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===Archives & Libraries===
=== Archives & Libraries ===


*[http://www.agad.archiwa.gov.pl/ Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw]
*[http://www.agad.archiwa.gov.pl/ Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw]  
*[http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra Digital Library of Wielkopolska] Books for the Poznan province.
*[http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Poland.html Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Poland]  
*[https://www.lib-web.org/europe/baltic-states/poland/ Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Poland]
*[http://www.polandembassy.org/ Polish Embassy]  
*[http://www.polandembassy.org/ Polish Embassy]
*[http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/lang-en/news.html State Archives of Poland]  
*[http://fbc.pionier.net.pl/owoc Polish Digital Library Collection]
*[http://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra Silesian Digital Library] Books in German and Polish can be downloaded to your computer.
*[https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/polish-archives-in-a-nutshell/polish-state-archives?authuser=0 State Archives in Poland] with contact details, list of collection and description how to order records
*[https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/polish-archives-in-a-nutshell/polish-church-archives?authuser=0 Church Archives in Poland] with contact details, list of collection and description how to order records
*[http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/lang-en/news.html State Archives of Poland]
*[http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/en/data-bases.html State Archives of Poland Databases]  
*[http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/en/data-bases.html State Archives of Poland Databases]  
**[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/ela.php?l=en ELA Population Registers]
**[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/ela.php?l=en ELA Population Registers]  
**[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/iza.php?l=en IZA Archival Fonds]
**[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/iza.php?l=en IZA Archival Fonds]  
**[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en PRADZIAD Parish Registers & Civil Registration]
**[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en PRADZIAD Parish Registers & Civil Registration]  
**[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/sezam.php?l=en SEZAM Archive Inventories]
**[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/sezam.php?l=en SEZAM Archive Inventories]
*[http://www.katowice.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives of Katowice]
*[http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/Archives/Religious_Communities_Archives/Europe/Poland/index.shtml UNESCO Directory of Religious Archives - Poland]  
*[https://www.ap.wroc.pl/ State Archives of Wrocław]
*[http://www.katowice.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives of Katowice]  
*[http://www.archiwum.leszno.pl State Archives in Leszno]
*[http://www.ap.wroc.pl/ State Archives of Wrocław]  
*[http://www.archiwum.opole.pl/ State Archives in Opole]
*[http://www.archiwum.leszno.pl State Archives in Leszno]  
*[http://www.lublin.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives in Lublin]
*[http://www.archiwum.opole.pl/ State Archives in Opole]  
*[http://adt.sl.pl/ State Archives in Tarnόw]
*[http://www.lublin.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives in Lublin]  
*[http://www.archiwum.krakow.pl/ State Archives in Krakόw]
*[http://adt.sl.pl/ State Archives in Tarnόw]  
*[http://www.poznan.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives in Poznań]
*[http://www.archiwum.krakow.pl/ State Archives in Krakόw]  
*[http://www.warszawa.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives in Warsaw]
*[http://www.poznan.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives in Poznań]  
*[http://www.archiwum.zam.pl/ State Archives in Zamośc]
*[http://www.warszawa.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives in Warsaw]  
*[http://www.gdansk.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives Gdańsk]
*[http://www.archiwum.zam.pl/ State Archives in Zamośc]  
*[http://www.archiwum.bydgoszcz.pl/ State Archives in Bydgoszcz]
*[http://www.gdansk.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives Gdańsk]  
*[http://www.siedlce.ap.gov.pl/zasoby.html State Archives in Siedlce]
*[http://www.archiwum.bydgoszcz.pl/ State Archives in Bydgoszcz]  
*[http://www.archiwum.zgora.pl/ State Archives in Zielona Gora]
*[http://www.siedlce.ap.gov.pl/zasoby.html State Archives in Siedlce]  
*[http://www.archiwum.plock.com/ State Archives in Płock]
*[http://www.archiwum.zgora.pl/ State Archives in Zielona Gora]  
*[http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives in Przemyśl]
*[http://www.archiwum.plock.com/ State Archives in Płock]  
*[http://www.archiwum.czestochowa.um.gov.pl/ State Archives in Czestochowa]
*[http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives in Przemyśl]  
*[http://www.archiwum.czestochowa.um.gov.pl/ State Archives in Czestochowa]  
*[http://www.gca.ch/Genealogie/Oels/staatsarchiv_breslau.htm Staatsarchiv Breslau] Information about the State Archives in Breslau and information about Kreis Oels.
*[http://www.gca.ch/Genealogie/Oels/staatsarchiv_breslau.htm Staatsarchiv Breslau] Information about the State Archives in Breslau and information about Kreis Oels.
*[http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/Archives/Religious_Communities_Archives/Europe/Poland/index.shtml UNESCO Directory of Religious Archives - Poland]


