Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

I have some nowak's in my family tree.s. what part of Poland. Nowak is a popular name need more information

you would think that when one seeks info on a family search, they would a least acknowledge that the info was received and was either helpful or not

Genealogy / Poland Genealogy Resources [130]

Hi.
Several years ago I received some documents from Poland ie. birth,death certificates.
In the remarks section (on several documents) was and item (for example) Jan Jaworski copy holder and carpenter.(in english) Can some one tell me what a copy holder was Thanks Bill