Sam, I looked at the LDS film description. What I can't tell is what is really on the film. However, the film should include marriage and death records 1875-1890 in Items 1 & 2. The parish is Szynwald so that means there should be at least a few marriages and deaths of people who lived in the village of Nogat. Was that child's death record you mentioned, a relative of yours? If so, how did you know to look for the record? Aren't the parents' names listed in the record? As for the death records being mostly about infants, infant mortality was high especially prior to modern medicines and the fact that peasants lived in close and crowded quarters. Have you looked at this film 1618634 Item 11? It's births 1875-1890. I wouldn't suggest you troll for records though. It's best to start by looking for someone sepcific. In case you don't know: Parish of Szynwald http://www.diecezja.torun.pl/par_pokaz.php?idpar=141 What exactly (names, relationships, dates) are you trying to find in the Szynwald parish records? Debbie SamE797@aol.com wrote: > Debbie, > > The Film number is 1618635 > > It is Synwald cemetery records. On Item #2 It says K/Lasina on the > beginning. None of the other records have any thing about the Nogat area. > The parish listed on item #2 is S.T. Nativiatis BMV. The other records on the > film seem to be from a St Nicholai Conf. > > Most of the deaths are infants. So I am not sure if it was just the time > in history or if this cemetery was mostly for children. > > Cross checking some of the names I could not seem to find people listed > on Item #2 anywhere else on the film. There are marriages and baptisms but I > could not find kids listed on Baptism. Etc. It is mostly Latin also. > It is 1875 to 1890 > Hope this is a help. > > Sam > > debbie wrote:Sam, There may be a misunderstanding here. You seemed to indicate that you met people at your local FHC who were doing Polish research. I was referring to the films that your FHC may be holding on "indefinite loan" which anyone can use. You might find films for your ancestors' parishes at your FHC. It would be unusual to find other people who have done research in your ancestral village however, it certainly does happen but these connections are only made when people see a common surname and/or village name on the internet. When enough people "find" each other generally they will start-up an email list just for people researching that surname or place name. If you are having trouble getting information out of the parish in Nanticote, I suggest you contact the diocese involved and find out if they have any of the Nanticote church records in their archives. You mentioned you found a death record for a child in Nogat. On exactly which film did you find this? Do you have the title or number? Debbie SamE797@aol.com wrote: Debbie, > > I am just outside of Philadelphia Pa. I checked with the local LDS and very few here are checking Poland. The one I talked to has only been in the US 10 years and he is using LDS and his know relative to get data. > Unfortunately he is from Warsaw. My family settled in Nanticote Pennsylvania in late 1884. A lot of them stayed in the area. So most of the information on the ones in Pa I have. It is getting information on the roots in Poland. Again they came from the Grudziadz area. However the only record I have found so far from LDS is the death of a child and the town was listed as Nogat. (Latin Nogath) From what my Aunt remembers (she had a very good mind) most of Nanticote was Polish and most were from the same area in Poland. The catholic church there was started in 1870. Unfortunately the church is not very cooperative. The Phila Catholic church will NOT let the LDS copy any records. Some of the churchs will help but most will not from what I have been told. > The local court house records were in Scranton Pa and that burned down some time in the mid 1900 so a lot of those records were lost. So they say. > > Thanks for the help. > Sam >