===Cemeteries===
=== Church Records  ===


*[https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/internet-tools/cemeteries?authuser=0 Polish Cemeteries] links collection
*[http://www.genealodzy.pl/katalog.phtml Church Inventory Genealogia Polska]  
*[http://www.pjcrp.org/menu_eng.html Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project]
*[http://www.luteranie.pl/www/diecezje/index.htm Lutheran Church in Poland]  
*[http://cemetery.jewish.org.pl/ Foundation for Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/lutheran.html Poland's Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Dioceses]  
 
*[http://www.amen.pl/katalog/diecezje.html Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (Amen)]  
===Church Records===
*[http://www.opoka.org.pl/struktury_kosciola/diecezje/index.html Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (Opoka)]  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/dioceses.html Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (PolandGenWeb)]  
*[http://www.genealodzy.pl/katalog.phtml Church Inventory Genealogia Polska]
*[http://www.katolik.pl/parafie/ Roman Catholic Parish Directory at KATOLIK]
*[http://www.luteranie.pl/www/diecezje/index.htm Lutheran Church in Poland]
*[http://archiwum.archidiecezja.katowice.pl/en/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese Katowice webpage]
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/lutheran.html Poland's Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Dioceses]
*[https://archiwum.archidiecezjakatowicka.pl/en/index/content/14/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese Katowice]
*[http://metryki.genealodzy.pl/metryki.php Roman Catholic Church Registers Online]
*[http://metryki.genealodzy.pl/metryki.php Roman Catholic Church Registers Online]
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/dpl.html Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland]
*[http://www.opoka.org.pl/struktury_kosciola/diecezje/index.html Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (Opoka)]
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/dioceses.html Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (PolandGenWeb)]
*[http://www.katolik.pl/parafie/ Roman Catholic Parish Directory at KATOLIK]
*[http://www.parafia.gliwice.pl/index.php?i=6 Polish Parish Address Finder] This site will help you find addresses to Catholic parishes, and when available their email or web address.


