Geneteka Database

Introduction

"Geneteka" is a database hosted by Polish Genealogical Society website. It is the biggest database concerning Polish genealogy, which contains over 30 milion indexes from many regions of Poland. The database and its indexes are prepared by volunteers. In the past, the main source of indexes were year-end indexes. Now, when milions of records are available online, indexes are created based on records to eliminate errors. Access to "Geneteka" database does not require any login and is available for free.

How to use Geneteka

1. Visit Geneteka website.
2. Basic tutorial (visual explanation).
3. Tutorial:
   • Choose the region you are interested in (you can click on map or list).
   • If you know exact parish, you can choose name of that place from list in field parafia [parish]. Next to dates are letters which describes type of records:
     U - births, M - marriages, Z - deaths
   • In field parafia [parish] you can also choose an option "Wszystkie - wszystkie parafie" [all parishes] if you would like to search in that region for all entries with the name you provided. Then type the last name in field Nazwiska [Names]. 
   • In fields "od roku" [from] and "do roku" [to] you can type years to limit results.
   • Choosing an option "pozycji na stronie" you can set a limit of results per page.
   • Click "Wyszukaj" [Search]
   • On result page you will get a table with following columns:
     

(a) for births and deaths:

L.p.	Rok	Akt	Imię	Nazwisko	Imię ojca	Imię matki	Nazwisko matki	Miejscowość	Data	Uwagi	Dodał
no.	year	# of record	First name	Last name	Father's first name	Mother's first name	Mother's maiden name	Place	Date	Notes	Added by

(b) for marriages:

L.p.	Rok	Akt	Imię	Nazwisko	Naz. Matki	Imię	Nazwisko	Naz. Matki	Miejscowość	Uwagi	Dodał
no.	year	# of record	First name	Last name	Mother's maiden name	First name	Last name	Mother's maiden name	Place	Notes	Added by

If there is an icon with label SKAN on the end of the row - you can access a scan of that record or access the register with this record by simply clicking on that icon.