Every Polish-American family story has the same four chapters: a life in a Polish village, the decision to leave, the crossing, and a new life in America. Each chapter produced its own records, in its own archives and its own language. Follow them in order.
The four chapters
Chapter 3
The Crossing
Immigration and Passenger Records
Chapter 4
Life in America
Polish-American Records
Where a chapter ends in a record you cannot read, or a record that must be obtained from a Polish archive, the research projects pick up from there.