Genealogy / Are Polish birth records available on the Internet? [56]

richasis
I think you mean the Church of Later Day Saints (LDS)/Mormons in Salt Lake City, UT; not the University. You can access the same records at your local Family History Center (LDS) available to nonmembers. The only charge you'll incur is if you need to order the spool the record is housed on.

Genealogy / last name I think its spelled mackinsky or mcakinasky [10]

My family history sounds awfully familiar to yours...

My lineage starts out with my G-Grandmother Michalina nee Maciejewski (Mah-shi-ef-ski)'s daughter (my G-aunt) Josepha Skzypczak marrying Stephen M Mikolajczak 14 May 1901 and then Stephen Mikolajczak changed his family name to Schultz. I believe they settled in the Jefferson, IL area. Originally, Josepha immigrated with her siblings and parents to the LaSalle/Peru, IL area in 1894 from Poland. Let me know if you think this is a connection...

PS. Sorry about the long delay for a reply to your post; been away from the computer recovering from a back injury.