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*'''1939-1945''' [http://www.straty.pl/pl/program-dokumentacyjny/jakie-dane-zbieramy 1939-1945 Victims of Repression Under German Occupation] | *'''1939-1945''' [http://www.straty.pl/pl/program-dokumentacyjny/jakie-dane-zbieramy 1939-1945 Victims of Repression Under German Occupation] | ||
*'''1940-1941''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2484/ Kraków, Poland, ID Card Applications for Jews During World War II, 1940-1941 (USHMM)] at Ancestry - index ($) | *'''1940-1941''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2484/ Kraków, Poland, ID Card Applications for Jews During World War II, 1940-1941 (USHMM)] at Ancestry - index ($) | ||
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/Research.html Obtaining | *[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/Research.html Obtaining Polish Records PolandGenWeb] | ||
*[https://www.chroniclesofterror.pl/dlibra Chronicles of Terror - Polish Victims and Witnesses of Totalitarian Crimes] | *[https://www.chroniclesofterror.pl/dlibra Chronicles of Terror - Polish Victims and Witnesses of Totalitarian Crimes] | ||
*[https://www.szukajwarchiwach.pl/800/1/0/str/1/15?ps=True#tabJednostki Register of the Władysław Anders Collection -- testimonies of Polish survivors of the Soviet Gulag] | *[https://www.szukajwarchiwach.pl/800/1/0/str/1/15?ps=True#tabJednostki Register of the Władysław Anders Collection -- testimonies of Polish survivors of the Soviet Gulag] | ||
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Military records identify individuals who served in the military or who were eligible for service. Most young men were required to serve in or register for military service in Poland. Evidence that an ancestor actually served may be found in biographies or family, census, probate, civil registration, or church records. | Military records identify individuals who served in the military or who were eligible for service. Most young men were required to serve in or register for military service in Poland. Evidence that an ancestor actually served may be found in biographies or family, census, probate, civil registration, or church records. | ||
Military records of Poland exist as early as the 1500s. After the partitions, each area of Poland had its own distinctive system of keeping military records pertaining to the Austrian, Russian, or Prussian government. The | Military records of Poland exist as early as the 1500s. After the partitions, each area of Poland had its own distinctive system of keeping military records pertaining to the Austrian, Russian, or Prussian government. The FamilySearch Library has very little in the way of military records from the Russian and Prussian territories but does have records from the former Austrian areas. | ||
Military records include muster rolls, conscription lists, and draft registers. For officers these records provide information about soldiers’ military careers, such as promotions, places served, pensions, and conduct. In addition, these records usually include information about age, birthplace, residence, occupation, physical description, and family members. For regular soldiers, however, the information provided is not nearly so detailed. | Military records include muster rolls, conscription lists, and draft registers. For officers these records provide information about soldiers’ military careers, such as promotions, places served, pensions, and conduct. In addition, these records usually include information about age, birthplace, residence, occupation, physical description, and family members. For regular soldiers, however, the information provided is not nearly so detailed. | ||
The records available at the | The records available at the FamilySearch Library were acquired from the War Archives (Kriegsarchiv) in Vienna. They include records for soldiers from Galicia, which is now the southern part of Poland. | ||
Muster rolls and foundation books are personnel files on all Austrian soldiers. They provide names, birthplaces and dates, religions, personal descriptions, dates of induction, and remarks. The archive in Vienna has these records through 1869, and these are the only records that have been microfilmed. The records are arranged by regiment or unit and time period. | Muster rolls and foundation books are personnel files on all Austrian soldiers. They provide names, birthplaces and dates, religions, personal descriptions, dates of induction, and remarks. The archive in Vienna has these records through 1869, and these are the only records that have been microfilmed. The records are arranged by regiment or unit and time period. | ||
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Research Use: Useful when there are gaps in church and other registers. Military records provide place of birth or origin, names of parents, and sometimes other family relationships are also given. The value of these records is severely limited, however, because they are not organized in a user friendly way. This problem can be overcome if indexes are available. | Research Use: Useful when there are gaps in church and other registers. Military records provide place of birth or origin, names of parents, and sometimes other family relationships are also given. The value of these records is severely limited, however, because they are not organized in a user friendly way. This problem can be overcome if indexes are available. | ||
Record Type: Military service records including muster rolls, conscription lists and draft registers. After the partitions, each area of Poland had its own distinctive system of keeping military records pertaining to the Austrian, Russian, or Prussian government. | Record Type: Military service records including muster rolls, conscription lists (Spis Poborowych) and draft registers. After the partitions, each area of Poland had its own distinctive system of keeping military records pertaining to the Austrian, Russian, or Prussian government. | ||
Time Period: about 1500 to present. | Time Period: about 1500 to present. | ||
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