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i am now in reciept of my grandads birth certificate . he was born in czarkow in 1924 thats how its spelt on it anyway could it be krakow ? he came to england as a young man fleeing the war he was the only member of his family to leave my grandad is now deceased but i am trying to get my mum in touch with some of her reltives has she never met any of them as far as we know he was 1 of 6 children surname szromek could you tell me were i start trying please also could you translate this piatego marca tysiac dziewiecset dwudziestego /5.3. 1924/roku. czarkow
Hi Sarah:
Czarkow (it is "o" with a thing above it - Polish letter) is a really small place in Silesia Region near Tarnowskie Gory and some distance from Katowice - the capitol of this Region. The Polish words that you want me to translate simply state a full date: 5th of March, thousand nine hundred twenty four year. Also try this website for starters http://www.polishroots.com/index.htm
Hope it helps,
Adam.
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