| Accuracy of information |
What types of documents have the most accurate information? |
| Ages |
Why are ages inconsistent in Polish records? |
| Alegata marriage records |
What are alegata marriage records? |
| BMD records: available years |
For what years are birth, marriage, and death records available? |
| BMD images online at the Polish State Archives |
How to find a particular BMD image online at the Polish State Archives |
| Commonly confused letters |
How to improve your searching |
| Częstochowa: nearby towns |
Very small towns in the “Częstochowa religious community,” 1932 |
| Geography |
Geographical terms in Poland |
| Language of BMD records |
What languages are used in Polish birth, marriage, and death records? |
| Late registration of births |
Consider the possibility that a birth was registered late |
| Maiden names |
The meaning of a maiden name that includes a suffix |
| Map |
Map showing CRARG’s core towns |
| Maps of Częstochowa |
Częstochowa: 1930s & 1940s maps |
| Notary records |
Marriage records that indicate “a contract was made” |
| Patronymic names |
What is a patronymic name? |
| Polish citizenship |
How can I obtain Polish citizenship? |
| Pronunciation |
How to pronounce names and towns |
| Raptularz records |
BMD records in “table” format, created before the official akt (record in paragraph form) was drawn up |
| Reading Polish BMD records |
Two essential words to help you read Polish BMD records |
| Scanned images |
Scanned images of birth, marriage, and death records for towns in CRARG’s core area |
| Search advice |
How-to advice for using CRARG search engines |
| Surnames |
When were surnames first required in Poland? |
| Surname with an appended suffix |
What do surname suffixes mean? |
| Two copies of BMD records |
Why two copies of a birth, marriage, or death record? |
| Two dates |
Why do many records list two dates? |
| Unavailable birth record |
Wording used in books of residents and alegata marriage records when a birth record is not available |
| vel |
What does “vel” mean between two given names or between two surnames? |