State Archive in Kielce (Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach)

The State Archive in Kielce holds records from the former Kielce Governorate (Russian partition) and the Sandomierz lands. For research on families from the Kielce region and Świętokrzyskie, this is the primary archive.

Its holdings include, among others:

• parish books of Roman-Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant communities;
• civil registry records of non-Christian denominations (Jewish communities);
• notarial deeds of the 19th and 20th centuries;
• records of the Kielce magistrate;
• state administration files (governorate, voivodeship, voivodeship office);
• mortgage and court records.

Archival signatures begin with the number 21.

We order specific units through the online catalogue szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl; a growing share of the holdings is digitised and available online.

Get in touch: office@mypolishgenealogy.com