===Church Directories===
=== Church Directories ===


*[http://www.kuria.gliwice.pl/ Roman Catholic Diocese in Gliwice]
*[http://www.kuria.gliwice.pl/ Roman Catholic Diocese in Gliwice]  
*[http://www.luteranie.pl/pl/?D=2 Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Dioceses] Polish Evangelical website with all diocese addresses and individual parishes and email addresses.
*[http://www.luteranie.pl/pl/?D=2 Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Dioceses] Polish Evangelical website with all diocese addresses and individual parishes and email addresses.  
*[http://www.luteranie.pl/diec.wroclawska/ Evangelical Diocese in Wrocław]
*[http://www.luteranie.pl/diec.wroclawska/ Evangelical Diocese in Wrocław]  
*[http://www.diecezja.legnica.pl/ Roman Catholic Diocese in Legnica]
*[http://www.diecezja.legnica.pl/ Roman Catholic Diocese in Legnica]  
*[http://www.vogel-soya.de/Kirchspiele_OS.html Parishes in Upper Silesia] Catholic and Lutheran parish designations for Oberschlesien. This list includes a list of all villages in the parish boundaries. The site also gives starting dates of church books available for parishes in Oberschlesien.
*[http://www.vogel-soya.de/Kirchspiele_OS.html Parishes in Upper Silesia] Catholic and Lutheran parish designations for Oberschlesien. This list includes a list of all villages in the parish boundaries. The site also gives starting dates of church books available for parishes in Oberschlesien.  
*[http://www.opoka.org.pl/struktury_kosciola/diecezje/index.html Roman Catholic Dioceses Directory]
*[http://www.opoka.org.pl/struktury_kosciola/diecezje/index.html Roman Catholic Dioceses Directory]  
*[http://www.upstreamvistula.org/Parishes/Parishes.htm Lutheran parishes of the Vistula region]
*[http://www.upstreamvistula.org/Parishes/Parishes.htm Lutheran parishes of the Vistula region]  
*[https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlodz.html Roman Catholic Diocese in Łodz]
*[http://www.archidiecezja.lodz.pl/dekanaty.html Roman Catholic Diocese in Łodz]
*[http://www.parafia.gliwice.pl/index.php?i=6 Polish Parish Address Finder] This site will help you find addresses to Catholic parishes, and when available their email or web address.


===Civil Registration===
=== Civil Registration ===


*[http://usc.pl/nasze-oddzia%C5%82y Civil Record Office Addresses] This site gives the civil registration office addresses, and when available,  email and website information.
*[http://www.usc.pl/s_urzedy.php Civil Record Office Addresses]


===Directories===
=== Directories ===


*[http://www.ksiazka-telefoniczna.com/index.php?language=de Poland white pages]
*[http://www.ksiazka-telefoniczna.com/index.php?language=de Poland white pages]  
*[http://nasza-klasa.pl/ Classmates Site]
*[http://nasza-klasa.pl/ Classmates Site]


===Emigration and Immigration===
=== Emigration and Immigration ===


*[[Hamburg Passenger Lists]] FamilySearch Wiki article. Note: the old Hamburg Passenger Lists Resource Guide has been incorporated into this article.
*[[Hamburg Passenger Lists]] FamilySearch Wiki article. Note: the old Hamburg Passenger Lists Resource Guide has been incorporated into this article.  
*[[Germans from Russia|Germans from Russia]] discusses strategies for finding German-speaking immigrants to Russia and Poland.
*[[Germans from Russia|Germans from Russia]] discusses strategies for finding German-speaking immigrants to Russia and Poland.


===Gazetteers===
=== Gazetteers ===


*[http://www.halgal.com/skorowidz.html Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/Towns/townindex.php Slownik Geograficzny Translation Guide PGSA]  
*[http://www.pgsa.org/Towns/townindex.php Slownik Geograficzny Translation Guide PGSA]
*[http://www.polishroots.com/GeographyMaps/S%C5%82ownikGeograficzny/tabid/61/Default.aspx Slownik Geograficzny Translation Guide PolishRoots]
*[http://www.polishroots.org/GeographyMaps/Index/56 Slownik Geograficzny Translation Guide PolishRoots]


