Finding your Polish Roots Problems, Challenges, Solutions.

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Finding your Polish Roots Problems, Challenges, Solutions

Your speaker: Peter J. Obst La Salle University Poles in America Foundation Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia American Council for Polish Culture The Kosciuszko Foundation

Translator my latest book

Your Polish Name: changed or distorted search starts at home Kossobudzki = Cosby Federkiewicz = Powers Kowalski = Smith Kwiatkowski = Flowers Modrzejewski = Modjeski Golaszewski = Golaski Zdziebko = Jepko Gałązka = Gatazka Gryn = Green Szukiewicz = Sucavage Święcicki = Swiencicki Szyszko = Cisco Szawic = Savage Waszkiewicz = Wascavage

Where in Poland ? Locate the town or area Zones of Partition ( ) Russian, Austrian, Prussian Inter-war Poland - eastern territories Post WWII Poland (after 1945) Resources - Maps and Listings

Documents What you might find at home: birth - baptismal certificates marriage license death certificate letters passports citizenship papers professional certificates military service papers other

Birth Certificate

Public Documents Census Naturalization Papers Social Security Applications Draft Registrations Passenger Lists Other US Records

Websites: Article

Resources Church of Latter Day Saints Family Search website Microfilm files US Archives Passenger Lists - Germans to America Census - Citizenship Papers

Archives in Poland Establishing communications The language problem Latin, Polish, Russian Fees

Recommended Books Sto Lat: A Modern Guide to Polish Genealogy Sto Lat: A Modern Guide to Polish Genealogy; by Cecile (Ceil) Wendt Jensen; 2009; 144 pp; Perfect Bound; 8.5x11; ISBN atalogsearch/result/?q=jensen

Questions ?

Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia