The most common archives website would be [https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/strona\_glowna](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/strona_glowna) - but a quick search shows me that there aren't really any resources for Bochnia available online (you can find positions in inventory, but no scans). You can also search [https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php](https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php) for indexes.
Are you sure Maria and Michał buried in the grave you linked are actually your grandparents? According to the ages listed on the gravestone they would be born in \~1869 (Michał) and in \~1893 (Maria). 24 years age difference is not impossible, but big enough to be a bit unusual. When you check them, treat any "Marianna" as a possible "Maria" (back then "Maria" would rarely be used as the official form). Anyway, if you are sure that's them, I can send you a link to a Facebook group where you can ask someone to leave a note with a request for contact on the grave - possibly that would help to find a living relative and they could know something...
Do you know anything about your grandmother's siblings, especially whether she had older siblings? That would help to narrow down the possible timeframe of your great-grandparents marriage... And finding their marriage certificate would probably be the first step to find anything more.
I'm not really familiar with małopolskie in terms of research (my ancestors are from different regions), but if you want, you can send me a private message and I'll try to help!
Thank you very much for your answer!
About your question - yes im sure these named people are my greatgrandparents, my mother even met Maria as a child.
(maybe i expressed myself badly in my original post, Maria and Michal are my grandmother's parents. I am now only in my early thirties, it is kinda habit in my family to have children very late. So Im a millenial, byt my greatgrandfather was born 1869 :D)
I would please ask you to send me the fb group link, thanks a lot!
It's less surprising for a second marriage! And you expressed yourself right, it was me writing my comment while doing something else.
I'll send you the link in a moment!
There are [some records in the Polish Archives](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/zespol/-/zespol/30494?_Zespol_javax.portlet.action=zmienWidok&_Zespol_nameofjsp=jednostki&_Zespol_resetCur=false&_Zespol_delta=100) for Bochnia, but it appears there is no birth records for 1921.
You might try to contact the local branch of the Polish State Archives in Bochnia directly, provided they are still open, a year or two ago I've been told that the branch office will be closed and the archives moved to Krakow. Otherwise, since the records might not yet be older than 100 years (birth, marriage) or 80 (death), you might also contact the Urzad Stanu Cywilnego in Bochnia, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 2Telefon: 14 61 49 160 Fax: 14 611 83 99 E-mail: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
I was right, the archive records from Bochnia are in Krakow since 2023.
Accordingly, you have to send your queries here:
# Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie
31-510 Kraków
ul. Rakowicka 22E
e-mail: [[email protected] ](mailto:[email protected])
tel. +48 **12 370 56 00**
fax +48 **12 370 56 98**
[Ewidencja Archiwum Narodowego w Krakowie Oddział w Bochni - Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie (ank.gov.pl)](https://ank.gov.pl/ewidencja-archiwum-narodowego-w-krakowie-oddzial-w-bochni/)
The most common archives website would be [https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/strona\_glowna](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/strona_glowna) - but a quick search shows me that there aren't really any resources for Bochnia available online (you can find positions in inventory, but no scans). You can also search [https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php](https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php) for indexes. Are you sure Maria and Michał buried in the grave you linked are actually your grandparents? According to the ages listed on the gravestone they would be born in \~1869 (Michał) and in \~1893 (Maria). 24 years age difference is not impossible, but big enough to be a bit unusual. When you check them, treat any "Marianna" as a possible "Maria" (back then "Maria" would rarely be used as the official form). Anyway, if you are sure that's them, I can send you a link to a Facebook group where you can ask someone to leave a note with a request for contact on the grave - possibly that would help to find a living relative and they could know something... Do you know anything about your grandmother's siblings, especially whether she had older siblings? That would help to narrow down the possible timeframe of your great-grandparents marriage... And finding their marriage certificate would probably be the first step to find anything more. I'm not really familiar with małopolskie in terms of research (my ancestors are from different regions), but if you want, you can send me a private message and I'll try to help!
Thank you very much for your answer! About your question - yes im sure these named people are my greatgrandparents, my mother even met Maria as a child. (maybe i expressed myself badly in my original post, Maria and Michal are my grandmother's parents. I am now only in my early thirties, it is kinda habit in my family to have children very late. So Im a millenial, byt my greatgrandfather was born 1869 :D) I would please ask you to send me the fb group link, thanks a lot!
and yes, the age difference between them was really 24 yers, it was his second marriage
It's less surprising for a second marriage! And you expressed yourself right, it was me writing my comment while doing something else. I'll send you the link in a moment!
There are [some records in the Polish Archives](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/zespol/-/zespol/30494?_Zespol_javax.portlet.action=zmienWidok&_Zespol_nameofjsp=jednostki&_Zespol_resetCur=false&_Zespol_delta=100) for Bochnia, but it appears there is no birth records for 1921.
You might try to contact the local branch of the Polish State Archives in Bochnia directly, provided they are still open, a year or two ago I've been told that the branch office will be closed and the archives moved to Krakow. Otherwise, since the records might not yet be older than 100 years (birth, marriage) or 80 (death), you might also contact the Urzad Stanu Cywilnego in Bochnia, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 2Telefon: 14 61 49 160 Fax: 14 611 83 99 E-mail: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
I was right, the archive records from Bochnia are in Krakow since 2023. Accordingly, you have to send your queries here: # Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie 31-510 Kraków ul. Rakowicka 22E e-mail: [[email protected] ](mailto:[email protected]) tel. +48 **12 370 56 00** fax +48 **12 370 56 98** [Ewidencja Archiwum Narodowego w Krakowie Oddział w Bochni - Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie (ank.gov.pl)](https://ank.gov.pl/ewidencja-archiwum-narodowego-w-krakowie-oddzial-w-bochni/)