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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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Archives & Libraries

Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw
Digital Library of Wielkopolska Books for the Poznan province.
Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Poland
Polish Embassy
Polish Digital Library Collection
Silesian Digital Library Books in German and Polish can be downloaded to your computer.
State Archives in Poland with contact details, list of collection and description how to order records
Church Archives in Poland with contact details, list of collection and description how to order records
State Archives of Poland
State Archives of Poland Databases
- ELA Population Registers
- IZA Archival Fonds
- PRADZIAD Parish Registers & Civil Registration
- SEZAM Archive Inventories
State Archives of Katowice
State Archives of Wrocław
State Archives in Leszno
State Archives in Opole
State Archives in Lublin
State Archives in Tarnόw
State Archives in Krakόw
State Archives in Poznań
State Archives in Warsaw
State Archives in Zamośc
State Archives Gdańsk
State Archives in Bydgoszcz
State Archives in Siedlce
State Archives in Zielona Gora
State Archives in Płock
State Archives in Przemyśl
State Archives in Czestochowa
Staatsarchiv Breslau Information about the State Archives in Breslau and information about Kreis Oels.
UNESCO Directory of Religious Archives - Poland

Cemeteries

Church Records

Church Inventory Genealogia Polska
Lutheran Church in Poland
Poland's Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Dioceses
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Katowice
Roman Catholic Church Registers Online
Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland
Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (Opoka)
Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (PolandGenWeb)
Roman Catholic Parish Directory at KATOLIK
Polish Parish Address Finder This site will help you find addresses to Catholic parishes, and when available their email or web address.

Church Directories

Roman Catholic Diocese in Gliwice
Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Dioceses Polish Evangelical website with all diocese addresses and individual parishes and email addresses.
Evangelical Diocese in Wrocław
Roman Catholic Diocese in Legnica
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.
Roman Catholic Dioceses Directory
Lutheran parishes of the Vistula region
Roman Catholic Diocese in Łodz
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 Record Office Addresses This site gives the civil registration office addresses, and when available, email and website information.

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

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

Gazetteers

Genealogy

FB Polish Genealogy Group Aid website
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Galician Genealogy
Galizien German Descendants
Genealogy Indexer
Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia
Geneteka Database
German Polish place names in Polish Russia
Guide to Parishes and Villages in the Former Archdiocese of Wilno
Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of the localities in Poland & Russia
Kartenmeister Polish-German and German-Polish place name changes.
Kashubian Links
Klub-Beskid Forum for French people with Polish ancestry.
Poland Genealogy Links
Poland Genealogy Resources by FEEFHS
PolandGenWeb
Poland Information & Resources
Polish Parish Extraction Project Extensive extraction of Catholic Church records for the parishes of Medrzechow, Kupienin and Samocice.
PolishOrigins
PolishRoots
Pommernkontakte Pommern researcher contacts, data sharing, and guidelines for researchers.
Research group for the Schlawe district
Rummelsburg Genealogy and history of the Rummelsburg (now Miastka, Poland), county.
Search Rzeszów Vital Records
Stanczyk - Internet Muse Russian-Poland, in particular the Kielce Gubernia.
Zippnow Catholic Church Parish Records

General Information

Heraldry

History

Historical Geography

Eastern Borderlands Places
Lower Silesia Niederschlesien with Kreis (county) information for each county and town history (timelines, etc.).
Counties, Districts, Cities, and Towns in the Kujawsko-Pomorski Province

Jewish Records

Am haZikaron - the Institute of Science and Heritage of the Jewish People
Avotaynu
Concentration Camp Oswiecim
Displaced Persons' (DP) Camps
Genealogy Indexer Historical directories
Gesher Galicia The Special Interest Group for Galicia
Gesher Galicia Database The All Galicia Database
JewishGen
Jewish Genealogy FamilySearch Wiki article
Jewish History in Galicia and Bukovina
Jewish Records Indexing-Poland Home Page (the largest fully searchable database of indexes to Jewish vital records accessible online).
Jewish Web Index
Łódź Ghetto Cemetery Burial Lists
Łódź Jewish Cemetery
Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Routes to Roots Foundation Archive Database
Shabbat Goy Information about more than 200 concentration camps, Jewish synagogues and cemeteries in Poland
Virtual Shtetl
Warsaw Ghetto Database
Warsaw Jewish Cemetery at Okopowa Street and Jewish cemeteries in Mazovia
We Remember Jewish Rozhan!
Yad Vashem Site for Jewish Holocaust-Shoah victim's names with pages of testimony.
Search for Victims of Oppression.

Language and Languages

Maps

Maps of Gdansk Pomerania
Maps of Polish Localities
Maps of Western Poland
Old Maps of Poland
Polish Map
Polish Map
Polish Military Geographical Institute (1919-1939)
Name Mapping Tool by Moikrevni
Name Mapping Tool by Genpol Surname distribution sites show where names are and indicate where the heaviest distributions of names can be found.

Military Records

Names Personal

Name Mapping Tool by Moikrevni
Name Mapping Tool by Genpol Surname distribution sites show where names are and indicate where the heaviest distributions of names can be found.
Slownik Nazwisk Database

Regional Research

Research in Middle Poland
Oberschlesien researchThis is a lengthy list of many sites to help with research in this region. Address books of several cities are also available for download.

Societies

East European Genealogical Society
Federation of East European Family History Societies
Kashubian Association of North America
Poland Genweb with links and lots of transcribed parish records.
Polish Genealogical Society of America
Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast, Inc.
Polish Genealogical Society of Texas
Pomeranian Genealogical Association
Pommeranian Society with tips, links and some books to purchase
Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (ethnic Germans living in Russian Poland and Volhynia (the northwestern part of the Ukraine))
International Tracing Service Post WWII tracing services for Jewish people, displaced people, and prisoners of war.
Polish Genealogical Society of California
Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan
Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
Toledo Polish Genealogical Society
List of Genealogical Societies in Poland
Worsten Genealogical Society
The former German Kreis of Lauban and information regarding parish locations and finding records.

