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

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Archives & Libraries[edit | edit source]

Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw
Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Poland
Polish Embassy
State Archives of Poland
PRADZIAD Parish Registers & Civil Registration
SEZAM Archive Inventories
UNESCO Directory of Religious Archives - Poland
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.

Church Records[edit | edit source]

Church Directories[edit | edit source]

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

Genealogy[edit | edit source]

General Information[edit | edit source]

Heraldry[edit | edit source]

Polish Nobility and Its Heraldry

History[edit | edit source]

Timeline of Polish History Polish History timeline.
The History of Poland

Jewish Records[edit | edit source]

Concentration Camp Oswiecim
Displaced Persons' (DP) Camps
Gesher Galicia The Special Interest Group for Galicia
Jewish Genealogy Research Outline
Jewish Records Indexing-Poland Home Page
The Routes to Roots Foundation Archive Database
Genealogy Indexer Historical directories (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.
We Remember Jewish Rozhan! Example of a Jewish town history (Yitzkor book translations).
Yad Vashem Site for Jewish Holocaust-Shoah victim's names with pages of testimony.

Language and Languages[edit | edit source]

Maps[edit | edit source]

Societies[edit | edit source]

East European Genealogical Society
Federation of East European Family History Societies
Kashubian Institute
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
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

List of Genealogical Societies in Poland