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 *'''Determine where records from your ancestor's home parish are stored today.''' <br>When you have a locality name, use a gazetteer to determine which parish or civil jurisdiction served your ancestor's locality.
 *'''Check if records are available on-line.''' A great amount of records are available online. You can find those records on following pages:
-**[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927187 FamilySearch] - Catholic records from 4 dioceses (Częstochowa, Gliwice, Lublin, Radom and Tarnow)
+===Links to Finding Aids===
-**[http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/ Szukaj w Archiwach]- instructions [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/a/af/Polish_State_Archives.pdf here] (note that this is a pdf document, and you will need a pdf reader to read it).
+*[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en '''The PRADZIAD Database'''] A database that comprises information on parish and civil registration registers preserved in all branches of the Polish State Archives and some Roman Catholic diocesan and archdiocesan archives. Gives location of specific records and address of archives.
-**[http://metryki.genealodzy.pl/ Metryki]
+*[http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/ '''Szukaj w Archiwach''' ] Search page for church records and civil registration at the National Archives. Links directly to scans.
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=92&query=%2Bplace%3APoland '''FamilySearch Catalog for Poland''']  Microfilms (all will eventually be digitized, many are now) of the FamilySearch records.
+*[https://www.sggee.org/research/parishes/church_parishes/LutheransInRusPoland.html '''Lutheran Records in Russian Poland''']  Church records inventory with links to scans held at various repositories.
+*[[Baptist Church Records in Poland|'''Baptist Church Records in Poland''']]
+*[https://www.sggee.org/research/parishes/church_parishes/BaptistInRusPoland.html '''Baptist Records in Russian Poland''']
+*[https://www.parafie.genealodzy.pl/ '''Parafie.genealodzy.pl'''], Parish inventory, address list of current parishes.
+*[https://agoff.de/?p=714 '''AGOFF,'''] an organization dedicated to finding missing records of Prussia.
+*[http://www.christoph-www.de/kbsilesia2.html '''Silesia Findbuch,''']  Comprehensive list of Silesian church records by parish, their location, and links to online records
+*[http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/kirchenbuecher/bestandsverzeichnis.php? '''Family Research in West Prussia, Inventory of Church Records,'''] listed by county (kreis), find the kreis for your town in Meyers 1871 Gazetteer.
+* [http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/standesamtsregister/bestandsverzeichnis.php? '''Family Research in West Prussia, Inventory of Civil Registration Records,'''] organized by county (kreis). Find the kreis in Meyer's 1871 Gazetteer.
+* [http://www.ptg.gda.pl/index.php/certificate/action/main/ '''PTG (Pomorskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne)''']  Online indexes to birth, marriage and death records for the Pomeranian area.
+* '''Pommerscher Greif e. V.,''' Association for Pomeranian Family and Local History.
+**[https://www.pommerscher-greif.de/kirchenbuch-online-qdb.html '''Finding aid tool for church records''']
+**[https://www.pommerscher-greif.de/standesamt-online-qdb.html '''Finding aid tool for civil registration''']
+*[http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/skany/ '''Archiwum Państwowe w Przemyślu''',] for the Przemyśl region of Subcarpathia, searchable by name and localities, with links to scans.
+*[https://www.genealogiawarchiwach.pl/ '''Genealogia w Archiwach''',] Torun and Bydgoszcz State Archives, mostly in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian area.
+*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/testy.html '''BaSia''',] indexing for  Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian
+*[http://regestry.lubgens.eu/news.php '''Lubgens''',] searchable database and finding aid for Lublin voivodeship.
+*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/testy.html '''AGAD (Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych w Warszawie)''',] parish inventory for Warsaw, Lublin and Subcarpathian.
+*[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Geneteka_database '''Geneteka''']
+=== Online Indexed Databases  ===
+*[http://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/ '''Geneteka''']
+*[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/ '''JewishGen Poland Database''']
+*[http://jri-poland.org/ '''Jewish Records Indexing-Poland''']
+====Ancestry.com====
+*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60749&geo_a=r&o_iid=41022&o_lid=41022&o_sch=Web+Property '''Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany (Poland), Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945,'''] index and images, incomplete. ($)
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9950 '''Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg and Posen, Select Church Book Duplicates, 1794-1874,'''] index, ($).
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2116 '''Brandenburg, Germany, Transcripts of Church Records, 1700-1874,'''] index and images, ($).
+*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60132 '''Poland, Roman Catholic Church Books Index, 1742-1964'''], Lublin and Kielce, index, ($)
+====FamilySearch Historical Records====
+*'''1784-1964''' - {{RecordSearch|1867931| '''Poland, Lublin Roman Catholic Church Books, 1784-1964,'''}} images and index.
+*'''1587-1966''' - {{RecordSearch|1407440|'''Poland, Radom Roman Catholic Church Books, 1587-1966,'''}} images and index.
+*'''1612-1900''' - {{RecordSearch|1985025|'''Poland, Tarnow Roman Catholic Diocese Church Books, 1612-1900,'''}} images and index.
+*'''1794-1874''' - {{RecordSearch|1491272|'''Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg and Posen, Church Book Duplicates, 1794-1874,'''}} index and images.
+*'''1544-1945''' - {{RecordSearch|1874205|'''Germany, Prussia, Pomerania Church Records, 1544-1945,'''}} index and images
+====Regional Databases====
+*[http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/skany/ '''Archiwum Państwowe w Przemyślu'''] for the Przemyśl region of Subcarpathia, searchable by name and localities, with links to scans.
+*[http://www.mikeburger.com/rzeszow.html '''Search Rzeszów Vital Records''']
+*[http://regestry.lubgens.eu/news.php '''Lubgens''',] searchable database for Lublin voivodeship.
+*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/testy.html '''BaSia''',] indexing for  Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian
+*[http://e-kartoteka.net/pl/ '''Archiwum Państwowe w Poznaniu Census database 1870-1931''']
+*[http://bindweed.man.poznan.pl/posen/project.php '''Poznań Marriage Indexing Project''']. Marriage records from the entire Duchy of Poznań (Posen).
+*[http://www.ptg.gda.pl/index.php/certificate/action/main/ '''PTG (Pomorskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne)''']  Online indexes to birth, marriage and death records for the Pomeranian area.
+*[http://siliusradicum.pl/indeksy-metryk/ '''Upper Silesian Genealogical Society ''']
+*[https://search.geshergalicia.org/ '''The All Galicia Database''']
+===Online Browsable Images Databases===
+*[http://www.szukajwarchiwach.pl '''Szukaj w Archiwach'''][https://s3.amazonaws.com/ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252/s3/research-wiki-elasticsearch-prod-s3bucket/images/3/35/1-Polish_State_Archives-Instruction.pdf Tutorial] The Polish Archives
+*[https://www.archion.de/de/browse/#https://www.archion.de/de/browse/&path=3 '''Archion: Evangelical Central Archives in Berlin''']($), records for former Prussian localities, browsable image
+*’’’1700-2005’’’ - {{RecordSearch|2564996|'''Poland, Evangelical Church Books, 1700-2005,'''}} images, no index.
+*[http://www.szczecin.ap.gov.pl/ '''National Archives in Stettin'''] [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/8/84/Stettin_tutorial_update2.pdf Tutorial]
+*[http://metryki.genealodzy.pl/ '''Metryki Genealodzy Roman Catholic Records''']
+*[http://metryki.genbaza.pl/en '''Metryki GenBaza''']
+*[http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/skany/ '''Archiwum Państwowe w Przemyślu''',] for the Przemyśl region of Subcarpathia, searchable by name and localities, with links to scans.
+*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/testy.html '''AGAD (Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych w Warszawie)''',] parish inventory for Warsaw, Lublin and Subcarpathian.
+*[http://www.ank.gov.pl/zasob-i-udostepnianie/informacje-o-archiwaliach/zbiory-online&usg=ALkJrhiz3eS6pgp4cj50rPg9uI5TtpKxTQ '''National archives in Krakow''']
+*[http://olsztyn.ap.gov.pl/baza/szukaj.php '''Archiwum Państwowe w Olsztynie''']
+*[http://www.archeion.net/atom/index.php/;digitalobject/browse?mediatype=137 '''Archiwum Państwowe we Wrocławiu''']
+*[http://www.szczecin.ap.gov.pl/iCmsModuleArchPublic/showDocuments?show_on_page=50 '''Archiwum Państwowe w Szczecinie''']
+*[http://data.matricula-online.eu/en/polen/breslau/ '''Matricula'''] Breslau is now Wrocław
+*‘’’1226-1950’’’ - {{RecordSearch|2115410|'''Poland, Częstochowa Roman Catholic Church Books, 1226-1950'''}} images, no index.
+*[http://www.pommerscher-greif.de '''Pommerscher Greif e. V., Association for Pomeranian Family and Local History'''].
+::Go to Forschung > Famillienforschung > Standesamt online or Kirchenbuch online > Find your Kreis >Parish
+=== Records at the FamilySearch Library  ===
+The Family History Library has church records on microfilm from many parishes throughout Poland, some to 1875, some to the 1880s, and some as late as the 1960s. Look in the catalog under the name of the town where the parish was, not necessarily the town where your ancestor lived: POLAND, (COUNTY), (TOWN) - CHURCH RECORDS New records are continually added to the library’s collection from several sources. Do not give up if records are not available yet. Check the FamilySearch Catalog every two or three years for the records you need.
+===Local Parishes===
+Most Catholic church records are still maintained by the parish, which will generally answer correspondence in Polish. You can write directly to the parish with a nonspecific address (Catholic parish, Town name with postal code, Poland), but using the specific parish address is better.  If the records you need have been moved to a diocese or state archive, your request may be forwarded to that archive.
+====Parish Addresses====
+*[http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=show_country&country=PL  '''The Catholic Directory, Poland''']
+*[http://www.luteranie.pl/kontakt.html# '''Luteranie.pl''']: Polish Evangelical website with all current diocese addresses and individual parishes and email addresses. Many Lutheran parishes that existed before the 1918/1945 boundary changes no longer exist. Some of their records are in the diocese archives, and some were sent to [https://www.archion.de/de/browse/#https://www.archion.de/de/browse/&path=3 Archion: Evangelical Central Archives in Berlin.]
 == Archives, offices and parishes  ==