Wojewodztwo Pomorskie Travel Forum

This is our second trip to Poland to do family research but we're also working on it from home thru LDS records to be sure we know what villages we want to visit. Our biggest hurdle now is getting permission to visit State Archives to look at some records while we're there....has anyone been able to do this successfully? We've contacted the Torun archives and also Koszlin archives by e-mail but have not received a response. Is permission necessary at these archives?

I wish you luck with these archives answering your mail. I searched for family roots for many years before finally going to Poland in person and visiting church after church....cemetery is where I finally found the family name. Writing letters was never successful and I've heard that from many others. I even had my Polish friend in Warsaw write to them. My recommendation is that you go in person to the town and start poking...but bring someone fluent in the language. Very little English speaking people encountered along my way in the tiny villages. Maybe they knew but wouldn't speak? My friend from Warsaw was so critical to my search. If you read some of my Poland pages about Kolbuszowa and Cmolas you will learn more about my search. Wishing you the best of luck. Look for friends on VT to help you.