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== Record Finder Table for Poland ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
== List of Topics ==
 
This Record Finder table links to the Poland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
===Vital Events ===
 
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
 
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
*Newspapers
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| Age
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
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*[[Poland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Newspapers
*Obituaries
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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| Birth date
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
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| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| Birthplace
| align="left" | Maiden name
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
 
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| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Census|Census]]
*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
*[[Poland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Poland Land and Property|Land & Property]]
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| Death
| align="left" | Living relatives
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Poland Directories|Directories]]
[[Poland Societies|Societies]]
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*Social networking
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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| Emigration information
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| Historical background
| align="left" | Immigration date
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|  
*[[Poland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
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| Language helps
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Poland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
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=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Maiden name 
| align="left" | Residence
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
*[[Poland Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Population|Population]]
*[[Poland Census|Census]]
*Directories
*[[Poland Biography|Biography]]
*[[Poland Land and Property|Land & Property]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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| Marriage
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Naming customs
| align="left" | Nobility
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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Poland Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Poland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[Poland Biography|Biography]]
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*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
*[[Poland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
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|-
| Noble families
| align="left" | Occupation
|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
|-
|-
| Occupations
| align="left" | Religion
|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland History|History]]
*[[Poland Church History|Church History]]
|-
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
| align="left" | Social activities
|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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* [[Poland Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Poland History|History]]
|-
|-
| Physical description  
| align="left" | Physical description  
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Poland Military Records|Military records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading the Records===
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|-
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| Place-finding aids
| align="left" |Vocabulary
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Poland Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
*[[Polish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[German Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Russian Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Latin Genealogical Word List]]
 
|-
|-
| Places of residence
| align="left" |Handwriting
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-paleography-seminar-introduction German Paleography Seminar - 10 classes]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-paleography-seminar-introduction German Paleography Seminar] - Lessons on German Handwriting
*Old German Script
**[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-1 Part 1]
**[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-2 Part 2]
**[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-german-church-and-civil-records-part-3 Part 3 (German Church and Civil Records)]
*Reading Russian Handwriting
**[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/reading-russian-documents-the-russian-alphabet Reading Russian Documents: The Russian Alphabet]
*Additional Russian Paleography Classes
**[http://www.russianforeveryone.com/RufeA/Lessons/Introduction/Alphabet/Alphabet.htm Russian for Everyone: The Russian Alphabet]
**[https://www.sggee.org/research/rus_translate/Cyrillic_Handouts.pdf SGGEE Cyrillic Handout.pdf] for months and numbers in Russian cursive.
 
|-
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| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| align="left" | Naming patterns
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|  
*[[Poland Names, Personal|Names, personal]]
|-
|-
| Religion
| align="left" |Online classes
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|
 
|-
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| Record-finding aids
| align="left" |Writing for records
|  
|
|  
 
*[[Poland Letter Writing Guide|Poland Letter Writing Guide]]
|}
 
==Provinces (Vovoideships)==
{|
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|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each province, including links to actual records.'''
|}
|}
<ul class="column-spacing-halfscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
    <li>[[Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Greater Poland Voivodeship (wielkopolskie)''']]</li>
    <li>[[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy|'''Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (kujawsko-pomorskie''')]]</li>
    <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>
</ul>
[[Category:Poland Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]

Latest revision as of 21:51, 11 August 2025

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Record Finder Table for Poland[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

List of Topics[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Poland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Societies

  • Social networking

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
Country and town of origin

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nobility
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Reading the Records[edit | edit source]

Vocabulary
Handwriting
Naming patterns
Online classes
Writing for records

Provinces (Vovoideships)[edit | edit source]

The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. More specific help is available in topic articles for each province, including links to actual records.
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