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===Finding Aids ===
===Finding Aids===
 
*Poland  finding aids have been created by a variety of state, church, society, and private organizations.  <br>
*Poland  finding aids have been created by a variety of state, church, society, and private organizations.  <br>
*Their goal is to inform you what records exist and the repositories that hold them.  
*Their goal is to inform you what records exist and the repositories that hold them.
*Each finding aid has a different focus--a particular religion or geographical area or archive or collection.  Be sure to search all that apply to your ancestors.
*Each finding aid has a different focus--a particular religion or geographical area or archive or collection.  Be sure to search all that apply to your ancestors.
* Remember that churches often produced civil registration records. The church records might have been destroyed, but copies had been sent to the government and still exist. So we search for both church records  and civil registration records.
*Remember that churches often produced civil registration records. The church records might have been destroyed, but copies had been sent to the government and still exist. So we search for both church records  and civil registration records.
*A finding aid usually:
*A finding aid usually:
:#Gives  (or can search) a list of parishes and/or civil registration offices
:#Gives  (or can search) a list of parishes and/or civil registration offices
:#Tells what years records are available, broken down by births, marriages, and deaths
:#Tells what years records are available, broken down by births, marriages, and deaths
:#States where the original records are deposited
:#States where the original records are deposited
*A finding aid may:

*A finding aid may:

:#Link to an index of the records
:#Link to an index of the records
:#Link to digitized images of the records
:#Link to digitized images of the records
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===Links to Finding Aids===
===Links to Finding Aids===
*[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en '''The PRADZIAD Database'''] A database that comprises information on parish and civil registration registers preserved in all branches of the Polish State Archives and some Roman Catholic diocesan and archdiocesan archives. Gives location of specific records and address of archives.
 
*[http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/ '''Szukaj w Archiwach''' ] Search page for church records and civil registration at the National Archives. Links directly to scans.
*Old [http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/ '''Szukaj w Archiwach'''] and new [https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/ '''Szukaj w Archiwach'''] Search page for church records and civil registration at the National Archives. Contains direct links to vital registers scans.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=92&query=%2Bplace%3APoland '''FamilySearch Catalog for Poland''']  Microfilms (all will eventually be digitized, many are now) of the FamilySearch records.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=92&query=%2Bplace%3APoland '''FamilySearch Catalog for Poland''']  Microfilms (all will eventually be digitized, many are now) of the FamilySearch records.
*[https://www.sggee.org/research/parishes/church_parishes/LutheransInRusPoland.html '''Lutheran Records in Russian Poland''']  Church records inventory with links to scans held at various repositories.
*[https://www.sggee.org/research/parishes/church_parishes/LutheransInRusPoland.html '''Lutheran Records in Russian Poland''']  Church records inventory with links to scans held at various repositories.
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*[http://www.christoph-www.de/kbsilesia2.html '''Silesia Findbuch,''']  Comprehensive list of Silesian church records by parish, their location, and links to online records
*[http://www.christoph-www.de/kbsilesia2.html '''Silesia Findbuch,''']  Comprehensive list of Silesian church records by parish, their location, and links to online records
*[http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/kirchenbuecher/bestandsverzeichnis.php? '''Family Research in West Prussia, Inventory of Church Records,'''] listed by county (kreis), find the kreis for your town in Meyers 1871 Gazetteer.
*[http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/kirchenbuecher/bestandsverzeichnis.php? '''Family Research in West Prussia, Inventory of Church Records,'''] listed by county (kreis), find the kreis for your town in Meyers 1871 Gazetteer.
* [http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/Standesamtsregister/bestandsverzeichnis.php? '''Family Research in West Prussia, Inventory of Civil Registration Records,'''] organized by county (kreis). Find the kreis in Meyer's 1871 Gazetteer.
*[http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/Standesamtsregister/bestandsverzeichnis.php? '''Family Research in West Prussia, Inventory of Civil Registration Records,'''] organized by county (kreis). Find the kreis in Meyer's 1871 Gazetteer.
* [http://www.ptg.gda.pl/index.php/certificate/action/main/ '''PTG (Pomorskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne)''']  Online indexes to birth, marriage and death records for the Pomeranian area.
*'''Pommerscher Greif e. V.,''' Association for Pomeranian Family and Local History. 
* '''Pommerscher Greif e. V.,''' Association for Pomeranian Family and Local History. 
**[https://www.pommerscher-greif.de/kirchenbuch-online-qdb.html '''Finding aid tool for church records''']
**[https://www.pommerscher-greif.de/kirchenbuch-online-qdb.html '''Finding aid tool for church records''']  
**[https://www.pommerscher-greif.de/Standesamt-online-qdb.html '''Finding aid tool for civil registration''']
**[https://www.pommerscher-greif.de/Standesamt-online-qdb.html '''Finding aid tool for civil registration''']
*[http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/skany/ '''Archiwum Państwowe w Przemyślu''',] for the Przemyśl region of Subcarpathia, searchable by name and localities, with links to scans.
*[http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/skany/ '''Archiwum Państwowe w Przemyślu''',] for the Przemyśl region of Subcarpathia, searchable by name and localities, with links to scans.
*[https://www.genealogiawarchiwach.pl/ '''Genealogia w Archiwach''',] Torun and Bydgoszcz State Archives, mostly in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian area.
*[https://www.genealogiawarchiwach.pl/ '''Genealogia w Archiwach''',] Torun and Bydgoszcz State Archives, mostly in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian area.
*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/testy.html '''BaSia''',] indexing for  Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian
*[http://regestry.lubgens.eu/news.php '''Lubgens''',] searchable database and finding aid for Lublin voivodeship.
*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/testy.html '''AGAD (Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych w Warszawie)''',] parish inventory for Warsaw, Lublin and Subcarpathian.
*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/testy.html '''AGAD (Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych w Warszawie)''',] parish inventory for Warsaw, Lublin and Subcarpathian.
*[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Geneteka_database '''Geneteka''']


=== Online Indexed Databases ===
===Online Indexed Databases===
 
* [https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/internet-tools/collections-and-databases '''Polish vital records databases collection'''] list of all existing online databases focused on Polish genealogy
 
====Nationwide Databases====
 
*[http://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/ '''Geneteka''']
*[http://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/ '''Geneteka''']
*[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/ '''JewishGen Poland Database''']

*[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/ '''JewishGen Poland Database''']

*[http://jri-poland.org/ '''Jewish Records Indexing-Poland''']
*[http://jri-poland.org/ '''Jewish Records Indexing-Poland''']
====Regional Databases====
*[http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/skany/ '''Archiwum Państwowe w Przemyślu'''] for the Przemyśl region of Subcarpathia, searchable by name and localities, with links to scans.
*[http://e-kartoteka.net/pl/ '''Archiwum Państwowe w Poznaniu Census database 1870-1931''']
*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/testy.html '''BaSia''',] indexing for  Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian
*[http://regestry.lubgens.eu/news.php '''Lubgens''',] searchable database for Lublin voivodeship.
*[http://regestry.lubgens.eu/news.php '''Lubgens''',] searchable database and finding aid for Lublin voivodeship
*[http://bindweed.man.poznan.pl/posen/project.php '''Poznań Marriage Indexing Project''']. Marriage records from the entire Duchy of Poznań (Posen).
*[http://www.ptg.gda.pl/index.php/certificate/action/main/ '''PTG (Pomorskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne)''']  Online indexes to birth, marriage and death records for the Pomeranian area.
*[http://www.mikeburger.com/rzeszow.html '''Search Rzeszów Vital Records''']
*[https://search.geshergalicia.org/ '''The All Galicia Database''']
*[http://siliusradicum.pl/indeksy-metryk/ '''Upper Silesian Genealogical Society ''']
====Ancestry.com====
====Ancestry.com====
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60749&geo_a=r&o_iid=41022&o_lid=41022&o_sch=Web+Property '''Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany (Poland), Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945,'''] index and images, incomplete. ($)
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60749&geo_a=r&o_iid=41022&o_lid=41022&o_sch=Web+Property '''Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany (Poland), Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945,'''] index and images, incomplete. ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9950 '''Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg and Posen, Select Church Book Duplicates, 1794-1874,'''] index, ($).

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9950 '''Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg and Posen, Select Church Book Duplicates, 1794-1874,'''] index, ($).

