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Looking for Information about My Father's and Mother's Family

We are the Kopecs from Harklowa, Nowy Targ, Krakowa, Poland.  Granddad Paul Kopec emigrated to the United States and lived most of his life in Cardale, PA. He was active in the Polish National Alliance (PNA) and acted as an agent for their insurance policies. He worked as a coal miner.  He had a Polish radio program in the 1950s in Uniontown. My grandmother was Rose (Rosella) Pecak (which we pronounced as Pincheck) and she was born in 1897.  She died in 1950. Grandfather was remarried August 16, 1955 by Father Sylvester F. Noraski at St. Mary's Church Cardale, PA. Grandma Gorski died January 1, 1970.  Paul John Kopec (grandfather) died on May 12, 1982 in Akron, OH . 

According to my grandfather's 1889 baptismal certificate (Latin), it says that he was born on June 24, 1889 in Harklowa, Nowy Targ, Poland.  He was baptised on June 28, 1889 by a priest who signed it as Francesco Kwiatkowski at Nowy Targ, Krakow, Polonia.  


Harklowa is a very small village and has about 412 people today (Wikipedia).  The church is pictured and identified as the Birth of the Virgin Mary Church.  Guessing he was baptised at this church as the birth certificate does not identify the church but "Parochia" as Harlowa.

Curious if anyone lives in Harklova or Nowy Targ or has been there and if there are any Kopecs still living there or nearby.  My grandfather, whom we called Paul Kopec (his family) is shown on the certificate as Paulus Kopec and his parents are Jacobus Kopec and Agnes Lesna. Farmers or peasant, according to the Latin language (filius and filia agricolarum).