United States Resources

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

National

• Active Polish Parishes in the US
• Aid to Siberia
• American Memory
  Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
• LibWeb
  Library Servers via WWW
• LDS FamilySearch®
• Polish Language Newspapers
  A State by State compilation of known Polish language papers in the US and Canada
• Polonia of the Eastern Great Lakes   
• RootsWeb Databases
  Miscellaneous databases of genealogical interest
• Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts
  Collection contains biographies which may be ordered
• Social Security Death Index
  Genealogy Library version. Contains about 55 million names of deceased individuals in the US
• Social Security Death Index
  Ancestry.com version. Contains about 50 million names of deceased individuals in the US
• US Census (1790-1920)
  This is a commercial site that sells CD-ROMS containing digitized images of US Census information online
• US 1930 Census ED Locator  
• 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   

California

• LA Public Library History & Genealogy Dept.

Connecticut

• Connecticut State Library
• Polish Language Newspapers
• Polish American Archive
  at Central Connecticut State University

Delaware

• Polish Language Newspapers

Illinois

• Chicago Cemeteries
• Chicago Genealogical Society
• Chicago Historical Society
• Chicago Polish Medical Society
• Chicago Public Library
• Cook County Circuit Court Clerk
• Cook County Bureau of Vital Statistics
• Illinois Regional Archives Depository
  at Northeastern Illinois University
• Illinois State Archives
• Illinois State Genealogical Society
• National Archives - Great Lakes Region
• Newberry Library
• Polish Language Newspapers
• Slavic and East European Library
  at University of Illinois (Slavic Virtual Reference Desk)
• 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 Necrology 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

Michigan

• Burton Historical Collection
  Located at the Detroit Public Library
• Detroit Area/Hamtramck Polonia
• St. Albertus Church
  Detroit's first Polish Parish
• Hamtramck City
• Michigan Polonia
• Polish Language Newspapers
• Polonica Americana Institute
• The Polish Immigrant in Detroit to 1914
• Polish Settlers in Grand Rapids, Michigan

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

• Polish Language Newspapers
• Polish Parishes of the Newark Diocese 
• The Polish People of Passaic  
• St. Theresa church
  in Linden, NJ

New York

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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