[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Polish Record Type ALEGATA

[Jerry Frank]

At 04:10 PM 15/02/2006, Michael & Maureen McHenry wrote:

>I came across this record type, alegata, in the Polish Archives. Can anyone
>tell me what it means? It's not in any of my standard references.
>                                         Mike



Alegata are legal announcements of upcoming marriage, along the lines 
of "publishing the banns" at a church.  They usually contain as much 
if not more family info than the actual marriage record.  It is 
possible in some cases that the marriage did not proceed.

SGGEE, through Rose Ingram, has been instrumental in getting the LDS 
to agree to microfilm these records, especially in regions where no 
other records exist (e.g. Rawa Mazowiecka).  We don't know the status 
of these projects but they are on the LDS to do list.




Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca