Research Sources
Embassy of the Republic of
Poland in Teheran, Iran
Africa Expressway, Pirouz Str. 1/3
P.O. Box 11365-3489
19-174 Teheran
Iran.
Phone: (0-09821) 8787-262/4
Fax: (0-09821) 8788-774
Email: ambasada@teheran.polemb.net
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Polish Committee of the
'Memorial' Society
127051 Moscow
Malyi Karetnyi Pereulok 12.
Russia
To address the envelope in Russian:
Общество "Мемориал"
Komisja Polska
127051 Москва
Малый Каретный переулок 12.
РОССИЯ RUSSIA
Tel. +7 (495) 650-78-83
Fax: +7 (495) 609-06-94
Email: info@memo.ru
Website: http://www.memo.ru
Send an e-mail to seek family records of arrested
or deported Poles in the 'Memorial' database.
To obtain a certificate from the former USSR
archives, you must send an original signed
letter. Please include the following data (if
possible):
1. Surname, name, and father's name of arrested
or deported person, the year and place of birth
(for all the members of deported family, with
indication of the family relationship)
2. Place of living before arrest or deportation
3. The time of arrest or deportation
4. The kind of repression (arrest, sentence and
imprisonment in penal labour camps, or
deportation without any sentence)
5. The most important for us: the regions of
staying in camps or in exile in the former USSR
(especially the last place)
6. The time and place of discharge or death
7. The relationship of the person making the
request to the arrested or deported person.
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Hoover Institution Archives
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
USA
Phone: (650) 723-3563
Fax: (650) 725-3445
Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu
website: http://www.hoover.org/hila/easteurope.htm
Wladyslaw Anders archives and
Polish wartime archives. Collection includes over
18,000 original personal accounts and
questionnaires of former prisoners and deportees,
some documents dating back to 1941, most
completed later, shortly after the 1942
evacuation from the Soviet Union. A detailed MS
Word summary of the information is found at Hoover Institution
Summary and detailed on-line finding guides
to the three most relevant collections are found
on the web at:
Wladyslaw Anders
Papers, 1939-1946
Poland. Ambasada
(Soviet Union) Records, 1941-1944
Poland. Ministerstwo
Informacji i Dokumentacji Records, 1939-1945
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Polish Army in Exile
Records-British Ministry of Defense
To obtain the records of Polish soldiers, sailors
and airmen that fought alongside the Allies under British command
in World War 2 - for example the 2nd Polish Corps (Anders Army),
attached to the British 8th Army in Persia, Palestine and Italy.
Send details of your relationship to the soldier in question
and the possible units and dates of service using the Subject
Access Request (SAR) form located at: http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/sar.doc
The requests should be back up by the following documentation
(photocopies of documents are acceptable):
1. If the ex-serviceman is deceased, the official next of kin
must give authority for disclosure. To establish this authority,
please complete a Certificate of Kinship,
located at : http://www.veterans-uk.info/pdfs/service_records/raf_kinship.pdf
2. Once the authority to disclose is established, please provide
the following documentation:
a) Death Certificate of ex-serviceman and
b) Marriage Certificate (in the case of widows), or
c) Birth Certificate (in the case of children) plus Death Certificate
of the mother if applicable or her written consent if information
is to be released to a person other than the widow, and
d) Any other documents, which prove kinship
Information is issued free of charge to the widows of ex-servicemen
and to those who are residents in the post-communist countries.
All other interested parties are charged £30 for the service.
