[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Warsaw archives/Volhynian church register books

[Howard Krushel]

Richard:
The priciples espoused by Anna Laszuk that records are to go back to the
area in which they were produced has been in operation for some time; back
in 1997 Germany and Poland were exchanging various records; Anna Laszuk
might be new; Dr. Andrzej Biernat was the fellow heading up this department
in the past.
At times when requesting records confusion might occur in regard to the
identity of a specific village; the Archives would use the 1934 Gazetteer by
Tadeusz Bystrzcki to accurately establish the powiat and gmina to which a
volhyian village belonged; and so using this same gazetteer would help in
avoiding confusion for the Archives.
The record books would usually not be moved over from the Zabuzanski Archive
into the Warsaw Archive until the records for the entire book pass the 100
year mark i.e. the entire book would have to have records older than 1901
for it to be trasferred  into the other Archive.
Perhaps a second letter outlining what you have received in the past might
help in bringing a positive response to your request.
Howard Krushel
krushelh at cadvision.com

----- Original Message ----
From: Richard Stein <stein at enel.ucalgary.ca>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 10:48 PM
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Warsaw archives/Volhynian church register
books


> I recently sent a request in Polish to the Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwow
> Panstwowych in Warsaw for Rozyszcze Parish birth and marriage records and
> received the following reply:
> _____________
> In response to your letter dated 20.10. of the current year re: search for
> civil records, the Main Center of Archival Information would kindly like
to
> inform you that all the archival materials [in Poland] are stored
according
> to
> their areal affiliation. In the Polish state archives no records are
> preserved
> for the locations mentioned in your request. According to the fact the
> Wolynia
> belongs now to the territory of the Ukraine, we suggest that you direct
your
> search to their archives there. The address is:
>
> Archiwum Panstwowe Obwodu Wolynskiego
> ul. Weteranow 21
> 43024 Luck
> Ukraina
>
> signed:  p.o. DYREKTORA, Centrainego Osrodka Informacji Archiwalnej, dr.
> Anna Laszuk
> _______________
>
> With four other similar requests in the last two years, I received all the
> records I specified.  I find it hard to believe that the Volhynia church
> record books have been transferred to Ukraine in the last six months.  Did
I
> have the bad luck to have my request directed to someone who didn't know
> that materials from the former Polish Volhynia are held by the archive in
> Warsaw?
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this situation?
>
> Dick Stein
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