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 <center><font size = "4"><br>'''Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page'''</font></center><br>
 <center>''The Poland Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Poland. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.''</center><br>
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+==Poland Research Strategies==
-|<span class="community_button">[https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/157-poland-genealogy-research-genealogy-research Ask the FamilySearch Community]</span></div>
+*[[Poland Getting Started|Getting Started]]
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+*[[Poland How to Guides|"How to" Guides]]
-'''At any point in this process, if you need assistance, this button will lead to a community of volunteers with experience in Polish research. They would love to answer your questions and help you.
+*[[Poland Finding Town of Origin|Finding Town of Origin]]
-==Finding the Town of Origin==
+*[[Poland Online Learning|Online Learning]] - Video classes
-[[File:Blue check.png|25px]] '''Use a wide variety of home, church, state, and U.S. records to find the name of the exact town in Poland your ancestors lived in. Also find out the name of the first immigrant, approximate dates of their life events, and their religion.'''<br>
+*[[Poland Record Finder|Record Finder]]
-Before you can begin to search in the records of Poland you must find that one record that gives the name of his or her hometown. You must also know enough about the ancestor to positively identify him in the records. Dates (even if they are approximate), places, and familial connections are key to helping you decide if a person you find, who has the same name as your ancestor, really is your ancestor.
+*[[Poland Finding Aids|Finding Aids]]
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/img_auth.php/e/eb/Polish_websites_templated_updated_JMR.pdf Advancing Your Polish Research  Using Polish Websites]
+===Jewish Research===
+*[[Finding Poland Jewish Ancestors|Finding Poland Jewish Ancestors]]
-*Do you know the name of his/her parents?
+==Poland Research Tips==
-*Do you know his/her birth, marriage, or death date or can you calculate an approximate range of years to search for his/her birth, marriage, or death?
-*Do you know the name of the spouse? Did they marry before or after coming to the United States?
-*Do you know the names of any of his/her siblings?
-*Do you know the names of any children born in Poland?
-====[[Poland Locating Town of Origin]]====
-To find these important facts, there are a variety of home, church, state, and U.S. records you can search. Instructions for locating these records and in many cases, links to online databases of these records, are found in the Wiki article [[Poland Locating Town of Origin|'''Poland Locating Town of Origin.''']]
-==Geographic Details==
 ===Find the Voivodeship (Province)===
+*[[Poland Finding Town of Origin|Finding Town of Origin]]
 [[File:Blue check.png|25px]]'''Use maps and gazetteers to locate the town in Poland.'''<br>
 At this point, you need to find out the general location of the town. Genealogical records are organized and maintained by geographical jurisdictions.  To proceed further you need to find out the '''voivodeship''' (Polish:województwo) or '''province''' of the town. Later, you will find more details.  But to use the gazetteers that will give you those details, you need to know the province.  Here are some options for quickly finding the province:
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 Earlier, you used *[http://mapa.szukacz.pl '''Mapa.Szukacz.pl'''] to find the voivodeship of your town.  It also lists the '''"commune".'''  Usually the civil registration office will be in the commune.<br>
-Watch the online course, [https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/712 '''Poland Historical Geography'''] '''The second half of this lesson will demonstrate several gazetteers.'''<br>
+Watch the online course, [https://familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lesson/712 '''Poland Historical Geography'''] '''The second half of this lesson will demonstrate several gazetteers.'''<br>
 Links to those gazetteers, and more instructions, can be found in the article [[Poland Gazetteers|'''Poland Gazetteers'''.]]<br>
 You might just locate the parish churches which appear to be closest to your town of village.  This is not foolproof, as they may have been built more recently, or had boundaries to the parish that stretched in a different direction excluding your town.  However, if you write to the wrong parish, they will forward your request to the correct parish. Here are two directories for parish address:<br>
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 *If earlier generations (parents, grandparents, etc.) do not appear in the records, search neighboring parishes.
-==Writing for Records==
-[[File:Blue check.png|25px]]'''Use the Poland Letter Writing Guide to write letters in Polish for the correspondence searches you need.'''
-You can write or email offices and churches to request copies of their records.  It is both courteous and more efficient if you write in Polish.  The [[Poland Letter Writing Guide|'''Poland Letter Writing Guide''']] gives you Polish translations for all the sentences and questions you might want to use in your letter.
 ==Reading the Records==
 [[File:Blue check.png|25px]] '''Use language lessons, vocabulary lists, and reading aids to learn how to read the records.''' You do not have to be fluent in a language to read church records or civil registration records.  Only a few words are necessary, such as mother, father, baptized, married, boy, girl, bride, groom.
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 *'''Reading Russian Handwriting'''
 **[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/reading-russian-documents-the-russian-alphabet Reading Russian Documents: The Russian Alphabet]
-**[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/russian-alphabet-language-and-handwriting-part-1 Russian Alphabet, Language and Handwriting, part 1]
-**[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/russian-alphabet-language-and-handwriting-part-2 Russian Alphabet, Language and Handwriting, part 2]
 *'''Additional Russian Paleography Classes'''
 **[http://www.russianforeveryone.com/RufeA/Lessons/Introduction/Alphabet/Alphabet.htm Russian for Everyone: The Russian Alphabet]
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