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    Please can someone help me decipher my grandmother's birth certificate to find which church she was baptised in?
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    Please can someone help me decipher my grandmother’s birth certificate to find which church she was baptised in?

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    3. 5thhorseman_ on

      Archidiecezja Wrocławska, Kościół parafialny pod wezwaniem Wszystkich Świętych w Różance.

      At the bottom the location is given as Różanka.

      https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3%C5%BCanka_(Wroc%C5%82aw)

      According to the Wrocław Archdiocese website that parish does not appear to exist any more. If you’re trying to trace something more specific you might want to reach out to them directly: https://www.archidiecezja.wroc.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=101&Itemid=2

    5. 10metr on

      Archdiocese of Wrocław, All Saints Church in *Różnka* I did not find any information about this parish

    6. DrawAccomplished4286 on

      Archidiecezja wrocławska (look around Wrocław)
      PW wszystkich świętych w Różance.
      SO the place i Różanka or Różaniec
      somewhere in woj dolnośląskie (upper Silesia region in Poland)
      This church doesn’t look to exist anymore

      Różaniec was a small post-war Catholic filial church near Wrocław, in the Archdiocese of Wrocław, under the parish of Kąty Wrocławskie.

      Your document is dated 28 January 1953 and signed by a parish priest, which confirms that Różaniec functioned as a local church station at that time.

      If you would like to request records, good place would be)

      Archdiocesan Archives of Wrocław (Archiwum Archidiecezjalne we Wrocławiu)
      (Adress: ul. Katedralna 13
      50-328 Wrocław
      Where: księgi parafialne i administracyjne lat 1946–1956

      They hold parish books and administrative files from 1946–1956, including records for Różaniec as a filial church of Kąty Wrocławskie.

      There is a historical church “pw. Wszystkich Świętych” in KĄTY WROCŁAWSKIE
      Built originally in medieval times.
      Functioned as the main parish church for this area including small outposts like Różaniec.
      Priests from this church were responsible for sacraments and certificates.
      In the 1950s it was the official parish center for Różaniec.

    7. Gamebyter on

      The baptism was recorded in the parish of St. Agnes in Świdnica

      („Kościół parafialny św. Agnieszki w Świdnicy”).

      The word „Różance” means “in Różanka” (locative case of Różanka), and does not indicate the parish itself. It most likely refers the place of birth, or the place of residence of the baptized person or family.

    9. Perfect_Whereas3433 on

      Churches and denominations change. Records are moved, etc. You need to have some information from the source. It’s not known whether records exist or whether the church exists.

      Here’s the Facebook page for the Archdiocese of Wrocław:

      [https://www.facebook.com/Archidiecezja.Wroclawska/?locale=pl_PL](https://www.facebook.com/Archidiecezja.Wroclawska/?locale=pl_PL)

      Here’s the email address to which you can send your testimony and they’ll find you a church, or rather, a parish. Based on this information, there are parishes in several cities in Lower Silesia, and they need to determine which parish it is and find the records.

      The email address of the Wrocław diocese under which the person in the testimony falls:

      [kuria@archidiecezja.wroc.pl](mailto:kuria@archidiecezja.wroc.pl)

      Write it briefly and concisely in English with a Polish translation, and you’ll be fine. Once they read it, they’ll respond.

      There are many cities where these testimonies could be from, such as Strzelin, Wrocław, Kiełczów, Świdnica, etc. For someone here to help you, they would need access to the records and be from this archdiocese.