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Poland Resources

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Basic Information

Capital city: Warsaw
Population: 38.5 million

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Maps and Gazetteers

Maps 1926-1938
Mapy Historyczne
German Empire Dunlop Atlas, 1927/28 (includes parts of Poland)
Polish Gazetteer / Słownik Geograficzny

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German Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Russian Empire - Europe

The Illustrated Geographic Atlas of the Kingdom of Poland
Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia: Expanded Data Edition

Genealogy Links

Polish national archives
Poland GenWeb
Polish Roots
BLITZ Information Center
Genealogical word list
Polish letter-writing guide
Poznań Project (A marriages database)
Contemporary surname map
Wischnitz Parish Registers
116 Noble Polish Family Genealogies
Polish Army in France Records - Haller's Army
Polish Order of the Virtuti Militari Recipients
Michigan Polonia
Genpol
Internet Polish Genealogical Source
Ksiegi Metrykalne Finding Aid
Polish Children's Home, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Polish Name Database - Lipusz and Borzszkowy
Basic Polish Surname Endings

Societies and Organizations

Polish Genealogical Society of America
Polskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne (Polish Genealogical Association)
Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe
East European Genealogical Society
Polish Genealogical Society of Greater Cleveland
Alberta Kashubian Association
Polish Nobility Association Foundation
Zwiazek Szlachty Polskiej / Association of Polish Nobility
Pomeranian Genealogical Association
Silesian Genealogical Society of Wroclaw (in Polish)
Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts
Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan
Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
Polish Genealogical Society of New York State
Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast
Die Pommerschen Leute (German-Pomeranian Newsletter)
Die Pommerschen Leute - Die Vorfahren

Other Information of Interest

Geonames database

CIA World Factbook

BBC Country Profile

Poland Radio and TV Surfmusik.de | Radio und TV

 

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