Poland

This publication on FamilySearch.org explains how to get started with your Polish research.  It includes maps, translations of documents, and research procedures to use: Finding Records of your Ancestors in Poland.

This is a helpful site for information regarding research in Poland: https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/home?authuser=0

Church Records

Link to records in all areas of Poland: lostshoebox.com

See also http://siliusradicum.pl/ksiegi-metrykalne/

See Dobrzyn or Dobriner Land parishes on this site: http://www.szpejankowski.eu/index.php/metryki-wykazy-osob/102.html

See Poznan Project

  https://www.genealogiawarchiwach.pl  [formerly bosmanager].

•     Church records available at the Main State Archive: Warsaw

•     Digital records from the Eastern areas of Poland now in Ukraine. Agad. Instructions for using this site are on the FamilySearch Wiki: Agad on FamilySearch Wiki

•     Online Polish records of Szczecin: [Note to see a complete list of digitized images click on the term "Materialy zdigitalizowane"; then click on the image "Archiwum Panstwowe w Szczecinie" and a list of titles available will appear on the left side.  Online records.

•     Existing Lutheran parishes in Poland.  This site gives contact information for Lutheran parishes in Poland: Lutheran

•     Polish State archives images at Olsztyn.

  •     Polish State archive images at Poznan.  

•     Parishes with indexes and scans of records available at Geneteka. The site is in Polish; however, an article on how to use the site appears at this link:   How to use Geneteka. This site indexes births, marriages, and deaths for many regions, including Ukraine, Lithuania and parts of Russia.

•     This site will do a search for surnames that have been indexed all over Poland http://genealogyindexer.org. Includes Yikor books indexed, historical directories, address books, military lists of officiers and casualties in Poland and Russia.

•     Opoka (Catholic Churches in Poland) Opoka.  Opoka is the website of the Catholic Church in Poland.  Click on the map for the diocese of interest.  This will bring up a list of the various diocese [Diecezja] and Archidiocese [Archidiecezja].  Click on the link to the website for the diocese.  Click on "Parafie" to get the individual parishes within the diocese.  Addresses and links to websites are included.

• SGGEE.org is a site with links to the Lutheran parishes in Russian Poland.  

Website for names: http://www.przodkowie.com/metryki/index.php?lit=a. Nation

Website ? http://regestry.lubgens.eu/news.php

Slupca County or Slupecki powiat index: http://www.slupcagenealogy.com/

http://www.welka.pl/metrykiinde.php

http://www.mtg-malopolska.org.pl/ksiegimetrykalne.html    

    Causes of death are found in this site with translations in various languages: http://www.archaicmedicalterms.com. 

szukajwarchiwach.pl

A link to online church record indexes http://www.ksiegi-parafialne.pl/.  This site tells you if a parish has been indexed on one of the many indexing sites including Geneteka, etc. Click on "Wojewodztwa" and a drop down menu will appear with the names of the various regions.  Click on your region of interest to find the name of the parish [Parafia] or USC [civil registration office].  The dates included in the index are listed in the next three columns which include (1) Christenings and/or births; (2) Marriages; (3) Deaths.  Strona www refers to the website where the indexes will be found. [This link is no longer available].

Link to births, marriages and deaths online: genealodzy.pl.  Click on "Metryki". For example: Type in "Warszawa" in search box [Szukaj].  Various parishes will come up.  Choose evangelical and click on the year of the birth, marriage, or death, that you need.  SKU=Index to the records.

Polish Civil registration records are now online for Breslau and Stettin.  Many other diocese records are also available. Link to Poland online records: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Poland.

Civil Registration

    To find the addresses, phone numbers, web and e-mail addresses for civil registration offices in Poland search this http://www.usc.pl/zasieg.  Click on "Urzedy" for list of civil registration offices.  Parish information is also available on the site.  Click on "Parafie" for list of parishes.   You may also search for a Diocese and locate the parishes within that diocese.

 Terms used on site:

    Proboszcz = Name of Priest

    Nazwa = name [of place]

    Wezwanie = name of church

    Dekanat = Deanery

    Diecezja: = Diocese

    Adres = Address

    Wojewodztwo: province = keyed to map

    rok = year

    mieszkancy = number of residents

    wierni = active members

    odpust = name

    typ = type

    zakonna = religious

    wiejska = rural

Civil registration indexes are also included in some sites listed under church records.

Gazetteers

Kartenmaster is an online gazetteer useful for determining modern Polish names for areas formerly in Prussia.  An online class describing this source can be found at Family Search Learning Center/

Słownik Geograficzny królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów Słowiańskich    Link to gazetteer

    Choose the letter of the alphabet you wish to search - you need to narrow down.  Can use an asterisk to find places   

    Szukanie zaawansowane = Advanced Search

    Wyczysc = Clear

    Pokaz = Search

Guidebooks

    Chorzempa, Rosemary A. Polish Roots. 2nd Edition.[943.8 D27c]

    Frazin, Judith R. A Translation Guide to 19th Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents. 2nd edition [Ref. 943.8 V27f 1989].

Jewish Sources

Digital records from the Eastern areas of Poland now in Ukraine. Agad. Instructions for using this site are on the FamilySearch Wiki: Agad on FamilySearch Wiki

Database for Jewish Vital Records: http://www.jri-poland.org/.

Use the FamilySearch Wiki and search for these categories:

Polish Jewish Research:  Link to FamilySearch Wiki article

Polish Jewish Records: Link to FamilySearch Wiki article

New York Jewish Research: Link to FamilySearch Wiki

Maps

    mapa.szukacz.pl    or pilot.pl

    Enter the place name under the word Miejscowość

Meldeamt

    Link to Posen (Stadt) Meldeamt records 1870-1931.  Akta miasta Poznan

NAMES

    An excellent papers discussing Polish names and how they are mutilated: The Fate of East European Names in America

POLISH PROJECTS

    Descriptions and links of the many Polish projects available: http://pgsa.org/2014_polish_parish_records/pgsa_projects.php

Place Names

    An article discussing Polish Place names cam be found here: http://www.polishroots.org/Portals/0/Gendobry/GenDobry_V_3.pdf?ver=2015-06-20-224108-510

Societies

Polish Genealogical Society of America  http://www.pgsa.org/

Polish Genealogical Society of New York: http://pgsnys.org/.  Some free databases.  Access to index to death notices of many Polish immigrants published in Polish newspaper.  Over 30,104 surnames of deaths occurring between 1911-1957.

Sources in Print:

A list of articles appearing in the Szczecinski Informator Archiwalny 1978-2004 is available at this site: http://www.szczecin.ap.gov.pl/pl/Spis_zawartosci_1978_2005.

Bielawa, Matthew. "Polish Genealogical Research and Post-WWII Border Changes and Population Movements: Researching the Documents of the State office of Repatriation (Panstwowy Urzad Repatriacyjny)". In FEEFHS Journal. A Publication for Central & East European Genealogical Studies, Vol. XIV (2006); pp. 49-59.

Word List

    Link to vocabulary for genealogy terms on FamilySearch Wiki. Poland Genealogical Word List.

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