The Polish Genealogical Society of America has compiled the following list of translators who will provide translation services for a fee. Please send a photocopy of an original document along with a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE). Please include your e-mail address, if available, for a faster price quote. The PGSA makes no recommendations or endorsements.

Legend: Ph: Phone; e-m: email; F: Fax; LP: Language Preferences; LE: Language Education; Ws: Website

Michaline Bak, P.O. Box 249, Chambers, AZ 86502, e-m: translatoradela@hotmail.com. Ws: http://poltranslator.friendpages.com. I translate Polish Genealogy which includes all types of certificates, records and documents including "old Polish" script and copies of microfilmed records. Most translations done within 24 - 48 hrs. Very reasonable rates!

Peter D. Hays, 342 1/2 W. 8th, Eugene, OR 97401. Ph: (541) 485-6254; LP: Any European language into English - Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Latin - experienced with archaic, dialectical, and archival terminology, older spelling and handwriting, and translations from the Slownik Geograficzny. LE: Graduate work, 10 languages, University of Oregon, GPA 4.0. Lived in France and Germany. Send photocopy for price quote.

Ola Heska, 115 S. River St., Batavia, IL 60510. Ph. (630) 482-9166, e-m: ola@hwwd.com; LP: Polish, English, Russian; LE: MA in Russian, Lodz University, Poland. Native of Poland, lived in Russia, experience with old Russian handwritting and Old Church Slavonic. Offers translation extracts from vital records (per hour fee). Will travel to Chicago area Family History Centers to assist in research (1 hr minimum fee). References.

Renata Milewski, 1119 Barberry Lane, Mt. Prospect, IL 60056. Ph: (847) 590-5457; e-m: remil88@aol.com; LP: Polish, Slovak and Russian. LE: MA in Slavic Philology. Send photocopy for price quote.

Dorota Rzymska, Ph.D. Slavic Languages Services, P.O. Box 34-1197, Los Angeles, CA 90034. Ph: (310) 836-7246; F: (310) 836-7306; e-m: dorota.rzymska@sbcglobal.net; LP: 1) English into Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, 2) Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Byelorussian, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian into English; LE: Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak. Send photocopy for price quote.

Ann C. Sherwin, 1918 Medfield Road, Raleigh, NC 27607-4732. e-m: translate@asherwin.com; Ph: (909) 859-5846; F: call for number; Ws: http://www.asherwin.com; LP: German to English; LE: BA & MA in German, certified by American Translators Association for German-English since 1984; specializes in genealogy, good with old script. Send copy for price quote.

Jadwiga Weralska, Marynin, 05-825 Grodzisk Maz., Poland. F: (48) 607 459 702; e-m: jweralska@sferia.net; LP: English to Polish, Polish to English, Old Russian to English; LE: English Philology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. Send photocopy for price quote. Has worked as an interpreter and genealogical researcher for several years, and is a licensed tour guide with own vehicle. Will help find records in Polish parishes and Archives and also will help find living relatives and assist at meeting them.

Translation Guides

The following are references you can view or purchase that will help you translate many old documents yourself.

A Website that will translate your word or phrases from English to Polish and from Polish to English.

Russian Language Documents from Russian Poland: Translation Manual for Genealogists by Jonathan D. Shea. Available through the author, 8 Lyle Road, New Britain, CT 06053

If I Can You Can Decipher Germanic Records by Edna M. Bentz. Available through Tamara Bentz, 9150-187 Gramercy Drive, San Diego, CA 92123-4001, tjbentz@prodigy.net.