[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father

Mon May 11 15:11:35 PDT 2009

If you are going to use this method, be sure that it is acceptable to the receiving end.  Some archives will accept one and only one method of payment.

Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: Spaghettitree at aol.com
Date: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:06 pm
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for	father
To: mara.manke at sbcglobal.net, gary at warnerengineering.com, wbehr at bellsouth.net
Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org

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> In a message dated 5/11/2009 2:18:56 P.M. Pacific Daylight 
> Time,  
> mara.manke at sbcglobal.net writes:
> 
> Hi  Bill-
> distant cousin Mara here in Cleveland Ohio--I had much success 
> in  writing 
> to the Plock Archives last year for my some of my Manke  
> relatives--I went 
> to my Fifth Third Bank branch here in Lakewood and  wired 
> money via their 
> system--if I recall there was a $30-40.00  charge? It is so 
> worth it :) Let me 
> know if you want more  info.  
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> 216-228-6134  
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> ________________________________
> From: Gary Warner  <gary at warnerengineering.com>
> To: Bill Behrendt  <wbehr at bellsouth.net>
> Cc:  ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:06:58  PM
> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth 
> record  for 
> father
> 
> Bill,
> 
> According to maps of Poland, Maszewo is just at  the 
> outskirts of Plock. 
> I am not sure if there is a Lutheran church at  Maszewo, 
> but if not, then 
> the recording of the birth should have been in  Plock. 
> According to the 
> Pradziad database, the records for Plock are  at
> 
> Archiwum Państwowe w Płocku
> 09-400 Płock, ul. Kazimierza  Wielkiego 9B
> tel: (24) 262-24-91
> fax: 262-24-91
> email:  archiwum at plock.com
> www.archiwum.plock.com
> 
> Since there is an email  address in the above address, I 
> would send them 
> an email, in English, and  ask if they can do a search for 
> all children 
> whose given names were Eduard  Waldemar, who were born in 
> Maszewo on 
> September 14, 1898. They will likely  respond to you in 
> Polish, but that 
> can be translated by more than a few of  the smart people 
> on this mail 
> list. The response from the archives should  tell you if 
> they have that 
> record.
> 
> You will then have to figure out  how to get some money 
> wired to their 
> account. This last part is the  hardest part, at least it 
> has been for 
> me. I am sure that others on this  list can provide you the 
> best method 
> to transfer money to the archives,  AFTER you get a response.
> 
> Gary Warner
> SGGEE
> 
> Bill Behrendt  wrote:
> > My father, Edward Waldemar (Behrendt) was born on September 
> 14,  1898 in 
> Maszewo, Poland. I would like to get a copy of his birth record 
> from  the 
> Plock Evangelical church but do not know his father's name or 
> his mother's  
> last name at that time. This is because some years after his 
> birth, his mother 
>  divorced the father and no one talked about the divorce. 
> The name Behrendt 
> is  the step-father's name that the family has used. 
> Shortly before my 
> father  passed away he told my brother about the divorce 
> but did not reveal what 
> was  his father's last name. 
> >
> > >From what I can see the records  from 1898 have not been 
> microfilmed. 
> How can I go about finding someone to  research the Plock 
> Evangelical Lutheran 
> church books to locate and copy the  birth record?
> >
> > Here are the details I know:
> >
> >  Edward Waldemar ??? born September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland
> >
> >  Mother's Maiden Name: Justina Frei
> >
> > Father's name: unknown  
> >
> > I would appreciate any help in how I could get the birth  
> record.>
> > Bill Behrendt
> >
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