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-=== Archives &amp; Libraries  ===
+===Archives &amp; Libraries===
 *[http://www.agad.archiwa.gov.pl/ Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw]
-*[http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Poland.html Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Poland]
+*[http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra Digital Library of Wielkopolska] Books for the Poznan province.
-*[http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/lang-en/news.html State Archives of Poland]
+*[https://www.lib-web.org/europe/baltic-states/poland/ Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Poland]
+*[http://www.polandembassy.org/ Polish Embassy]
+*[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://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/pradziad.php?l=en PRADZIAD Parish Registers &amp; Civil Registration]
 **[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/sezam.php?l=en SEZAM Archive Inventories]
-*[http://www.polandembassy.org/ Polish Embassy]
+*[http://www.katowice.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives of Katowice]
-*[http://fbc.pionier.net.pl/owoc Polish Digital Library Collection]
+*[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.gca.ch/Genealogie/Oels/staatsarchiv_breslau.htm Staatsarchiv Breslau] Information about the State Archives in Breslau and information about Kreis Oels.
-*[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.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/Archives/Religious_Communities_Archives/Europe/Poland/index.shtml UNESCO Directory of Religious Archives - Poland]
-=== Cemeteries  ===
+===Cemeteries===
+*[https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/internet-tools/cemeteries?authuser=0 Polish Cemeteries] links collection
 *[http://www.pjcrp.org/menu_eng.html Poland Jewish Cemeteries Restoration Project]
+*[http://cemetery.jewish.org.pl/ Foundation for Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland]
-=== Church Records  ===
+===Church Records===
 *[http://www.genealodzy.pl/katalog.phtml Church Inventory Genealogia Polska]
 *[http://www.luteranie.pl/www/diecezje/index.htm Lutheran Church in Poland]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/lutheran.html Poland's Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Dioceses]
+*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/lutheran.html Poland's Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Dioceses]
-*[http://archiwum.archidiecezja.katowice.pl/en/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese Katowice]
+*[https://archiwum.archidiecezjakatowicka.pl/en/index/content/14/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese Katowice]
 *[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://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/dioceses.html Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (PolandGenWeb)]
+*[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]&nbsp;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.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.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.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.archidiecezja.lodz.pl/dekanaty.html Roman Catholic Diocese in Łodz]
+*[https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlodz.html Roman Catholic Diocese in Łodz]
 *[http://www.parafia.gliwice.pl/index.php?i=6 Polish Parish Address Finder]&nbsp;This site will help you find addresses to Catholic parishes, and when available their email or web address.
-=== Civil Registration  ===
+===Civil Registration===
-*[http://www.usc.pl/s_urzedy.php Civil Record Office Addresses]&nbsp;This site gives the civil registration office addresses, and when available, &nbsp;email and website information.
+*[http://usc.pl/nasze-oddzia%C5%82y Civil Record Office Addresses]&nbsp;This site gives the civil registration office addresses, and when available, &nbsp;email and website information.
-=== Directories  ===
+===Directories===
 *[http://www.ksiazka-telefoniczna.com/index.php?language=de Poland white pages]
 *[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.
 *[[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.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===
-*[http://www.cyndislist.com/poland.htm Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet]
+*[https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/internet-tools?authuser=0 FB Polish Genealogy Group Aid website]
-*[http://www.semanchuk.com/gen/ Galician Genealogy]
+*[http://www.cyndislist.com/poland.htm Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet]
-*[http://www.galiziengermandescendants.org/ Galizien German Descendants]
+*[http://www.semanchuk.com/gen/ Galician Genealogy]
-*[http://genealogyindexer.org/ Genealogy Indexer]
+*[http://www.galiziengermandescendants.org/ Galizien German Descendants]
-*[http://www.halgal.com Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia]
+*[http://genealogyindexer.org/ Genealogy Indexer]
-*[http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl/ Geneteka Database]
+*[http://www.halgal.com Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia]
-*[http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html German Polish place names in Polish Russia]
+*[http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl/ Geneteka Database]
-*[http://www.langline.com/Wilno.htm Guide to Parishes and Villages in the Former Archdiocese of Wilno]
+*[http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html German Polish place names in Polish Russia]
-*[http://www.republika.pl/modraglina/kaszlink.html Kashubian Links]&nbsp;
+*[http://www.langline.com/Wilno.htm Guide to Parishes and Villages in the Former Archdiocese of Wilno]
-*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/poland/index.html Poland Genealogy Links]
+*[http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of the localities in Poland &amp; Russia]
-*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/poland.html Poland Genealogy Resources by FEEFHS]
+*[http://www.kartenmeister.com Kartenmeister] Polish-German and German-Polish place name changes.
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/index.html PolandGenWeb]
+*[http://www.republika.pl/modraglina/kaszlink.html Kashubian Links]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegaleire/Poland.html Poland Information &amp; Resources]
