Finding out if people of the same surname as your ancestors still live in Poland may be of great help in your family research. In some cases it will indicate the areas where it is represented far more often compared to other parts of Poland. Nazwiska Polskie The database is called Nazwiska Polskie (meaning „Polish […]
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To, co zrobił zespół My Polish Ancestors, jest niewiarygodne!
What My Polish Ancestors’ team did is unbelievable! They tracked down my family back to 1760s. Family tree is a true masterpiece, I ordered a copy for each of my kids so they know their roots. I will use their services again when I want to visit Poland to meet my family who still lives […]
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Udało im się wrócić do roku 1734!
I didn’t know much about my grandparents Antoni and Jozefa who emigrated to the USA in 1905. Lads from My Polish Ancestors found both American records (ship manifest and naturalization records) and vital records from Poland that documented my parents’ births and their marriage! They managed to move back to as early as to 1734! […]
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German names of Polish cities, towns and villages
It was a common practice during the partition of Poland to rename cities, towns and villages from Polish to German. If you do not know the Polish name of the place your ancestors originated from, the research may be a challenge as the German names are not in use anylonger. Kartenmeister www.kartenmeister.com is the biggest […]
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Radom diocese church archives
If your ancestors were from the area of Radom you may find this website vey useful in your research. Archiwaonline.pl www.archiwaonline.pl/en is the official website of Radom Diocese Archives. It aims to index vital records from 17th to 20th century from all parishes in the Diocese. The list of all the parishes within the Radom […]
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