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Some Catholic dioceses have gathered older records into a diocesan archive. You can write to these archives and request brief searches of their records. See "[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]" in this outline. | Some Catholic dioceses have gathered older records into a diocesan archive. You can write to these archives and request brief searches of their records. See "[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]" in this outline. | ||
Protestant church records | Protestant church records can be difficult to locate in Poland. Many have been lost due to wars and boundary changes, especially so in former Pomerania regions. Many other records have been filmed and are listed in the Family History Library Catalog. In a few cases, records still exist in the local church but have not been microfilmed (e.g. Lublin Lutheran). For a complete listing of Protestant Church archives and repositories, see references in the "[[Poland Church Directories|Church Directories]]" section of this outline. Some Lutheran records for former Prussian regions are held in [http://www.ezab.de/ Lutheran Church Archives] in Berlin. Protestants should not hesitate to look into Catholic records for their information. If no Lutheran or other Protestant church existed in a particular area, the residents would have been civilly obligated to register their b/m/d at the nearest Catholic Church. | ||
Many church records are kept by local parishes, which may also have earlier records. You can write to local parishes and church archives for information. See the "[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]" section in this outline. | Many church records are kept by local parishes, which may also have earlier records. You can write to local parishes and church archives for information. See the "[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]" section in this outline. | ||
Genealogical Societies with focus on specific regions of Poland can often help to find records that may be particularly elusive. | |||
=== Other Libraries === | === Other Libraries === | ||