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	FEEFHS - FEEFHS (Federation of East European Family History Societies) is an "umbrella" organization of over 170 genealogy-related organizations that specialize in some part of Eastern Europe. Many databases can be found here and their entire web site can be searched for any word using the "WebPortal Index" search feature.
	PolishRoots: The Polish Genealogy Source - Dedicated to the collection, preservation and dissemination of research materials relevant to one's Polish heritage.
	Polish Museum Library Holdings - The Polish Museum houses the PGSA collection along with many other materials of interest.
	Polish Genealogical Society of America - PGSA assists members in doing their Polish genealogical research by providing books, newsletters, bulletins, printed information, regular Society meetings, and an annual workshop. With more than 1800 members in the United States and several countries around the world, the Society also encourages its members to communicate with each other and share leads, research sources, and any other information that may prove mutually beneficial.
	Avotaynu - Avotaynu is the leading publisher of information and products of interest to persons who are researching Jewish genealogy (Jewish roots) and Jewish family history. This includes the journal "Avotaynu", books, and microfiche. In addition, Avotaynu offers books, maps and video tapes published by other companies.
	Carpathian Connection - Genealogy and historical background for those researching ancestors from the Carpathian Mountain regions of present day Eastern Europe.
	Poland World Gen Web - Aims to provide visitors with the tools they need to successfully research their roots in Poland. Includes details of surnames, queries and maps.
	Poland Genealogy Forum - Message board for Polish genealogy researchers. Sponsored by Genealogy.com.
	Jewish Records Indexing-Poland - Searchable database of indices to 19th century Jewish vital records from current and former territories of Poland.
	Finding Your Polish Roots - Links for people beginning to research Polish genealogy.
	Vital Records in Poland - Information for genealogists on obtaining vital records in Poland. From JewishGen.
	JewishGen ShtetlSeeker - Search for towns in Lithuania and Poland. Presented by JewishGen.
	Kajmorial - Polish Heraldry - A collection of links to other web-pages that contain Polish heraldry .
	LDS Polish Jewish Microfilm Lists - Links to downloadable files which contain the list of microfilms with Jewish records (of Poland). Films may be ordered at any one of the thousands of local Family History Centers worldwide (membership not required).
	Genealogy & Poland - A guide for researching your family's history dating back to different times and places in contemporary Poland.
	Ancestry - The Polish Connection - Polish genealogy and heritage resource site for learning more about your ancestors.
	Polish Archives - Basic information about the archives in Poland.
	Maryland's Polonia - The Archives of Maryland Polonia was founded in 1982 to preserve, document and make available to researchers the history of Polish immigrants and people of Polish heritage in the State of Maryland. The archival collection consists of books, documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, genealogies, and correspondence.
	Polish Archives Information - An electronic guide to Polish archives world-wide.
	Bald Mountain Childhood - Centered around Mary Pawlak, this is an autobiographic, biographic and historical description of growing up in a Carpatho-Rusyn family in Irishtown and on nearby Bald Mountain during the 1920's and 30's. Both these areas are close to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
	Zaluski Family - Zaluski Family of Poland, Canada, UK, and USA.
	Michigan Polonia: Polish and Michigan Genealogy - Ceil Jensen's site devoted to helping researchers find their Michigan and Polish heritage. Highlights traditional and electronic research methods. Also, Ceil's workshop and seminar calendar.
	National Archives of Canada - LI-RA-MA Collection - Consists of documents created by the Imperial Russian Consular offices in Canada during the period 1898 to 1922. Site gives a brief description of the collection, along with details of who can borrow the microfilm, and how they should apply to do so.
	Families of Pilzno - Pilzno was a shtetl of 150 Jewish families on the Wisloka river, 101 km east of Krakow. Information about the town and those who lived there.
	Gmina Cisna Villages - A repository of genealogical information about the villages of Gmina Cisna. Located in Poland, geographically near the location where the present borders of Poland, Ukraine, and Slovakia meet.
	Search Rzeszów Vital Records - Approximately 14,000 searchable vital records transcribed from various microfilms from The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Includes 13 parishes in Poland.
	Zolynia Memorial Site - History and images of Zolynia, Poland, with an emphasis on its destroyed Jewish community.

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(S�bastien-Roch Nicolas Chamfort, 1740/41-1794) Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. -- Carl Gustav Jung Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. - Sherlock Holmes Genealogy Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link | Sponsored Link |