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====FamilySearch Historical Records====
====FamilySearch Historical Records====
*'''1784-1964''' - {{RecordSearch|1867931| '''Poland, Lublin Roman Catholic Church Books, 1784-1964,'''}} images and index.

*'''1784-1964''' - {{RecordSearch|1867931| '''Poland, Lublin Roman Catholic Church Books, 1784-1964,'''}} images and index.

*'''1587-1966''' - {{RecordSearch|1407440|'''Poland, Radom Roman Catholic Church Books, 1587-1966,'''}} images and index.

*'''1587-1966''' - {{RecordSearch|1407440|'''Poland, Radom Roman Catholic Church Books, 1587-1966,'''}} images and index.

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*'''1544-1945''' - {{RecordSearch|1874205|'''Germany, Prussia, Pomerania Church Records, 1544-1945,'''}} index and images

*'''1544-1945''' - {{RecordSearch|1874205|'''Germany, Prussia, Pomerania Church Records, 1544-1945,'''}} index and images



====Regional Databases====
===Online Browsable Images Databases===
*[http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/skany/ '''Archiwum Państwowe w Przemyślu'''] for the Przemyśl region of Subcarpathia, searchable by name and localities, with links to scans.
*[http://www.mikeburger.com/rzeszow.html '''Search Rzeszów Vital Records''']
*[http://regestry.lubgens.eu/news.php '''Lubgens''',] searchable database for Lublin voivodeship.
*[http://www.agad.gov.pl/inwentarze/testy.html '''BaSia''',] indexing for  Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian 
*[http://e-kartoteka.net/pl/ '''Archiwum Państwowe w Poznaniu Census database 1870-1931''']
*[http://bindweed.man.poznan.pl/posen/project.php '''Poznań Marriage Indexing Project''']. Marriage records from the entire Duchy of Poznań (Posen).
*[http://www.ptg.gda.pl/index.php/certificate/action/main/ '''PTG (Pomorskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne)''']  Online indexes to birth, marriage and death records for the Pomeranian area.
*[http://siliusradicum.pl/indeksy-metryk/ '''Upper Silesian Genealogical Society ''']
*[https://search.geshergalicia.org/ '''The All Galicia Database''']


===Online Browsable Images Databases===
*[https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/internet-tools/collections-and-databases#h.p_wTABQDQP5ZKu '''Polish vital records registers collection''']
*[https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl '''Szukaj w Archiwach''']; [[Media:1-Polish_State_Archives-Instruction.pdf|'''Tutorial''']] - The Polish Archives
*[https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl '''Szukaj w Archiwach''']; [[Media:1-Polish State Archives-Instruction.pdf|'''Tutorial''']] - The Polish Archives
*[https://www.archion.de/de/browse/#https://www.archion.de/de/browse/&path=3 '''Archion: Evangelical Central Archives in Berlin''']($), records for former Prussian localities, browsable image
*[https://www.archion.de/de/browse/#https://www.archion.de/de/browse/&path=3 '''Archion: Evangelical Central Archives in Berlin''']($), records for former Prussian localities, browsable image
*’’’1700-2005’’’ - {{RecordSearch|2564996|'''Poland, Evangelical Church Books, 1700-2005,'''}} images, no index.
*’’1700-2005’’- {{RecordSearch|2564996|'''Poland, Evangelical Church Books, 1700-2005,'''}} images, no index.
*[http://www.szczecin.ap.gov.pl/ '''National Archives in Stettin'''] [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/8/84/Stettin_tutorial_update2.pdf Tutorial]
*[http://www.szczecin.ap.gov.pl/ '''National Archives in Stettin'''] [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/8/84/Stettin_tutorial_update2.pdf Tutorial]
*[http://metryki.genealodzy.pl/ '''Metryki Genealodzy Roman Catholic Records''']
*[http://metryki.genealodzy.pl/ '''Metryki Genealodzy Roman Catholic Records''']
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*[http://data.matricula-online.eu/en/polen/breslau/ '''Matricula'''] Breslau is now Wrocław
*[http://data.matricula-online.eu/en/polen/breslau/ '''Matricula'''] Breslau is now Wrocław
*‘’’1226-1950’’’ - {{RecordSearch|2115410|'''Poland, Częstochowa Roman Catholic Church Books, 1226-1950'''}} images, no index.
*‘’’1226-1950’’’ - {{RecordSearch|2115410|'''Poland, Częstochowa Roman Catholic Church Books, 1226-1950'''}} images, no index.
*[http://www.pommerscher-greif.de '''Pommerscher Greif e. V., Association for Pomeranian Family and Local History'''].  
*[http://www.pommerscher-greif.de '''Pommerscher Greif e. V., Association for Pomeranian Family and Local History'''].
 
