jhzs
12 Jul 2013
Genealogy / Going to Poland to make a genealogy trip [5]
Hi,
A month is quite a lot of time to do research although the chuch archives you were pointed to in previous answer is closed in September and they reopen in October. Also, the manager of the archives changed since. But when you come to the archives in October you would be able to see the books they have and would be able to search them. This archives does not have any books for Krakow city however (they say they were taken by the communist). They have books for archidioecesis of Krakow. Instead, if your ancestors were in fact from Krakow town and not from the province you should go to a state archives in Sienna street. And most of, especialy older records, can be found in local parishes. I might be able to help more if you provide more details about specific places you are looking for and documents you already have.
Zbyszek
Hi,
A month is quite a lot of time to do research although the chuch archives you were pointed to in previous answer is closed in September and they reopen in October. Also, the manager of the archives changed since. But when you come to the archives in October you would be able to see the books they have and would be able to search them. This archives does not have any books for Krakow city however (they say they were taken by the communist). They have books for archidioecesis of Krakow. Instead, if your ancestors were in fact from Krakow town and not from the province you should go to a state archives in Sienna street. And most of, especialy older records, can be found in local parishes. I might be able to help more if you provide more details about specific places you are looking for and documents you already have.
Zbyszek