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The purpose of this document is to bring together a range of Internet based information sources (as well as any other sources of information) which may be of interest to those with a specific interest in Polish (and related) genealogy. It is hoped that people just starting out in this field will find it a useful starting point.
A more comprehensive coverage of researching Polish genealogy can be found in the publications listed in section 6 of this document.
Contributions, suggestions or corrections are always welcomed.
There is a Polish bookstore in Kraków that sells via internet.
6.2 GUIDES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES
A very small sample of what's available. Many of the
more recent publications (by Chorzempa, Hoskins, Hoffman, Obal, Peckwas)
contain extensive bibliographies. To purchase those that are currently
in print, you can try the online Genealogy bookstore listed above (there
are bound to be others).
AGoFF-Wegweiser
"Genealogical Guide to German Ancestors from East Germany and Eastern Europe",
1984, translated by Joachim O.R. Nuthack and Adalbert Goertz,
Verlag Degener & Co. ISBN 3-7686-1029-2
Provides a survey of Eastern European sources including church records. Brief histories explain each region.
Baxter, Angus
"In Search of Your European Roots: a complete guide to tracing your ancestors in every country in Europe",
Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994, ISBN 0-8063-1446-X
Bentz, Edna M.
"If I can you can decipher Germanic records"
13139 Old West Ave. San Diego CA 92129 USA
1982. ISBN 0-9615420-0-4, 85 pages
De Bray, R.G.A.
"Guide to the Slavonic Languages",
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1969 ISBN 460 03913 X
Chorzempa, Rosemary A.
"Korzenie Polskie - Polish Roots",
Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.,
1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, (1993).
ISBN 0-80633-1378-1 242 + xxii pages
(****** A good book for anyone starting out ******)
Chorzempa, Rosemary & Helon, George Wieslaw, ed.
"Index to the Newsletters, Journals, and Bulletins of the
Polish Genealogical Society of America, 1979-1993",
Polish Genealogical Society of America, Chicago, 1994.
Chorzempa, Rosemary A.
Polish Genealogical Society of America,"Morbus: Why and how our ancestors died: A genealogist's dictionary of terms found in vital records with descrriptions of the diseases as they relate to the health of our ancestors"
984 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60622
1991. 16 pages
Frazin, Judith R.
"A Translation Guide to 19th-Century Polish-Language
Civil-Registration Documents (Birth, Marriage and Death Records)",
Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois,
1025 Antique Lane, Northbrook, IL 60062, 1989.
Gnacinski, Jan and Len
"Polish and Proud -Tracing Your Polish Ancestry",
Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 9605 Vandergriff Road,
Indianapolis, IN 46239, (1979) 1983.
Hartig, Mary Swiatek
"Polish Surname Directory - An Inventory of those Researching Polish Ancestry",
Polish Surname Network, 158 South Walter Avenue,
Newbury Park, CA 91320, Volume 1, 1992/1993, 1992.
Hoffman, William F.
"Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings",
Polish Genealogical Society of America,
984 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622, (1997)
ISBN 09-24207-00-0 295 + viii pages
(****** A good book for anyone starting out ******)
Hoskins, Janina W.
"Polish Genealogy & Heraldry: An Introduction to Research",
Hippocrene Books, 171 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, (1987) 1990.
Lenius, Brian J.Also contains an extensive genealogical (and related areas) bibliography, most of them in the Library of Congress, in Washington, D.C.
East European Genealogist, Vol 3, No. 4 June 1995"Accessible Vital records for Jews, Germans, Ukrainians, and Poles in Galicia, Volhynia, Lithuania and Latvia: A second Zabuzanski Collection"
publ. East European Branch of MGS, PO Box 2536 Winnipeg,
Manitoba R3C 4A7, Canada
Lenius, Brian J.
"Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia"
Brian J. Lenius
Box 58, Grp.328, RR#3
Selkirk, Manitoba
Canada R1A 2A8
Information sheet/order form on-line
1993 376 + ii pages
Litak, Stanislaw
"The Latin Church in the Polish Commonwealth in 1772 - A Map and Index of Localities",
The Polish Genealogical Society of America,
984 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622, 1990
42 + x pages (plus 24 fold out maps)
Mokotoff, Gary & Sack, Sallyann Amdur
"Where Once We Walked - A Guide to Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust",
Mullerowa, LidiaGenealogy Unlimted Bookstore descibed the book as follows: "This gazetteer documents more than 21,000 towns in Central and Eastern Europe where Jews lived before the Holocaust, listing more than 15,000 alternate town names. It will help researchers (Jews and non-Jews) who are trying to locate towns in Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech and Slovak Republics), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, areas formerly in Yugoslavia, Byelorussia (now Belarus), Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, and Ukraine. The main index pinpoints each town's location by providing the exact latitude and longitude and its direction and distance from the closest major city. A soundex listing of all town names is provided for readers who do not know the exact spelling of a town name."
"Roman Catholic Parishes in the Polish Peoples Republic in 1984"
The Polish Genealogical Society of America,
984 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622, 1995
ISBN 0-924207-02-7 164 + xii pages
Newman, John J.
"American Naturalization Processes and Procedures - 1790 - 1985",
Family History Section, Indiana Historical Society,
Indianapolis, 1985
Obal, Thaddeus J.
"A Bibliography for Genealogical Research Involving Polish Ancestry",
Hillsdale, New Jersey: Obal, 1978.
Ortell, Gerald A.Obal has self-published a few books on Polish genealogy, including lists of surnames, etc. His address (in 1978) was 739 Hillsdale Avenue, Hillsdale, NJ 07642 U.S.A. The book listed is a good list of sources.
"Polish Parish Records of the Roman Catholic Church - Their Use and Understanding in Genealogical Research"
Polish Genealogical Society of America
P.O. Box 537, Orem, Utah, 84059-0537, (1979, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1996).
(****** A good book for anyone starting out ******)
Peckwas, Edward A.
"Register of vital records of Roman Catholic parishes from the region beyond the Bug river"
The Polish Genealogical Society of America,
984 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622, 1984.
44 pages
Peckwas, Edward A.
"A Historical Bibliography of Polish, Towns, Villages, and Regions (except Warsaw and Cracow)",
The Polish Genealogical Society of America,
984 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622, 1990.
103 pages
Prinke, Rafal.
"Poradnik genealoga amatora"
"Records of Genealogical Value for Poland",
The Genealogical Department of The Church of The Latter-day Saints,
50 East North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, (1978) 1983.
Rymut, Prof. Kazimierz
"SLOWNIK NAZWISK WSPOLCZESNIE W POLSCE UZYWANYCH"
Schlyter, Daniel M.[Dictionary of Surnames Currently Used in Poland] includes 37 million of that nation's 40 million population in 1990. Published in Krakow between 1992 and 1994 by the Polska Akademia Nauk - Instytut Jezyka Polskiego [Polish Academy of Sciences - Polish Language Institute], the 10-volume work covers over 607,000 surnames!Listings show the number of persons bearing that particular surname in Poland in 1990, followed by their location ONLY BY PROVINCE among Poland's 49 provinces [wojewodztwa]. The listings DO NOT show given names or location by city, town or village.
"Essentials in Polish Genealogical Research",
The Polish Genealogical Society of America,
984 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622, (1993).
12 pages
Shea, Jonathan D
"Russian Language Documents from Russian Poland - A Translation Manual for Genealologists",
ISBN 0-912811-05-06 75 + ii pages
(*** A useful book for anyone trying to interpret Civil records after 1868 in the Russian partition of Poland ****
UNFORTUNATELY IT IS OUT OF PRINT)
Shea, Jonathan D. & Hoffman, William F.
"Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide",
ISBN 0-9626373-4-3 241 pages
Avaiable from Avotaynu at http://www.avotaynu.com
Tymieniecki, K (editor)
"History of Polish Pomerania"
Weiner, MiriamPublished in English in Poznan in 1929 by the Society of Lovers of History. It is over 180 pages in length. It discusses the history of the area known since the Partitions as East and West Prussia, as well as some of the adjoining regions.
"Jewish Roots in Poland"
see http://www.rtrfoundation.org
Wellauer, Maralyn A.
"Tracing Your Polish Roots,"
Published by the Author, 3239 N. 58th Street,
Milwaukee, WI 53216, (1979) 1985.
6.3 SHIPS & EMMIGRATION
Anuta, Michael (c1983) Ships of our Ancestors. Genealogical
Publishing Co.,
1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202
Allen, Morton (c1931) Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals.
reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co.
Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships, A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant
Ancestor's Arrival Records. Ancestry, Inc., Box 476, Salt Lake City, UT
Smith, Eugene (c 1978) Passenger Ships of the World, Past and Present.
George H. Deane Company, Boston, MA
6.4 HERALDRY & NOBILITY
In a posting to GenPol on 21 June 1996, David Zincavage wrote:
"It lists 143 of the best known and largest noble clans and their coats
of arms. The illustrations are more attractively drawn than those in the
earlier books, and they are "tricked," i.e. the colors are indicated by
various kinds of shading. It provides a written description of the arms,
and a list of their variations. Some families belonging to a clan do difference
their arms. Finally, it provides the most complete compilation of surnames
of families belonging to the 143 herb-s listed, to date."
In a posting to GenPol on 21 June 1996, David
Zincavage wrote:
"Casper Niesiecki's HERBARZ POLSKI [POLISH ARMORIAL] appeared originally
under the title KORONA POLSKA [THE POLISH CROWN] in four volumes published
in Lwow 1728-1744. It is better known from the second addition published
at Leipzig in 10 volumes 1839-1846 with a added material by Krasicki and
incorporating an addendum. The second edition has been reprinted in recent
years. It is probably still possible to purchase it.
Niesiecki constitutes the watershed in Polish heraldry between
the early and the modern authorities. He may be viewed himself as the first
of the former. Earlier authors dealt with fewer families, and organized
their material by herb-s with the families being discussed under the heading
of the various clans/coats-of-arms. The herb-s were arranged in the order
of their supposed chronology. The most important earlier authorities were
Jan Dl/ugosz the 15th century chronicler, Paprocki from the next century,
and Okolski and Kojal/owicz from the 1600s.
Father Niesiecki includes the substance of the earlier authors.
His armorial is considerably easier to use as families and herb-s are listed
in alphabetical order.
The 2nd edition incorporated heraldic information, or at least
lists of noble families and their arms, published subsequent to Niesiecki's
first edition, by Piotr Nal/e,cz-Mal/achowski and Ewaryst Andrzej Kuropatnicki.
The contributions to the literature by the latter two authors are of great
significance as they attempted to list a great many less prominent families
than did their predecessors. The Polish and Lithuanian nobility continually
threw off branches of noble families with later patronymic surnames or
locational surnames referring to estates acquired at later dates. Most
of the noble estate, it should be unnecessary to observe, did not consist
of the great families of the 1400s and 1500s, and even families which actually
- in reality- descended from these, generally had acquired different names
in the cadet branches."
In a posting to GenPol on 21 June 1996, David Zincavage wrote:
"This is a 3 volume work compiled by Hippolit Stupnicki, and for themost
part consists of an abridgement of the 2nd edition of Niesiecki. Still,
now and then, Stupnicki lists a family not found in Niesiecki. There was
a reprint (with all three volmues bound in one) in recent years, and this
is probably still available."
