Poland Genealogical Records
Poland Birth & Baptism Records
An index to over 600,000 Jewish birth records from Poland.
A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.
Poland Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to over 270,000 Jewish death records from Poland.
An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.
Poland Death & Burial Records
An index to over 500,000 Jewish death records from Poland.
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
Newspapers Covering Poland
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
Poland Immigration & Travel Records
An index to around 100,000 immigrants from Poland, Austria and Galacia who arrived in New York.
This database contains records related to the deportation of Jews, including name, gender, year, address, occupation and spouse's name.
Poland Military Records
Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.
The names of over 33,000 Jews who survived the holocaust and ended up in displaced persons camps.
A database containing genealogical and biographical details of hundreds-of-thousands of Jews living in ghettos in Eastern Europe.
Transcripts of prisoner registration cards held in various camps around Lubin, Poland.
Poland Court & Legal Records
The names of over 33,000 Jews who survived the holocaust and ended up in displaced persons camps.
An index to over 200,000 names found in lists of registered voters for parts of Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and Latvia. The index lists name, voting qualification, residence, property value, age and more.
This collection contains the names of approximately 800 Jews, mostly Polish, who worked in Auschwitz around the years of 1944 and 1945.
Poland Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
Poland Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Poland Histories & Books
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.
A database containing genealogical and biographical details of hundreds-of-thousands of Jews living in ghettos in Eastern Europe.
Poland Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
This collection contains the names of approximately 800 Jews, mostly Polish, who worked in Auschwitz around the years of 1944 and 1945.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Poland
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
The lineages of Polish royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
The lineages of Pomeranian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Poland Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
The lineages of Polish royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.
The lineages of Pomeranian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Poland Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Poland Reference Works
A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.
A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.
