Polish Genealogical Society
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PTG—Polskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne, The Polish Genealogical Society, with its
headquarters in Warsaw—has been working with some Polish State Archives
on digitizing their vital records. PTG signs an agreement with an
archive to digitize the records and places digitized copies online free
of charge. Many of these records have already been indexed. These can be searched online and are linked to scans that can be downloaded for free by one click of a mouse. If your parish has been digitized, you can now do your research from the comfort of your home.
PTG administers two databases: Metryki (<http://www.metryki.genealodzy.pl>) and Geneteka (<http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl>).
Metryki is a database of digitized records and a large number of indexed
records with links to scans. If records from a particular parish have
been indexed, a search function enables users to find the desired copy.
In cases when parishes have not been indexed, one can manually look
through records online.
Geneteka is a database of indexes mainly, although many of them are linked to
digitized records, as in Metryki. In cases when records are not
available online, it is possible to find the number of the desired
record and contact an archive to request a copy.
All the work is done by volunteers. Some spend their time travelling to
archives to digitize (photograph) the records. Others index the records
and verify the indices for accuracy. Yet others administer databases.
The number of indexed records continues to grow weekly. Although none of the volunteers are compensated for their work, there is financial need
to run the project. Funds are needed to pay for servers, to purchase
equipment (cameras, laptops, external drives), and to repair what
breaks. We can continue these projects only with the help of donors.
If you find our projects useful, please consider making a donation by going to <Geneszukacz wyszukiwarka nazwisk w bazach PTG; . You can make your donation via bank transfer, credit card, or—to save on bank transfer fees—via PayPal.
Thank you for your support.
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