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'''Currency''' Zloty<br> | '''Currency''' Zloty<br> | ||
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| − | Poland is situated on the southern end of the Baltic Sea. A country which has often been at the centre of military invasions and war, Poland still suffers extreme deprivation in some areas although is now beginning to improve. Coal was the main industry although manufacture of | + | Poland is situated on the southern end of the Baltic Sea. A country which has often been at the centre of military invasions and war, Poland still suffers extreme deprivation in some areas although is now beginning to improve. Coal was the main industry although manufacture of goods for the European market is now more predominant. |
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*[http://www.langline.com/StateArchGuide.htm Guide to reading letters witten in Polish] | *[http://www.langline.com/StateArchGuide.htm Guide to reading letters witten in Polish] | ||
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*[http://acweb.colum.edu/users/agunkel/homepage/polxmas.html Polish Christmas Traditions] | *[http://acweb.colum.edu/users/agunkel/homepage/polxmas.html Polish Christmas Traditions] | ||
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*[http://annhetzelgunkel.com/easter/easter.html Polish Easter Traditions] | *[http://annhetzelgunkel.com/easter/easter.html Polish Easter Traditions] | ||
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*[http://www.polamjournal.com/Library/APHistory/blackmadonna/blackmadonna.html The Black Madonna of Czestochowa] | *[http://www.polamjournal.com/Library/APHistory/blackmadonna/blackmadonna.html The Black Madonna of Czestochowa] | ||
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*[http://www.zpwb.org.uk/eg/poles-in-uk-contribution.php Federation of Poles in Great Britain – WW2 Account and Links] | *[http://www.zpwb.org.uk/eg/poles-in-uk-contribution.php Federation of Poles in Great Britain – WW2 Account and Links] | ||
Revision as of 22:37, 18 August 2007
Contents
Capital Warsaw
Language Polish
Currency Zloty
Poland is situated on the southern end of the Baltic Sea. A country which has often been at the centre of military invasions and war, Poland still suffers extreme deprivation in some areas although is now beginning to improve. Coal was the main industry although manufacture of goods for the European market is now more predominant.
Links
- Galicia / Galizien The former territories of Galicia (a crown land of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy) are now shared between southern Poland and western Ukraine. This is an excellent outline for record sources and contact info for Galician genealogy
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