Poland: Regional, Local, and Family History

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EuroDocs > History of Poland: Primary Documents > Poland: Regional, Local, and Family History

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Local Sources

Bydgoszcz

• Bydgoszcz Memories

Accounts from Bydgoszcz history, oral accounts found here, by clicking on various points on the map.

Includes documents and photos.

(photos, Polish facsimiles)

Gdansk

• Historical Materials from Gdansk

From collection of Jan Daniluk.

Mainly military history.

(1897 - 1 July 1940; Polish facsimiles)

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Krakow

• National Archives in Krakow

Documents of Krakow and surrounding area.

(Polish facsimiles)

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Lodz

• State Archives in Lodz

(Photographs and Polish facsimiles).

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Lower Silesia

• Mountain Voices: Oral Accounts of life in Klodzko Valley

First-hand oral accounts of life in Kłodzko Valley, located in Sudety Mountains.

The region was once part of Germany, but "recovered" for Poland after WWII. Upon this "recovery," Germans moved out of their farms in the region, and Poles settled in these abandoned areas.

(after 1945; English translations)

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Łomża

• Łomża Library Collections

Documents and photos from residents.

(photos, Polish facsimiles)

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Słupsk

• Primary Source Documents from the history of Słupsk

Acts, letters, official documents.

(1240-17th century; Polish transcriptions)

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Warsaw

• State Archives in Warsaw

(Photographs and Polish facsimiles).

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Wrocław (Breslau)

• Wroclaw City History - earlier Breslau

Part of the Wratislavia Digitalis online library.

Including newspaper excerpts from Breslauer Zeitung (1820-1920), Schlesische Zeitung, the protocol of a military trial of 1758 in response to the capitulation of Breslau on 24 November 1757, and more.

(17th-19th centuries; German language facsimiles)

• Monographs related to Breslau labor movement

(1889-1973; Polish facsimiles)

• Digitized periodicals of Wrocław

Digital magazines, newspapers, and other records related to Wrocław.

(1774-1932; Polish facsimiles)

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Genealogical Collections

• "Genealogy in Archive"

Links to various sources on Polish genealogy.

(1616-1939; Polish records)

• Gesher Galicia

Searchable database drawing from dozens of genealogical sources. Focuses on, but is not limited to, the Jewish community in Galicia.

(1815-1940; English records)

• Participants in January Uprising

Search genealogical records for biographical information on participants in January Uprising.

(1863-1864; Polish interface)

• Transliteration of Unpublished List of Polish Citizens Murdered by the Nazis

From documents of the Russian Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes. Documents were not released until 1991.

List 1

List 2

(1942-1945; English translation and transliteration)

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EuroDocs > History of Poland: Primary Documents > Polish History before 966

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