Where in Poland is your Zmijewo? The Plock catholic archives has old records from the Zmijewo parish which is north of Warsaw, south of Mlawa, west of Przasnysz. I know that they have church records going back to 1726. I have copied some of these old records from Zmijewo but the latest ones that I have are ones from 1808. There are mainly Zmijewski surnames in this parish. There are two Zmijewo parishes in Poland. I have no knowledge of the other Zmijewo. >From my experience once a pastor says no, there is no moving him. What has worked for me is initially tell the priest that your ancestors belonged to his parish. Then you ask him to say Masses for your family and give him a donation of at least $50. At this point he will be more than willing to help you. Too many foreigners go to the pastor looking for information. We have to remember that these pastors do not have secretaries to do any research. Plus, many of the records from 1868 to 1918 were written in Russian cyrillic. Many priests these days are not able to read Russian. Check the site of the Latter Day Saints and see if they have copied the Zmijewo records. They copied almost all of the Plock diocese records. If they do not have the records, you may want to write to the Mlawa Civil archives. They do research for a fee. -----Original Message----- From: LaVerne Kossler <lavmanx@comcast.net> To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, Feb 1, 2010 2:08 pm Subject: Re: [PBS] Question(Lorraine) I am sorry, I should have said that was my last trip. I don't travel that ar anymore. I am in my 80's. I have worked on the family history most of y adult life, and would like to have more to add to the records. That is hy I went to Poland, and I am happy I had the opportunity...it is beautiful ountry. Should I write to the Catholic Church in Zmijewo,Poland.? The riest would not talk to us. I had a girl with me,who spoke Polish , she as upset,too. We did go to the cemetery. It was overgrown with a thorny round cover. The cemetery was not maintained. I did take a picture of the rave marker, but it is so old I can hardly read it. LaVerne ent: Monday, February 01, 2010 8:02 AM ubject: Re: [PBS] Question(Lorraine) Laverne, You can go to the rectory and ask the assistant there for help. Try and make an appointment. I did not see the priest in Skrwilno but the assistant helped. He got the books for marriages and deaths and looked up the names I was interested in on the spot. Kuba On Jan 31, 2010, at 11:21 PM, LaVerne Kossler wrote: > This is my first time in writting to you. I hope I got this right. I > went to Poland in 2004, and visited my mother's family site. They lived > in Zmijewo, Poland. > It was an interesting trip. I went to the local cemetery, and found most > of the gravestones name with that name on it. Zmijewski, was the name. > I tried to get more info from the priest on the grounds with no luck. So > I gave up. How should I do it correctly? Appreciate your suggestions. > LaVerne Kossler Lavmanx@comcast.net > Thanks > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Kuba Przedzienkowski ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message