===Genealogy===
=== Genealogy ===


*[https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/internet-tools?authuser=0 FB Polish Genealogy Group Aid website]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/poland.htm Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet]  
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/poland.htm Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet]
*[http://www.semanchuk.com/gen/ Galician Genealogy]  
*[http://www.semanchuk.com/gen/ Galician Genealogy]
*[http://www.galiziengermandescendants.org/ Galizien German Descendants]  
*[http://www.galiziengermandescendants.org/ Galizien German Descendants]
*[http://genealogyindexer.org/ Genealogy Indexer]  
*[http://genealogyindexer.org/ Genealogy Indexer]
*[http://www.halgal.com Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia]  
*[http://www.halgal.com Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia]
*[http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl/ Geneteka Database]  
*[http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl/ Geneteka Database]
*[http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html German Polish place names in Polish Russia]  
*[http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html German Polish place names in Polish Russia]
*[http://www.langline.com/Wilno.htm Guide to Parishes and Villages in the Former Archdiocese of Wilno]  
*[http://www.langline.com/Wilno.htm Guide to Parishes and Villages in the Former Archdiocese of Wilno]
*[http://www.republika.pl/modraglina/kaszlink.html Kashubian Links] 
*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/poland/index.html Poland Genealogy Links]
*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/poland.html Poland Genealogy Resources by FEEFHS]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/index.html PolandGenWeb]
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegaleire/Poland.html Poland Information & Resources]
*[http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/1538/Polishpg.html Polish Genealogy Links]
*[http://www.polishroots.com/ PolishRoots]
*[http://www.mikeburger.com/rzeszow.html Search Rzeszów Vital Records]
*[http://www.schlawe.de/ Research group for the Schlawe district]
*[http://www.rummelsburg.de/literatur/index.htm Rummelsburg] Genealogy and history of the Rummelsburg (now Miastka, Poland), county.
*[http://pommernkontakte.de/index.html Pommernkontakte] Pommern researcher contacts, data sharing, and guidelines for researchers.
*[http://www.kartenmeister.com Kartenmeister] Polish-German and German-Polish place name changes.
*[http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of the localities in Poland & Russia]
*[http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of the localities in Poland & Russia]
*[http://www.kartenmeister.com Kartenmeister] Polish-German and German-Polish place name changes.
*[http://www.republika.pl/modraglina/kaszlink.html Kashubian Links]
*[http://www.klub-beskid.com/phorum/ Klub-Beskid] Forum for French people with Polish ancestry.
*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/poland/index.html Poland Genealogy Links]
*[https://feefhs.org/resource/poland Poland Genealogy Resources by FEEFHS]
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/index.html PolandGenWeb]
*[http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/genealogy/Poland.html Poland Information & Resources]
*[[Polish Parish Extraction Project]] Extensive extraction of Catholic Church records for the parishes of Medrzechow, Kupienin and Samocice.
*[http://polishorigins.com/document/home_page PolishOrigins]
*[http://www.polishroots.com/ PolishRoots]
*[http://pommernkontakte.de/index.html Pommernkontakte] Pommern researcher contacts, data sharing, and guidelines for researchers.
*[http://www.schlawe.de/ Research group for the Schlawe district]
*[http://www.rummelsburg.de/literatur/index.htm Rummelsburg] Genealogy and history of the Rummelsburg (now Miastka, Poland), county.
*[http://www.mikeburger.com/rzeszow.html Search Rzeszów Vital Records]
*[https://mikeeliasz.wordpress.com/ Stanczyk - Internet Muse] Russian-Poland, in particular the Kielce Gubernia.
*[http://www.deutsch-krone.com/kb-zippnow.htm Zippnow Catholic Church Parish Records]


===General Information===
=== General Information ===


*[http://www.polishmission.com/ For Poles in America]
*[http://www.polishmission.com/ For Poles in America]  
*[https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/internet-tools/polish-parishes-worldwide?authuser=0 Polish Parishes worldwide]
*[http://www.poltran.com/ Polish Translator]
*[http://www.poltran.com/ Polish Translator]
*[http://www.ipgs.us/ Links and information for Polish Genealogists]


===Heraldry===
=== Heraldry ===


*[http://www.szlachta.org.pl/en/ Confederation of the Polish Nobility]
*[http://www.szlachta.org/2index.htm Confederation of the Polish Nobility]
*[http://www.szlachta.org/heraldry.htm Polish Nobility and Its Heraldry]  
*[http://wielcy.pl The Minakowski's Great Genealogy Site]
*[http://wielcy.pl The Minakowski's Great Genealogy Site]


===History===
=== History ===


*[http://www.kasprzyk.demon.co.uk/www/HistoryPolska.html History of Poland]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/history.html Timeline of Polish History] Polish History timeline.
*[http://indeks.karta.org.pl/en/ Index of Victims of Soviet Repression]
*[http://www.kasprzyk.demon.co.uk/www/HistoryPolska.html The History of Poland]
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/history.html Timeline of Polish History]


===Historical Geography===
=== Historical Geography ===


*[http://www.kami.net.pl/kresy/ Eastern Borderlands Places]
*[http://www.kami.net.pl/kresy/ Eastern Borderlands Places]  
*[http://www.territorial.de/ndschles/ndsl.htm Lower Silesia] Niederschlesien with Kreis (county) information for each county and town history (timelines, etc.).
*[http://www.territorial.de/ndschles/ndsl.htm Lower Silesia] Niederschlesien with Kreis (county) information for each county and town history (timelines, etc.).  
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/kujtowns.html Counties, Districts, Cities, and Towns in the Kujawsko-Pomorski Province]
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/kujtowns.html Counties, Districts, Cities, and Towns in the Kujawsko-Pomorski Province]


===Jewish Records===
=== Jewish Records ===


*[http://www.amhazikaron.org/ Am haZikaron - the Institute of Science and Heritage of the Jewish People]
*[http://www.auschwitz.org.pl/ Concentration Camp Oswiecim]  
*[http://www.avotaynu.com/ Avotaynu]
*[http://www.dpcamps.org/ Displaced Persons' (DP) Camps]  
*[http://www.auschwitz.org.pl/ Concentration Camp Oswiecim]
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/galicia/ Gesher Galicia] The Special Interest Group for Galicia  
*[http://www.dpcamps.org/ Displaced Persons' (DP) Camps]
*[[Jewish Genealogy]] FamilySearch Wiki article
*[http://genealogyindexer.org/ Genealogy Indexer] Historical directories
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/ Jewish Records Indexing-Poland Home Page]  
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/galicia/ Gesher Galicia] The Special Interest Group for Galicia
*[http://www.rtrfoundation.org/ Routes to Roots Foundation] Archive Database
*[http://search.geshergalicia.org/ Gesher Galicia Database] The All Galicia Database
*[http://genealogyindexer.org/ Genealogy Indexer] Historical directories (business, address, telephone, etc.), yizkor books (memorials to Jewish communities destroyed during the Holocaust), and lists of Polish military officers. Most of the directories are from Poland, Galicia, or Romania.
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/ JewishGen]
*[http://www.zchor.org/rozan/rozan.htm We Remember Jewish Rozhan!] Example of a Jewish town history (Yitzkor book translations).  
*[[Jewish Genealogy]] FamilySearch Wiki article
*[http://www.yadvashem.org.il/ Yad Vashem] Site for Jewish Holocaust-Shoah victim's names with pages of testimony.  
*[http://www.jewishgalicia.net/ Jewish History in Galicia and Bukovina]
*[http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/ce/ghetto/lodz-ghetto-cemetery.htm Łódź Ghetto Cemetery Burial Lists]  
*[https://www.jri-poland.org/ Jewish Records Indexing-Poland Home Page]  (the largest fully searchable database of indexes to Jewish vital records accessible online).
*[http://www.jewishgalicia.net/ Jewish History in Galicia and Bukovina]  
*[http://www.jewishwebindex.com/poland.htm Jewish Web Index]
*[http://www.jewishmuseum.org.pl/index.php?lang=en Museum of the History of Polish Jews]  
*[http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/ce/ghetto/lodz-ghetto-cemetery.htm Łódź Ghetto Cemetery Burial Lists]
*[http://www.jewishlodzcemetery.org/EN/Home/Default.aspx Łódź Jewish Cemetery]  
*[http://www.jewishlodzcemetery.org/EN/Home/Default.aspx Łódź Jewish Cemetery]
*[https://www.polin.pl/en Museum of the History of Polish Jews]
*[http://www.rtrfoundation.org/ Routes to Roots Foundation] Archive Database
*[http://www.shabbat-goy.com/ Shabbat Goy] Information about more than 200 concentration camps, Jewish synagogues and cemeteries in Poland
*[http://www.sztetl.org.pl/?lang=en_GB Virtual Shtetl]
*[http://www.sztetl.org.pl/?lang=en_GB Virtual Shtetl]
*[http://www.getto.pl/ Warsaw Ghetto Database]
*[http://cemetery.jewish.org.pl/ Warsaw Jewish Cemetery at Okopowa Street and Jewish cemeteries in Mazovia]
*[http://www.zchor.org/rozan/rozan.htm We Remember Jewish Rozhan!]
*[http://www.yadvashem.org.il/ Yad Vashem] Site for Jewish Holocaust-Shoah victim's names with pages of testimony.
*[http://www.straty.pl/pl/program-dokumentacyjny/jakie-dane-zbieramy Search for Victims of Oppression].


===Language and Languages===
=== Language and Languages ===


*[http://www.poltran.com/ Free Polish-English-Polish Translator and online Polish Dictionary]
*[http://www.poltran.com/ Free Polish-English-Polish Translator and online Polish Dictionary]  
*[[German Word List|German Genealogical Word List]]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=WLGerman.ASP German Genealogical Word List]  
*[[Media:German Gothic Handwriting Guide.pdf|Gothic Handwriting Resource Guide]]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/German_Gothic99-36316.ASP Gothic Handwriting Resource Guide]  
*[[Latin Genealogical Word List]]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/WLLatin.ASP Latin Genealogical Word List]  
*[[Poland Genealogical Word List|Polish Genealogical Word List]]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/WLPolish.ASP Polish Genealogical Word List]  
*[[Poland Letter Writing Guide|Polish Letter Writing Guide]]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/images/36339_LWGPolish.pdf Polish Letter Writing Guide]  
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/frazin.htm Translation Guide to19th Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents]
*[http://www.herby.com.pl/ Slownik Nazwisk Database]
*[http://szlachta.projektpodlasie.pl/ Szlanchta Project Language Guide]
*[http://http://books.google.de/books?id=qSEBjYeyUpAC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA# Translation Guide to19th Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents]


===Maps===
=== Maps ===


*[http://www.mapy.eksploracja.pl/viewpage.php?page_id=32 Maps of Gdansk Pomerania]
*[http://www.mapy.eksploracja.pl/viewpage.php?page_id=32 Maps of Gdansk Pomerania]  
*[http://mapy.eholiday.pl/ Maps of Polish Localities]
*[http://mapy.eholiday.pl/ Maps of Polish Localities]  
*[http://mapy.amzp.pl/maps.shtml Maps of Western Poland]
*[http://www.pilot.pl/ Polish Map]  
*[http://igrek.amzp.pl/index.php Old Maps of Poland]
*[http://maps.geoportal.gov.pl/webclient/ Polish Map]  
*[http://www.pilot.pl/ Polish Map]
*[http://mapy.amzp.pl/maps.shtml Older map of Poland]  
*[http://maps.geoportal.gov.pl/webclient/ Polish Map]
*[http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/ Name Mapping Tool by Moikrevni]  
*[http://english.mapywig.org/news.php Polish Military Geographical Institute (1919-1939)]
*[http://www.genpol.com/Mapa+main.html Name Mapping Tool by Genpol] Surname distribution sites show where names are and indicate where the heaviest distributions of names can be found.
*[http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/ Name Mapping Tool by Moikrevni]
*[http://www.genpol.com/Mapa+main.html Name Mapping Tool by Genpol] Surname distribution sites show where names are and indicate where the heaviest distributions of names can be found.<br>


===Military Records===
=== Military Records ===


*[http://www.indeks.karta.org.pl/en/ Index of Victims of Soviet Repression]
*[http://www.polegli.tgcp.pl/index.php?lng=en Fallen Soldiers in WWI]
*[http://www.genoroots.com/eng/pBrowUsEn.php Prussian Army Project]


