roman On 5/17/2012 10:59 AM, Dennis K. wrote: > I am trying to locate the LDS church or civil records for Syberia, Poland... > > http://tinyurl.com/syberia-poland > > It is the location marked by the lower-right balloon. > > I have looked at several LDS films for Świedziebnia, Sadłowo, and > Lubowidz and did not see any mention of Syberia. > > Any ideas? >