"America's Polish Heritage A Social History of the Poles in America"
published by the Endurance Press Detroit, Michigan 1961
Table of Contents includes Poland:Historical Background, Pioneer Polish Immigrants 1608-1776, Political Immigrants 1776-1870, Economic Emigration 1870-1929, Causes for Polish Emigration to America, The Organization of Poles in America, Activities of the Polish National Alliance, Activities of the Polish Roman Catholic Union, The PNA and PRCU Compared, Dissolution and Asseveration, American Polonia During World War II, Polish-American Cultural Relationships, Jamestown Revisited
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"Alleum" Genealogical Archives
PL-50-950
WROCLAW 2, PO Box 312
POLAND - POLSKA
---------publishes GALICIA
$25 per annum.
specialises in Galician Genealogy.
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THE AMERICAN CENTER OF POLISH CULTURE, INC.
2025 "O" Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
202 785-2320
202 785-2159 facsimile
publishes CENTERLINE
$50 for membership
Not to be confused with AIPC (see below). Apparently, this organization maintains a building in DC used for Polish cultural events.
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THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF POLISH CULTURE, INC.
1440 79th Street Causeway
Miami, Florida 33141
305 864-2349
-sells books
publishes: GOOD NEWS (better than it sounds)
irregularly
$20 per year includes subscription
-good source of books. Members get a 20% discount.
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AVOTAYNU, INC.
155 N. Washington Avenue
Bergenfield, NJ 07621
201 387-7200
201 387-2855 fax
-sells books
$29 per year subscription
-Quarterly Review of Jewish Genealogy. Excellent information much of which is relevant to Polish, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian research as well.
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Lithuanian Heritage Products and Services
BALTIC ASSOCIATES
368 West Broadway
South Boston, MA 02127
617 269-4455
-sells books.
-These guys send out a catalogue printed in 1979, with a price list printed in 1991. Much of what is in the catalogue is no longer available. They sell Lithuanian kitsch, books, music, and even food items.
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EASTERN EUROPEAN BRANCH,
MANITOBA, GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
P.O. Box 2536
Winnipeg, Manitoba
CANADA R3C 4A7
Quarterly Newsletter
Membership - $12
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FEEFHS
Federation of East European Family History Societies
Charles M. Hall
President
P.O. Box 21346
Salt Lake City, UT 81421-0346
Membership $15
This organization is quite active, and its list of member organizations can be helpful.
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GESHER GALICIA
[Bridge to Galicia]
Jewish Special Interest Group
Shelley K. Pollero
549 Cypress Lane
Severna Park, MD 21146
publishes a quarterly: THE GALIZIANER
dues: $20 US, $27 outside US.
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HERALDIC MAGAZINE
ul. Wiolinowa 7/23
02-789 WARZAWA
POLAND - POLSKA
-No reply to letter of inquiry.
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HODNASC (DIGNITY)
(Belorussian Nobility Association)
Post Office Box 212
Minsk - 102, a.c. 212
220 102 BELARUS
See PGSA Journal "Rodziny," November, 1994 issue for
photocopy-able Cyrillic address.
Annual Bulletin of around 40 pages, published in 1993 and 1994, so far. Table of contents also printed in English.
I suggest sending $20 for a membership.
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THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION
15 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10021-6595
212 734-2130
212 628-4552 fax
-sells books
$50 per year membership
-Expensive, but the money goes to support Polish cultural activities, including concerts, exhibitions, and even debutante balls.
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LIETUVOS BAJORU KARALISKOJI SAJUNGA
[Royal Lithuanian Nobility Association]
Dr. Jonas Stankus
B. Sruogas 36-20
2040 VILNIUS
LITHUANIA - LIETUVA
I have forgotten what the dues actually are these days.
Two issues of the newsletter have appeared. At this point, only the table of contents is usually printed in English. Perhaps as the organization grows, one day there will be an English language edition.
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LITHUANIAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY SOCIETY
6500 South Pulaski Road
Chicago, IL 60629
312 582-6500
previously quarterly, now biannual
$10 for subscription to GENEALOGIJA
-The Lithuanian American Genealogy Society is simply the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture by another name. A subscription costs $10. The "Limited Membership" at $15 allows you to list the surnames you are researching.