===Names Personal===
=== Names Personal ===


*[http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/ Name Mapping Tool by Moikrevni]
*[http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/ Name Mapping Tool by Moikrevni]  
*[http://www.genpol.com/Mapa+main.html Name Mapping Tool by Genpol] Surname distribution sites show where names are and indicate where the heaviest distributions of names can be found.
*[http://www.genpol.com/Mapa+main.html Name Mapping Tool by Genpol] Surname distribution sites show where names are and indicate where the heaviest distributions of names can be found.
*[http://www.herby.com.pl/ Slownik Nazwisk Database]
===Regional Research===


[http://www.mittelpolen.de/irm/ Research in Middle Poland] <br>[http://www.antiquar-einhorn.de/links/li0108.htm Oberschlesien research]This is a lengthy list of many sites to help with research in this region. Address books of several cities are also available for download.
=== Regional Research ===
[http://www.mittelpolen.de/irm/ Research in Middle Poland]


===Societies===
=== Societies ===


*[http://www.eegsociety.org/Home.aspx East European Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.eegsociety.org/Home.aspx East European Genealogical Society]  
*[http://www.feefhs.org Federation of East European Family History Societies]
*[http://www.feefhs.org Federation of East European Family History Societies]  
*[http://www.ka-na.org/ Kashubian Association of North America]
*[http://www.ka-na.org/ Kashubian Association of North America]  
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/polandgen.html Poland Genweb] with links and lots of transcribed parish records.
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/polandgen.html Poland Genweb] with links and lots of transcribed parish records.  
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
*[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]  
*[http://www.pgsctne.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast, Inc.]
*[http://www.pgsctne.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast, Inc.]  
*[http://www.pgst.org Polish Genealogical Society of Texas]
*[http://www.pgst.org Polish Genealogical Society of Texas]  
*[http://www.ptg.gda.pl/ Pomeranian Genealogical Association]
*[http://www.ptg.gda.pl/ Pomeranian Genealogical Association]  
*[http://pommerscher-greif.de/index.htm Pommeranian Society] with tips, links and some books to purchase
*[http://pommerscher-greif.de/index.htm Pommeranian Society] with tips, links and some books to purchase  
*[http://www.sggee.org Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe] (ethnic Germans living in Russian Poland and Volhynia (the northwestern part of the Ukraine))
*[http://www.sggee.org Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe] (ethnic Germans living in Russian Poland and Volhynia (the northwestern part of the Ukraine))  
*[http://www.its-arolsen.org/en/system/welcome/welcome/index.html International Tracing Service] Post WWII tracing services for Jewish people, displaced people, and prisoners of war.
*[http://www.its-arolsen.org/en/system/welcome/welcome/index.html International Tracing Service] Post WWII tracing services for Jewish people, displaced people, and prisoners of war.  
*[http://pgsca.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of California]
*[http://pgsca.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of California]  
*[http://www.pgsm.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan]
*[http://www.pgsm.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan]  
*[http://pgsmn.org/pgsmn/ Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota]
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnpolgs/pgs-mn.html Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota]  
*[http://tpgs02.org/ Toledo Polish Genealogical Society]
*[http://tpgs02.org/ Toledo Polish Genealogical Society]  
*[[Poland Societies|List of Genealogical Societies in Poland]]
*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Poland_Societies List of Genealogical Societies in Poland]  
*[http://wurst.worsten.org/en.htm Worsten Genealogical Society]
*[http://wurst.worsten.org/en.htm Worsten Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.archiv-lauban.de The former German Kreis of Lauban and information regarding parish locations and finding records].


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The following websites are only a small sample of the wonderful sites that can be found to help with Polish genealogical research. It is not possible to give all the websites available for each category. However, those provided should emphasize the use of the Internet to further Polish research and knowledge of Polish ancestors' homeland.

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