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=== Civil Registration Offices === | === Civil Registration Offices === | ||
Civil registration offices keep documents younger than 100 years (with some exceptions). Older records should be transferred to an archive. If you would like to know if records are already in the archive, you can check first in the [http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en Pradziad database]. | |||
A letter to civil registration office should be written in Polish. You should include as much information as you know concerning the record you are interested in: eg. full name, exact or estimated date of event and denomination. Civil registration officer is not obligated to perform research if you can’t specify what are you looking for. | |||
To receive a record, you need to be a direct descendant of the person you are interested in. For example: you will get a death certificate of your great grandfather but it can be a problem to get a record of your grandmothe'rs sister's second husband. You can apply for that, but the result is determined of office'sr goodwill. | |||
[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/a/ae/Letter_to_Polish_civ_reg.pdf '''This universal form'''] can be used to apply for full or shortened transcript of a civil registration record. | |||
[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/a/ae/Letter_to_Polish_civ_reg.pdf | |||
====Payments==== | ====Payments==== | ||