Did Poland ever take census records?

Question

I'm working on some genealogy research and have a few lines that go back to Poland, Germany, Prussia and Slovak and I have no clue if the had census records?? Any info would be helpful!

Thanks so much!

Answer 1

You may want to start with this list of international statistical agencies from the U.S. Census (they might point you toward whatever national bureau handles each nation's census):

http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html

For Poland try: http://www.stat.gov.pl/english/index.htm

I hope this is helpful - good luck!

Answer 2

At the risk of sounding funny, the Poles did systematically collect census related data; however, the data was notoriously known for "miscounts." Much of the information is simply not reliable data. For example, I tried to research the geneology of Lec Walesa, but to no avail. The data was almost incomprehsible.