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Modern civil registration records are still kept at the gmina (community) level. Records older than 100 years are supposed to be transferred from the USC office to the state archives. Poland's privacy laws restrict access to births up to 100 years, and marriages and deaths up to 80 years. Books are not transferred until every record in the volume is publicly available (eg. a birth book covering 1910-1925 will be eligible for transfer in 2026). | Modern civil registration records are still kept at the gmina (community) level. Records older than 100 years are supposed to be transferred from the USC office to the state archives. Poland's privacy laws restrict access to births up to 100 years, and marriages and deaths up to 80 years. Books are not transferred until every record in the volume is publicly available (eg. a birth book covering 1910-1925 will be eligible for transfer in 2026). | ||
===To find the town for the civil registration office:=== | |||
*Use [https://mapa.szukacz.pl/ '''mapa.szukacz'''] to find the province, area, commune, and postal code of the town. Enter the town name in the "place" field in the right sidebar and click "Show". All information will appear at the bottom of the right sidebar. <br> | |||
*If the town was in the area of Poland once controlled by Russia or Austria, look it up in [http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=12786&from=publication '''Skorowidz Gazetteer Online'''] to find the parishes of various religions. Here are the [[Media:1-Skorowidz_Online-Instruction.pdf|'''instructions'''.]] Use the second option, "Viewing anywhere via the Digital Library of Wielkopolska".<br> | |||
====To find the address of the civil registration office:==== | ====To find the address of the civil registration office:==== | ||