UK genealogy records.
The paper trail back to Poland.

Birth, marriage and death certificates, census returns, wills and service records are often where British families first see a Polish birthplace. These guides explain each record and what to do with the clues it gives.

01 / Family events

Births, marriages, deaths and wills.

Start with civil registration and probate: dates, parents’ names and the relatives who were left something.

02 / Households & names

Find the family at home.

Census returns and the 1939 Register place a family at an address, with ages, occupations and birthplaces.

03 / Service & nationality

Soldiers, sailors, airmen and new British subjects.

Service files and naturalisation papers often give the exact date and place of birth abroad.

04 / Poles in Britain

The Polish community after 1939.

Records of the Polish forces, resettlement and the families who made their lives in Britain.

Traced the family back to a Polish-born ancestor?

Tell us the names, places and dates from the British records. We continue the line in Polish civil, parish and archival records and explain what we find in English.

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