Poland Websites
The following websites are only a small sample of the wonderful sites that can be found to help with Polish genealogical research. It is not possible to give all the websites available for each category. However, those provided should emphasize the use of the Internet to further Polish research and knowledge of Polish ancestors' homeland. The Poland research websites are also listed as "Favorites" at the Family History Library:
Archives & Libraries[edit | edit source]
- Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw
- Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Poland
- Polish Embassy
- State Archives of Poland
- PRADZIAD Parish Registers & Civil Registration
- SEZAM Archive Inventories
- UNESCO Directory of Religious Archives - Poland
- State Archives of Katowice
- State Archives of Wrocław
- State Archives in Leszno
- State Archives in Opole
- State Archives in Lublin
- State Archives in Tarnόw
- State Archives in Krakόw
- State Archives in Poznań
- State Archives in Warsaw
- State Archives in Zamośc
- State Archives Gdańsk
- State Archives in Bydgoszcz
- State Archives in Siedlce
- State Archives in Zielona Gora
- State Archives in Płock
- State Archives in Przemyśl
- State Archives in Czestochowa
- Staatsarchiv Breslau Information about the State Archives in Breslau and information about Kreis Oels.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
- Church Inventory Genealogia Polska
- Lutheran Church in Poland
- Poland's Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Dioceses
- Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (Amen)
- Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (Opoka)
- Roman Catholic Dioceses in Poland (PolandGenWeb)
- Roman Catholic Parish Directory at KATOLIK
- Directory of Religious Archives - Poland
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese Katowice webpage
Church Directories[edit | edit source]
- Roman Catholic Diocese in Gliwice
- Evangelical-Augsburg (Lutheran) Dioceses Polish Evangelical website with all diocese addresses and individual parishes and email addresses.
- Evangelical Diocese in Wrocław
- Roman Catholic Diocese in Legnica
- Parishes in Upper Silesia Catholic and Lutheran parish designations for Oberschlesien. This list includes a list of all villages in the parish boundaries. The site also gives starting dates of church books available for parishes in Oberschlesien.
- Roman Catholic Dioceses Directory
- Lutheran parishes of the Vistula region
- Roman Catholic Diocese in Łodz
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Directories[edit | edit source]
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
- Hamburg Passenger Lists FamilySearch Wiki article. Note: the old Hamburg Passenger Lists Resource Guide has been incorporated into this article.
- Hamburg Passenger Lists 1890-1914 online index
- Germans from Russia discusses strategies for finding German-speaking immigrants to Russia and Poland.
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
- Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
- Galizien German Descendants
- Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia
- Geneteka Database
- German Polish place names in Polish Russia
- Poland Genealogy links
- PolandGenWeb
- Polish Genealogy Links
- Polish Genealogy Research in Detroit, Michigan
- PolishRoots
- Search Rzeszów Vital Records
- Research group for the Schlawe district
- Rummelsburg Genealogy and history of the Rummelsburg (now Miastka, Poland), county.
- Pommernkontakte Pommern researcher contacts, data sharing, and guidelines for researchers.
- Kartenmeister Polish-German and German-Polish place name changes.
- Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of the localities in Poland & Russia
General Information[edit | edit source]
Heraldry[edit | edit source]
- Confederation of the Polish Nobility
- Polish Nobility and Its Heraldry
- The Minakowski's Great Genealogy Site
History[edit | edit source]
- Timeline of Polish History Polish History timeline.
- The History of Poland
Historical Geography[edit | edit source]
- Eastern Borderlands Places
- Lower Silesia Niederschlesien with Kreis (county) information for each county and town history (timelines, etc.).
- Counties, Districts, Cities, and Towns in the Kujawsko-Pomorski Province
Jewish Records[edit | edit source]
- Concentration Camp Oswiecim
- Displaced Persons' (DP) Camps
- Gesher Galicia The Special Interest Group for Galicia
- Jewish Genealogy FamilySearch Wiki article
- Jewish Records Indexing-Poland Home Page
- Routes to Roots Foundation Archive Database
- Genealogy Indexer Historical directories (business, address, telephone, etc.), yizkor books (memorials to Jewish communities destroyed during the Holocaust), and lists of Polish military officers. Most of the directories are from Poland, Galicia, or Romania.
- We Remember Jewish Rozhan! Example of a Jewish town history (Yitzkor book translations).
- Yad Vashem Site for Jewish Holocaust-Shoah victim's names with pages of testimony.
- Łódź Ghetto Cemetery Burial Lists
- Jewish History in Galicia and Bukovina
- Museum of the History of Polish Jews
- Łódź Jewish Cemetery
- Virtual Shtetl
Language and Languages[edit | edit source]
- German Genealogical Word List
- Gothic Handwriting Resource Guide
- Latin Genealogical Word List
- Polish Genealogical Word List
- Polish Letter Writing Guide
- Slownik Nazwisk Database
- Translation Guide to19th Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents
Maps[edit | edit source]
- Polish Map
- Polish Map
- Older map of Poland
- Name Mapping Tool by Moikrevni
- Name Mapping Tool by Genpol Surname distribution sites show where names are and indicate where the heaviest distributions of names can be found.
Societies[edit | edit source]
- East European Genealogical Society
- Federation of East European Family History Societies
- Kashubian Association of North America
- Poland Genweb with links and lots of transcribed parish records.
- Polish Genealogical Society of America
- Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast, Inc.
- Polish Genealogical Society of Texas
- Pomeranian Genealogical Association
- Pommeranian Society with tips, links and some books to purchase
- Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (ethnic Germans living in Russian Poland and Volhynia (the northwestern part of the Ukraine))
- International Tracing Service Post WWII tracing services for Jewish people, displaced people, and prisoners of war.
- Polish Genealogical Society of California
- Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan
- Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
- Toledo Polish Genealogical Society
- List of Genealogical Societies in Poland