Hi Listers, I just joined the list desperate to get help in tracing the Radzicka family of Krosniewice. I promised a friend some help on tracing her family and now I am stuck. I did not think I'd find anything harder than Irish research. Is anyone on the list living in Poland who goes to the State Archives from time to time and could do a lookup? What other resources are available? I have checked Ancestry and have a fair amount of info about them. Also have checked a the _www.baza.archives.gov.pl_ (http://www.baza.archives.gov.pl) site. It seems they have a lot of good info at the archives that is not online, and of course it is in Polish! Colleen Fountain Valley, CA **************AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from -aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001)

Hello I too am wondering if there are people who presently live in Poland on this list. I'm not searching for any particular help at this moment, but I want to make sure I am on the correct list. For instance, I help people from all over the world searching for their roots in Canada, and I am in Canada, so it is somewhat easy for me to help them. These people, mostly from Australia, England and USA, (but other countries as well) look to correspond with someone in Canada, and I am happy that I am able to help them, if I can. When these people from Australia for example, are researching ancestors in Canada, sometimes they want to be communicating with someone who is in Canada. I have joined Russian newsgroups etc., to find out specific news about Russia or about current events in Russia, only to find out that others are relaying information to to me from newspapers printed outside of Russia (which I have already read). I was trying to jump over the bias of reporters and find the news first hand from the people that live there.....but it didn't work out that way. So it doesn't matter to me, one way or the other, but I am curious if people who live in Poland are allowed to use the internet to join such lists as this one ?? Your thoughts on this appreciated... Karen Prytula Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: <CFitzp@aol.com> To: <POLAND-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 5:48 PM Subject: [POLAND] RADZICKA Family of Krosniewice > Hi Listers, > >. > > Is anyone on the list living in Poland who goes to the State Archives from > time to time and could do a lookup? > >

Karen, In a word, yes. There are in fact, people on this list who live in Poland. However, most keep that quiet so as not to get bombarded with requests for free research and translations. Debbie Karen Prytula wrote: > Hello > > I too am wondering if there are people who presently live in Poland on this > list. I'm not searching for any particular help at this moment, but I want > to make sure I am on the correct list. > > For instance, I help people from all over the world searching for their > roots in Canada, and I am in Canada, so it is somewhat easy for me to help > them. These people, mostly from Australia, England and USA, (but other > countries as well) look to correspond with someone in Canada, and I am happy > that I am able to help them, if I can. > > When these people from Australia for example, are researching ancestors in > Canada, sometimes they want to be communicating with someone who is in > Canada. > > I have joined Russian newsgroups etc., to find out specific news about > Russia or about current events in Russia, only to find out that others are > relaying information to to me from newspapers printed outside of Russia > (which I have already read). I was trying to jump over the bias of > reporters and find the news first hand from the people that live > there.....but it didn't work out that way. > > So it doesn't matter to me, one way or the other, but I am curious if people > who live in Poland are allowed to use the internet to join such lists as > this one ?? > > Your thoughts on this appreciated... > > Karen Prytula > Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Hi Colleen, You do not give a time frame or religion - are there records here at familysearch http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp that may contain the information you need? These records are not online (few Polish ones are) but the films can be hired and read at your nearest Family History Centre. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=242908&disp=Kopie+ksi%C4%99g+metrykalnych%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Civil transcripts (1810-1876) of Roman Catholic parish register of births, marriages and deaths for Krośniewice (Kutno), Łódź, Poland. Includes the surrounding towns of Bzówki, Glogowa, Ostrowy and Perna. Volumes individually indexed. Text in Polish until 1868, then in Russian. Alternatively you can write to Polish archives; http://www.polishroots.com/genpoland/certif.htm shows sample letter to the Archives. There are people in Poland on this and other lists, but most I think would not have time etc to do look ups in the Archives. Many are prepared to give helpful translations of replies from the Archives and that sort of thing, and as such are very treasured correspondents indeed. There are also reliable professional researchers in Poland - it may be worth having one give you a start if the records you need are in Cyrillic (usually after 1868). Hope that has given you some ideas, Bronwyn. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:48 PM, <CFitzp@aol.com> wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I just joined the list desperate to get help in tracing the Radzicka family > of Krosniewice. I promised a friend some help on tracing her family and > now > I am stuck. I did not think I'd find anything harder than Irish research. > > Is anyone on the list living in Poland who goes to the State Archives from > time to time and could do a lookup? > > What other resources are available? I have checked Ancestry and have a > fair > amount of info about them. Also have checked a the > _www.baza.archives.gov.pl_ (http://www.baza.archives.gov.pl) site. It > seems they have a lot of good > info at the archives that is not online, and of course it is in Polish! > > Colleen > Fountain Valley, CA >