Payment can be made by cheque, UK Postal Order or International
Money Order. These should be made payable to:
"Ministry of Defence - Accounting Officer"
Please apply by post or e-mail to:
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
APC DISCLOSURES 5 (POLISH)
Building 28B
RAF Northolt
West End Road
Ruislip
Middlesex
HA4 6NG
England
Telephone: 020 8833 8603 Fax: 020 8833 8866
Email: polishasstdisoff@northolt.raf.mod.uk
Email: polishdisoff@northolt.raf.mod.uk
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The Polish Institute and
Sikorski Museum - Instytut
Polski i Muzeum im. Gen. Sikorskiego
20 Princes Gate
London SW7 1PT
England
Phone: (44) 20 7589 9249
Main contact is Krzysztof Barbarski, Vice
Chairman & Hon Curator
Opening times:
Secretariat Monday-Friday 10.00-16.00
Archives Tuesday-Friday 9.30-16.00
Museum Monday-Friday 14.00-16.00 and first
Saturday of the month 10.00-16.00
website: http://www.sikorskimuseum.co.uk
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The Polish Underground
Movement Study Trust
Main Branch
11 Leopold Road
London W5 3PB
England
Phone: (44) 20 8992 6057
Visits by appointment only: Mon. -Wed. 10.15 am - 3 pm.
website: www.polishresistance-archive.org
Ealing Branch
19 Woodville Gardens
London W5 2LL
England
Phone: (44) 20 8997 7965
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Urzad Stanu Cywilnego
Warszawa Srodmiescie
Archiwum Akt Zabuzanskich
00-950 Warszawa
skr. poczt. P-18
ul. Jezuicka 1/3
Poland
Phone: (0-22) 831-71-81 w. 14
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Polish Catholic Mission
(in England and Wales) - Polska Misja Katolicka
(w Anglii i Walii)
2 Devonia Road
Islington
London N1 8JJ
England
Phone: (44) 20 7226 3439
Fax: (44) 20 7226 7677
Email: pbf.pmk@ukonline.co.uk
To obtain church records (such as
marriage certificates etc.) applying to the
Polish forces in Italy during the war.
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How to get pre-war maps of
Poland, including Kresy
The Library of
Congress,
Geography and Map Division,
Washington, D,C.
20540-4650
USA
Website: Click
here to view the map images on this site
The US Library of Congress has an index map for
pre-WWII maps of Poland, including what is now
Belarus and western Ukraine. The index map number
is G6520S100.P6, Wojskowy Institut Geograficzny:
Skorowidz Map. You identify and choose the
specific section maps that you wish from it.
The actual dimensions of a section map are 14 X
11 inches, and it covers an area of about 1,000
square kilometers. Some have German Third Reich
stamps on them. Be aware that the legend for map
symbols does not appear on every section map.
Place names and the legend are in Polish. Each
map is in black and white, and has contour lines,
vegetation, roads, railroads,and rivers.
Individual folwark, dwór, churches, sawmills,
and similar detail are located, although a
magnifying glass will be needed for them.
The cost is US$5 per linear foot, which is about
the size of a single section map, plus shipping.
They take credit cards.
(Thanks to Tom Sajwaj for this
information)
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Jozef Pilsudski Institute
of America for Research in the Modern History of
Poland
The Jozef Pilsudski Institute of
America
180 Second Avenue
New York, NY, 10003
USA
Phone: (212) 505-9077
Fax: (212) 505-9052
Email: info@pilsudski.org
Website:www.pilsudski.org
Founded in 1943, one of the
largest Polish ethnic archives in the USA. This
archival collection is of great significance for
studies on Polish political history in XX
century. Large photograph and map collection.
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Detailed map of Western
Ukraine, including Kresy
There is a very good map located here which
includes areas that were part of Poland once (eg.
Wolyn). The detailed map is in Ukrainian,
however, it is worth the effort to translate as
it does contain some really small villages which
are not contained on other maps. Use translation
tips provided by Fred Hoffman posted at the PGSA website to
determine how spelling would look in Ukrainian
for the locations you are looking for - it is
also helpful if you know the general area of
where a village should be located...
(Thanks to Grazyna
from Canada for this information)
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Association of Poles in India
1942-1948
Mrs. W Kleszko
Secretary
Association of Poles in India 1942-1948:
Flat 18 Cleverly Estate
Wormholt Road
London W12 OLX
England
Phone/Fax: (44) 20-8749 6190
The Association has produced, in Polish, an
in-depth book of their experiences called 'Poles
in India 1942-1948 in the Light of Documents and
Memory'. They are working on a revision and
translation into English.
