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Continuing problems in Przemysl.

The following is a summary from someone on another Polish Genealogy
email list. The priest is dr. ks. Borcz

Debbie


July 2009

When I was at Archidiecezja Przemyska 2 years ago, it was extremely
difficult to be allowed inside (we were told they let in ONLY the
academics/government officials or historians doing research for their
thesis/books etc).

Accessing the registers (akta). There was NO catalog of holdings (this
is what we were told - although I do not believe it to be true!), and
the priest would not let us know what exactly they had for our town.
We had to ask explicitly for every single book - one at a time. So it
went like this -
we: "Do you have a birth register for town XXX?"
priest: "I have to go and check", after which he would disappear
somewhere for 5 minutes. Then he would come back with or without the
book.
This "game" went on for 2 hours. At the same time, he would rush us
with comments like "are you done yet?" every 15-20 minutes.

Till this day, I have no idea what exactly they have for my town in
their archive, and if we were told of all of their holdings. We did
not see all the books - I know that for sure!

We were not allowed to photograph or scan (we had a laptop and scanner
with us) the pages. We had to write down everything by hand on sheets
of paper supplied by the priest. So, thanks to THAT "FRIENDLINESS",
I'm missing a lot of information which was in the books but which we
were not able to decipher at the time (Latin, old German, difficult
handwriting, pages in poor conditions, etc). I also have no idea nor I
can check if the information we wrote down is correct or not.


and

As to the Archdiocese Archives in Przemysl - I do not know the
priest's name - it was my Polish cousin who phoned and talked but the
priest was definitely the boss there because when we phoned the first
time he was away for few days and we had to wait for his return.
Nobody else had the authority to let us use the archives and whomever
answered the phone referred to him as the professor-archivist. While
there, he was the only one there. No other assistants were present
except a doorman in the main vestibule.

What is the most frustrating is that I was SO close to finally
locating all my family records. I spent $$$$ on the trip to Poland,
and ONE person's malicious demeanor squashed all that.