hi first timer here
i was wondering if anybody would know what office in poland would hold records for chojnice? im looking specifically for 1899-1920. chojnice was called konitz, west preussen. germany.
stupid question but would the records be in poland or germany im confused my grandad was born in 1914?
any help would be appreciated i have already emailed the polish state archives but have had no luck.
Hi,
Civil registration records for years 1874-1911 are in a state archives in Bydgoszcz. Their address is:
Archiwum Państwowe w Bydgoszczy
85-009 Bydgoszcz, ul. Dworcowa 65
0048 52 339-54-09
email: dz.info@archiwum.bydgoszcz.pl
bydgoszcz.ap.gov.pl
Tell them you are interested in a set (zespół)1620 Urząd Stanu Cywilnego Chojnice
They may charge you for doing the research so give them as much details as you have.
Later records in a local civil registry office in Chojnice (you will have to prove them you are a direct descendant of a person born in 1914.
Their address is:
Urząd Miejski w Chojnicach
Urząd Stanu Cywilnego
Stary Rynek 1
89-600 Chojnice
e-mail: urzad@miastochojnice.pl
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