[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Prepaid Research through the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw

[Gary Warner]

 Barbara,

I also believe that Dick is correct about the archives wanting a wire
transfer to the bank.  We had a discussion about this awhile back and I
believe that we came to the conclusion that the Pekao Bank (head office
in Warsaw, and branches in quite a few places) was the cheapest way to
make money transfers.  I have never used them directly, but have had a
travel agency use them for me.  Take a look at
http://www.pekao.com.pl/tabele2a1.xml?/lang=US/402132-501497-41680

Try sending an email in English to

Mr. Franciszek Kalinski
Area Manager
USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia
tel: +48 22 656 04 85
fax: +48 22 656 04 53
e-mail: franciszek.kalinski at pekao.com.pl 

I see also that the following banks in the USA are correspondent banks
with Pekao

USD
American Express Bank AEIBUS33 New York
The Bank of New York IRVTUS3N New York
JPMorgan Chase Bank CHASUS33 New York
Bank of America NA BOFAUS3N New York
Wachovia Bank NA PNBPUS3NNYC New York
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas BKTRUS33 New York
Hellenic Bank Ltd. HEBACY2NAHDO Nicosia

and for Canada,

CAD

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CIBCCATT Toronto
Royal Bank of Canada ROYCCAT2 Toronto
The Bank of Nova Scotia NOSCCATT Toronto

Not sure exactly how a correspondent bank works, but since they have a
connection to Pekao, you should be able to make the transfer cheaper than
at another bank that is not a correspondent bank.

Gary Warner

At 06:12 PM 3/29/2004, Richard A. Stein wrote:

  Barbara,

  Congratulations!  Regarding the fee, I believe they are requesting an
  electronic transfer to the account number given to you.  You will
  have to
  arrange for the transfer at your bank.  At least, that is the way
  payment
  was requested for the last search I had done.  It is a quick way to
  send
  money, but quite expensive.

  Dick Stein

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: <MomDotts at aol.com>
  To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
  Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 6:23 PM
  Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Prepaid Research through the Central
  Archives
  of Historical Records in Warsaw

  > WOW!
  >
  > I just received a letter from the archives in Warsaw... They
  located my
  > grandfather's birth records.  In addition, they did give me the
  names of
  his
  > parents.
  >
  > The are requesting a prepaid fee of $34 to start the research.  In
  addition,
  > they are requesting $17 to do the research.  They indicate this fee
  must
  be
  > "paid in your bank".  They give me a bank number, as well as an
  address to
  send
  > the fees to.  Finally, I have to send a copy of the letter they
  sent to me
  > back to them.
  >
  > Has anyone else ever done this before?  Please advise as to how
  this
  should
  > be done.
  >
  > I am so excited.  I have been trying to locate records on my
  grandfather
  for
  > nearly 7 years!  Rudolf Pallas, was born in Volhynia (Mathildow /
  Matyldow).
  > His parents were Carl Pallas & Caroline Pfeifer.  Amazingly so, the
  name
  was
  > not changed when he came to the states!
  >
  > They indicate in their letter to me they have records from
  Rozyszcze
  parishe
  > - birth & marriage (1862 - 1899) and death records (1862 - 1898). 
  Hope
  this
  > all of you a little light at the end of the tunnel... I was told
  many
  years ago
  > that I needed patience.  Wow, did I need a lot of it.  This all
  started by
  > sending the archives an e-mail looking for information about 4
  months ago!
  >
  > Good luck to all of you on your genealogical endeavors!
  >
  > If you know how to send the money, please e-mail me.  I can't wait
  to get
  > started!
  >
  > Barbara
  >
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