Poland, Gliwice Roman Catholic Church Books - FamilySearch Historical Records

Poland

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes records from 1599-1976.

This collection contains images of church books containing baptisms and births, marriages, burials and deaths for the parishes in the Gliwice Roman Catholic Dioceses of Poland. The records are written in German and Polish. Availability of birth records end in 1912, marriage records in 1937, and death records in 1982. For additional details about the history of these records and help using them, see the wiki article Poland, Roman Catholic Church Books (FamilySearch Historical Records).

For a list of records by localities, document type and dates currently published in this collection, select the Browse link from the collection landing page.

Reading These Records
For help reading these Russian records see the following guides:
 * Poland Language and Languages
 * Polish Genealogical Word List
 * FamilySearch Learning Center videos:
 * Reading Polish Handwritten Records

How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * 1) Select the "Browse" link in the initial search page
 * 2) Select the "Province" category
 * 3) Select the "Place" category
 * 4) Select the "Event/Years" category which takes you to the images.

Search the collection by image, comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine which one is your ancestor. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to make this determination.

As you are searching, it is helpful to know such information as your ancestor’s given name and surname, some identifying information such as residence and age, and family relationships. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name as your ancestor and that your ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times.

Citing This Collection
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"Poland, Gliwice Roman Catholic Church Books, 1599-1976" Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Citing Archiwum Diecezjalne w Gliwicach.
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