The project has been in existence since February 1995. JRI-Poland is already the world's largest database of Jewish vital record indexes accessible over the Internet. JRI-Poland's database does not contain actual vital records, it contains indexes. With these online indexes, you can quickly determine the number of the particular microfilm that contains the actual document which you are researching. The database does not contain all the vital record indexes for Poland.
Today there are more than one million records indexed, and more being added daily.
It is our hope that this resource becomes a vital tool in your research. You can only search by surname, but you can also narrow the search by geographical area. We have added multilingual support which means that if you wish you can view surnames complete with all accented characters. To find a town's coordinates consult the JewishGen ShtetlSeeker . Then submit the request.