As a service to our visitors, we list the following genealogical researchers and guides who are located in Poland. This listing does not constitute an endorsement, but these are professionals who have supported PGSA though articles, lectures, tours and other assistance, and about whom we have received positive reports from members and non-members who utilized their services. You, the consumer, must perform the proper due diligence to determine which, if any, meet your needs, expectations and price considerations.
All of the following researchers investigate vital records. Additionally listed are any special research capabilities they offer. Furthermore, it is noted where researchers specialize in particular geographic areas.
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Polish Origins | Research and Tours | ||||
| Founded: | 2004 | ||||
| Location: | Kraków | ||||
| Contact: | Zenon Znamirowski | ||||
| Website: | https://polishorigins.com/ | ||||
| Blog: | https://blog.polishorigins.com/ | ||||
| Email: | [email protected] | ||||
| Phone(s): | +48 664-407-089 | ||||
| Note(s): | PGSA tour partner and sponsor of the PGSA Genealogy Notebook e-newsletter | ||||
| Geographic Coverage: | Poland, Western Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Slovakia | ||||
| Additional Services: | - Experienced team of genealogists, archivists, guides & ethnographers can provide more than vital records - Several team members are located in the area in which they specialize - Strong relationships with institutions in neighboring countries | ||||
Genea Studium | Research and Tours | ||||
| Founded: | 2011 | ||||
| Location: | Przemyśl | ||||
| Contact: | Maciej Orzechowski | ||||
| Website: | http://www.PolishDocuments.com | ||||
| Email: | [email protected] or [email protected] | ||||
| Phone(s): | USA # to Poland 312-235-2254 Chicago area code with free transfer to Poland Direct to Poland +48 608-570-280 | ||||
| Note(s): | 2019 PGSA conference presenter One of only two researchers allowed access in the Przemyśł Archdiocesan Archives | ||||
| Geographic Coverage: | Southeast Poland, in particular the State and Catholic archives in Przemyśł, Rzeszów and Tarnów | ||||
| Additional Services: | - Research ancestors by visiting archives, civil registry offices, cemeteries and parishes - Search Land, Military and Notary records - Translate documents from Polish to English - Locate living relatives in Poland - Organize trips by train to main cities of the Austrian Empire Kraków, Vienna, Prague, Budapest | ||||
Genealogy Tour | Research and Tours | ||||
| Founded: | 2007 | ||||
| Location: | Wrocław | ||||
| Contact: | Tomasz Szymkowiak | ||||
| Website: | http://genealogytour.com | ||||
| Email: | [email protected] | ||||
| Phone(s): | +48 601-942-018 | ||||
| Note(s): | PGSA tour partner and Rodziny columnist | ||||
| Geographic Coverage: | Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus | ||||
| Additional Services: | - Locate & interview living relatives - Locate an original house or property and provide a current photo - Interview local inhabitants who might have known your ancestors - Find cemetery & graves of ancestors | ||||
Your Roots in Poland | Research and Tours | ||||
| Founded: | 2010 | ||||
| Location: | Kraków | ||||
| Contact: | Kinga Urbańska | ||||
| Website: | https://www.YourRootsInPoland.com | ||||
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/DiscoverYourRootsInPoland/ | ||||
| Email: | [email protected] | ||||
| Phone(s): | +48 572-683-144 +48 606-894-680 | ||||
| Geographic Coverage: | Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine | ||||
| Additional Services: | - Nobility documentation - Census and school records - Land/Tax/Military/Estate records - Cadastral maps | ||||
Dorota Walker | Research only | ||||
| Founded: | 2019 | ||||
| Location: | Ustroń, Silesia, 60 miles SW of Kraków | ||||
| Contact: | Dorota Walker | ||||
