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-=== Maps of Poland  ===
-*To view present-day Poland at Google Maps, click [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=poland&hl=en&ll=51.917168,19.160156&spn=12.211657,33.815918&sll=55.166319,23.884277&sspn=5.650241,16.907959&hnear=Poland&t=m&z=6 here].
-*For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click [[Jewish Population Maps|here]].
-*For a map showing the percentage of Jews in the Pale of Settlement and Congress Poland, c. 1905, click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_showing_percentage_of_Jews_in_the_Pale_of_Settlement_and_Congress_Poland,_c._1905.png here].
-*To view an additional historical map showing the historical percentage of Jews in governments, click [http://books.google.com/books?id=sr85AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA531&lpg=PA531&dq=%22percentage+of+jews+in+governments%22+map&source=bl&ots=BK42kcedcz&sig=Eb1EvyRT9xaaOxNAlNit1-q2_yU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PcwMU5-xMcGBogTyqYKABg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22percentage%20of%20jews%20in%20governments%22%20map&f=false here].<br>Definition of "Pale of Settlement" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Settlement Wikipedia.org]:<br>"The Pale of Settlement (Russian: Черта́ осе́длости, chertá osédlosti, Yiddish: דער תּחום-המושבֿ, der tkhum-ha-moyshəv, Hebrew: תְּחוּם הַמּוֹשָב, tḥùm ha-mosháv‎) was the term given to a region of Imperial Russia in which permanent residency by Jews was allowed and beyond which Jewish permanent residency was generally prohibited. It extended from the eastern pale, or demarcation line, to the western Russian border with the Kingdom of Prussia (later the German Empire) and with Austria-Hungary. The English term 'pale' is derived from the Latin word 'palus,' a stake, extended to mean the area enclosed by a fence or boundary."
-*To view historical maps of Poland, click [[Poland Maps#Historical_Maps_of_Poland|here]].
-*For a map showing Poland's current voivodeships (provinces), click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland#Administrative_divisions here].
 ===Jewish Records [''Akta żydowskie'']===