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Poland's historic borders extend into Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine and also into parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire known as Silesia. For this reason, use the database specified on your community page to find indexed records. Search for your community page at [http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp JewishGen Communities Database]. Nonetheless, persons may show up elsewhere due to migration or deportation internal to Eastern Europe. | Poland's historic borders extend into Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine and also into parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire known as Silesia. For this reason, use the database specified on your community page to find indexed records. Search for your community page at [http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp JewishGen Communities Database]. Nonetheless, persons may show up elsewhere due to migration or deportation internal to Eastern Europe. | ||
=== [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/GivenNames/ JewishGen Given Names Data Bases (GNDB)] === | |||
Explains Primary-Subsidiary double given names (e.g., Aleksander Ziskind or Yehuda Leyb) and legal double (Primary-Subsidiary) given names which were composed of a classical Hebrew name plus an "Old" and/or "NEW" name, as the rabbis called them. Includes a database for searching Jewish given names. | |||
=== Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation === | === Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation === | ||