Southern Warmia and Masuria (Poland)
Olsztyn, Mrągowo, Ełk. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.
Whose archive this ground was
| Years | Who held it | Whose archive that means |
|---|---|---|
| 1466–1772 | Royal Prussia and Warmia under the Polish crown | Szukaj w Archiwach · Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych (AGAD) · Geneteka · FamilySearch Warmia was under Polish suzerainty after the Second Peace of Thorn of 1466. |
| 1772–1871 | Kingdom of Prussia — Province of East Prussia | Archion · Szukaj w Archiwach · FamilySearch Warmia passed to Prussia in the First Partition of 1772. |
| 1871–1945 | German Empire and Weimar Germany — East Prussia | Archion · Bundesarchiv · Szukaj w Archiwach · FamilySearch Prussian civil registers began on 1 October 1874 and Reich-wide registration on 1 January 1876. |
| 1945–2026 | Poland — Warmian-Masurian region | Szukaj w Archiwach · Geneteka · FamilySearch The area came under Poland after the Second World War. |
The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.
See the whole span, 1466–2026, on the map →
The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.
3 places on this ground
7 FamilySearch collections reach this ground
Ranked with the regional ones first — a collection for a province is usually a better lead than a national index, though the national index is often where a name is actually written down. A free account opens the images.
- Poland, Church Books, 1568-1990 ↗ 1568–1997 5,179,396 records
- Poland, Tarnow, Roman Catholic Diocese Church Books, 1612-1900 ↗ 1612–1900 671,409 records
- Poland, Lublin, Roman Catholic Church Books, 1784-1964 ↗ 1784–1964 310,044 records
- Poland, Radom, Roman Catholic Church Books, 1587-1966 ↗ 1587–1966 101,352 records
- Poland, Częstochowa Roman Catholic Church Books, 1226-1950 ↗ 1226–1950 0 records
- Poland, Evangelical Church Books, 1700-2005 ↗ 1700–2005 0 records
- Poland, Gliwice, Roman Catholic Church Books, 1599-1976 ↗ 1599–1976 0 records