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====How to Write the E-mail====
====How to Write the E-mail====
Write your request in Polish whenever possible. Information about how to write to local parishes in Poland is given in [[Poland Letter Writing Guide|Poland Letter Writing Guide]]. In your letter include the following:
Write your request in Polish whenever possible. Information about how to write to local civil registration offices in Poland is given in [[Poland Letter Writing Guide|Poland Letter Writing Guide]].
 
*Full name and the sex of the person sought.
*Names of the parents, if known.
*Approximate date and place of the event.
*Your relationship to the person.
*Reason for the request (family history, medical, and so on).
*Request for a photocopy of the complete original record.  Please include money for the search fee (usually about U.S. $10.00 or equivalent in Polish currency). If your request is unsuccessful, write for duplicate records that may have been filed in other archives or in civil registration offices.


== Search Strategies  ==
== Search Strategies  ==
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