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The Poland research websites listed as "Favorites" at the Family History Library include:
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.


[[Poland|'''Back to Poland Wiki page''']]
[[Poland|'''Back to Poland Wiki page''']]  


== Poland ==
===Archives & Libraries===


=== Archives Librararies & Internet ===
*[http://www.agad.archiwa.gov.pl/ Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw]
*[http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra Digital Library of Wielkopolska] Books for the Poznan province.
*[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 & Civil Registration]
**[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/sezam.php?l=en SEZAM Archive Inventories]
*[http://www.katowice.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives of Katowice]
*[https://www.ap.wroc.pl/ State Archives of Wrocław]
*[http://www.archiwum.leszno.pl State Archives in Leszno]
*[http://www.archiwum.opole.pl/ State Archives in Opole]
*[http://www.lublin.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives in Lublin]
*[http://adt.sl.pl/ State Archives in Tarnόw]
*[http://www.archiwum.krakow.pl/ State Archives in Krakόw]
*[http://www.poznan.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives in Poznań]
*[http://www.warszawa.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives in Warsaw]
*[http://www.archiwum.zam.pl/ State Archives in Zamośc]
*[http://www.gdansk.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives Gdańsk]
*[http://www.archiwum.bydgoszcz.pl/ State Archives in Bydgoszcz]
*[http://www.siedlce.ap.gov.pl/zasoby.html State Archives in Siedlce]
*[http://www.archiwum.zgora.pl/ State Archives in Zielona Gora]
*[http://www.archiwum.plock.com/ State Archives in Płock]
*[http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/ State Archives in Przemyśl]
*[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]


[http://www.usc.pl/bazausc.php Civil Record Office Addresses]
===Cemeteries===


[http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Poland.html Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Poland]
*[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]


[http://www.polandembassy.org/ Polish Embassy]
===Church Records===


[http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/?CIDA=43 Polish State Archives]
*[http://www.genealodzy.pl/katalog.phtml Church Inventory Genealogia Polska]
*[http://www.luteranie.pl/www/diecezje/index.htm Lutheran Church in Poland]
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/lutheran.html Poland's Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Dioceses]
*[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://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] This site will help you find addresses to Catholic parishes, and when available their email or web address.


[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.eng.php PRADZIAD Parish Registers & Civil Registration]
===Church Directories===


[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/index.eng.php SEZAM Archive Inventories]
*[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]
*[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] This site will help you find addresses to Catholic parishes, and when available their email or web address.


[http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/Archives/Religious_Communities_Archives/Europe/Poland/index.shtml UNESCO Directory of Religious Archives - Poland]
===Civil Registration===


=== <br> ===
*[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.


=== Church Records ===
===Directories===


[http://www.genpol.com/htmlpages-display-pid-21.html Church Inventory Genealogia Polska]
*[http://www.ksiazka-telefoniczna.com/index.php?language=de Poland white pages]
*[http://nasza-klasa.pl/ Classmates Site]


[http://www.luteranie.pl/ Lutheran Church in Poland]
===Emigration and Immigration===


[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/lutheran.html Poland's Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Dioceses]
*[[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.


[http://www.amen.pl/katalog/diecezje.html Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (Amen)]
===Gazetteers===


[http://www.opoka.org.pl/struktury_kosciola/diecezje/index.html Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (Opoka)]
*[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.org/GeographyMaps/Index/56 Slownik Geograficzny Translation Guide PolishRoots]


[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/dioceses.html Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (PolandGenWeb)]
===Genealogy===


[http://www.katolik.pl/parafie/ Roman Catholic Parish Directory at KATOLIK]
*[https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/internet-tools?authuser=0 FB Polish Genealogy Group Aid website]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/poland.htm Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet]
*[http://www.semanchuk.com/gen/ Galician Genealogy]
*[http://www.galiziengermandescendants.org/ Galizien German Descendants]
*[http://genealogyindexer.org/ Genealogy Indexer]
*[http://www.halgal.com Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia]
*[http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl/ Geneteka Database]
*[http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html German Polish place names in Polish Russia]
*[http://www.langline.com/Wilno.htm Guide to Parishes and Villages in the Former Archdiocese of Wilno]
*[http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of the localities in Poland &amp; Russia]
*[http://www.kartenmeister.com Kartenmeister] Polish-German and German-Polish place name changes.
*[http://www.republika.pl/modraglina/kaszlink.html Kashubian Links]
*[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.polishroots.com/ PolishRoots]
*[http://pommernkontakte.de/index.html Pommernkontakte] Pommern researcher contacts, data sharing, and guidelines for researchers.
*[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.mikeburger.com/rzeszow.html Search Rzeszów Vital Records]
*[https://mikeeliasz.wordpress.com/ Stanczyk - Internet Muse] Russian-Poland, in particular the Kielce Gubernia.
*[http://www.deutsch-krone.com/kb-zippnow.htm Zippnow Catholic Church Parish Records]


