Poland Research With the Wiki Online Links

Part 1: The Poland Main Page Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy Poland Research Tips and Strategies: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Research_Tips_and_Strategies Poland Church Records: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Church_Records Poland Civil Registration: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Civil_Registration Austrian Poland Civil Registration: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Austrian_Poland_Civil_Registration Prussian Poland Civil Registration: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Prussian_Poland_Civil_Registration Russian Poland Civil Registration: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Russian_Poland_Civil_Registration Poland Online Genealogy Records: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Online_Genealogy_Records

Part 2: Poland Maps Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy

Part 3: Identifying Your Ancestor in Poland: Home Records Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy Poland Locating Town of Origin: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Locating_Town_of_Origin

Part 4: Identifying Your Ancestor in Poland: U.S. Records Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy Poland Locating Town of Origin: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Locating_Town_of_Origin

Part 5: Identifying Your Ancestor in Poland: Immigration and Citizenship Records Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy Poland Locating Town of Origin: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Locating_Town_of_Origin

United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Immigration_Online_Genealogy_Records United States Naturalization Online Genealogy Records: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Naturalization_Online_Genealogy_Records

Part 6: Poland Civil Registration and Church Records Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy Poland Church Records: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Church_Records Poland Civil Registration: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Civil_Registration Austrian Poland Civil Registration: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Austrian_Poland_Civil_Registration Prussian Poland Civil Registration: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Prussian_Poland_Civil_Registration Russian Poland Civil Registration: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Russian_Poland_Civil_Registration Polish/Polish pronunciation: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Polish/Polish_pronunciation

Part 7: Poland Gazetteers Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy Kartenmeister: http://kartenmeister.com Skorowidz Gazetteer Online: http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/applet?mimetype=image%2Fx.djvu&sec=false&handler=djvu_html5&content_url=%2FContent% 2F12786%2Fdirectory.djvu Skorowicz Instructions: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252/s3/research-wiki-elasticsearch-prod- s3bucket/images/7/71/1-Skorowidz_Online-Instruction.pdf Spis Gazetteer, Volume 1: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9541645 Spis Gazetteer, Volume 2: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13546665 Meyer's 1871 Gazetteer Online: https://www.meyersgaz.org Mapa.Szukacz.pl: https://mapa.szukacz.pl/

Part 8: Poland Voivodeship Pages Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy

Part 9: Poland Finding Aids Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy Poland Finding Aids: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Finding_Aids PTG: http://www.ptg.gda.pl/index.php/certificate/action/main/ Silesia Findbuch: http://www.christoph-www.de/kbsilesia2.html Lutheran Records in Russian Poland: https://www.sggee.org/research/parishes/church_parishes/LutheransInRusPoland.html

Part 10: Poland Online Databases Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy Poland Online Genealogy Records: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Online_Genealogy_Records Poland Finding Aids: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Finding_Aids Geneteka: http://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/ Metryki: http://metryki.genealodzy.pl/ Family History Center Find a Location: https://www.familysearch.org/locations/

Part 11: Poland FamilySearch Collections Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy FamilySearch Catalog for Poland: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=92&query=%2Bpla ce%3APoland Family History Center Find a Location: https://www.familysearch.org/locations/

Part 12: Poland PRADZIAD and National Archives Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy The PRADZIAD Database: http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en Poland Holdings of the State Archives: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Holdings_of_the_Polish_State_Archives Szukaj Archiwach: https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/ The Polish State Archives "How-to" guide: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252/s3/research-wiki- elasticsearch-prod-s3bucket/images/3/35/1-Polish_State_Archives-Instruction.pdf State archive addresses: http://bip.ap.gov.pl/index.php?idmp=1&r=o

Part 13: Poland Church Archives Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy Poland Church Records: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Church_Records Archion: Evangelical (Protestant) Central Archives in Berlin: https://www.archion.de/de/suche/ The PRADZIAD Database: http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en State archive addresses: http://bip.ap.gov.pl/index.php?idmp=1&r=o Meyer's 1871 Gazetteer Online: https://www.meyersgaz.org Lutheran Records in Russian Poland: https://www.sggee.org/research/parishes/church_parishes/LutheransInRusPoland.html Baptist Church Records in Poland|: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Baptist_Church_Records_in_Poland Baptist Records in Russian Poland: https://www.sggee.org/research/parishes/church_parishes/BaptistInRusPoland.html The Catholic Directory, Poland: http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=show_country&country=PL Luteranie.pl (Lutheran Directory): https://www.luteranie.pl/kontakt.html#%20Luteranie.pl

