Genealogy & Poland on the Internet and elsewhere
Section 1
(collected by Tom Wodzinski, Canberra, AUSTRALIA)
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.
This document is sourced from:
a) other FAQs (esp. soc.genealogy.slavic) which may be of direct or indirect relevance;
b) postings to the GENPOL, Poland-Roots-l (and other) Listservs, and Soc.Genealogy.Slavic (and other) newsgroups;
c) E-mailed contributions and suggestions; and
d) just surfing.
Given the dynamic nature of the Internet I do not claim that all of the resources and links identified in this guide are still current. I last checked all the URL's in September 1999.
Contents
SECTION 1. WWW SITES WHICH MAY BE OF USE TO GENPOL'ers
1.1 Polish Genealogy related sites on the WWW
Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)
FEEFHS is probably the best starting point on the Internet for any Eastern European genealogical research, and has a very good cross index of all regions and ethnic groups covered.
Polish Genealogy - Rafal Prinke's Home Page
Currently provides the only (public) surname database on the Internet specialising in Polish surname. As of April 1998, the database had over 12,000 entries.
Where all good GENPOLers and POLAND-ROOTSers should register the surnames that they are researching (and look occasionally). See Section 2 for more details.
PolishRoots® Home page
Polish Genealogical Society of America Home page
Poland GenWeb Home Page
An excellent site on how to get going with your Polish genealogical research wherever you are in the world (within reason!).
Poland Border Surnames Website
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Poland
Polish Genealogical Sources
German Genealogy (2 mirror sites) including Silesia and Sudentenland
http://www.genealogy.net/gene/
http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/
Wandering Volhynians - Descendants of Germans from Volhynia and Congress Poland
Internet Sources of German Genealogy
German Genealogy: Translation Service incl. German, Polish, Czech
http://www.tranexp.com/InterTran.cgi
http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/www/abt/translation.html
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/
German Genealogy: Regional Research (incl. Pomerania, Prussia, Silesia, Galicia etc)
German Genealogy Sources in Poland
The Schroeder & Fuelling's WWW site contains two files with approx. 1,400 names of towns in Silesia (Schlesien), Pomerania (Pommern), and Posen (former Eastern Prussian states), and some from East and West Prussia as well, where relevant genealogical records (mainly church and civil records) can be found in Polish archives today.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/German_Genealogy/kblz.htm
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Austria
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Germany
Prussian Genealogy
http://www.michaelectric.com/prussia
http://216.147.92.96/poland/Prussian_Research
http://www.rootsweb.com/~deupru/
Russian Genealogy (incl Belarus and Ukraine)
Eastern European Genealogical Society
Maps of Europe - University of Texas
Collection of (current and historical) online maps from the University of Texas. Please note that some of these maps are large and you may need some more computer memory.
Maps of Europe - FEEFHS (Federation of East European Family History Societies)
Even 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.
The WWW Virtual Library: Russian and East European Studies
This site at the University of Pittsburgh has links to many East European sites.
US National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Online gazetteer incl. Eastern Europe.
Shtetl finder
Online Maps
http://www.maps.expedia.msn.com/PlaceFinder.asp
Russian History
Slovak-World (at Forest Research Institute, Zvolen)
Slovak Roots - Getting Started
This site provides a summary of resources that are available for Eastern Slovakia written and copyrighted by John Hudick. Also contains sections on English/Slovak/Hungarian name translations and template letters and genealogical documents.
Eastern Slovakia, Slovak and Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Research
Many helpful links on this page for folks who have Slovakian ancestry. You should also try the following related site.
Carpatho-Rusyn Knowledge Base
Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy
Czech Republic, Bohemia, and Moravia Genealogy Research
Czech World Gen Web Page (incl Bohemia and Moravia)
List of Villages in Slovakia (long)
Slovak and Czech Translating Services (commercial?)