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Genealogy of Eastern Galicia
Website: www.halgal.com
This site is for those with roots in Eastern
Galicia. It focuses on genealogical study for
those researching their Polish (and Ukrainian)
roots in Eastern Galicia /Halychyna / Western
Ukraine.
As you may know, the region of Eastern Galicia,
which is now a part of Ukraine, was home to over
a million ethnic Poles before World War II. Large
concentrations of ethnic Poles, though not
restricted to, were found in Lwow, Tarnopol,
Skalat...
There is some information valuable to Western
Galicians (Krakow-Tarnow-Sanok) researchers, as
well--such as tutorials on finding, reading, and
understanding Vital Records.
Acknowledgments to _Gen Dobry!_, Vol. III, No.
4, 30 April 2002.
PolishRoots(tm): PolishRoots.org/
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Routes to Roots Foundation
Website: www.rtrfoundation.org
This site includes a searchable database (by town
name) of archive documents for towns in Belarus,
Lithuania, Poland, Moldova and Ukraine based upon
the archival holdings of these countries.
Although the site is written for Jewish
genealogists, much of it is applicable to Polish
and Ukrainian researchers as well.
Acknowledgments to _Gen
Dobry!_, Vol. III, No. 4, 30 April 2002.
PolishRoots(tm): PolishRoots.org/
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KARTA Center Foundation-
Fundacja Osrodka KARTA
Fundacja Osrodka KARTA
02-536 Warszawa, ul. Narbutta 29
Poland
Phone: (48) 848-07-12
Fax: (48) 646-65-11
Email: ok@karta.org.pl
Website: www.karta.org.pl
The KARTA Center in Poland is an independent,
non-governmental group that exists to document
and popularise the recent history of Poland and
eastern Europe, with the aim of spreading
knowledge, tolerance and democracy.
It works closely with the Polish Committee of the
Memorial Society in Moscow and has established an
'Index of the
Repressed' database of Polish victims. This
search engine is in Polish, partial archive only-
please enter available info: Nazwisko = surname,
Imie = name, Imie ojca = father's name, Data
urodzenia = birthdate. Click "Szukaj"
to search.
Their website also has
a series of pages (in Polish) on how Polish
exiles joined Anders Army and were evacuated to
Persia with it, including a calendar of key
dates, bibliography, and references to archives.
Appeal for
information on Kresy settler wartime losses
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Association of Families
of the Borderland Settlers - Ognisko Rodzin
Osadników Kresowych
Ryszard Grzybowski, President
Ognisko Rodzin Osadników Kresowych
(Association of Families of the Borderland
Settlers)
4 Holly Cottage Mews
Hillingdon, Middx UB8 3US
England
Phone: +44 (0)1895 814642
Brings together
survivors from the Polish settlements in the
eastern Kresy, as well as members of their
families and other sympathizers. They have
published several books in Polish and English on
the experiences of the settlers, who were
deported by the Soviets to forced labour in
1939-41 (see www.StalinsEthnicCleansing.com).
They hold regular reunions in England and publish
a quarterly bulletin.
Membership costs £2 (US$3.15)
per year, plus a freewill donation requested to
cover postage and admin costs. To join, send the
membership fee with details of your Osada
(settlement), the family who were there, and
mentioning your membership in the Kresy-Siberia
group to the address given here.
Appeal for
information on Kresy settler wartime losses
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Federation of the
Eastern Borderlands of the Polish Republic- Zwiazek
Ziem Wschodnich RP
Stanislaw Nowak
President
136 Woodvale, Honor Oak
London SE23
England
Phone: (44) 181 693 5921
Association of former settlers (military veterans
and civilians)of the Kresy region of eastern
Poland between the wars.