Part 14: Writing for Poland Records Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy Poland Letter Writing Guide: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Letter_Writing_Guide State archive addresses: http://bip.ap.gov.pl/index.php?idmp=1&r=o The Catholic Directory, Poland: http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=show_country&country=PL Luteranie.pl (Lutheran Directory): https://www.luteranie.pl/kontakt.html#%20Luteranie.pl

Part 15: Poland and Reading Languages Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy Polish Genealogical Word List: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Polish_Genealogical_Word_List German Genealogical Word List: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/German_Genealogical_Word_List Russian Genealogical Word List: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Russian_Genealogical_Word_List Latin Genealogical Word List: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Latin_Genealogical_Word_List Reading Polish Handwritten Records: https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/90 Reading Russian Handwriting Lesson 1: The Russian : https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/76 Lesson 2: Russian Words and Dates: https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/77 Lesson 3: Reading Russian Records: https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/78 Reading German Handwritten Records Lesson 1: Kurrent Letters: https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/38 Lesson 2: Making Words in Kurrent: https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/39 Lesson 3: Reading Kurrent Documents: https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/40 Old German Script Part 1: https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/375 Part 2: https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/377 Part 3 (German Church and Civil Records): https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/426 Latin for Genealogists: https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/374

Word-by-Word Reading Aids Reading Polish Birth Record: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252/s3/research-wiki- elasticsearch-prod-s3bucket/images/d/d6/1-Poland_Birth_Records_in_Paragraph_Format-Instruction.pdf Reading Polish Marriage Records: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252/s3/research-wiki- elasticsearch-prod-s3bucket/images/7/70/1-Poland_Marriage_Records_in_Paragraph_Format-Instruction.pdf Reading Polish Death Records: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252/s3/research-wiki- elasticsearch-prod-s3bucket/images/f/f7/1-Poland-Death_Records_in_Paragraph_Format-Instruction.pdf *For detailed description and translation of a Galician Latin birth record, see: http://www.halgal.com/birthrecord.html '''Genealogy of Halychyna/ Eastern Galicia, Baptismal/Birth Record''' *For detailed description and translation of a Galician Latin marriage record, see: http://www.halgal.com/marriagerecord.html '''Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia, Marriage Record''' *For detailed description and translation of a Galician Latin death record, see: http://www.halgal.com/deathrecord.html '''Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia, Death Record’'' Reading Russian Birth Records: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252/s3/research-wiki- elasticsearch-prod-s3bucket/images/9/97/1-Russia_Birth_Records_in_Paragraph_Format-Instruction.pdf Reading Russian Marriage Records: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252/s3/research-wiki- elasticsearch-prod-s3bucket/images/c/c1/1-Russia_Marriage_Records_in_Paragraph_Format-Instruction.pdf Reading Russian Death Records: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252/s3/research-wiki- elasticsearch-prod-s3bucket/images/8/89/1-Russia_Death_Records_in_Paragraph_Format-Instruction.pdf German Civil Registration: https://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/06/03/civil-registrations-search-nearly-3-million-brand- new-german-records/

Transliteration Tools Transliterating Russian to English in One Step (or English to Russian): https://stevemorse.org/russian/rus2eng.html Polish Cyrillic (Convert Polish terms into Cyrillic alphabet): https://lingojam.com/PolishCyrillic Converting between Russian Print and in One Step: https://stevemorse.org/russian/cyrprintcurs.html? Russian for Everyone: The Russian Alphabet: http://www.russianforeveryone.com/RufeA/Lessons/Introduction/Alphabet/Alphabet.htm SGGEE Cyrillic Handout.pdf (for months and numbers in Russian cursive): https://www.sggee.org/research/rus_translate/Cyrillic_Handouts.pdf

Part 16: Search Strategy and Poland Case Study Poland Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogy

Part 17: Ortsfamilienbücher for Poland Genealogy.net OFB’s http://ofb.genealogy.net/ Register of Silesian local family books: http://www.christoph-www.de/ofb.html

Part 18: Jewish Research in Poland Poland Jewish Records: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Poland_Jewish_Records Poland and Galicia Jewish Research Course: https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/411 JewishGen: https://www.jewishgen.org/ Jewish Records Indexing, Poland: http://www.jri-poland.org/