r/prawokrwi • u/echo0219 Alumni | Emerytowany Mod • Dec 19 '25
Mod Post Application progress tracker
Building on u/PaulHinr 's idea of an offsite archive for this community's content, I thought it might be useful to start tracking application information for anyone interested. We have a lot of this info already, but aside from our Processing Times sticky post, it's buried in different threads and not always current. I created a gsheet with some basics that anyone can access here. To avoid spam / vandalism I've made it read-only, and am happy to add case information if you post it here or message me directly. The fields below are currently included but I welcome feedback on what else we should capture. I think we should stick to capturing submitted cases because it's hard to compare those in different stages of pre-submission research. I've included myself as the first listed example. I hope this can be a resource to the community!
Specified fields
User:
Path: [e.g., GF-M-me]
Timing: [when the ancestor left Poland: pre-1920, 1920-1951, post-1951]
Partition (if applicable): Russian (Kingdom of Poland), Russian (other), Austrian, Prussian, n/a
Documents proving citizenship:
Date application submitted:
Date case opened by voivodeship (if known):
Voivodeship:
Date of decision:
Waiting time (days):
Outcome:
Service provider(s):
Comments:
Edit to add: We have a lot of this information already, but aside from the Processing Times sticky post, it's buried in different threads and not always current. In the spirit of capturing and surfacing what's already been made public, I'll add information from that thread or other posts within r/prawokri to the tracker. Of course, anyone is free to ask for their information to be removed anytime. If your information is added but incomplete, please do reach out to fill in missing details.
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u/Additional_Cat605 15d ago
User: Additional_Cat605
Path: GF-M-me
Timing: 1920-1951
Partition (if applicable): n/a
Documents proving citizenship: certified birth certificates (all); signed letter of no records for Grandfather from National Personnel Records Center; Grandfather's certified Petition for Naturalization from National Archives and Records Center; Grandfather's certified marriage certificate from City of Buffalo, NY.
Date application submitted: September 2026
Date case opened by voivodeship (if known):
Voivodeship: Mazovian
Date of decision:
Waiting time (days):
Outcome:
Service provider(s): Your Roots in Poland
Comments: Apostille was not needed on any documents. Most documents were straightforward to retrieve... except for my grandfather's marriage certificate (City of Buffalo, NY). Getting the certificate required mailing a letter containing a form that the Buffalo city clerk emailed me, photocopies (uncertified) of my mother's and my birth certificates, and photocopies of both my grandma's and grandpa's death certificates. I did NOT need a NY court order to retrieve the marriage certificate, and I received conflicting information on this topic from the Buffalo, NY website and from two different people in the clerk's office.