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Jewish and Civil Records for Towns in the Gdańsk branch of the Polish State Archives

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Indices for previously unavailable records

The goal of the Jewish Records Indexing - Poland milestone agreement with the Polish State Archives is to index all Jewish vital records more than 100 years old in the Polish State Archives that are not included in the microfilm collection of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). Copies of these records are available from the Polish State Archives.

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Gdańsk Polish State Archives (PSA) project

As the fundraising target is reached for each town, the data is processed and the information from the indices will become available on-line. The Project Status page indicates the fundraising status for the towns in the Gdańsk project. Fundraising targets will be added as information on the cost of each town project becomes available.

For the latest information about projects to index the records at other branches of the Polish State Archives, read the JRI-Poland / Polish State Archives project pages and subscribe to the JRI-Poland mailing list.

The Gdańsk branch of the Polish State Archives holds many sources for Jewish records. These include towns with ONLY Jewish records and towns with mixed Jewish and non-Jewish civil records (generally from 1874-1905).

Towns with ONLY Jewish Records

Elbląg, Gdańsk, Kościerzyna, Malbork, Sztum, Tczew, Tolkmicko and Wejherowo

The following table indicates the types/years of records on hand at the Gdańsk Archives, the years to be indexed using the LDS (Mormon) microfilms and the years to be indexed from the original registers.

Town	Former name	Fond	Type	Years available	Years to be indexed from LDS Microfilms	Years to be indexed from registers in Gdańsk Archives
Elbląg	Elbing	369	B	1801-1809		1801-1809
Elbląg	Elbing	372	B	1812-1874	1812-1874
Elbląg	Elbing	369	M	1801-1809		1801-1809
Elbląg	Elbing	372	M	1812-1874	1812-1874
Elbląg	Elbing	372	D	1812-1874	1812-1874
Elbląg	Elbing	372	Banns	1833-1841		1833-1841
Gdańsk¹ Town and district	Danzig	1497	B	1846-1927	1848-1850, 1852-1874	1875-1927
Gdańsk¹ Town and district	Danzig	1497	M	1846-1927	1848-1874	1875-1927
Gdańsk¹ Town and district	Danzig	1497	D	1846-1927	1848-1874	1875-1927
Kościerzyna Town and district	Berent	1497	B	1847-1884	1847-1884
Kościerzyna Town and district	Berent	1497	M	1848-1874	1848-1874
Kościerzyna Town and district	Berent	1497	D	1847-1884	1847-1884
Malbork	Marienburg	508	B	1839-1847, 1849		1839-1847, 1849
Malbork Town and district	Marienburg	1497	B	1847-1934	1847-1934
Malbork	Marienburg	508	M	1839-1840		1839-1840
Malbork Town and district	Marienburg	1497	M	1847-1916	1848-1874, 1906	1875-1916
Malbork	Marienburg	508	D	1839-1846		1839-1846
Malbork Town and district	Marienburg	1497	D	1847-1906	1848-1906	1847
Sztum	Stuhm	1497	B	1812-1847
Sztum	Stuhm	1497	M	1812-1847
Sztum	Zywodczütz	1497	M	1874-1895		1874-1895
Sztum	Stuhm	1497	D	1841, 1845
Tczew Town and district	Dirschau	1497	B	1828-1874, 1897	1847-1874, 1897
Tczew Town and district	Dirschau	1497	M	1828-1874	1847-1874
Tczew Town and district	Dirschau	1497	D	1828-1874	1847-1884
Tolkmicko	Tolkemit	495	B	1785-1796, 1808-1811		1785-1796, 1808-1811
Tolkmicko	Tolkemit	495	M	1785-1796, 1808-1811		1785-1796, 1808-1811
Wejherowo Town and district	Neustadt	1497	M	1847-1874
Wejherowo Town and district	Neustadt	1497	D	1848-1881

¹Gdańsk: Click here for details of microfilms of records of Gdańsk and district.

Towns with mixed Jewish and non-Jewish civil records (generally from 1874-1904)

There are more than 200 towns with mixed Jewish and non-Jewish civil records in the Gdańsk archives, generally from 1874 to 1903/5. Download the Excel file for a list of available towns, types and years of records.

Records microfilmed by the LDS: For most towns, the years 1874 to 1882/3 have been microfilmed and may be viewed at LDS Family History Centers around the world. Researchers are invited to volunteer to index the Jewish entries in these records for the JRI-Poland database.

Records not filmed by the LDS: Upon receipt of an enquiry from researchers for one or more of the following towns, JRI-Poland will ask the Gdańsk Archives for an indication of the number of Jewish entries in the specific town's registers. Researchers with an interest in these towns are invited to contact JRI-Poland at Gdansk@jri-poland.org.

Surviving records less than 100 years old are held in the Civil Records Offices (Urzad Stanu Cywilnego) of each town.

For information on the 20th century records available for your town, visit the Routes to Roots Foundation website, CLICK ON THE 'SEARCH DATABASE' button (on the right side) and enter the town name. Look for the town name in the Repository/City column of the search results. There are typically links to lists of available births, marriage and death records for the town.

Note, however, the Routes to Roots Foundation database may indicate turn of the century records that have already been transferred to the appropriate branch of the Polish State Archives where they can be indexed for the JRI-Poland database.

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