Archives in Poland to find my origins or last name

Nyphri20Threads: 2 Posts: 3 Joined: Nov 29, 09 ♂	Dec 23, 09, 23:07 #1
Hello, how do I go about finding my origins of my last name? I was born in Poland and I want to find where my last name originally originated from. Does Poland keep records where you can access family archives? Looking for surname; Dziurdziński and Obiedzińską...I can't seem to find anything

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Dec 23, 09, 23:15 #2

You can try contacting the following:

Central State Archives Authority
Provides addresses of regional archives across Poland. (located across from Old Documents Archives below)
Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
ul. Długa 6, 00-950 Warsaw, Poland
phone: (48-22) 564-4655
www.archiwa.gov.pl
ndap@archiwa.gov.pl
(see: Old Documents Archives below)

Old Documents Archives
Genealogical research unit indicates whether information is available and estimates research cost:
Archiwum Akt Dawnych
ul. Długa 7, 00-950 Warsaw, Poland
phone: (48-22) 831-5491>93 wewnętrzny (ext.) 429
sekretariat@agad.gov.pl; www.archiwa.gov.pl

ShellieThreads: 2 Posts: 11 Joined: Oct 24, 09 ♀	Jan 5, 10, 01:45 #3
Try asking Zenon at PolishOrigins (www.PolishOrigins.com). There is a section there for surname information. forum.polishorigins.com/viewforum.php?f=19 You can also add your surname to help locate others who are researching your family names. polishorigins.com/surnames

nincompoop_notThreads: 4 Posts: 229 Joined: Nov 3, 09 ♀	Jan 5, 10, 02:22 #4
try these: http://www.ptg.gda.pl/ http://www.genopro.com/genealogy-links/details.aspx?id=96&t=www.geneal ogiapolska.pl http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php http://www.przodkowie.com some of them have English version - if not - go to 'kontakt' and im sure you get a reply good luck

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Edited by: Nyphri20 Feb 12, 11, 02:39 #5

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Searching for Adopted siblings ...Polish/ English Agencies in Poland help!!

Hello, I've posted this previous post in 2009 but would like to pursue my initial intent. I was adopted from Poland in 1993 at age 4. Along with my sister who is 14 months older than me. And now I’m trying to finish my investigation of finding all my siblings. There were total of 8 children, possibly 9. But as of right now it is quite difficult with the language barrier, as I do not speak polish.

As of my previous success I’ve luckily found 3 siblings ( that live in Poland and France) so that leaves me with 3 or 4 more.

I’m looking for any Polish/English Agencies in Poland that investigate into these matters. First and foremost, I’m trying to obtain birth certificates of my adopted siblings that were born in the early 1990's. (I have biological names of my parents and also the orphanage my siblings were in)

Is there any Agencies that can investigate and obtain documents? I’m willing to pay for any expenses regarding further investigation, etc. As the orphanages are not willing to hand over the names of the adoptees.( due to confidentiality, legal reasons, etc)

Any help will be greatly appreciated

katjiaThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: Feb 15, 11 ♀	Feb 15, 11, 14:23 #6
hi i am looking for anyone that might remember Von Szapiewski family that moved to Southwest Africa (Namibia)?

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,833 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Feb 17, 11, 11:41 #7
No Szapiewski or von Szapiewski in today's Poland, as far as I can tell. Could it have been Szaplewski, believed to have derived from the German name Scheppel?

JK_TXThreads: - Posts: 34 Joined: Aug 27, 10 ♂	Feb 17, 11, 13:20 #8
Could it have been Czapiewski or Czaplewski? Both seem to be Pommeranian surnames (hence the 'von' prefix from being in Prussia previously) J

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