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HenryS
Is there a source for records from Breslau, Schlesien, Prussia? I have several ancestors who came to America from there. I have recently discovered many who stayed.
Henry
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Gordon
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Henry,

I'm a new GGG member since August and just registered for the Forum, so am just seeing this.

Are you willing to hire a professional researcher?  I went to Breslau/Wrocław in October with a German friend and a Polish professional to look at German church books in the Polish State Archive there.  His name is Andrzej and he uses his late wife's email address from the looks of it:

<Alicja Solik-Gwiaździńska a.s.genealogia@gmail.com>

He speaks German well and is pretty good with English.  We were with him for four days, traveling to additional sites besides the former Breslau.  The charge was 100 Euro per day, plus an additional 100 Euro for gasoline for his car, as he drove us the entire time we were in Poland.  All of us were able to read the handwriting in the church books, but he also took photos of records found.  He is very professional and a good person!  You can say that I recommended him to you....

Gordon Seyffert
Los Angeles County, CA

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alinkamaja
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Henry — for Breslau (now Wrocław) research, start by pinpointing the person’s religion and exact address or neighborhood; that tells you which parish and which civil registry office (Standesamt) to search. Civil registration began across Prussia in Oct 1874 (births, marriages, deaths); earlier records are in church books (Evangelical, Catholic, Jewish). Check the Polish State Archives search (Szukaj w Archiwach) and the State Archive in Wrocław for digitized or on-site records; FamilySearch has many Breslau civil and parish films (some viewable only at affiliate libraries). For Evangelical parishes, Archion has growing Silesian coverage; for Catholic registers, look to diocesan archives and FamilySearch; for Jewish records, try JRI-Poland and community registers. City address books (Breslauer Adressbücher) and old maps help match streets to parishes/Standesämter; cemetery databases and probate files can confirm families who stayed. Be aware of access limits in Poland (typically births <100 years, marriages/deaths <80 years). If you share names, approximate dates, and faith, I can suggest the exact books and offices to contact next.

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