Hi Bronwyn Thanks so much for the information. I'll go through it all and work out what I need to do next. I certainly would like to trace further back and hopefully my grandmother's birth records will provide some leads. I'd be most interested in your recommendation for a Polish researcher. Some idea of cost would also be really great. Thanks again Bronwyn! Cheers, Maria :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bronwyn Klimach" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Birth record 1911 - Narzym Hi Maria, You can usually contact Polish Archives in English, but their reply will be in Polish; to date the archives do not accept credit card payment. You should be able to find contact details and whether these records are extant from their site: http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en You may already have realised that if the records you require are less than 100yrs old they will not be in Polish Archives. This article will give you the information you need: https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Poland_Archives_and_Libraries and there is more background about Civil Registration here: https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Poland_Civil_Registration-_Vital_Records Are you likely to then wish to trace the family further back in time? If so I would suggest that you start of by hiring a Polish researcher, as in the long run this will save you a lot of time and contacting different offices etc. If you would like a recommendation I am happy to do so. Kind regards, Bronwyn Klimach. On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Maria Mikolics <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi All > > I wonder if anyone could advise address to write to, to request a copy of > a > birth record. According to the marriage record for my grandparents, my > grandmother Emmi STREMEL was born on 14 September 1911 at railroad station > Illowo, district of Neidenburg. Source: birth registry number 106 of civil > registry office of town of Narzym > > Also, any suggestions for wording of a such a letter would be most > appreciated. Is English okay? > > With thanks > > Maria Mikolics > Western Australia > > RESEARCHING: > HUNGARY (Csatka, Borzavár, Bakonybánk, Tápszentmiklós, Kecskemét, > Nagykorös, Kerekegyháza, Kocsér) - Mikolics, Nyúl-Tóth, Karner, Major, > Csonka, Nagy, Jakab, Borbe, Krucse, Marsa, Gál, Major, Florián, Koczek, > Horváth > GERMANY/PRUSSIA (Bublitz, Drawehn, Grumsdorf, Illowo) - Zemke, Stremel, > Bork, Miller/Müller > UKRAINE (Alexandrowka, Cheremoshne) - Miller/Müller, Stremel > ------------------------------- 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