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 The provincial archives of Poland are not open to the public. Limited access is offered only to scholars and those who have received specific permission in writing from the Polish Directorate of the Polish State Archives in Warszawa.
-=== Church Archives  ===
+== Church Archives  ==
 Church archives collect records generated by the church, such as parish registers. Each diocese has its own policies regarding gathering records into the archive of the diocese. Generally, older records are found in the diocesan archives; more recent records are found at the local parish.
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 Some Catholic dioceses have gathered older records into a diocesan archive. You can write to these archives and request brief searches of their records. See [[Poland Church Records]].
-Protestant church records can be difficult to locate in Poland. Many have been lost due to wars and boundary changes, especially so in former Pomerania regions. Many other records have been filmed and are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog. In a few cases, records still exist in the local church but have not been microfilmed (e.g. Lublin Lutheran). For a complete listing of Protestant Church archives and repositories, see references in [[Poland Church Directories]]. Some Lutheran records for former Prussian regions are held in [http://www.ezab.de/ Lutheran Church Archives] in Berlin. Protestants should not hesitate to look into Catholic records for their information. If no Lutheran or other Protestant church existed in a particular area, the residents would have been civilly obligated to register their b/m/d at the nearest Catholic Church.
+Protestant church records can be difficult to locate in Poland. Many have been lost due to wars and boundary changes, especially so in former Pomerania regions. Many other records have been filmed and are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog. In a few cases, records still exist in the local church but have not been microfilmed (e.g. Lublin Lutheran). For a complete listing of Protestant Church archives and repositories, see references in [[Poland Church Directories]]. Some Lutheran records for former Prussian regions are held in [http://www.ezab.de/ Lutheran Church Archives] in Berlin. Protestants should not hesitate to look into Catholic records for their information. If no Lutheran or other Protestant church existed in a particular area, the residents would have been civilly obligated to register their births, marriages, and deaths at the nearest Catholic Church.
-Many church records are kept by local parishes, which may also have earlier records. You can write to local parishes and church archives for information. See [[Poland Church Records|Poland Church Records]].
-Genealogical Societies with focus on specific regions of Poland can often help to find records that may be particularly elusive.
 ==Catholic Archives Addresses==
 [https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/polish-archives-in-a-nutshell/polish-church-archives '''BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING POLISH CHURCH ARCHIVES''']  Basic information on Polish Church Archives including '''postal and email addresses, prices for vital records and research services and bank details'''. Please note that this page will be updated often.<ref>"Polish Church Records", https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/polish-archives-in-a-nutshell/polish-church-archives, accessed 11 October 2022.</ref>