[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Opening zloty bank account in Poland

Wed Apr 20 18:49:00 PDT 2016

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wlockawek email is:  wloclawek at torun.ap.gov.pl
torun email is:  archiwum at torun.ap.gov.pl
plock email is: sekretariat at plock.ap.gov.pl
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From: Walsh, Brian W.,M.D.,GYN
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 8:49 PM
To: Wickum, Suzanne, Ms., CIV, OSD/DoDEA-Europe
Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at sggee.org
Subject: RE: Opening zloty bank account in Poland

hi suzanne-

records older than 100 years old are kept in archives. there are approx 28 in poland. check out the map here to figure out which archives you need: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~polwgw/addresses.html
you can click on each archive to get to their web page, which will have their email address. they do research for an hourly fee, and will email scans.

for records less than 100 years, to need to contact the civil record office (Urzad Stanu Cywilnego) in the closest city. they do not do searches, just look up the document with precise information that you must provide. information is only given the direct descendants, preferably polish citizens. they do not provide scans, but will fill out a form that they stamp. your polish friends will come in handy there.

best wishes!

brian

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From: Wickum, Suzanne, Ms., CIV, OSD/DoDEA-Europe [Suzanne.Wickum at eu.dodea.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 4:11 AM
To: Walsh, Brian W.,M.D.,GYN
Subject: Opening zloty bank account in Poland

Hi
Thank you for the great information.   I have Polish friends so I am hoping I don't need xoom.    But, I would like to do searches in Wloclawek, Nieszawa and Torun.   What addresses or email address do you have when you have done your searches?   Do these searches only search in the city or the area around the city or voivodeships (provinces or counties)?
Thanks so much,
Suzanne

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From: Ger-Poland-Volhynia [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at sggee.org] On Behalf Of Walsh, Brian W.,M.D.,GYN
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 9:18 PM
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Cc: 'ger-poland-volhynia at sggee.org'; 'Rose Ingram'
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Opening zloty bank account in poland

Hi darel-

I was wondering the same thing when I needed to pay the archives in Plock and Wloclawek. They ask for small amounts of money, like $12, but they want an international wire, which my bank would charge over $60 to do. I heard about xoom.com  and can recommend it. it's easy to set up an account with them and transfer money. I think they charge about $5 or so.

The process i've used successfully with both archives is the following:

1.      Email the archives giving as much detail as possible. Full name, date of event, LUTHERAN, date of birth, etc. I had a Polish friend translate it but it may not have been necessary.
2.      They will respond in 4-6 weeks, repeating your request. The response is in Polish. You can use "google translate" to read it. They will give an order number in the subject line. USE THAT NUMBER WITH ALL CORRESPONDENCE FOR THAT SEARCH. They will also give you their bank routing number.
3.      Typically they want a nominal amount of money up-front, for a 1 hr search, maybe $12 or so. Zloty's have an abbreviation on PLN, by the way
4.      I go to xoom and transfer $30 or so. This gives you a credit with that archive. They do a good job keeping track of it and will use it for future orders. It's nice not having to make multiple transfers.
5.      I print out the receipt from xoom, scan it, and email it to the archives WITH THE ORDER NUMBER so they can begin the search. I don't think they have a good way of tracking payment and xoom does not have a way for you to add information to the transfer.
6.      In another month they will email a scan of the document you request - or give you a computer search of people with the same last name, and have you specify which document(s) you want.
7.      They don't do well with multiple inquiries in one email. I wanted to be efficient and give them the whole list, to get it all done. They only do one search at a time.
8.      Once you send money through xoom, they keep the routing info, so it's easy to send more over later, if needed.

Best of luck!

Brian

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