[http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/Archives/Religious_Communities_Archives/Europe/Poland/index.shtml UNESCO Directory of Religious Archives - Poland]
===General Information===


=== <br> ===
*[http://www.polishmission.com/ For Poles in America]
*[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]


=== Directories ===
===Heraldry===


[http://www.ksiazka-telefoniczna.com/index.php?language=de Poland white pages]
*[http://www.szlachta.org.pl/en/ Confederation of the Polish Nobility]
*[http://wielcy.pl The Minakowski's Great Genealogy Site]


=== <br> ===
===History===


=== Emigration and Immigration ===
*[http://www.kasprzyk.demon.co.uk/www/HistoryPolska.html 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]


[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/Hamburg_Pass_List.ASP Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850–1934 Resource Guide]
===Historical Geography===


[http://www.linktoyourroots.hamburg.de/ Hamburg Passenger Lists 1890-1914 online index]
*[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://sites.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/kujtowns.html Counties, Districts, Cities, and Towns in the Kujawsko-Pomorski Province]


=== <br> ===
===Jewish Records===


=== Genealogy ===
*[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]
*[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]
*[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].


[http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html German Polish place names in Polish Russia]
===Language and Languages===


[http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/poland/index.html Poland Genealogy links]
*[http://www.poltran.com/ Free Polish-English-Polish Translator and online Polish Dictionary]
*[[German Word List|German Genealogical Word List]]
*[[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.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/frazin.htm Translation Guide to19th Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents]
*[http://szlachta.projektpodlasie.pl/ Szlanchta Project Language Guide]


[http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/index.html Poland Genweb]
===Maps===


[http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/1538/Polishpg.html Polish Genealogy Links]
*[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>


=== <br> ===
===Military Records===


=== General Information ===
*[http://www.indeks.karta.org.pl/en/ Index of Victims of Soviet Repression]
*[http://www.genoroots.com/eng/pBrowUsEn.php Prussian Army Project]


[http://www.kasprzyk.demon.co.uk/www/HistoryPolska.html History Of Poland]
===Names Personal===


=== <br> ===
*[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]


=== Jewish Records ===
===Regional Research===


[http://www.auschwitz.org.pl/ Concentration Camp Oswiecim]
[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.


[http://www.dpcamps.org/dpcamps/ Displaced Persons' (DP) Camps]
===Societies===


[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/rg/guide/JewishGenealogy.asp Jewish Genealogy Research Outline]
*[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://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://pgsmn.org/pgsmn/ Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota]
*[http://tpgs02.org/ Toledo Polish Genealogical Society]
*[[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].


[http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/ Jewish Records Indexing-Poland Home Page]
<br>[[Poland|'''Back to Poland Wiki page''']]  


=== <br> ===
[[Category:Poland Online Research]]
 
[[Category:Genealogy Websites by Country]]
=== Language and Languages ===
 
[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=WLGerman.ASP German Genealogical Word List]
 
[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/German_Gothic99-36316.ASP Gothic Handwriting Resource Guide]
 
[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/WLLatin.ASP Latin Genealogical Word List]
 
[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/WLPolish.ASP Polish Genealogical Word List]
 
[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/images/36339_LWGPolish.pdf Polish Letter Writing Guide]
 
[http://www.herby.com.pl/herby/indexslo.html Slownik Nazwisk Database]
 
=== <br> ===
 
=== Maps ===
 
[http://www.pilot.pl/ Mapa Polski]
 
=== <br> ===
 
=== Societies ===
 
[http://www.instytut-kaszubski.webpark.pl/index_eng.html Kashubian Institute]
 
[http://www.pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America]
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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.

Back to Poland Wiki page

Archives & Libraries

Cemeteries

Church Records

Church Directories

Civil Registration

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

General Information

Heraldry

History

Historical Geography

Jewish Records

Language and Languages

Maps

Military Records

Names Personal

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


Back to Poland Wiki page

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