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Create record finder tables for all countries that currently do not have one.


== Record Finder Table for Poland ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
This Record Finder table links to the Poland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
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Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
 
Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
 
{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
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*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
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*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
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| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| Birth date  
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*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
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*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
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*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
*Newspapers
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|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
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*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
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*[[Poland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Newspapers
*Obituaries
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Death
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
 
|-
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| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
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*[[Poland Census|Census]]
*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
*[[Poland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Poland Land and Property|Land & Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
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*[[Poland Directories|Directories]]
[[Poland Societies|Societies]]
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*Social networking
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Language helps
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|  
|-
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| align="left" | Immigration date
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
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*[[Poland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
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|-
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| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Poland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|  
 
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=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Marriage
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|  
|-
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| align="left" | Residence
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
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*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
*[[Poland Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
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*[[Poland Population|Population]]
*[[Poland Census|Census]]
*Directories
*[[Poland Biography|Biography]]
*[[Poland Land and Property|Land & Property]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Noble families
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
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| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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|-
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| align="left" | Nobility
| Occupations
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*[[Poland Nobility|Nobility]]
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*[[Poland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[Poland Biography|Biography]]
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*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
*[[Poland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
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*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
|-
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| align="left" | Religion
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland History|History]]
*[[Poland Church History|Church History]]
|-
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| align="left" | Social activities
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
* [[Poland Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Poland History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Poland Military Records|Military records]]
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
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===Reading the Records===
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| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
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*[[Poland Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
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*[[Polish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[German Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Russian Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Latin Genealogical Word List]]
 
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| align="left" |Handwriting
| Religion
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-paleography-seminar-introduction German Paleography Seminar - 10 classes]
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-paleography-seminar-introduction German Paleography Seminar] - Lessons on German Handwriting
*Old German Script
**[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-1 Part 1]
**[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-2 Part 2]
**[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-german-church-and-civil-records-part-3 Part 3 (German Church and Civil Records)]
*Reading Russian Handwriting
**[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/reading-russian-documents-the-russian-alphabet Reading Russian Documents: The Russian Alphabet]
*Additional Russian Paleography Classes
**[http://www.russianforeveryone.com/RufeA/Lessons/Introduction/Alphabet/Alphabet.htm Russian for Everyone: The Russian Alphabet]
**[https://www.sggee.org/research/rus_translate/Cyrillic_Handouts.pdf SGGEE Cyrillic Handout.pdf] for months and numbers in Russian cursive.
 
|-
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| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Poland Names, Personal|Names, personal]]
|  
|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
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*[[Poland Letter Writing Guide|Poland Letter Writing Guide]]
|}
 
==Provinces (Vovoideships)==
{|
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each province, including links to actual records.'''
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<ul class="column-spacing-halfscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
    <li>[[Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Greater Poland Voivodeship (wielkopolskie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (kujawsko-pomorskie''')]]</li>
    <li>[[Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Lesser Poland Voivodeship (małopolskie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Łódź Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Łódź Voivodeship (łódzkie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Lower Silesian Voivodeship (dolnośląskie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Lublin Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Lublin Voivodeship (lubelskie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Lubusz Voivodeship (lubuskie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Masovian Voivodeship (mazowieckie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Opole Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Opole Voivodeship (opolskie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Podlaskie Voivodeship (podlaskie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Pomeranian Voivodeship (pomorskie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Silesian Voivodeship (śląskie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Subcarpathian or Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Subcarpathian Voivodeship (podkarpackie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (świętokrzyskie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (warmińsko-mazurskie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Western Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Western Pomeranian Voivodeship (zachodniopomorskie)''']]</li>
</ul>
[[Category:Poland Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]

Revision as of 15:31, 5 April 2017

Create Record Finder tables

== Purpose ==

Create record finder tables for all countries that currently do not have one.


This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

Step 2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age
Birth date
Birthplace
Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
Death
Emigration information
Historical background
Language helps
Living relatives
Maiden name
Marriage
Naming customs
Noble families
Occupations
Parents, children, and other family members
Physical description
Place-finding aids
Places of residence
Previous research (compiled genealogy)
Religion
Record-finding aids
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