Poznan State Archive Posts 66,761 New Scans, Including Two Registry Offices
Archive News · New scans from Poznan
On October 6, 2026, the State Archives in Poznan reported that it had published 66,761 new scans on the national Szukaj w Archiwach portal during the third quarter of the year. Among them are civil registry (USC) records for Nekla and for Nowe Miasto nad Warta.
What was published
- Civil registry records of Nekla: 15,381 scans.
- Civil registry records of Nowe Miasto nad Warta: 5,017 scans.
- Papers of the Jarocin estate of the Radolinski family: 46,363 scans.
In its previous quarterly update, dated July 3, 2026, the archive reported 23,553 scans, including civil registry records for Kramsk, Konin, Modrze, Morasko, Mosina, Murowana Goslina, Niemierzyce and Niepruszewo. The posts do not list the years covered, so open each collection to see its date range.
Why it matters for Polish-American research
Many Polish Americans descend from emigrants from the Prussian partition, the Province of Posen. Civil registry offices there kept births, marriages and deaths for everyone in the district, in German, from 1874. The scans are free to view online from the United States.
How to use the new scans
- Confirm the locality from an American record first: a passenger list, a naturalization petition or a church record.
- Find which registry office served that village, then browse its collection on Szukaj w Archiwach.
- Check indexes such as Geneteka, then read the original entry for parents, witnesses and house numbers.
Sources and research tools
- State Archives in Poznan: Szukaj w Archiwach update, October 2026 (in Polish)
- State Archives in Poznan: Szukaj w Archiwach update, July 2026 (in Polish)
- Szukaj w Archiwach
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