::Go to Forschung > Famillienforschung > Standesamt online or Kirchenbuch online > Find your Kreis >Parish
::Go to Forschung > Famillienforschung > Standesamt online or Kirchenbuch online > Find your Kreis >Parish


=== Records at the FamilySearch Library ===
===Records at the FamilySearch Library===


The Family History Library has church records on microfilm from many parishes throughout Poland, some to 1875, some to the 1880s, and some as late as the 1960s. Look in the catalog under the name of the town where the parish was, not necessarily the town where your ancestor lived: POLAND, (COUNTY), (TOWN) - CHURCH RECORDS New records are continually added to the library’s collection from several sources. Do not give up if records are not available yet. Check the FamilySearch Catalog every two or three years for the records you need.  
The Family History Library has church records on microfilm from many parishes throughout Poland, some to 1875, some to the 1880s, and some as late as the 1960s. Look in the catalog under the name of the town where the parish was, not necessarily the town where your ancestor lived: POLAND, (COUNTY), (TOWN) - CHURCH RECORDS New records are continually added to the library’s collection from several sources. Do not give up if records are not available yet. Check the FamilySearch Catalog every two or three years for the records you need.  
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Most Catholic church records are still maintained by the parish, which will generally answer correspondence in Polish. You can write directly to the parish with a nonspecific address (Catholic parish, Town name with postal code, Poland), but using the specific parish address is better.  If the records you need have been moved to a diocese or state archive, your request may be forwarded to that archive.
Most Catholic church records are still maintained by the parish, which will generally answer correspondence in Polish. You can write directly to the parish with a nonspecific address (Catholic parish, Town name with postal code, Poland), but using the specific parish address is better.  If the records you need have been moved to a diocese or state archive, your request may be forwarded to that archive.
====Parish Addresses====
====Parish Addresses====
*[http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=show_country&country=PL '''The Catholic Directory, Poland''']
 
*[http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=show_country&country=PL '''The Catholic Directory, Poland''']
*[http://www.luteranie.pl/kontakt.html# '''Luteranie.pl''']: Polish Evangelical website with all current diocese addresses and individual parishes and email addresses. Many Lutheran parishes that existed before the 1918/1945 boundary changes no longer exist. Some of their records are in the diocese archives, and some were sent to [https://www.archion.de/de/browse/#https://www.archion.de/de/browse/&path=3 Archion: Evangelical Central Archives in Berlin.]
*[http://www.luteranie.pl/kontakt.html# '''Luteranie.pl''']: Polish Evangelical website with all current diocese addresses and individual parishes and email addresses. Many Lutheran parishes that existed before the 1918/1945 boundary changes no longer exist. Some of their records are in the diocese archives, and some were sent to [https://www.archion.de/de/browse/#https://www.archion.de/de/browse/&path=3 Archion: Evangelical Central Archives in Berlin.]
====How to Write the Letter====
====How to Write the Letter====
Write your request in Polish whenever possible. Information about how to write to local parishes in Poland is given in [[Poland Letter Writing Guide|Poland Letter Writing Guide]].
Write your request in Polish whenever possible. Information about how to write to local parishes in Poland is given in [[Poland Letter Writing Guide|Poland Letter Writing Guide]].
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*'''Use [http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=show_country&country=PL ''The Catholic Directory, Poland''] '''<br>'''to find the parish and diocese for your town.'''<br>
*'''Use [http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=show_country&country=PL ''The Catholic Directory, Poland''] '''<br>'''to find the parish and diocese for your town.'''<br>
 
