Poland

Warsaw submitted by Julie- Darksecretz

Capital Warsaw

Language Polish

Currency Zloty


A nation with a proud cultural heritage,
Poland can trace its roots back over 1,000 years. Positioned at the centre of Europe, it has known turbulent and violent times.
Poland still has a huge farming sector, which is unwieldy and very inefficient.
Poverty is particularly widespread in rural areas.

Links

• Genealogy & Poland - a guide

• Genealogy & Heritage Community for Polish Descendants and Friends

• Vital Records in Poland

• Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum Archives Dept

• for those with Scottish/Polish connections

• More links for those with Scottish/Polish connections

• Guide to Naturalisation and Citizenship

• Polish Roots History and Regional information Sources

• Black Book documents what the Germans did to the people of Poland during WW2

• Kraków Ghetto Register

• Welcome on State Archives page

• Finding Parish Addresses Poland genweb

• How to locate my ancestors' place of origin?

• Obtaining Polish Records

• Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Web Site

• 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

• Cyndis List Poland

• Prussian Emigration Records in Polish Archives - discussion

• GUIDE TO READING LETTERS FROM ARCHIVES IN POLISH
• Polish Christmas Traditions
• Polish Easter Traditions
• The Black Madonna of Czestochowa
• Federation of Poles in Great Britain – WW2 Account and Links

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