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Revision as of 12:45, 23 June 2011
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!
Extensive extraction of Catholic Church records for the parishes of Medrzechow, Kupienin and Samocice, Poland have been completed and are available through the Family History Library. For more information regarding this project, click here Polish Parish Extraction Project.
Who are the Kashubians? Click here to read more about this ethnic group.
Getting started with Poland research[edit | edit source]
There is a site for digitized books of Silesia. These books are mostly in German and Polish and you can download them to your computer. To use this site, click here digitized books.
For digitized books of Poznan click here.
For Poznan Marriage Indexing Project click here.
Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]
Research Tools[edit | edit source]
- Beginning Polish Research
- Boundary Changes
- Civil Registration Office Address Finder
- Counties of Poland 1999
- Emigration Records of Europe
- Gazetteers and Maps Online
- Holdings of the Polish State Archives
- Kartenmeister - German/Polish Place Name Conversion
- Letter Writing Guide
- Polish Research Outline
- Postal codes
- Parish Finding aid
(Search only works with correct Polish diacritical marks) - Research Outline for Poland by BYU
- Websites
- Word List
Online Databases[edit | edit source]
- Geneteka Database Church Registers Indexing Project
- Pomeranian Genealogical Association Pomeranian church books
- Pomeranian Genealogical Association Pomeranian cemeteries
- Poznan Marriage Indexing Project
- Roman Catholic Church Registers Online
- regestry.lubgens.eu/news.php Church Registers Indexing - Region Lublin
Did you know?[edit | edit source]
Extensive extraction of Catholic Church records for the parishes of Medrzechow, Kupienin and Samocice, Poland have been completed and are available through the Family History Library. For more information regarding this project, click here Polish Parish Extraction Project.
Who are the Kashubians? Click here to read more about this ethnic group.
News and Events[edit | edit source]
An outstanding publication Finding records of your ancestors, Poland 1808 to 1900 is now available. Click hereto download.
This color publication shows how to find records of a family who lived in Poland from 1808 to 1900. It tells you which records to use and how to search them. It also introduces you to the research tools you will need. A case study illustrates each step of the research process.
Help Wanted[edit | edit source]
(Help Wanted) In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by: