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Here is a link to find the addresses of Catholic parishes in Poland. [http://www.genpol.com/Katalog-main.html http://www.genpol.com/Katalog-main.html]. Type in the name of the town where the parish was located in the search field and your parish name and address will appear. If your locality's records have not been filmed you can write to the local Catholic parish using the address found through the above site. | Here is a link to find the addresses of Catholic parishes in Poland. [http://www.genpol.com/Katalog-main.html http://www.genpol.com/Katalog-main.html]. Type in the name of the town where the parish was located in the search field and your parish name and address will appear. If your locality's records have not been filmed you can write to the local Catholic parish using the address found through the above site. | ||
A useful website for Lutheran church information can be found at [http://www.luteranie.pl http://www.luteranie.pl]. This site will help you locate Lutheran churches which still exist today and the diocese information for the different Polish regions. A list of pre WW I Lutheran Parishes (in Russian Poland only), along with links to those with microfilmed records, can be found on the [http://www.sggee.org/church_parishes/LutheransInRusPoland SGGEE] site. Civil authorities did not begin registering vital statistics until after 1874 in the former German areas and not until after 1918 in the rest of Poland. Another helpful site for Evangelical records in Poland can be found here [http://www.christoph-www.de/evg_kb1.html Evangelische Kirchenbücher] | A useful website for Lutheran church information can be found at [http://www.luteranie.pl http://www.luteranie.pl]. This site will help you locate Lutheran churches which still exist today and the diocese information for the different Polish regions. A list of pre WW I Lutheran Parishes (in Russian Poland only), along with links to those with microfilmed records, can be found on the [http://www.sggee.org/church_parishes/LutheransInRusPoland SGGEE] site. Civil authorities did not begin registering vital statistics until after 1874 in the former German areas and not until after 1918 in the rest of Poland. Another helpful site for Evangelical records in the Silesian region of Poland can be found here [http://www.christoph-www.de/evg_kb1.html Evangelische Kirchenbücher] | ||
For these later records, see the "[[Poland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]]" section in this outline. | For these later records, see the "[[Poland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]]" section in this outline. | ||