Poland

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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

• Communist Tyranny and Escape from Stalin. Sections 5 and 6

• Database of Polish Transportations to USSR WW2 documents derived from NKVD archives - Karta.

• Katyn Massacre

• Genealogy & Poland - A Guide

• The Polish Genealogy Project

• Polish Origins

• Genealogy & Heritage Community for Polish Descendants and Friends

• Vital Records in Poland

• Polish Records - Some Church Record Transciptions

• 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

• 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

• Cyndi's List Poland

• Prussian Emigration Records in Polish Archives - Discussion

• Guide To Reading Letters Written in Polish

• Polish Christmas Traditions

• Polish Easter Traditions

• The Black Madonna of Czestochowa

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