+*[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 &amp; 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.genealogylinks.net/europe/poland/ Polish Genealogy Links]
+*[http://www.polishroots.com/ PolishRoots]
-*[http://www.polishroots.com/ PolishRoots]
+*[http://pommernkontakte.de/index.html Pommernkontakte] Pommern researcher contacts, data sharing, and guidelines for researchers.
-*[http://www.mikeburger.com/rzeszow.html Search Rzeszów Vital Records]
+*[http://www.schlawe.de/ Research group for the Schlawe district]
-*[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.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]
-*[http://pommernkontakte.de/index.html Pommernkontakte] Pommern researcher contacts, data sharing, and guidelines for researchers.
+*[https://mikeeliasz.wordpress.com/ Stanczyk - Internet Muse] Russian-Poland, in particular the Kielce Gubernia.
-*[http://www.kartenmeister.com Kartenmeister] Polish-German and German-Polish place name changes.
+*[http://www.deutsch-krone.com/kb-zippnow.htm Zippnow Catholic Church Parish Records]
-*[http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of the localities in Poland &amp; Russia]
-=== General Information  ===
+===General Information===
 *[http://www.polishmission.com/ For Poles in America]
-*[http://www.poltran.com/ Polish Translator]
+*[https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/internet-tools/polish-parishes-worldwide?authuser=0 Polish Parishes worldwide]
+*[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://wielcy.pl The Minakowski's Great Genealogy Site]
-=== History  ===
+===History===
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/history.html Timeline of Polish History] Polish History timeline.
+*[http://www.kasprzyk.demon.co.uk/www/HistoryPolska.html History of Poland]
-*[http://www.kasprzyk.demon.co.uk/www/HistoryPolska.html The History of Poland]
+*[http://indeks.karta.org.pl/en/ Index of Victims of Soviet Repression]
+*[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.territorial.de/ndschles/ndsl.htm Lower Silesia] Niederschlesien with Kreis (county) information for each county and town history (timelines, etc.).
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/kujtowns.html Counties, Districts, Cities, and Towns in the Kujawsko-Pomorski Province]
+*[http://sites.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.avotaynu.com/ Avotaynu]
 *[http://www.auschwitz.org.pl/ Concentration Camp Oswiecim]
 *[http://www.dpcamps.org/ Displaced Persons' (DP) Camps]
 *[http://genealogyindexer.org/ Genealogy Indexer] Historical directories
 *[http://www.jewishgen.org/galicia/ Gesher Galicia] The Special Interest Group for Galicia
 *[http://search.geshergalicia.org/ Gesher Galicia Database] The All Galicia Database
 *[http://www.jewishgen.org/ JewishGen]
 *[[Jewish Genealogy]] FamilySearch Wiki article
 *[http://www.jewishgalicia.net/ Jewish History in Galicia and Bukovina]
-*[http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/ Jewish Records Indexing-Poland Home Page](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. Example of a Jewish town history (Yitzkor book translations).
+*[https://www.jri-poland.org/ Jewish Records Indexing-Poland Home Page]&nbsp;&nbsp;(the largest fully searchable database of indexes to Jewish vital records accessible online).
 *[http://www.jewishwebindex.com/poland.htm Jewish Web Index]
 *[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.jewishmuseum.org.pl/index.php?lang=en Museum of the History of Polish Jews]
+*[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.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]
 *[[German Word List|German Genealogical Word List]]
-*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/c/ca/German_Gothic_Handwriting_Guide.pdf Gothic Handwriting Resource Guide]
+*[[Media:German Gothic Handwriting Guide.pdf|Gothic Handwriting Resource Guide]]
 *[[Latin Genealogical Word List]]
 *[[Poland Genealogical Word List|Polish Genealogical Word List]]
 *[[Poland Letter Writing Guide|Polish Letter Writing Guide]]
-*[http://www.herby.com.pl/ Slownik Nazwisk Database]
 *[http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/frazin.htm Translation Guide to19th Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents]
+*[http://szlachta.projektpodlasie.pl/ Szlanchta Project Language Guide]
-=== Maps  ===
+===Maps===
 *[http://www.mapy.eksploracja.pl/viewpage.php?page_id=32 Maps of Gdansk Pomerania]
 *[http://mapy.eholiday.pl/ Maps of Polish Localities]
 *[http://mapy.amzp.pl/maps.shtml Maps of Western Poland]
 *[http://igrek.amzp.pl/index.php Old Maps of Poland]
 *[http://www.pilot.pl/ Polish Map]
 *[http://maps.geoportal.gov.pl/webclient/ Polish Map]
 *[http://english.mapywig.org/news.php Polish Military Geographical Institute (1919-1939)]
 *[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.polegli.tgcp.pl/index.php?lng=en Fallen Soldiers in WWI]
+*[http://www.indeks.karta.org.pl/en/ Index of Victims of Soviet Repression]
-*[http://www.indeks.karta.org.pl/en/ Index of Victims of Soviet Repression]
 *[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.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  ===
+===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.
-=== Societies  ===
+===Societies===
 *[http://www.eegsociety.org/Home.aspx East European Genealogical Society]
 *[http://www.feefhs.org Federation of East European Family History Societies]
 *[http://www.ka-na.org/ Kashubian Association of North America]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/polandgen.html Poland Genweb] with links and lots of transcribed parish records.
+*[http://sites.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.pgsctne.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast, Inc.]
 *[http://www.pgst.org Polish Genealogical Society of Texas]
 *[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://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://pgsca.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of California]
 *[http://www.pgsm.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnpolgs/pgs-mn.html Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota]
+*[http://pgsmn.org/pgsmn/ Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota]
 *[http://tpgs02.org/ Toledo Polish Genealogical Society]
-*[[Poland_Societies|List of Genealogical Societies in Poland]]
+*[[Poland Societies|List of Genealogical Societies in Poland]]
 *[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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+[[Category:Poland Online Research]]
+[[Category:Genealogy Websites by Country]]