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Earlier, you used *[http://mapa.szukacz.pl '''Mapa.Szukacz.pl'''] to find the voivodeship of your town. It also lists the '''"commune".''' Usually the civil registration office will be in the commune.<br> | Earlier, you used *[http://mapa.szukacz.pl '''Mapa.Szukacz.pl'''] to find the voivodeship of your town. It also lists the '''"commune".''' Usually the civil registration office will be in the commune.<br> | ||
Watch the online course, [https://familysearch.org/ | Watch the online course, [https://familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lesson/712 '''Poland Historical Geography'''] '''The second half of this lesson will demonstrate several gazetteers.'''<br> | ||
Links to those gazetteers, and more instructions, can be found in the article [[Poland Gazetteers|'''Poland Gazetteers'''.]]<br> | Links to those gazetteers, and more instructions, can be found in the article [[Poland Gazetteers|'''Poland Gazetteers'''.]]<br> | ||
You might just locate the parish churches which appear to be closest to your town of village. This is not foolproof, as they may have been built more recently, or had boundaries to the parish that stretched in a different direction excluding your town. However, if you write to the wrong parish, they will forward your request to the correct parish. Here are two directories for parish address:<br> | You might just locate the parish churches which appear to be closest to your town of village. This is not foolproof, as they may have been built more recently, or had boundaries to the parish that stretched in a different direction excluding your town. However, if you write to the wrong parish, they will forward your request to the correct parish. Here are two directories for parish address:<br> | ||
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