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5th Borderlands Infantry
Division Association- Zwiazek Zolnierzy
5-tej Dyw. Piechoty
Col. Stanislaw Berkieta
Chairman
Zwiazek Zolnierzy 5 KDP
48 Clarkes Avenue
Worcester Park
Surrey, KT4 8PZ
England
Phone: (44) 20 8337 8506
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Embassy
of the Republic of Poland in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Ambasada Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej
27, Mironshoh 6-tor str., 700115 Tashkent
Phone: (99871) 152 56 96
Fax: (99871) 152 56 96
Email: ambasada@bcc.com.uz
Website: www.bcc.com.uz/poland
Office hours: 9.00 AM - 5:00 PM Monday - Friday.
Identifies Polish cemeteries in Uzbekistan and,
as at November 2002, has identified 15 such
military cemeteries. Visits these cemeteries as
often as possible, along with representatives of
the local Polish community. May be
able to assist with tracing death records,
especially of military personnel.
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Rada Ochrony Pamieci Walki i
Meczeństwa
Warszawa
ul. Wspólna 2
Poland
Phone: (48) 22 66188118
Fax: (48) 22 6280375
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Siberian Deportee Associations
around the world - Zwiazki Sybiraków
Zwiazek Sybiraków
Zarzad Glowny (Head Office)
ul. Mazowiecka 12
00-048 Warszawa
Poland
Zwiazek Sybiraków
- Bialogard
ul.Swidwinska 1
78-200 Bialogard
Poland
Zwiazek Sybiraków
- Elblag
ul. Pl. Slowianski 17/10
82-300 Elblag
Poland
Phone: +48 (55) 232 72 86
Zwiazek Sybiraków
Oddzial Gdansk (Division)
Aleja Zwyciestwa 41/42
80-210 Gdansk
Poland
Zwiazek Sybiraków
- Gliwice
ul. Wroclawska 16
44-100 Gliwice
Poland
Kolo Zwiazku
Zeslanców Syberyjskich - Grojec
ul. Koblin 37
05-600 Grójec
Poland
Kolo Sybiraków -
Jasien
ul. Saneczkowa 3
Jasien
Poland
Phone: +48 371 0751
Kolo Zwiazku
Sybiraków - Legionowo
ul. Juliusza Slowackiego 29
Legionowo
Poland
Zwiazek Sybiraków - Lodz
ul. Kaminskiego 18
90-229 Lódz
Poland
Phone: +48 678-81-00
Email: sybiracy@mpk.lodz.pl
Website: www.mpk.lodz.pl/~sybiracy/
Zwiazek Sybiraków
- Miedzyrzecz
ul. Waszkiewicza 13
Miedzyrzecz
Poland
Phone: +48 741-22-44
Zwiazek Sybiraków
- Nowa Deba
ul. Jana Pawla II 4
Nowa Deba
Poland
Zwiazek Sybiraków
- Pabianice
ul. Traugutta 2
95-200 Pabianice
Poland
Kolo Zwiazków
Sybiraków - Trzebnica
ul. Ks. Bochenka 12
55 - 100 Trzebnica
Poland
Zwiazek Sybiraków - Warszawa
Ryszard Piotrowski
ul. Grzybowska 77/65
00-844 Warszawa
Poland
Phone: +48 (22) 6201261 x.363
The Zwiazek
Sybiraków in Poland was founded on 17 December
1988, after the communist system fell. It has
chapters throughout Poland.
