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Welcome to the Poland page! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Poland page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Polish records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. The Poland Page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential!

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-Guide to '''Poland ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
-==Information==
-Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe bordered by Baltic Sea, [[Germany Genealogy|Germany]], the [[Czechia Genealogy|Czechia]], [[Slovakia Genealogy|Slovakia]], [[Ukraine Genealogy|Ukraine]], [[Belarus Genealogy|Belarus]], [[Lithuania Genealogy|Lithuania]] and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast. Polish is the official language.<ref name="poland">Wikipedia contributors, "Poland," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland, accessed 23 March 2016.</ref>
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+[[Image:Animated-Flag-Poland.gif|thumb|left]]Welcome to the Poland page! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Poland page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Polish records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. The Poland Page is a work in progress, your contributions and [[FamilySearch Wiki:Feedback|feedback]] are essential!
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+== Getting started with Poland research  ==
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-<center>'''A.  Modern Voivodeships:'''  Click on a province to find a detailed article on<br>research for that area.'''</center><br>
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+== (Jurisdictions in this locality, ie, "States," "Counties," etc.)  ==
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-<center>'''B.  1967 Voivodeships:''' Use these for FamilySearch <br>Catalog and Historical Records.</center>
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-<center>{{Poland 1967 image map}}</center>
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-<center>'''C. Poland 1815-1918:''' Poland was <br>
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-'''D.''' '''Polish Archival Jurisdictions:'''  [https://www.archiwa.gov.pl/o-nas/mapa-archiwow-panstwowych/ '''Click here'''] for a more detailed map of archive territories and voivodeship coverage. Use the [https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/wyszukiwanie-akt-metrykalnych '''metrical records search'''] tool to discover which archive has the records you need.<br>
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-==Provinces (Voivodeships)==
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-Poland is currently divided into 16 provinces known as voivodeships (Polish: ''województwa,'' singular ''województwo''). <br>Click on the link below for a Wiki article specific to the province.
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-    <li>[[Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|Greater Poland Voivodeship (wielkopolskie)]]</li>
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-    <li>[[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (kujawsko-pomorskie)]]</li>
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-    <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>
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