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Go to [[Jewish Genealogy Research|Jewish Genealogy Research Main Page]]<br>Go to [[Poland|Poland Main Page]]  

*To view present-day Poland at Google Maps, click [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=poland&hl=en&ll=51.917168,19.160156&spn=12.211657,33.815918&sll=55.166319,23.884277&sspn=5.650241,16.907959&hnear=Poland&t=m&z=6 here].  

*For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click [[Jewish Population Maps|here]].  

*For a map showing the percentage of Jews in the Pale of Settlement and Congress Poland, c. 1905, click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_showing_percentage_of_Jews_in_the_Pale_of_Settlement_and_Congress_Poland,_c._1905.png here].  

*To view an additional historical map showing the historical percentage of Jews in governments, click [http://books.google.com/books?id=sr85AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA531&lpg=PA531&dq=%22percentage+of+jews+in+governments%22+map&source=bl&ots=BK42kcedcz&sig=Eb1EvyRT9xaaOxNAlNit1-q2_yU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PcwMU5-xMcGBogTyqYKABg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22percentage%20of%20jews%20in%20governments%22%20map&f=false here].<br>Definition of "Pale of Settlement" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Settlement Wikipedia.org]:<br>"The Pale of Settlement (Russian: Черта́ осе́длости, chertá osédlosti, Yiddish: דער תּחום-המושבֿ, der tkhum-ha-moyshəv, Hebrew: תְּחוּם הַמּוֹשָב, tḥùm ha-mosháv‎) was the term given to a region of Imperial Russia in which permanent residency by Jews was allowed and beyond which Jewish permanent residency was generally prohibited. It extended from the eastern pale, or demarcation line, to the western Russian border with the Kingdom of Prussia (later the German Empire) and with Austria-Hungary. The English term 'pale' is derived from the Latin word 'palus,' a stake, extended to mean the area enclosed by a fence or boundary."  

*To view historical maps of Poland, click [[Poland Maps#Historical_Maps_of_Poland|here]].  

*For a map showing Poland's current voivodeships (provinces), click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland#Administrative_divisions here].

*Use the JewishGen Communities Database by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp here].  

**For the online version, click [http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=12786 here].  

**Take the online FamilySearch course '''''Finding Places in the Former German Areas of Poland Using the Online Gazetteer Kartenmeister.com''''' by clicking [https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/finding-places-in-the-former-german-areas-of-poland-using-the-online-gazetteer-kartenmeister-com/887 here].  

**Go directly to ''Kartenmeister.com'' by clicking [http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp here].

*To read the Wikipedia.org article ''History of the Jews in Poland'', click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Poland here].  

*Take the [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Poland.html Poland Virtual Jewish History Tour].<br>"Before the outbreak of World War II, more than 3.3 million Jews lived in Poland, the largest Jewish population of Europe and second largest Jewish community in the world. Poland served as the center for Jewish culture and a diverse population of Jews from all over Europe sought refuge there, contributing to a wide variety of religious and cultural groups. Barely 11% of Poland's Jews - 369,000 people -survived the war. Today, approximately 3,200 Jews remain in Poland."  

*To visit the Galicia Jewish Museum online click [http://www.en.galiciajewishmuseum.org/ here]. The Galicia Jewish Museum exists to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to celebrate the Jewish culture of Polish Galicia, presenting Jewish history from a new perspective.

=== [[Poland Jewish Records]]  ===

*Read a FamilySearch Wiki article describing available Jewish records by clicking [[Poland Jewish Records|here]]. Includes great links!

*More than five million records for Poland, from a variety of sources, including: vital records, business directories, voter lists, passenger manifests, Yizkor books and other Holocaust sources. A joint project of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen. ''Requires free registration.'' To search, click [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/#Poland here].

*For ''A Genealogical and Family History guide to Jewish and civil records in Eastern Europe'', click [http://www.rtrfoundation.org/ here] and '''hover over Poland'''.  

*Get ideas and help with the Facebook Polish Genealogy Research Community [https://www.facebook.com/PolandGenealogy here].

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