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Microfilm copies of many records at the Polish State Archives are available at the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=92&query=%2Bplace%3APoland FamilySearch Library], but the State Archives have several records that have not yet been filmed. If the records you need are not in the Family History Library collection, you may request information from, or photocopies of, the records you need by writing to the Directorate of the Polish State Archives (Naczelna Dyrekcja). They will forward your request to the appropriate state archive.  
Microfilm copies of many records at the Polish State Archives are available at the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=92&query=%2Bplace%3APoland FamilySearch Library], but the State Archives have several records that have not yet been filmed. If the records you need are not in the Family History Library collection, you may request information from, or photocopies of, the records you need by writing to the Directorate of the Polish State Archives (Naczelna Dyrekcja). They will forward your request to the appropriate state archive.  
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:*To do a search on their holdings go to the following site:[http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/sezam.php?l=en Archiwa Panstwowe:The SEZAM database in English or Polski]
:*Naczelna Dyrekcja has published two books about the holdings of all the national archives in Poland:


:*Biernata, Andrzeja and Anny Laszuk. ''Archiwa panstwowe w Polsce, Przewodnik po zasobach'' (State Archives in Poland, Guide to Resources). Warszawa: "DiG," 1998. (FHL book 943.8J54a 1998.)
:*Biernata, Andrzeja and Anny Laszuk. ''Archiwa panstwowe w Polsce, Przewodnik po zasobach'' (State Archives in Poland, Guide to Resources). Warszawa: "DiG," 1998. (FHL book 943.8J54a 1998.)


:*Laszuk, Anna. ''Ksiegi metrykalne i stanu cywilnego w archiwach panstwowych w Polsce, Informator'' (Parish and Civil Registration Records at State Archives in Poland, Directory).Warszawa: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Panstwowych, 1998. (FHL book 943.8 J53k.)  
:*Laszuk, Anna. ''Ksiegi metrykalne i stanu cywilnego w archiwach panstwowych w Polsce, Informator'' (Parish and Civil Registration Records at State Archives in Poland, Directory).Warszawa: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Panstwowych, 1998. (FHL book 943.8 J53k.)
:*For the vital records at the State Archives in Poland: See the [http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php PRADZIAD] database. Enter the name of the town where the parish, the public registry office or the religious community were located, or enter the name of the commune on the territory of which the town searched for is located, or the county on the territory of which it was located before the war; select the name of the province within the 1975-1998 or 1918-1939 borders; select the denomination or religion in respect of which the register was kept; select the type of event.
 
:*'''Archiwum Zabużańskie''' Urzędu Stanu Cywilnego Warszawa Śródmieście, ul. Smyczkowa 14, 02-678 Warszawa. For catholic records check the ''Register of Vital Records of Roman Catholic Parishes from the Region beyond the Bug River'' by Edward A. Peckwas.
 
More records at the state archives:
 
'''The State Archive in Lomza''' The Registry of Residents since 1899 –For some of the towns within the province –for details we have to contact the archives. <br> '''The State Archive in Torun''' The Residents Registration Records 1865-1930, Police Records –Passport Applications 1920-1939, Lists of Residents for surrounding area (Chelmza)
 
'''The State Archive in Krakow''' The List of Residents in the City of Krakow from 1921 (1850, 1857, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910). Go to: [http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/ela.php ELA] database - under „tytul spisu” put "spis ludnosci")
 
'''The State Archive in Przemysl''' The Greek-Catholic Church Records from the area of Przemysl and Rzeszow (you can find more detail information about it in the “East European Genealogist” Winter 1997).
 
At [http://www.olsztyn.ap.gov.pl/projekt/wybierz.php State Archive in Olsztyn] you&nbsp;can perform searches or go directly to&nbsp;[http://www.olsztyn.ap.gov.pl/projekt/usc.php State Archive in Olsztyn / Szukaj] where you will find&nbsp;over '''550 digitized books''' (with Polish headings). Within these books,&nbsp;the&nbsp;digitized documents for&nbsp;births, marriages, and deaths are written in German.
 
Please scroll down to see more links to archives under the Archives heading.


=== Branches of State Archives of Poland  ===
=== Branches of State Archives of Poland  ===
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