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Poland ProvincesGoal 4: Learn to use Poland church and cemetery records.
Choices:
ALearn about Poland church records.
- FamilySearch: Learn about Poland church records in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Poland Church Records
- Lutheran: Learn about researching with Polish Lutheran records.
How to Use Polish Lutheran Records - Parish: Search for Polish parish records on the Polish Genealogical Society of America site.
- Explore the
Matricula Online site for locations of German parishes. - Sites: Explore other sites for Polish church records.
- Jewish: Explore the Jewish Genealogy Encyclopedia for Jewish resources in Poland.
- Explore the JewishGen Poland database.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Joannes Pekala was born in Poland. Use the "FS: Poland, Radom Roman Catholic Church Books, 1587-1966" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When was Joannes Pekala born?
- What is his mother's name?
- What other name did he go by?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Joannes Pekala" as the first name and "Joannes Pekala" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the document icon for Joannes Pekalag.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Similar Records at the right of the page has birth information is the same but using the name Jan instead of Joannes.
- Joannes was born on 22 Aug 1850.
- His mother is Marclanna Hrobak.
- He also went by "Jan."
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
- AC: Poland, Church Books, 1568-1990
- AC: Poland, Roman Catholic Church Books Index, 1742-1964
- AC: Poland, Jewish Records Indexing - Births, 1550-1993
- AC: Poland, Jewish Records Indexing - Marriages, 1798-1939
- AC: Poland, Jewish Records Indexing - Deaths, 1808-1942
- MH: Lublin Catholic Church Books
- FS: Poland, Radom Roman Catholic Church Books, 1587-1966
- FS: Poland, Tarnow Roman Catholic Diocese Church Books, 1612-1900
- MH: West Prussia Church Books
BExplore Poland cemetery records.
- Learn about accessing Polish cemetery records online.
How to look for the graves of your Polish ancestors online - Explore Polish cemetery records on the Interment.net site.
- Explore cemetery surname records on the Polish Genealogical Society site.
- Search the Find A Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
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Poland Provinces
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| Lubusz | Masovian | Opole |
| Podlaskie | Pomeranian | Silesian |
| Subcarpathian | Świętokrzyskie | Warmian-Masurian |
| Western Pomeranian |