An index to predominantly Jewish records held in the archives of Belarus, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland and Ukraine.
Historical Description
Poland hath on the East, Lituania; West, Germany; North, Mazovia; and South, Podolia. The Metropolis is, Cracovia, seated on the Banks of Vistula; here the King and Councel reside. The Buildings are very fair, of free-Stone, four roofs high, but covered with tiles of wood for the most part. It is of a round form, but somewhat longer from the East to the West. In the midst of the City is a large Market-place, wherein is a Cathedral Church; and in the midst of the Market-place is the Senate-house for the City, about which are many Shops of Merchants. 2. Lublin. 3. Guisna, an Archbishoprick. 4. Bosnau; and 5. Ladisiavia, seated on the River Vistula.
The present area of Poland, now an independent republic separated from Russia in 1918, is approximately 300,000 square miles. Agriculture is the main occupation of the population which is estimated to about 30,000,000. Mines are worked in some parts of the country. Poland has access to the sea through the free city and port of Danzig. Chief Cities : Warsaw, 764,054 ; Lodz; 393,526.
Most Common Surnames in Poland
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nowak | 268,732 | 1:141 | |
| 2 | Kowalski | 161,147 | 1:236 | |
| 3 | Lewandowski | 107,895 | 1:352 | |
| 4 | Kowalczyk | 107,278 | 1:354 | |
| 5 | Kamiński | 105,060 | 1:362 | |
| 6 | Zieliński | 102,739 | 1:370 | |
| 7 | Szymański | 100,996 | 1:376 | |
| 8 | Kozłowski | 86,525 | 1:439 | |
| 9 | Jankowski | 79,823 | 1:476 | |
| 10 | Wojciechowski | 76,858 | 1:495 | |
| 11 | Kwiatkowski | 75,874 | 1:501 | |
| 12 | Kaczmarek | 72,384 | 1:525 | |
| 13 | Mazur | 72,108 | 1:527 | |
| 14 | Krawczyk | 71,197 | 1:534 | |
| 15 | Piotrowski | 70,176 | 1:542 | |
| 16 | Grabowski | 66,189 | 1:574 | |
| 17 | Nowakowski | 65,632 | 1:579 | |
| 18 | Pawłowski | 63,046 | 1:603 | |
| 19 | Michalski | 62,180 | 1:611 | |
| 20 | Adamczyk | 60,390 | 1:629 | |
| 21 | Nowicki | 60,212 | 1:631 | |
| 22 | Dudek | 60,173 | 1:632 | |
| 23 | Zając | 57,778 | 1:658 | |
| 24 | Wieczorek | 57,202 | 1:664 | |
| 25 | Majewski | 56,245 | 1:676 | |
| 26 | Jabłoński | 55,893 | 1:680 | |
| 27 | Olszewski | 54,184 | 1:701 | |
| 28 | Jaworski | 53,449 | 1:711 | |
| 29 | Pawlak | 53,234 | 1:714 | |
| 30 | Malinowski | 53,117 | 1:716 | |
| 31 | Walczak | 51,332 | 1:740 | |
| 32 | Witkowski | 51,043 | 1:745 | |
| 33 | Rutkowski | 50,080 | 1:759 | |
| 34 | Michalak | 49,230 | 1:772 | |
| 35 | Sikora | 48,716 | 1:780 | |
| 36 | Ostrowski | 47,212 | 1:805 | |
| 37 | Baran | 46,864 | 1:811 | |
| 38 | Szewczyk | 46,725 | 1:813 | |
| 39 | Duda | 46,616 | 1:815 | |
| 40 | Tomaszewski | 46,215 | 1:822 | |
| 41 | Pietrzak | 45,470 | 1:836 | |
| 42 | Marciniak | 45,087 | 1:843 | |
| 43 | Zalewski | 43,659 | 1:871 | |
| 44 | Jakubowski | 43,439 | 1:875 | |
| 45 | Zawadzki | 42,753 | 1:889 | |
| 46 | Jasiński | 42,508 | 1:894 | |
| 47 | Sadowski | 42,388 | 1:897 | |
| 48 | Chmielewski | 40,752 | 1:933 | |
