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== Record Finder Table for Poland ==
This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
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 ==
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
This Record Finder table links to the Poland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
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Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
 
{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
|-
| 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:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
*Newspapers
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Newspapers
*Obituaries
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Birth date and birthplace
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[United States Census|Census]], [[United States Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[Poland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Poland Maps|Maps]], Diocese Inventories
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Poland Maps|Historical Atlas]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Death
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]], Newspapers, Obituaries
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Poland Directories|Address books]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[United States Military Records|Military Records]], Polish online Archive Sites
*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| —
*[[Poland Directories|Directories]]
[[Poland Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Social networking
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Historical background
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Poland History|History]], [[Poland Church History|Church History]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Poland Societies|Societies]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Poland Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
*[[Poland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Handwriting
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Poland Directories|Directories]], Social Networking
*[[Poland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Poland Societies|Societies]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Poland Genealogy |Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Marriage
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
| Newspapers
*[[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]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Population|Population]]
*[[Poland Census|Census]]
*Directories
*[[Poland Biography|Biography]]
*[[Poland Land and Property|Land & Property]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Poland Names, personal|Names, personal]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|Periodicals
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|Nobility, Heraldry
*[[Poland Nobility|Nobility]]
|Biography, Periodicals
*[[Poland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[Poland Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
*[[Poland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|Church Records, Civil Registration, Obituaries, Jewish Records
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
| —
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
|Probate Records, Land Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland History|History]]
*[[Poland Church History|Church History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Military Records
* [[Poland Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
| —
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Poland History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Gazetteers, Maps
*[[Poland Military Records|Military records]]
| Historical Atlas
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading the Records===
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|-
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Population, Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Jewish Records, Military Records
*[[Poland Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
| Biography, Genealogy, Land and Property
*[[Polish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[German Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Russian Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Latin Genealogical Word List]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" |Handwriting
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-paleography-seminar-introduction German Paleography Seminar - 10 classes]
| History Biography
*[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.
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Archives and Libraries, Church Directories
*[[Poland Names, Personal|Names, personal]]
| Societies, Periodicals
|-
|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Church Records
 
| History
|-
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
| Social Activities
|
| History, Social Life and Customs
 
| —
*[[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.'''
|}
<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>




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Revision as of 13:31, 11 April 2017

Poland Wiki Topics
Koszecin
Beginning Research
Record Types
Poland Background
Local Research Resources

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 Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records Naturalization and Citizenship
Birth date and birthplace Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records Census, Military Records
Gazetteers Maps, Diocese Inventories Historical Atlas
Death Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records, Newspapers, Obituaries Address books
Emigration information Military Records, Polish online Archive Sites —
Historical background History, Church History Societies
Language helps Language and Languages Handwriting
Living relatives Directories, Social Networking Societies
Maiden name Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records Genealogy
Marriage Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records Newspapers
Naming customs Names, personal Periodicals
Noble families Nobility, Heraldry Biography, Periodicals
Occupations Church Records, Civil Registration, Obituaries, Jewish Records —
Parents, children, and other family members Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records Probate Records, Land Records
Physical description Military Records —
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps Historical Atlas
Places of residence Population, Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Jewish Records, Military Records Biography, Genealogy, Land and Property
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies History Biography
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Church Directories Societies, Periodicals
Religion Church Records History
Social Activities History, Social Life and Customs —
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