Czechoslovak Genealogical Society Int'l (CGSI)
Slovak World Gen Page
Lithuania - Network Resources
Lithuanian Genealogical Research
Lutheran Research
Pommeranian related pages:
(Kent Peterson's) http://www.execpc.com/~kap/pommern1.html
(Pommeranian Society of Freistadt) http://www.execpc.com/~pommern/
(Gunthard Stueb's) http://hinterpommern.de/
Home page for Kreis Stolp and Kreis Rummelsburg http://www.stolp.de/
Pommeranian Maps: http://www.triskelion.net/pommern/pommern.html
http://www.on-line.de/~karin.schoepke/
http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/reg/POM/pommern.html
Jewish Genealogy
http://216.147.92.96/poland/Jewish_Research
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Jewish
Jewish FAQ by Warren Blatt
Jewish - Lodz Shtetlinks Home Page
Jewish - Lodz Shtetlinks Home Page
Also useful for those researching non-Jewish ancestors in and around Lodz.
and another Lodz related site
http://www.pdi.net/~ZydziWLodzi/
Avotaynu, Inc. Home Page (Jewish Genealogy)
The Aussie Jewish Genealogical site
Ukrainian Genealogy and Heritage Page (also covers Galicia region)
In modern day terms Galicia was, roughly speaking, what now is southeastern Poland and western Ukraine. That area was incorporated into the Austro-Hungarian Empire after Poland was first partitioned in 1772.
Ukrainian World Gen Web Page
Ukarainian Map
Lemko/Rusyn Heritage Page
Veit's Olschinski's Galizien German Genealogy Home page
Belarusan Genealogy
http://216.147.92.96/poland/Belarus_Research
Belarus World Gen Web Page
Belarus, History of
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Eastern Europe
Info about Poznan Archives
Polish Nobility (Zwiazek Szlachty Polskiej)
Polish Nobility Association
West Prussis Land Index of 1772
East European Genealogical Society
Fred Kobylarz's pocket history of Poland
List of the 4000+ Polish officers killed in Katyn
Olaf Schmidt's West Prussian Genealogy page
1.2 Sites which provide a comprehensive list of genealogical resources on the Internet
Cyndi Howell's list of genealogical related sites
RAND Corporation
Infobases World Wide Family History Network
The Genealogy Homepage - at Penn State University
Genealogy Resources on the Internet - by Chris Gaunt and John Fuller
OR http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/gen_int1.html
Roots Computing - Genealogy Home Page - by Disk Eastman
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
1.3 General Internet Search Facilities
Keyword Search Facilities
A sample of some of the many search engines available on the WWW
http://www.dogpile.com
http://altavista.digital.com
http://www.hotbot.com
http://www.yahoo.com
http://www.lycos.com
http://www.savvysearch.com/
Keyword Search Facilities - Polish specific
http://www.altavista.pl
http://infoseek.icm.edu.pl
http://www.info.pl
http://pl-info.com/pl
http://www.onet.pl
http://www.teleadreson.com.pl/cgi-bin/ta32.exe
European specific
http://www.euroferret.com/
E-Mail ListServ Search Facilities
Liszt: Searchable Directory of e-Mail Discussion Groups (ListServ's)
Internet E-Mail address locaters
Details are typically extracted from Usenet (i.e. newsgroup) postings, however some allow you to register your details.
http://www.four11.com
http://www.bigfoot.com/
http://www.whowhere.com
http://home.snap.com/search/email/0,12,-0,00,46.html
http://www.iaf.net
Newsgroup Search Facilities
Search across virtually all newsgroup items ever posted
Online telephone white and yellow pages
http://www.contractjobs.com/tel
http://www.infobel.com/inter/world.asp
Austrian white pages
Czech Republic white pages
USA telephone white pages
CANADA telephone white pages
Australian white pages
German white pages
France white pages
New Zealand white pages
United Kingdom
http://www.bt.com/phonenetuk/
Poznan white pages ** No longer available online
Argentina white pages
1.4 Other sites which may be of interest
Polish Home Page
http://polska.pl
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/PHp.html
Official Website of Poland
The Order of the Virtuti Militari and its Cavaliers (1792-1992) - 26,500 names
A site maintained by Prof. Zdzislaw P. Wesolowski, a retired Air Force captain with an interest in Polish Orders, Medals. Badges and Insignia. (ZWesolowsk@aol.com)
Explore Poland
List of Multimedia Servers in Poland
Polish Network Resources Database
Poniecki Foundation
Polish Connections
Mirrors:
Canada - http://www.PoloniaNet.com/
BMBank information on all 48 Polish Wojewodztwa (provinces)
Information provided includes a map (without roads and railways) and a list of the districts (2286 in total) with post-codes, telephone area-codes etc.
The official website of Polish Postal Service that allows searching of postal codes
Library of Congress - LC Online Catalog
Australian National Archives Home Page
Cyndi Howell's list of Australian and New Zealand genealogical related sites
Cyndi Howell's list of USA genealogical related sites
Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild
Family History Centre (FHC) Web Site
The Library of Congress has a web page devoted to preservation of documents, photos, newspapers
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