It's aims include:
gathering
evidence from deportees on their
experiences
charitable
work to help survivors
helping the
survivors get documents to prove their
deportation
helping
survivors to get compensation as
repressed persons
conducting
patriotic observances
organising
cultural events
conducting
research on the fate of the deportees
public and
student education about the forced labour
and living conditions of the deportees
the Lodz chapter has a
web page at www.mpk.lodz.pl/~sybiracy/
Autonomous associations of
deportees also exist in other countries where the
exiles ended up after the war:
Australia
Jadwiga Solka-Krajewska
Zwiazek Sybiraków w Nowej Poludniowej Walii
Polish Siberian Society of New South Wales
184 The Boulevarde
Strathfield NSW 2135
Australia
Phone: +61 (0)2 9745 3794
Fax: +61 (0)2 9745 0111
Email: jerzy1@optusnet.com.au
Boguslaw Trella
Zwiazek Sybiraków w Wiktorii
Polish Siberian Society in Victoria
27 Chapman Blvd
Glen Waverley VIC 3150
Australia
Phone: +61 (0)3 9561 6173
Email c/o: mtrella@bigpond.com
Stanislaw Harasymow
Zwiazek Sybiraków w Zachodniej Australii
Siberian Association of Western Australia
6 Fairway West
Yokine WA 6060
Australia
Phone: +61 (0)8 9344 1693
Fax : +61 (0)8 9344 1693
E-mail: harasymow@bigpond.com
Canada
Former Polish Political Prisoners
in USSR (Canada) Inc.
451 The West Mall
Etobicoke, Ontario M9G 1G1
Canada
Phone: +1 416 621 5221
E-mail: rwtruksa@ica.net
New Zealand
Zwiazek Sybiraków w Nowej
Zelandii
Society of Deportees to Siberia of New Zealand
John Roy-Wojciechowski
51 Granger Road,
Howick, Auckland 1705
New Zealand
Phone: +64 9 5344670
Fax: +61 9 5354068
E-mail: polish@ihug.co.nz
Website: www.polishheritage.co.nz/SYBIRACY/SYBIR.HTM
USA
Zwiazek Sybiraków na Florydzie
Association of Siberians in Florida
Secretary: Ms. Antonina Hubska
P.O. Box 48816
St. Petersburg, Florida 33743-8816
USA
Phone: +1 (727) 398-2012.
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Vital records from southern
Kresy
Central State Historical Archive
of Ukraine - City of Lviv.
290008, Lviv - 8
Pl. Soborna 3-a
UKRAINE
Phone/fax: +38 0322 723508
Phone: +38 0322 723063
e-mail: archives@cl.lv.ukrtel.net
There are several
possible locations for vital records from the
southern Kresy, or the former Polish provinces of
Lwow, Stanislawow, and Tarnopol. This area was in
Austrian Galicia before 1918, in the Second
Republic of Poland between 1918 and 1939 and in
the western Ukraine since 1945.
Central State
Historical Archive of Ukraine - City of Lviv.
Perhaps the most comprehensive archive of records
from this area, with records dating from the 11th
century to the mid-1900's. (Thanks to member Yuri
Okolita for this information).
The Director of
this archive understands English, Polish and
Russian. For information on doing research though
or at the archive, please read the article by
Matthew Bielawa at www.halgal.com/TsDIALarticle.html
or download the Adobe Acrobat file at www.halgal.com/LvivBielawa.pdf
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Detailed map of the Ukraine
online
Website: www.personal.ceu.hu/students/97/Roman_Zakharii/maps.htm
Ukraine is broken into regions,
and these into areas surrounding major towns. An
easy to follow menu describes the map area
available to view, and also gives the size of the
image (in KB). Place names appear in English,
Polish and Ukrainian.
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Association of Eastern
Borderlands Military & Civilian Settlers
Families
Association of Eastern Borderlands
Military & Civilian Settlers Families
Stowarzyszenie Rodzin Osadników Wojskowych i Cywilnych Kresów
Wschodnich
ul. Poznanska 13 m. 7
00-680 Warszawa
The association meets on the last
Monday of each month at 1600 hours.
Secretary: Mieczyslaw Wójcik
ul. Grochowska 339a m. 1
03-822 Warszawa
tel. +48(0)22 810-36-39
Website: www.stosad.webpark.pl
email: januszszu@acn.waw.pl
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