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'''Lutheran Dioceses: Use [http://www.luteranie.pl/o_kosciele.html ''Luteranie.pl''] to find the diocese and parish for your town.'''<br>
'''Lutheran Dioceses: Use [http://www.luteranie.pl/o_kosciele.html ''Luteranie.pl''] to find the diocese and parish for your town.'''<br>
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1. Białystok Archdiocese <br>
1. Białystok Archdiocese <br>
2. [http://drohiczynska.pl/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Ogolna_informacja_o_zasobie_Archiwum_Diecezjalnego_w_Drohiczynie.pdf '''Drohiczyn Diocese''']<br>
2. [http://drohiczynska.pl/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Ogolna_informacja_o_zasobie_Archiwum_Diecezjalnego_w_Drohiczynie.pdf '''Drohiczyn Diocese''']<br>
3. Łomża Diocese<br>
3. Łomża Diocese<br>
4. Craców Archdiocese<br>
4. Craców Archdiocese<br>
5. Bielsko–Żywiec Diocese<br>
5. Bielsko–Żywiec Diocese<br>
6. Kielce Diocese<br>
6. Kielce Diocese<br>
7. [[Media: Parish Registers at Tarnow Diocese Archives.pdf|'''Tarnow Diocese''']]<br>
7. [[Media:Parish Registers at Tarnow Diocese Archives.pdf|'''Tarnow Diocese''']]<br>
8. [http://www.aacz.czestochowa.pl/art.php?id=1477330253,1477330290&langu=pl '''Częstochowa Archdiocese''']<br>
8. [http://www.aacz.czestochowa.pl/art.php?id=1477330253,1477330290&langu=pl '''Częstochowa Archdiocese''']<br>
9. {{RecordSearch|1407440|'''Radom Diocese'''}}<br>
9. {{RecordSearch|1407440|'''Radom Diocese'''}}<br>
10. Sosnowiec Diocese<br>
10. Sosnowiec Diocese<br>
11. [http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/kirchenbuecher/bestandsverzeichnis.php? '''Gdańsk Archdiocese''']<br>
11. [http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/kirchenbuecher/bestandsverzeichnis.php? '''Gdańsk Archdiocese''']<br>
12. [http://www.diecezja-pelplin.pl/instytucje/archiwum-diecezjalne '''Pelplin Diocese'''] [http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/kirchenbuecher/bestandsverzeichnis.php? '''Another list''']<br>
12. [http://www.diecezja-pelplin.pl/instytucje/archiwum-diecezjalne '''Pelplin Diocese'''] [http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/kirchenbuecher/bestandsverzeichnis.php? '''Another list''']<br>
13. Toruń Diocese<br>
13. Toruń Diocese<br>
14. Gniezno Archdiocese<br>
14. Gniezno Archdiocese<br>
15. [http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/kirchenbuecher/bestandsverzeichnis.php? '''Bydgoszcz Diocese''']<br>
15. [http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/kirchenbuecher/bestandsverzeichnis.php? '''Bydgoszcz Diocese''']<br>
16. [http://serwer1766985.home.pl/strona/index.html '''Włocławek Diocese'''] <br>
16. [http://serwer1766985.home.pl/strona/index.html '''Włocławek Diocese'''] <br>
:Click on "Katalog". <br>
:Click on "Katalog". <br>
:Click on "Akta dekanalne i parafialne". <br>
:Click on "Akta dekanalne i parafialne". <br>
:Click on "Akta parafialne".<br>  
:Click on "Akta parafialne".<br>
:Click on "Księgi metrykalne".
:Click on "Księgi metrykalne".
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17. [http://archiwum.archidiecezja.katowice.pl/en/index/content/19/ '''Katowice Archdiocese''']
17. [http://archiwum.archidiecezja.katowice.pl/en/index/content/19/ '''Katowice Archdiocese''']
[http://archiwum.archidiecezja.katowice.pl/en/metrics '''Clickable map''' ]
[http://archiwum.archidiecezja.katowice.pl/en/metrics '''Clickable map''']
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18. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2114433?availability=Online '''Gliwice Diocese''']<br>
18. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2114433?availability=Online '''Gliwice Diocese''']<br>
19. Opole Diocese<br>
19. Opole Diocese<br>
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