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 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.
-The Polish [http://www.usc.pl/parafie Martial Status Platform Services] (Platforma Usług Stanu Cywilnego, or PLUSC) maintains a list of Roman Catholic parishes. Note that you will need to use Polish characters to get results, which may be found [http://polish.typeit.org here].
+====Parish Addresses====
+*[http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=show_country&country=PL  '''The Catholic Directory, Poland''']
+*[http://www.luteranie.pl/kontakt.html# '''Luteranie.pl''']: Polish Evangelical website with all current diocese addresses and individual parishes and email addresses. Many Lutheran parishes that existed before the 1918/1945 boundary changes no longer exist. Some of their records are in the diocese archives, and some were sent to [https://www.archion.de/de/browse/#https://www.archion.de/de/browse/&path=3 Archion: Evangelical Central Archives in Berlin.]
 Remember that in some cities there are more that one parish. Usually you need to determine the oldest one, where helpful records are most likely kept.