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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
== 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.


Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<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 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
===Vital Events ===
 
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
|-
 
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| 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;"|
|-
|-
| 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
|-
|-
| Age
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[United States Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Newspapers
*Obituaries
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Birth date and birthplace
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[United States Census|Census]], [[United States Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[Poland Maps|Maps]], Diocese Inventories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Poland Maps|Historical Atlas]]
*[[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]]
 
|-
|-
| Death information
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]], Newspapers, Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Poland Directories|Address books]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Emigration information
| align="left" | Living relatives
| [[United States Military Records|Military Records]], Polish online Archive Sites
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| —
*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Poland Directories|Directories]]
[[Poland Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Social networking
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Historical background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Poland History|History]], [[Poland Church History|Church History]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Poland Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Language helps
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[Poland Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Handwriting
*[[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;"|
 
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| [[Poland Directories|Directories]], Social Networking
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Poland Societies|Societies]]
*[[Poland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Poland Genealogy |Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| align="left" | Residence
| [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Newspapers
*[[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"
|-
|-
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Poland Names, Personal|Names, Personal]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Poland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Noble families
| align="left" | Nobility
| [[Poland Nobility|Nobility]], [[Poland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Poland Biography|Biography]], [[Poland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Poland Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Poland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[Poland Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland Compiled Genealogies|Compiled Genealogies]]
*[[Prussian Poland Ortssippenbücher|Town Genealogies]]
*[[Poland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| Occupations
| align="left" | Occupation
| [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], Obituaries, [[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| —
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
|-
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
| align="left" | Religion
| [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Poland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Poland Land and Property|Land & Property]]
*[[Poland Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Poland History|History]]
*[[Poland Church History|Church History]]
|-
|-
| Physical description
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[Poland Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| —
* [[Poland Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Poland History|History]]
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Physical description
| [[Poland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Poland Maps|Maps]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Poland Maps|Historical Atlas]]
*[[Poland Military Records|Military records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading the Records===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
 
|-
|-
| Places of residence
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| [[Poland Population|Population]], [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Poland Jewish Records|Jewish Records]], [[Poland Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Poland Biography|Biography]], [[Poland Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Poland Land and Property|Land & Property]]
*[[Poland Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
*[[Polish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[German Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Russian Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Latin Genealogical Word List]]
 
|-
|-
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| align="left" |Handwriting
| [[Poland Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Poland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Poland Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Poland History|History]], [[Poland Biography|Biography]]  
*[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.
 
|-
|-
| Record-finding aids
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| [[Poland Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Poland Church Directories|Church Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Poland Societies|Societies]], [[Poland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Poland Names, Personal|Names, personal]]
|-
|-
| Religion
| align="left" |Online classes
| [[Poland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Poland Church History|Church History]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Poland History|History]]
 
|-
|-
| Social activities
| align="left" |Writing for records
| [[Poland History|History]], [[Poland Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs]]
|
|  —
 
*[[Poland Letter Writing Guide|Poland Letter Writing Guide]]
|}
|}
==Provinces (Vovoideships)==
{|
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
|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>




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Latest revision as of 17:04, 29 February 2024


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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.

List of Topics

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

Vital Events

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

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

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

Residences and Locations

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

Personal Details and Affiliations

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

Reading the Records

Vocabulary
Handwriting
Naming patterns
Online classes
Writing for records

Provinces (Vovoideships)

Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png 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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