Polish Ancestry and Heritage Research Guide
The below is a summary of some of the initial resources accessible online, I have used when I first started pursuing my family's history. They can easily introduce you to researching your Polish ancestry and heritage. I wrote this particular post in English with those in mind who live outside of Poland and do not speak Polish. Pick a side of the family or better yet a person you want to start your research with: a grandmother or grandfather. I'd start with one I already have some basic information about and expand the search from there. There are many tools online, including heritage and ancestry (DNA) platforms, family tree builders, databases, and professional genealogy researchers offering to do queries (pol. kwerenda) both in English and Polish. Your best bet, however, is to speak to your family or family friends first and look through family pictures and documents. If they are not available, I'd turn to online resources next. Online resources can be overwhelming at fir...