United States Resources

A collection of the most important American research resources for anyone searching for their Polish forebears.

Archives

• U.S. National Archives & Records Administration 

Libraries

• LDS FamilySearch® (This site is useful in locating the existence of microfilms of records for ancestral towns)
• Library of Congress
• LibWeb (Library Servers via WWW)
• New York Public Library
• Slavic and East European Library (at University of Illinois)  

Museums

• Center for Jewish History
• Polish Museum of America

• Aid to Siberia
• American Memory
  Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
• Polish Language Newspapers
  A State by State compilation of known Polish language papers in the US and Canada
• Polonian Organizations in the US   
• RootsWeb Databases
  Miscellaneous databases of genealogical interest
• Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts
  Collection contains biographies which may be ordered
• USGenWeb
  Regional resources for many US States
• U.S. Newspaper Program
  A cooperative effort to locate and microfilm newspapers published in the US
• Vital Records Information
• WWI Draft Registration Index
  Partial index of WWI Draft registration cards   

Polish American History

• Polish American Historical Assn (PAHA)
• Polish Farmers and Workers in the United States to 1914
• Polish Folkways in America  
• A Polish Family in the South
• The Polish Immigrant and the Catholic Church in America  
• A Polish Pioneer Jesuit in America

California

• LA Public Library Visual Collections
• Polish Genealogical Society of California
  

Connecticut

• Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast
   
• Connecticut State Library
• Polish Language Newspapers
• Polish Studies at Central Connecticut State University
  

Delaware

• Polish Language Newspapers

Illinois

Polish Genealogical Society of America

Archives

• Illinois Regional Archives Depository
• Illinois State Archives

Libraries

• Newberry Library
• Slavic and East European Library
  at University of Illinois (Slavic Virtual Reference Desk)
  
• Chicago Cemeteries
• Chicago Genealogical Society
• Chicago Historical Society
• Chicago Polish Medical Society
• Chicago Public Library
• Cook County Circuit Court Clerk
• Cook County Vital Statistics
• Genealogy Trails History Group
• Illinois State Genealogical Society
• Polish Language Newspapers
• St. Barbara Cemetery  
  Scheller, Jefferson County

Indiana

• Cedar Grove Cemetery
  Transcription of 3600 graves in St Joseph County
• Gary, Indiana Polish School
• Indiana State Library
  Newspaper holdings by County
• Indiana University Polish Studies Center
• Lucky Ladewski Papers
  The focus of the collection is St Joseph County, Indiana families
• The Poles in South Bend to 1914
• Polish Language Newspapers
• Polish School Classes, Indiana
• St. Joseph County Obituary Index
  (includes South Bend)
• St Joseph County Indiana
  Polish Marriage Applicants 1905 to 1915

Maryland

• Archives of Maryland Polonia
• Baltimore County Genealogical Society
  They have an Eastern European Interest Group
• Polish Language Newspapers

Massachusetts

• Polish Center of Discovery and Learning
• Polish Language Newspapers
• Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts

Michigan

• Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan
• Polish Language Newspapers

• Burton Historical Collection
  Located at the Detroit Public Library
• Detroit Area/Hamtramck Polonia
• St. Albertus Church
  Detroit's first Polish Parish
• Hamtramck City
• Library of Michigan
• Michigan Polonia

• Polonica Americana Institute
• The Polish Immigrant in Detroit to 1914
• Polish Settlers in Grand Rapids, Michigan
  

Minnesota

• Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
• Polish Language Newspapers

• Minneapolis' Polish Priests, 1886-1914
• Polish Settlements in Minnesota 1860-1900  
• Polish Settlers in Winona, Minnesota
  

Missouri

• Polish Language Newspapers

Nebraska

• Polish Language Newspapers

• Polish Heritage Center
  Located in Ashton, NE
• Polish Communities of Central Nebraska

New Jersey

• Central Jersey Genealogical Club
  They have a Polish Support Group
• Polish Language Newspapers 
• The Polish People of Passaic  

New York

• Polish Genealogical Society of New York State
   
• Polish Language Newspapers

• Buffalo Census Transcript  
  1920 Federal Census information for Buffalo Polonia transcribed by Kasia Dane
• Buffalo's Polish Pioneers
• Buffalo Public Library Special Collections
• Buffalo (East) Stockyards
• Buffalo's Third Polish Parish 1888-1925
• Buffalo's Third Polish Parish 1925-1963
• Buffalonians in the Polish Army (Haller's)
• Przewodnik Handlowy
  A 1906 look into Buffalo, NY Polonia
•  The Polish Room at SUNY Buffalo

• Lackawana, Sw. Jacka Donors List  
  1915 list of donors to this parish
• Center for Jewish History
• Erie County

• Municipal Archive of the City of New York
• New York Public Library 
• Slavs of New York

• Schenectady County Cemeteries
• Schenectady County Public Library
• Schenectady Electric City Band
• A dissertation on Polish and Italian immigrants in Schenectady

• Utica, NY Independence Collections  
  The information covers the time period from 1914-19
• Utica, NY Fredric Chopin Singing Society  

Ohio

• Polish Genealogical Society of Greater Cleveland

• The Cleveland Area
• Cleveland Cemetery Inscriptions
• Ohio Historical Society
• Poles in Cleveland: A Select Annotated Bibliography  
• Polish Language Newspapers
  

Pennsylvania

• Alliance College Collection
  at the University of Pittsburgh
• Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies
• Guide to Selective Polish and Polish American Resources
  at the University of Pittsburgh 
• Historic Pittsburgh  
  in conjunction with the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania
• Northeast PA
• Pittsburgh Black Sheep Athletic Association  
• Pittsburgh Polish Aristocrats Orchestra  
• The Poles in Philadelphia to 1914  
• Poles of Pittsburgh and Western PA
• Poles in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania  
• Polish Language Newspapers
• Polish Miners in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania  
• St. Clement Cemetery  
  Cemetery inscriptions Tarentum, PA

Texas

• Polish Genealogical Society of Texas
   
• Catholic Archives of Texas
• Galveston & Texas History Center
  at the Rosenberg Library
• Port of Indianola
  Most of the Polish settlers at Panna Maria, Texas near San Antonio landed first at Galveston, and then traveled (overland) to the port of Indianola, and then to Panna Maria.
• Texas Churches

West Virginia

• Polish Language Newspapers

Wisconsin

• Polish Genealogical Society of Wisconsin
   
• Kwasniewski Photographic Collection
• Milwaukee County Historical Society
• Milwaukee County WWI Military Portraits  
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  News research service
• The Poles in the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin
• The Poles of Ashland, Wisconsin: 1884-1888  
• Polish Language Newspapers
• Univ. of Wisconsin: Polish-American Collections