There are four main sources of information about vital records from towns in Poland—the Family History Library, the Routes to Roots Foundation, the Polish State Archives, and Jewish Records Indexing-Poland.
Routes to Roots Foundation, Inc.
The Routes to Roots Foundation database lists Jewish genealogical records located in Eastern European archives for towns currently in Belarus, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine. In cooperation with archivists in all five countries, the web site updates listings previously published in Miriam Weiner’s books (see below).
Polish State Archives
Searchable databases of archival holdings, links to individual archives, and information about accessing the collections.
Jewish Records Indexing—Poland
Jewish Records Indexing-Poland (JRI-Poland) is an ongoing project to create an on-line database of indices to 19th century Jewish records from current and former territories of Poland. The database covers records microfilmed by the FHL as well as nonmicrofilmed records located in the Polish State Archives, the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, and other repositories.
The Family History Library of the Church of Latter-day Saints has microfilmed a large quantity of Canadian records. To identify the relevant microfilms, do a “Place Search” in the Family History Library Online Catalog, first using the town name, and then using the province name (gubernia).