| Website: | https://dorotawalker.com/strona-glowna/english-version | ||||
| Email: | [email protected] | ||||
| Phone(s): | +48 609-466-609 | ||||
| Note(s): | Master of Arts in History/Archival Studies and over 10 years as a researcher at the British Library in London | ||||
| Geographic Coverage: | 150 mile radius from her Silesian location | ||||
| Additional Services: | - Lutheran records - German roots in Silesia - Czech cross-border records - WWII & Soviet period records - Local archives | ||||
Kasia Rutkowska | Research and Tours | ||||
| Founded: | 2000 | ||||
| Location: | Warsaw | ||||
| Contact: | Kasia Rutkowska | ||||
| Website: | http://www.polishgenius.pl | ||||
| Email: | [email protected] | ||||
| Geographic Coverage: | Tours cover the Poznań area in the west; central Poland including Płock and Warsaw; to eastern Poland including Łomza, Mława, Podlasie region, Lublin; plus Podkarpackie. | ||||
| Additional Services: | Research focus is on vital and immigration record. Also provides photography services of ancestral villages and cemeteries. | ||||
Ancestral Tourism | Research and Tours | ||||
| Founded: | 2015 | ||||
| Location: | Białystok | ||||
| Contact: | Daniel Paczkowski | ||||
| Website: | http://ancestral-tourism.com/ | ||||
| Blog: | https://danielpaczkowski.blogspot.com | ||||
| Email: | [email protected] | ||||
| Phone(s): | +48 787-691-607 | ||||
| Geographic Coverage: | - All of Poland, with emphais on the Northeastern region (Warminsko-Mazurskie, Podlaskie, Lubelskie, Mazowieckie), plus genealogical research (but no tours) in Belarus and Lithuania. - Some family name lists available to search are found via the Database tab on his website. | ||||
| Additional Services: | - Locate living relatives - Cemetery grave searches - For those who cannot travel, the creation of a video of your ancestral village(s); quick introductory video: https://youtu.be/SF26uM3Nz9g - Notary and court documents - Assist Polish Origins in northeastern Poland | ||||
Genoroots | Research and Tours | ||||
| Founded: | 2003 | ||||
| Location: | Grudziadz | ||||
| Contact: | Aleksandra Kacprzak | ||||
| Website: | http://www.genoroots.com | ||||
| Email: | [email protected] | ||||
| Phone(s): | +48 514-156-407 | ||||
| Note(s): | Speaker at 2019 PGSA conference Founder and Board Member of the Association of Professional Polish Genealogists | ||||
| Geographic Coverage: | Russian and Austrian partitions of Poland | ||||
| Additional Services: | - Search for living relatives - Village archival research - Cadastral maps - Assists US attorneys to locate heirs in Poland for unclaimed estate property of those with Polish roots who die intestate or no local heirs | ||||
Discovering Roots | Research and Tours | ||||
| Founded: | 1997 | ||||
| Location: | Poznań | ||||
| Contact: | Łukasz Bielecki, Kasia Grycza | ||||
| Website: | http://www.discovering-roots.pl | ||||
| Email: | [email protected] | ||||
| Phone(s): | +48 606-894-680 +48 514-700-914 | ||||
| Note(s): | PGSA tour partner and developer/manager of the Poznan Project index | ||||
| Geographic Coverage: | Poland, especially the Prussian partition with added emphasis on the Poznań and Greater Poland region | ||||
| Additional Services: | - Jewish research including Holocaust records - Locate and interview living relatives - Photograph ancestral villages - Probate research | ||||
Iwona Dakiniewicz | Research and Tours | ||||
| Founded: | 1999 | ||||
| Location: | Łódż | ||||
| Contact: | Iwona Dakiniewicz | ||||
| Website: | https://iwonagenealogy.com/ | ||||
| Email: | [email protected] | ||||
| Note(s): | Columnist in the journal of the PGSA, "Rodziny", for 20+ years | ||||
| Geographic Coverage: | Research: All of Poland plus Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary Tours: 100-120 mile radius from Łódż | ||||
| Additional Services: | - Civil, church and military records - Tax Records | ||||