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Guide to '''Poland ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | Guide to '''Poland ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | ||
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Guide to Poland ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Country Information[edit | edit source]
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe bordered by Baltic Sea, Germany, the Czechia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast. Polish is the official language.[1]
Poland Map[edit | edit source]
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research for that area.  |
Catalog and Historical Records.  |
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divided among Prussia, Russia, and Austria.  |
D. Polish Archival Jurisdictions: Click here for a more detailed map of archive territories and voivodeship coverage. Use the metrical records search tool to discover which archive has the records you need. |
Provinces (Voivodeships)[edit | edit source]
Poland is currently divided into 16 provinces known as voivodeships (Polish: województwa, singular województwo).
Click on the link below for a Wiki article specific to the province.
- Greater Poland Voivodeship (wielkopolskie)
- Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (kujawsko-pomorskie)
- Lesser Poland Voivodeship (małopolskie)
- Łódź Voivodeship (łódzkie)
- Lower Silesian Voivodeship (dolnośląskie)
- Lublin Voivodeship (lubelskie)
- Lubusz Voivodeship (lubuskie)
- Masovian Voivodeship (mazowieckie)
- Opole Voivodeship (opolskie)
- Podlaskie Voivodeship (podlaskie)
- Pomeranian Voivodeship (pomorskie)
- Silesian Voivodeship (śląskie)
- Subcarpathian Voivodeship (podkarpackie)
- Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (świętokrzyskie)
- Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (warmińsko-mazurskie)
- Western Pomeranian Voivodeship (zachodniopomorskie)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Poland," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland, accessed 23 March 2016.