| 49 | Borkowski | 39,493 | 1:962 | |
| 50 | Czarnecki | 39,298 | 1:967 | |
| 51 | Sawicki | 38,643 | 1:984 | |
| 52 | Kubiak | 38,113 | 1:997 | |
| 53 | Sokołowski | 37,821 | 1:1,005 | |
| 54 | Maciejewski | 37,755 | 1:1,007 | |
| 55 | Urbański | 37,677 | 1:1,009 | |
| 56 | Kucharski | 37,488 | 1:1,014 | |
| 57 | Szczepański | 37,291 | 1:1,019 | |
| 58 | Wilk | 36,959 | 1:1,028 | |
| 59 | Lis | 36,621 | 1:1,038 | |
| 60 | Mazurek | 36,512 | 1:1,041 | |
| 61 | Kalinowski | 36,398 | 1:1,044 | |
| 62 | Wysocki | 36,019 | 1:1,055 | |
| 63 | Adamski | 34,398 | 1:1,105 | |
| 64 | Wasilewski | 33,869 | 1:1,122 | |
| 65 | Sobczak | 33,668 | 1:1,129 | |
| 66 | Andrzejewski | 32,468 | 1:1,171 | |
| 67 | Czerwiński | 32,367 | 1:1,174 | |
| 68 | Cieślak | 32,201 | 1:1,180 | |
| 69 | Zakrzewski | 31,806 | 1:1,195 | |
| 70 | Sikorski | 31,571 | 1:1,204 | |
| 71 | Krajewski | 31,302 | 1:1,214 | |
| 72 | Szymczak | 31,261 | 1:1,216 | |
| 73 | Szulc | 31,195 | 1:1,218 | |
| 74 | Gajewski | 31,110 | 1:1,222 | |
| 75 | Baranowski | 30,952 | 1:1,228 | |
| 76 | Laskowski | 30,838 | 1:1,233 | |
| 77 | Makowski | 30,742 | 1:1,236 | |
| 78 | Brzeziński | 30,332 | 1:1,253 | |
| 79 | Przybylski | 30,283 | 1:1,255 | |
| 80 | Borowski | 30,163 | 1:1,260 | |
| 81 | Nowacki | 30,129 | 1:1,262 | |
| 82 | Chojnacki | 29,930 | 1:1,270 | |
| 83 | Domański | 29,775 | 1:1,277 | |
| 84 | Ciesielski | 29,417 | 1:1,292 | |
| 85 | Krupa | 28,953 | 1:1,313 | |
| 86 | Szczepaniak | 28,860 | 1:1,317 | |
| 87 | Kaczmarczyk | 28,666 | 1:1,326 | |
| 88 | Wesołowski | 28,270 | 1:1,344 | |
| 89 | Kowalewski | 28,187 | 1:1,348 | |
| 90 | Leszczyński | 28,062 | 1:1,354 | |
| 91 | Lipiński | 27,957 | 1:1,360 | |
| 92 | Kozak | 27,456 | 1:1,384 | |
| 93 | Kania | 27,423 | 1:1,386 | |
| 94 | Urbaniak | 27,335 | 1:1,390 | |
| 95 | Mucha | 26,894 | 1:1,413 | |
| 96 | Kowalik | 26,870 | 1:1,415 | |
| 97 | Tomczak | 26,817 | 1:1,417 | |
| 98 | Czajkowski | 26,760 | 1:1,420 | |
| 99 | Mikołajczyk | 26,720 | 1:1,422 | |
| 100 | Markowski | 26,656 | 1:1,426 | |
| 101 | Kozioł | 26,416 | 1:1,439 | |
| 102 | Nawrocki | 26,375 | 1:1,441 | |
| 103 | Janik | 26,370 | 1:1,441 | |
| 104 | Brzozowski | 26,362 | 1:1,442 | |
| 105 | Markiewicz | 25,879 | 1:1,469 | |
| 106 | Wawrzyniak | 25,829 | 1:1,472 | |
| 107 | Musiał | 25,770 | 1:1,475 | |
| 108 | Jarosz | 25,630 | 1:1,483 | |
| 109 | Tomczyk | 25,593 | 1:1,485 | |
| 110 | Kurek | 25,293 | 1:1,503 | |
| 111 | Wolski | 24,423 | 1:1,556 | |
| 112 | Kot | 24,421 | 1:1,556 | |
| 113 | Stankiewicz | 24,409 | 1:1,557 | |
| 114 | Dziedzic | 24,403 | 1:1,558 | |
| 115 | Tkaczyk | 24,393 | 1:1,558 | |
| 116 | Kopeć | 24,331 | 1:1,562 | |
| 117 | Stasiak | 24,226 | 1:1,569 | |
| 118 | Urban | 23,614 | 1:1,610 | |
| 119 | Pawlik | 23,608 | 1:1,610 | |
| 120 | Polak | 23,490 | 1:1,618 | |
| 121 | Dobrowolski | 23,489 | 1:1,618 | |
| 122 | Piasecki | 23,342 | 1:1,628 | |
| 123 | Wierzbicki | 23,254 | 1:1,635 | |
| 124 | Domagała | 23,070 | 1:1,648 | |
