Law / Polish citizenship by petition to the president of Poland? [66]

Hi, I just came across this thread and have seen that you seem really knowledgeable on this subject, so I'm wondering if you'd be able to help me find out if I qualify for Polish citizenship based on ancestry.

My great grandfather was born in 1871 in Poznań, in 1895 he married my great grandmother in Poznań. They immigrated to the US in 1897 and my grandfather was born in the US in 1915. My great grand father never served in the US army and I dont believe he served in the polish army before migrating. My grandfather was drafted into the US army during WW2.

My father was born in 1961 in the US.
I've found the US census records for the 1930's and under the "naturalized" portion it looks like my great grandfather wrote "n/a" dont know if that's helpful.

Thanks in advance!

Law / Polish citizenship by petition to the president of Poland? [66]


So I've been in contact with the national archives in Warsaw and the first email reply I received said

"Dear Sir, To start genealogical research You should know at last:
- the name or the version of the name of the ancestor;
- the date of the fact (birth, marriage or death);
- the name of the place, when it happened (parish or community, with the administrative location or unit)
- and the denomination The above mentioned information let the archivist to help You.
Therefore we ask you to send us your updated request once more.
Best regards, Sekretariat"

After replying to that with the info they sent me this

"Dear Sir,
Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw would like to inform you, that our archive keeps above all historical records of the central authorities: Crown Archives an Royal chancery registers (from 13th till 18th century) are kept along with the registers of the local tribunals for nobles (from 15th till 18th century) and records of public authorities, offices and institutions from the period of Partitions (1795-1918). We have also public registers only from the four former, before World War II, provinces (województwa) of Eastern Poland - lwowskie, stanisławowskie, tarnopolskie, wołyńskie (today in Ukraine), usually older than 100 years.

So we are not able to help you, but we forwarded your case to the State Archives in Bydgoszcz (mail: dz.info@archiwum.bydgoszcz.pl )."

They sent an email to that address with the info and a copy of it to me. So I guess I'm just waiting for the Bydgoszcz archives to get back to me. Is there anybody else I should contact in the mean time? I have been able to find an index for my great grandfather's and my great great grandfather's and all the way up to my greatx3 grandfathers marriage records on Poznań project but I'm not really understanding where they're located or how I can obtain them any help with that would be amazing.

Law / Polish citizenship by petition to the president of Poland? [66]


lol my bad, let me revise, I'm fairly sure he never served in the German Empire's army.

Alright so I've got the records up on Poznań project, one from a parish and the other is a civil registry. imgur.com/a/DfGi25t

The part I'm a bit confused about is the parish, it says "the records are held at the respective parish" which I would assume is the Brzyskorzystew Parish of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, however when I click on the Brzyskorzystew link it says

"Brzyskorzystew
(Znin) 5254 1739 BY Birkenfelde
Roman Catholic parish 1415 souls (in 1888) Includes: Brzyskorzystew, Brzyskorzystewko, Górki Dąbskie, Górki Zagajne, Koraszewko, Marienwalde (Wyręba), Obrona Leśna, Pałuczanka, Pawłowo (Paulsdorf), Zielony Gaj Archdiocesan Archive in Gniezno B 1839-1947 M 1844-1939 1945-1960 D 1832 1848-1939 1945-1960 Local Roman Catholic Parish B 1839- M 1844-

D 1832 1848- LDS microfilms B 1839-1947 2272054 #3-6 M 1844-1939 1945-1960 2286823 #1-2 D 1832 1848-1939 1945-1960 2286823 #3-4
"
So does it mean it could be at any of the parishes listed or is it just listing all the parishes in the district? Sorry if it's a stupid question but I'm unsure.

If its stored in the national archives in Bydgoszcz should I still look into the parish or would it just be the same record transcribed?

Law / Polish citizenship by petition to the president of Poland? [66]

@PanTK The archives in Bydgoszcz have sent me a scan of the marriage record which is in German, which I can thankfully read and I've sent an email to the parish where the birth record is kept so I guess I'm just waiting on that, are there any other documents that I should try to acquire? Thank you so much for the help so far.