Portions of this list were taken from Avotaynu, Volume 2, Number 1, and are used with permission of the publisher. Listed below is the most complete listing of microfilm numbers of Jewish vital statistics records for Poland in the possession of the Family History Library. Each entry contains town name, abbreviation of province, a legend describing the documents, years represented, and microfilm number.

Abbreviation of provinces:

Nature of the material:

Dates are represented in one of four ways. If there is a single year, the information is for that year only. If there are two years separated by a dash (1823-1855), then the records are inclusive for those years. If there are two years separated by a slash (1823/1855) then the records are inclusive for those years with a significant number of years missing within the time period. If the two years are separated by a comma (1823,1855) then only those two years are represented.

If a town is not represented on the list, do not assume there are no Jewish records for the town. What is shown below is a listing of only those records classified as "Jewish Records." It is possible that the town of interest has church records, land records, or civil registrations that include information about the Jews of the town. It is wise to check the catalog at a local Family History Center to see if other records of the town exist.

In addition, small towns may be part of the records for the major town in the area. For example, records for the major town of Lomza indicate that they also include the towns of Dobrzyjalowo, Gal, Kalinowo, Lomzyca, Ostrowki, Piatnica, Pniewo, Podgorz, Wyludzin, and Wyrziki.

This file contains the list of microfilms with Jewish records. Films may be ordered at any one of the thousands of local Family History Centers worldwide. In addition to the complete collection at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, there are also locations where large collections of LDS films are permanently available. This list indicates where specific microfilms can be seen at the Los Angeles LDS Family History Center (LA), the New York City Family History Center (NY), DOROT, The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center in Israel (DO), and/or Queens NY Family History Center (Q).

Jewish vital records were generally not isolated from Christian records until 1826. Therefore if a town has post-1825 Jewish records, there are almost certainly pre-1826 Jewish records among the church records or civil registrations. To find the microfilm numbers for non-Jewish records, check the LDS computer or microfiche catalogue at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City or your local Family History Center.

Microfilms indicated with a * are Catholic Parish Register microfilms which have been determined to include Jewish records. This is not a complete list of such Catholic Parish Registers. Should you come across others, please advise webmaster at (Webmaster@JRI-Poland.org). It has come to our attention for towns having records starting in 1826, that it is highly likely they have civil registration records back to 1807, with Jewish entries.