kruszewski
16 Apr 2009
Genealogy / USC's (birth certificates) - need help finding my grandfathers. [3]
My family is from Biała Podlaska in eastern Poland from what we're all told. All US family documents say Warsaw, though. I sent letters to the Urząd Stanu Cywilnego of Warsaw, Biała Podlaska and Radzyń Podlaskie (another nearby large area) specifically for my grandfather's birth certificate. All three found nothing.
Is this most probably because:
1. It was destroyed in WWII (he was born in 1918)
2. It was never reported (things were obviously a little different back then I can tell from my research)
3. I did something incorrectly
I don't know the extent of #1 or #2, so I don't know what's most probable. Should I try something else?
My family is from Biała Podlaska in eastern Poland from what we're all told. All US family documents say Warsaw, though. I sent letters to the Urząd Stanu Cywilnego of Warsaw, Biała Podlaska and Radzyń Podlaskie (another nearby large area) specifically for my grandfather's birth certificate. All three found nothing.
Is this most probably because:
1. It was destroyed in WWII (he was born in 1918)
2. It was never reported (things were obviously a little different back then I can tell from my research)
3. I did something incorrectly
I don't know the extent of #1 or #2, so I don't know what's most probable. Should I try something else?