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.

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

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. >