PGSA - Research Databases

Research Databases

Birth Index - Public access
Birth Index - Members access
An index of births based on Catholic parish records in the US and Poland.

Birth Records from Minnesota Churches - Public access
Birth Records from Minnesota Churches - Members access

Cedar Grove Cemetery Burials
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame IN Index

Combined Cedar Grove & St. Joseph Polish Cemetery Inscriptions
St. Joseph County, IN

Dziennik Chicagoski Death Notice Index: 1890-1929
Locate persons whose death notice appeared in Chicago's Polish language newspaper.

Dziennik Chicagoski Death Notice Index: 1930-1971
Locate persons whose death notice appeared in Chicago's Polish language newspaper.

Gazetteer of Poland (1988 & 2009) A database of Polish place names from 1988 & 2009.

Haller's Army Index
Locate surnames of those who served in this historic military unit in WWI.

Immigrant Marriage Database St. Joseph County, Indiana - Public access
Immigrant Marriage Database St. Joseph County, Indiana - Members access

Jednosc Polonia Death Notice Index
Locate persons whose death notice appeared in Baltimore'sPolish language newspaper.

Jubilee Book Index
Locate surnames of those who appear in jubilee books published by churches.

Kuryer Polski Death Notice Index, Milwaukee, WI
Kuryer Polski Indexing Project

Map of the Kingdom of Poland in 1907: An Index
Locate towns in the Kingdom of Poland in 1907. The index provides the town's coordinates and a link to the map.

Marriage Index - Public access
Marriage Index - Members access
An index of marriages from Catholic parish records in the US and Poland. This index will ultimately replace the ones described next.

Marriage Indices for Parishes in Poland
30,000 entries from Jastrzabka Stara, Lisia Gora, Nagoszyn, Przeclaw, Zasow and Zdziarec.

Marriage Index for Polish Parishes in Chicago through 1915
Locate ancestors married in the Polish parishes of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Marriage Records from Minnesota Churches - Public access
Marriage Records from Minnesota Churches - Members access

Mędrzechów, POLAND Parish Records
Births, marriages, and deaths index

Poles of Chicago 1837-1937
The book that was prepared for the celebration of Chicago's Charter Jubilee in 1937. The Index has 1,650 surname entries.

Polish White Eagle Association Index
Locate surnames of Policy holders and their death claim files.

PRCUA Insurance Claim File Index
Locate surnames of Policy holders and their death claim files.

PRCUA Societies
Societies of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America

St. John Cantius Church Births 1893 - 1915
Birth index for St. John Cantius church, Chicago, IL

Ss. Cyril & Methodius Church, Lemont, IL, Birth & Death Index
Births, marriages, deaths index search for Ss. Cyril & Methodius Church, Lemont, IL

St. Joseph County, Indiana Deaths
This is an index of the names included in the H-I-J-K sections of the work prepared by Lucky Ladewski and Gene Szymarek.

Surnames in Poland by Kazimierz Rymut (in 1990)
A listing of surnames in Poland by quanity in provinces. Text in Polish.

Surname Usage plotted on a map of Poland

Who's Who in Polish America Index Polish biographies published in 1943

Wiśnicze, POLAND Parish Birth & Marriage Records

Writing Home: Immigrants in Brazil and the United States
Surname index from letters written by emigrants from Poland, to family back home in the Plock province of Poland, in the years 1890 and 1891.

School Classes/Orphanages

Holy Trinity School Class 1883, Chicago, IL

St. Casimir School Class 1879-1880, Newton, WI

St. Hedwig Orphanage Census 1920, Niles Township, IL

Other Web Search Engines

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900

Milwaukee, WI Catholic Cemetery Index
Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries burial records

New York City Vital Records and Naturalizations

PGSNYS Databases
The PGS of New York State will search their Przewodnik Handlowy and Dziennik Dla Wsystkich databases for you for no fee.

Polish Soldiers Buried in France
Information on Polish Soldiers who died during the WWII and were buried in different cemetaries in France

Pomorskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne - Pomeranian Genealogical Association
Has an index of marriages, births, deaths, and cemeteries. Similar to the Poznan Project but for a different area of Poland.

Portage County/Stevens Point, Wisconsin Resources

Poznan Marriage Project
An index of marriages from the former Polish province of Poznan (Posen).

RootsWeb Databases
Miscellaneous databases of genealogical interest

Searchable Death Indexes & Records
From 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Social Security Death Index
Ancestry version. Contains about 66 million names of deceased individuals in the U.S.

Social Security Death Index
Genealogy Library version. Contains about 55 million names of deceased individuals in the U.S.

WWI Draft Registration Index
Partial index of WWI Draft registration cards.