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Poland Research Strategies

• Getting Started
• What's the Next Step
• Finding Your Ancestor in the Records
• Online Genealogy Records
• Determining a Place of Origin
• Gazetteers

Poland Research Tips

• Tips for Beginners
• Tips for Polish American Researchers

Census Records.   Censuses (counts and descriptions of populations) have been taken by the various governments of Poland, primarily for population studies, taxation, or military purposes.  Poland Census Records

Civil Registration.   Birth, death and marriage records.  Office to locate Poland civil registrations