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LITHUANIAN HERITAGE MAGAZINE
Baltech Publishing
P.O. Box 225
Lemont, IL 60439
Bimonthly -$29.95 per annum
-A well-produced publication. Highly recommended.
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POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
984 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622-4199
publishes: BULLETIN -January, April, July, October
Journal "Rodziny" - May and November
sells books
Membership:
US - $15 per year
Canada - US$20 per year airmail postage
-highly recommended.
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POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA
Postal Address
PGS CA
P. O. Box 713
Midway City, California 92655-0713
Publication: Quarterly PGSC Bulletin
Membership:
Individual - US$20.00 per year
Family - US$30.00 per year.
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POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER CLEVELAND
906 College Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44113-
Publication: Quarterly Our Polish Ancestors, 10-14 pages
Membership: US$20.00 per year
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POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS
Postal Address
P. O. Box 381
Northhampton, MA 01061-0381
Publications: Semiannual Newsletter: Biuletyn Korzenie (Polish title; in English = Roots Bulletin)
Scope of Interest: Historic Poland to its outer limits (i.e. all three partitions: Austrian, German & Russian).
Membership: US$10.00 per year or US$17.00 per two years
Calendar year membership, begins 01 January.
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POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN
Postal Address
c/o Burton Historical Collection
Detroit Public Library
5201 Woodward Street
Detroit, Michigan 48202-4007
Journal: Eaglet (three issues per year)
Membership:
* Single Adult - US$15.00 per year
* Family - US$20.00 per year
* US$5.50 surcharge for Canadian postage
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POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA
P. O. Box 16069
5768 Olson Memorial Highway
Golden Valley MN 55422
Publications: Quarterly PGSMn Newsletter
Membership: US$10.00 per year.
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POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE NORTHEAST/
POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT
8 Lyle Road
New Britain, CT 06053-2104
publishes: PATHWAYS AND PASSAGES
$15 per year including subscription - magazine is worthwhile.
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POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TEXAS
Postal Address
15917 Juneau,
Houston,
Tx 77040-2155
publishes: POLISH FOOTPRINTS 3 times a year
annual dues at $15
They also publish a SURNAME INDEX annually which is included in the annual fee
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POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN NEW YORK
Postal Address
299 Barnard Street
Buffalo, New York 14206-3212
Publication:
* Searchers (two newsletter issues per year)
* PGSWNY Bulletin (One page bulletin issues on the off quarter)
Membership:
* U.S. - US$15.00 per year
* Canada and Overseas - US$18.00 per year
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POLISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN
** Need to double check this address ! **
Postal Address
P. O. Box 342341
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53234-2341
Publication: Quarterly Newsletter: Korzenie (Polish title; in English=Roots).
Membership:
* USA - US$8.00 per year
* Canadian - US$9.00 per year.
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POLISH HERITAGE
American Council for Polish Culture
Henrietta Nowakowski
Business Manager
23354 Longview
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
Quarterly - $10 per annum, includes membership
-Although chiefly Polish news, it is cheap and reviews books.
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POLISH NOBILITY ASSOCIATION
Villa Anneslie
529 Dunkirk Road
Anneslie, MD 21212-2014
$15 Newsletter
$25 Membership including subscription
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SUWALK-LOMZA INTEREST GROUP
for Jewish Genealogists
Marlene Silverman, Ph.D.
3701 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. No. 228
Washington, D.C. 20008
publishes a quarterly LANDSMEN
$22 Subscription
Indispensable for Jewish researchers from these gubernias.
Some information of general interest.
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TOWARZTWO GENEALOGICZNO-HERALDYCZNE
(Genealogy-Heraldry Association)
Wodna 27
Palac Gorkow
61-781 POZNAN
POLAND - POLSKA
publishes: GENS (mostly in Polish)
$15 membership
$10 subscription
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UKRAINIAN GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
R.R. #2
Cochrane, Alberta
CANADA T0L 0W0
(Walter Rusel, President)
Quarterly Newsletter
$15US Membership
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VERBUM NOBILE
Pismo Srodowiska Szlachieckiego
[Journal of the Noble Estate]
81-701 Sopot 1,
Skr. Poczt 79
POLAND -POLSKA
published irregularly - $3 an issue when one is received.
