Poland Letter Writing Guide: Difference between revisions

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.  

Since 2007 the only form of payment is bank transfer. Payment should be done before sending request. Otherwise you will get a response to complete your application within 14 days. If you have a friend or family member in Poland you can ask him to make bank transfer for you (which is cheaper and quicker) and send confirmation of payment. Prices are the following:  

*Copy of certificate (without legal validity) - 5 zl (ca 1,5 USD)

*Shortended transcript of certificate - 22 zl (ca 7 USD)

*Full transcript of certificate - 33 zl (ca 10 USD)  

There is also an option that records can be send to the nearest Polish consulate in your country and you will be notified to make payment in your local currency, but this way is more expensive.

You can include a small donation (eg. $10-20 USD) in the envelope. It may increase your chance in getting a response, but remember there are no guarantees.

A great number of records kept in Catholic Church archives in Poland are microfilmed and records can be ordered to your nearest Family History Center. Before you write to church archives, please try to determine if records are kept in other places.  

In Poland approximately 134 protestant parishes exist. Some records formerly found in such parishes may now be archived in local Catholic parishes. For a list of the Protestant parishes in Poland, and their addresses, you can visit the [http://www.luteranie.pl Lutheran Church in Poland] for a listing of Lutheran parishes which are in existence today.

 

Additionally if there was not a local protestant church, many baptisms would be performed by local Catholic churches.

Other [http://www.pgsa.org/EducationalCenter/letterwriting.php letter writing forms] that may meet your needs are available from:  

For the French translation of the Polish Letter Writing Guide click [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Poland_Letter_Writing_Guide_in_French here].  

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