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Maps of Poland[edit | edit source]

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 her.
For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click [[Jewish Population Maps|her].
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 her.
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 her.
Definition of "Pale of Settlement" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Settlement Wikipedia.or:
"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|her].
For a map showing Poland's current voivodeships (provinces), click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland#Administrative_divisions her.

Gazetteers of Poland[edit | edit source]

Use the JewishGen Communities Database by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp her.
Skorowidz Poland Gazetteer 1934
- For the online version, click [http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=12786 her.
- Also available at the Family History Library, Floor B1, in the reference book area.
Kartenmeister.com
- Take the online FamilySearch course Finding Places in the Former German Areas of Poland Using the Online Gazetteer Kartenmeister.com by clicking [https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/finding-places-in-the-former-german-areas-of-poland-using-the-online-gazetteer-kartenmeister-com/887 her.
- Go directly to Kartenmeister.com by clicking [http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp her.

History of the Jews in Poland[edit | edit source]

To read the Wikipedia.org article History of the Jews in Poland, click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Poland her.
Take the [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Poland.html Poland Virtual Jewish History Tou.
"Before the outbreak of World War II, more than 3.3 million Jews lived in Poland, the largest Jewish population of Europe and second largest Jewish community in the world. Poland served as the center for Jewish culture and a diverse population of Jews from all over Europe sought refuge there, contributing to a wide variety of religious and cultural groups. Barely 11% of Poland's Jews - 369,000 people -survived the war. Today, approximately 3,200 Jews remain in Poland."
To visit the Galicia Jewish Museum online click [http://www.en.galiciajewishmuseum.org/ her. The Galicia Jewish Museum exists to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to celebrate the Jewish culture of Polish Galicia, presenting Jewish history from a new perspective.
Explore: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.

JewishGen.org[edit source]

Find others, possibly cousins, searching for your family name in the same countries, cities, and villages. Search by clicking JewishGen Family Finder. Free registration required.

[[Poland Jewish Record]

Read a FamilySearch Wiki article describing available Jewish records by clicking [[Poland Jewish Records|her]. Includes great links!

The JewishGen Poland Database[edit | edit source]

More than five million records for Poland, from a variety of sources, including: vital records, business directories, voter lists, passenger manifests, Yizkor books and other Holocaust sources. A joint project of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen. Requires free registration. To search, click [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/#Poland her.

Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation[edit | edit source]

For A Genealogical and Family History guide to Jewish and civil records in Eastern Europe, click [http://www.rtrfoundation.org/ her and hover over Poland.
See also the book, Jewish roots in Poland by Miriam Weiner
FamilySearch Catalog Number 943.8 F2wm

Help with Poland Jewish Research[edit | edit source]

The following JewishGen Special Interest Groups (SIGs) includes links, helps, and other resources to help with Jewish Research in Poland:
- Białystok Region SIG
  The city of Białystok and nearby towns and villages, currently in Poland, formerly in the Russian Empire's Grodno Gubernia.
- Danzig/Gdańsk SIG
  Danzig/Gdańsk, and its precursor communities of Alt Schottland, Langfuhr, Mattenbuden, Weinberg, and Danzig in der Breitgasse, and Tiegenhof (Nowy Dwór Gdański).
- Gesher Galicia SIG
  Austrian Poland, a province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1772 until 1917, now in southern Poland and western Ukraine.
- German-Jewish SIG
  Germany and German-speaking areas of Alsace, Lorraine, Switzerland, and Poland.
- Łódź area SIG
  The city of Łódź, Poland, and localities within a 40-mile radius – in Congress Poland's gubernias of Piotrków, Płock, Warszawa, or Kalisz.
- Suwalk-Łomza SIG
  Publisher of Landsmen, covering these two northeastern gubernias of Russian Poland, now in northeast Poland and southwest Lithuania.
- Warszawa SIG
  The capital city of Poland, Warszawa (Warsaw).
Get ideas and help with the Facebook Polish Genealogy Research Community [https://www.facebook.com/PolandGenealogy her.

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