Back issues are available at the same price. Nos. 1 and
3/4 are out-of-print. 5/6 and 9/10 are double issues. The last appeared
in 1995.
The editor was Filip Sulimierski.
In a posting to Genpol on 11 April 1997 Michael KorgieThis 15-volume set is a reprint of a geographical dictionary published from 1880-1902, so it lists towns and cities under the names used at that time, just before the period of heaviest emigration to the United States. It is in Polish, and there are often several towns with the same name, but it gives some detailed information about churches and populations that would be helpful.
(michael_korgie@pcisys.net) wrote:
"The fifteen volumes are available on microfilm from the LDS Family History Centers, film numbers 920957 through 920972....There is also a private firm that is willing to sell the film itself....six rolls at $75 a roll (too much for me!)
Also the PGSA is willing to provide copies for requested locations for a $5 donation. They request that you be as specific as possible about the location as there are often several locations with the same name. Requests can be sent to PGSA, 984 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago IL 60622 (make checks out to PGSA). In all cases, the copies are in Polish."
Volume No. Towns Included Microfilm No.
1 Aa - Dereneczna 920957
2 Derenek - Gzack 920958
3 Haag - Kępy 920959
4 Kęs - Kutno 920960
5 Kutowa - Malczyce 920961
6 Malczyce - Netreba 920962
7 Netrebka - Perepiąt 920963
8 Perepiatycha - Pozaście 920964
9 Poźaście - Ruksze 920965
10 Rukszenice - Sochaczew 920966
11 Sochaczew - Szlurbowska 920967
12 Szlurpiszki - Warłynka 920968
13 Warmbrunn - Worowo 920969
14 Worowo - Źyźyn 920970
15/part 1 Ababi - Janus (addendum) 920971
15/part 2 Januszpol - Wola 920972
(Sniatyn - Wola not yet included in microfilm 920972)
Note: In the above, ź refers to z, dot above.
Pogonowski, Iwo.
"Poland: a historical atlas",
Gives an outline of changes in Poland's borders over the centuries.
Topographical maps of Poland produced by the U.S. Army Map Service.
"Slownik nazw geograficznych Polski zachodniej i polnocnej:,These maps housed in the Map Collection at the Science and Engineering Library, at Capen Hall, have a scale of 1:250,000, so 4 miles of land looks like about an inch. They were produced from the 1940s to 1960s. Gazetteers help you find particular towns on a map. They are also housed at the Univ. of Buffalo, Amherst Campus.
Two volumes. Translates Polish place names to German, and vice versa.
Bialecki, Tadeusz
"Nazewnictwo geograficzne miasta Szczecina",
Lists geographic names in German and Polish in the Szczecin area.
Hrabec, Stefan
"Nazwy dzielnic i okolic Gdanska",
Lists German and Polish geographic names in the Gdansk region.
Modern gazetteer of Poland
"Spis miejscowosci Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej", Warsaw 1968.
It is available through the Family History Library, Ref 943.8 E5s, also on FHL microfilm #844,922.
P.O. Box 537
Orem, Utah, 84059-0537
Telephone: (800) 763-7182
eMail address: genun@itsnet.com
WWW Web Site URL: http://www.itsnet.com/~genun/
e.g. Polish atlas published by RV Verlag in Germany entitled "Polska—Atlas Drogowy (1:200,000), 1997 ed. It has 367 + xvii pp, a 77-page town-name index, 13 city maps (1:100,000, and 65 city maps (1:20,000).
