I've returned to the list after a layoff since 2007. Have a general question for "veteran" opinions: If the Family History Library Catalog has two film lists for the same parish (Parafja Mokowo for example) and one reads "Civil transcripts of Roman Catholic parish registers, Kopie ksieg metrykalnych, 1808-1885" and the other "Roman Catholic parish registers, Ksiegi metrykalne, 1753-1823", is the assumption that the former are copies of civil transcripts filmed in the civil archives and latter are copies of church registers filmed in the parish or diocese location that will not, or may not, be found in the civil archive? Tom McGovern
Tom, I think the information you are after is in the Polish comments which, courtesy of google translate, I have copied below for the Mokowo example you mention: Mikrofilm zrobiony z rȩkopisów w Geheimes Staatsarchiv, Berlin. Microfilm made from manuscripts in Geheimes Staatsarchiv, Berlin. Mikrofilm zrobiony z rękopisów w Archiwum Państwowe w Bydgoszczy i w Stadtarchiv Augsburg i w Archiwum Diecezjalne w Płocku. Microfilm made from manuscripts in the State Archive in Bydgoszcz and and Augsburg Stadtarchiv Diocesan Archive in Plock. Mikrofilm zrobiony z rękopisów w Archiwum Diecezjalne Płockie. Ze skorowidzem. Microfilm made from manuscripts in the Archives of the Diocesan Płock. I think some have found these locations not entirely accurate, but this should give you an idea of how the filmings have been carried out, and where to expect the original records to be kept. Bronwyn. On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Thomas McGovern <[email protected]> wrote: > I've returned to the list after a layoff since 2007. > > Have a general question for "veteran" opinions: > > If the Family History Library Catalog has two film lists for the same > parish (Parafja Mokowo for example) and one reads "Civil transcripts of > Roman Catholic parish registers, Kopie ksieg metrykalnych, 1808-1885" and > the other "Roman Catholic parish registers, Ksiegi metrykalne, 1753-1823", > is the assumption that the former are copies of civil transcripts filmed in > the civil archives and latter are copies of church registers filmed in the > parish or diocese location that will not, or may not, be found in the civil > archive? > > Tom McGovern >