| 125 | Krük | 22,996 | 1:1,653 | |
| 126 | Karpiński | 22,933 | 1:1,657 | |
| 127 | Jastrzębski | 22,931 | 1:1,658 | |
| 128 | Janicki | 22,908 | 1:1,659 | |
| 129 | Bednarek | 22,660 | 1:1,677 | |
| 130 | Sosnowski | 22,521 | 1:1,688 | |
| 131 | Stefański | 22,324 | 1:1,703 | |
| 132 | Majchrzak | 22,310 | 1:1,704 | |
| 133 | Bielecki | 22,134 | 1:1,717 | |
| 134 | Maj | 21,721 | 1:1,750 | |
| 135 | Sowa | 21,637 | 1:1,757 | |
| 136 | Gajda | 21,409 | 1:1,775 | |
| 137 | Milewski | 21,283 | 1:1,786 | |
| 138 | Klimek | 21,271 | 1:1,787 | |
| 139 | Olejniczak | 21,123 | 1:1,799 | |
| 140 | Ratajczak | 20,970 | 1:1,813 | |
| 141 | Madej | 20,608 | 1:1,844 | |
| 142 | Romanowski | 20,435 | 1:1,860 | |
| 143 | Kasprzak | 20,409 | 1:1,862 | |
| 144 | Matuszewski | 20,395 | 1:1,864 | |
| 145 | Marek | 20,067 | 1:1,894 | |
| 146 | Kowal | 19,952 | 1:1,905 | |
| 147 | Socha | 19,917 | 1:1,908 | |
| 148 | Grzelak | 19,892 | 1:1,911 | |
| 149 | Wilczyński | 19,811 | 1:1,919 | |
| 150 | Czajka | 19,711 | 1:1,928 | |
| 151 | Bednarczyk | 19,447 | 1:1,954 | |
| 152 | Wrona | 19,444 | 1:1,955 | |
| 153 | Skiba | 19,426 | 1:1,957 | |
| 154 | Owczarek | 19,389 | 1:1,960 | |
| 155 | Matusiak | 19,173 | 1:1,982 | |
| 156 | Marcinkowski | 19,169 | 1:1,983 | |
| 157 | Sobolewski | 18,898 | 1:2,011 | |
| 158 | Orzechowski | 18,882 | 1:2,013 | |
| 159 | Olejnik | 18,867 | 1:2,015 | |
| 160 | Kurowski | 18,809 | 1:2,021 | |
| 161 | Mazurkiewicz | 18,800 | 1:2,022 | |
| 162 | Rogowski | 18,779 | 1:2,024 | |
| 163 | Czech | 18,602 | 1:2,043 | |
| 164 | Janiszewski | 18,470 | 1:2,058 | |
| 165 | Bednarski | 18,431 | 1:2,062 | |
| 166 | Barański | 18,396 | 1:2,066 | |
| 167 | Skowroński | 18,387 | 1:2,067 | |
| 168 | Pająk | 18,370 | 1:2,069 | |
| 169 | Chrzanowski | 18,363 | 1:2,070 | |
| 170 | Bukowski | 18,320 | 1:2,075 | |
| 171 | Cieślik | 17,993 | 1:2,112 | |
| 172 | Kosiński | 17,821 | 1:2,133 | |
| 173 | Lisowski | 17,749 | 1:2,141 | |
| 174 | Muszyński | 17,748 | 1:2,142 | |
| 175 | Czaja | 17,698 | 1:2,148 | |
| 176 | Okoń | 17,626 | 1:2,156 | |
| 177 | Kozieł | 17,597 | 1:2,160 | |
| 178 | Grzybowski | 17,575 | 1:2,163 | |
| 179 | Pluta | 17,566 | 1:2,164 | |
| 180 | Osiński | 17,514 | 1:2,170 | |
| 181 | Morawski | 17,510 | 1:2,171 | |
| 182 | Kuczyński | 17,490 | 1:2,173 | |
| 183 | Sobczyk | 17,392 | 1:2,185 | |
| 184 | Konieczny | 17,358 | 1:2,190 | |
| 184 | Kwiecień | 17,358 | 1:2,190 | |
| 186 | Marzec | 17,330 | 1:2,193 | |
| 187 | Rybak | 17,297 | 1:2,197 | |
| 188 | Augustyniak | 17,278 | 1:2,200 | |
| 189 | Michalik | 17,262 | 1:2,202 | |
| 190 | Marczak | 17,256 | 1:2,203 | |
| 191 | Zych | 17,241 | 1:2,205 | |
| 192 | Czyż | 17,147 | 1:2,217 | |
| 193 | Kaczor | 17,042 | 1:2,230 | |
| 194 | Krzemiński | 16,924 | 1:2,246 | |
| 195 | Kubicki | 16,878 | 1:2,252 | |
| 196 | Michałowski | 16,746 | 1:2,270 | |
| 197 | Paluch | 16,737 | 1:2,271 | |
| 198 | Sroka | 16,690 | 1:2,277 | |
| 199 | Stefaniak | 16,672 | 1:2,280 | |
| 200 | Niemiec | 16,609 | 1:2,288 | |