View source for Lower Silesian (Dolnośląskie) Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy

== 1. Online Databases  ==
*[http://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/ '''Geneteka''']
*[http://siliusradicum.pl/indeksy-metryk/ '''Upper Silesian Genealogical Society ''']
*[https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl '''Szukaj w Archiwach''']; [[Media:1-Polish_State_Archives-Instruction.pdf|Tutorial]] - The Polish Archives
*[https://www.archion.de/de/browse/#https://www.archion.de/de/browse/&path=3 '''Archion: Evangelical Central Archives in Berlin''']($), records for former Prussian localities, browsable image
*'''1700-2005''' - {{RecordSearch|2564996|'''Poland, Evangelical Church Books, 1700-2005,'''}} images, no index.
*'''1226-1950''' - {{RecordSearch|2115410|'''Poland, Częstochowa Roman Catholic Church Books, 1226-1950'''}} images, no index.
*[http://metryki.genealodzy.pl/ '''Metryki Genealodzy Roman Catholic Records''']
*[http://metryki.genbaza.pl/en '''Metryki GenBaza''']
*[http://www.archeion.net/atom/index.php/;digitalobject/browse?mediatype=137 '''Archiwum Państwowe we Wrocławiu''']
*[http://data.matricula-online.eu/en/polen/breslau/ '''Matricula'''] Breslau is now Wrocław
*[https://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra '''Silesian Digital Library'''], address books
**See, also: [https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/ '''JewishGen Poland Database'''] 
*[http://jri-poland.org/ '''Jewish Records Indexing-Poland''']
====Ancestry.com====
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60749&geo_a=r&o_iid=41022&o_lid=41022&o_sch=Web+Property '''Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany (Poland), Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945,'''] index and images, incomplete. ($)
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60132 '''Poland, Roman Catholic Church Books Index, 1742-1964'''], Lublin and Kielce, index, ($)

===Jewish Records===
Some areas of Poland were predominantly Jewish settlements. 
*A comprehensive list of finding aids for Jewish records is found in the Wiki article [[Poland Jewish Records|'''Poland Jewish Records.''']] <br>
*An excellent two-part online course is available: [https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/411 '''Poland and Galicia Jewish Research''']. This demonstrates important finding aids and databases.
*See, also: [https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/ '''JewishGen Poland Database''']
Because churches were frequently expected to act as civil registrars, Jewish births, marriages, and deaths can appear in Catholic records.<br>

===Online Town Genealogies===
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Compiled genealogies and published genealogies are <span style="color:Red">'''secondary sources''',</span> not <span style="color:Red">'''original or primary sources.'''</span> <br>

As such, they are subject to human error through <span style="color:Red">'''translation or transcription errors, mistaken interpretations, and opinion decisions of another researcher.'''</span> <br>

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In German genealogy records, an '''Ortssippenbuch''' (town lineage book) or '''Ortsfamilienbuch''' (town family book) includes birth, marriage, and death data for all persons found in the local records during a specified time period, compiled into families. Sources may include the local parish registers, civil registration records, court and land records, and sometimes published material. In the printed book, this information is then arranged in a standardized format, usually alphabetically by surname and chronologically by marriage date. Family entries are identified by sequential numbers. Town genealogies are known by various names, including “town lineage book,” “local heritage book,” “one-place-studies,” “Ortssippenbuch (OSB),” and “Ortsfamilienbuch (OFB).” <br>

In some cases, these books were written before the records were lost or damaged during the war. <br>
 
A fairly large number of online OFBs are available on [http://ofb.genealogy.net/ '''Genealogy.net (CompGen).''' ] Scroll down the page.  The OFBs for modern Germany appear first, but after that '''OFBs for towns formerly in Germany, but now in Poland,''' are listed.

A comprehensive list of links to Silesia OFB's is found at [http://www.christoph-www.de/ofb.html '''Register of Silesian local family books.''']