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So what do you ask for when you get to the archives: papers, books stuff??  As with most other fields the terminology is highly specialized and you need to be familiar with it before you get there.  There are alot of very useful sources for this.  Many are actually in the archival guides.  Below are two that you might find helpful.

http://www.iias-trieste-maribor.eu/index.php?id=68&L=1

Polish Archival Terminology

http://archivarius.republika.pl/html/slownikS.htm

http://home.interlog.com/~moslon/olga/glossary.htm