How would someone find info on ancestors that came to the U.S. from Poland?

Is there anywhere to research ancestors that were born in poland to see what part of poland they came from or any info related to vital statistics,etc?

How would someone find info on ancestors that came to the U.S. from Poland?
you're going to have to do some old fashioned research first most likely, find your ancestors death certificate, that might have where they were born. find their naturalization papers, that is the best bet.


you can try hit or miss searching on ellisisland and other immigration web sites, but when handwritten polish names are indexed into databases like ellisisland, it usually doesn't match, cause the old handwritting is very difficult to read.


once you find their home village in poland, then you can look it up at familysearch.org to see if the mormons have copied the church records of that village.
Reply:try this im noy sure but i think there is a website called ancestores.com try googling it first though
Reply:You would really have to indicate a time period to know which resources might be available. Even where someone is from is time dependent upon history. Far enough back you could try http://ellisisland.org/ or http://castlegarden.org/
Reply:Another site to try is rootsweb.com. Lots of info there.
Reply:google your last name
Reply:Try searching for a specific ancestor (or, if you have none, your last name) at the Ellis Island Immigrant Archives (http://www.ellisislandimmigrants.org/ell...





Ellis Island was the primary point of entry for millions of European immigrants to the United States. If you find your ancestor, you'll likely be able to find on which ship they arrived, from where that ship sailed, and their given hometown information.





In addition, try this: An online information guide for Genealogy research and Poland (http://www.polishroots.org/genpoland/)





Best of luck!