Detailed Maps of Poland, Germany and others for sale
(Poland and Germany have 1:100000 scale available)
http://www.netins.net/showcase/travelgenie/
Polish Museum in Rappersville - 16th an 17th Century Maps of Poland
http://hem1.passagen.se/eurohit/cartographia-rappersviliana-polonorum/galeria.htm
Maps of Europe - University of Texas
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/europe.html
Maps of Europe - FEEFHS (Federation of East European Family HistoryCollection of online maps from the University of Texas. Please note that some of these maps are large and you may need some memory. These maps are (relatively) current and may not be useful for historical searches.
Societies
http://feefhs.org/maps/indexmap.html
US National Imagery and Mapping AgencyEven more detailed maps than the UTexas collection, covering all of central and eastern Europe. Some require more computer memory but these have good historical data and railroads, mostly from the same 1882 atlas.
Online gazeteer incl. Eastern Europe
http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/index.html
For a comprehensive list of "Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information" sites
http://www.cyndislist.com/maps.htm
In a posting to GenPol on 5 Nov 1996 Tom Milke thosp@gnn.com wrote:
"The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee has an excellent map library. They have a cartographic center (The American Geographical Society collection) with a super librarian named Ms Jovanka Ristic. I obtained Polish and German maps of the area around Znin for a very reasonable price. I'd call first. The number in July was 414.229.6282"
In a posting to GenPol on 12 Nov 1996 Tom Milke thosp@gnn.com wrote:
"You can't find that tiny village on any of your maps? You might start with the Interactive Atlas at http://www.mapquest.com Click on the interactive atlas, enter Poland as the country and your town name in the appropriate box. It located some pretty small towns and put a little star on the map. The map prints nicely on color printers and you can cut it you your files for personal use. You can change the scale and putz with the options. I liked it."
Gemeindelexikon fur das Konigreich Preusen
(Gazetteer for the Kingdom of Prussia) published in 1905
It is divided into the historic provinces (for example there are volumes for Ostpreussen (East Prussia) and WestPreussen (West Prussia) among others. Each volume has an alphabetical index. It will also furnish the County the village is located in and the Roman Catholic and Evangelical Church for each village contained.
In a posting to Prussia-Roots-l on 8 Aug 1997 Cathy Vaughan cathyv@qi3.com wrote:
"Here is a reference book that I have found extremely useful. It is typewritten and in english.
Gazetteer of Parish and Civil Jurisdictions in East Prussia by Stephen S.
Barthel
LDS Family History Library Film #1183589
This film can be ordered through your local LDS family
history center. It lists every East Prussian town, village, etc. alphabetically
and gives the location of both the Protestant and Catholic parishes for
the town as well as the location of the civil registry. It also lists each
parish, civil registry and kreis and the towns located within the boundaries
of each. Also included is a "reversed" alphabetical listing of every town
(in case part of a record is illegible and you know the last letters of
a town, but not the first, it can help you determine the town name.) I
have found it very helpful and hope you will too."
In a posting to GenPol on 4 Sep 1997 Dan Solarek (dsolarek@toledolink.com) wrote:
> Hi !
> Does anyone know if there is available through the internet a complete listing of all the pre-Second World War districts (powiatowy) of Poland and the provinces they were part of. I am currently working on a survey of Polish War Graves in Scotland and trying to identify the places of birth of these soldiers.
Try the Poland Gen Web site:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/areas.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/maps.html
There are several maps which may help your efforts.
-Dan Solarek
In a posting to GenPol on 7 Aug 1997 Paul Binkowski (millbink@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
"In my quest for Polish maps, I contacted the Polish embassy. They suggested the following two vendors:
Polish Cartographic Enterprises
/Polskie Przedsibiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych/
Solec 18
00-419 Warszawa, Poland
ph:/4822/ 628-3251
Polart
e-mail:polart@polart.com
or you can write:
4583 Clark Rd., Suite B
Sarasota, FL 34233-3423
ph: /941/ 927-8873
fax: /941/ 927-8239
Just thought I would pass these on."
Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)
Polish Genealogical Society of America
http://feefhs.org/masteri.html
http://feefhs.org/ethnic.html