Hello everyone,

I am looking for the official case file of a 1908 Prussian name change (Namensänderung) from Nędza to Dura in Beuthen O/S (Bytom).

A 1903 birth record marginal note (entry No. 374) cites a decree from the Königlicher Regierungspräsident zu Oppeln dated May 29, 1908 (ref. I a. VI 2281).

• Original record (Entry 374, with marginal note): https://metryki.genbaza.pl/genbaza,detail,512640,190

I already requested the file from AP Opole, but the search returned negative.

Questions:

• Where else could this file or duplicate exist (e.g., AP Katowice, Magistrat Beuthen, local Amtsgericht)?
• What specific records could reveal where the family actually got the surname "Dura" from (e.g., parish records, tax rolls, land registries)?
• Was this published in the Amtsblatt Oppeln, and is it accessible online?

Thanks for any advice!

I've included all four of their naturalization documents in the US. Basically I don't know anything about their parents and I don't know where to find that info.

Frank Wojtanek (Franciszeic Wojtaszek original name according to document?)

Birth 24 Nov 1878 • Kraków, Lodzkie, Poland

Death 12 Mar 1969 • Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles, California, USA

Anna Wojtanek (Rozalia Wojtanek original name) (Rozalia Gabryś maiden name?)

Birth 4 Dec 1880 • Budzowa, Malopolskie, Poland

Death 20 Jun 1943 • Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Władysław Krakowiak (also known as Walter Krakowiak in the US)

Birth 1 Jun 1884 • Kamionka, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland

Death 17 Oct 1970 • Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Pelagia Strozynska (maiden name) Pelagia Krakowiak (married name) (also known as Pearl Krakowiak in the US)

Birth 28 Feb 1891 • Czarnków, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Death 1981 • Cook, Illinois, USA

Any help would be appreciated!