Hi, Christa wrote: > I have been to the Bialystok Catholic archives > several times. The priest archivist told me that > he does not answer letter inquiring about > records. He is very helpful when you go there in > person but he does not have the staff to > research and answer questions. When I went > there, he allowed me to go through the record > books and he copied the pertinent pages for me. > He was very clear in stating that the LDS would > never film his records. > > I certainly would try to contact him but if does > not answer then I would attempt to find a > researcher in the area who you could hire to > research the archives records. > > If possible I would try to get your letter from > your parish written in Polish as I do not think > that the priest speaks English. This just proves again, there's nothing more valuable than the advice of someone who's "been there and done that." I'd take Christa's word on this for Gospel! Fred Hoffman