Research Foundations
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Step 1: Maps and Gazetteers
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Step 2: Archives
- Tracing Polish Immigrants in the 1900s
- Poland Finding Aids in the Wiki
- Understanding FamilySearch Records of the Polish Partitions
- An Introduction to Using the Polish State Archives Website Szukaj w Archiwach (30 minutes)
- Polish Ancestry Online: Where to Search
- Szukaj w Archiwach
- Polish Community Newspapers in North America and Poland
- Polish Displaced Persons
Partitions of Poland
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Austrian Poland
Section of Poland under the Austrian Empire
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Prussian Poland
Russian Poland
Section of Poland under the Russian Empire
- Russian Empire Gazetteers
- Russian Historical Geography and Introduction to Record Types
- Research in Eastern Ukraine using Russian Empire Records
- Deciphering Russian, Polish, and German Names Written in Russian
- Finding Jewish Ancestors in the Russian Empire
- Locating Metrical Books in Archives Using the Metrics Website/Working with Archives
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