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}}A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Ukraine using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. {{Poland-sidebar}} | }}A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Ukraine using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. {{Poland-sidebar}} | ||
[[File:Miriam Weiner at Warsaw USC office, 1993.jpg|left|thumb| | [[File:Miriam Weiner at Warsaw USC office, 1993.jpg|left|thumb|556x556px|Miriam Weiner at Warsaw USC office, 1993; photo credit: Miriam Weiner Archives. ]] | ||
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==Find the Town== | |||
== Find the Town == | |||
In order to research your family in Poland, it is essential that you have identified the place where they came from. It is not enough to know only ‘Poland;' you must know the town name and the district/province name. The name of a nearby larger town can also be very helpful. | In order to research your family in Poland, it is essential that you have identified the place where they came from. It is not enough to know only ‘Poland;' you must know the town name and the district/province name. The name of a nearby larger town can also be very helpful. | ||
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[[File:Bialystok.png|left|thumb|585x585px|'''Bialystok, Poland''' Soviet-era Town Plan Map example from Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. '''Source:''' Miriam Weiner Archives. To see the full version of the Bialystok_1 map click [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/gugk/Bialystok_1/ here.] To see the Bialystok_2 map click [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/gugk/Bialystok_2/ here.]]] | [[File:Bialystok.png|left|thumb|585x585px|'''Bialystok, Poland''' Soviet-era Town Plan Map example from Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. '''Source:''' Miriam Weiner Archives. To see the full version of the Bialystok_1 map click [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/gugk/Bialystok_1/ here.] To see the Bialystok_2 map click [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/gugk/Bialystok_2/ here.]]] | ||
=== Maps of your Ancestor's Town === | |||
Miriam Weiner's website offers select '''[https://www.rtrfoundation.org/maps1.shtml historical maps of Poland]''', as well as a variety of '''[https://www.rtrfoundation.org/imagesearch.php historical images]''' from towns in Poland that may prove useful in your family history.<br><br>Maps will help you locate places where your ancestors lived and give you context for the records you are using. Maps can identify political boundaries, place names, geographical features, cemeteries, synagogues, etc. Historical maps are especially useful for understanding boundary changes or finding communities that no longer exist. | |||
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*Use the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/lnsearch.php Standard Surname Database] if you know your ancestor's given name, surname, or town name. This database is comprised of name lists from local historians and heads of Jewish communities, name lists from books, and name lists from various archives. Most collections in this database cannot be found online elsewhere. | *Use the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/lnsearch.php Standard Surname Database] if you know your ancestor's given name, surname, or town name. This database is comprised of name lists from local historians and heads of Jewish communities, name lists from books, and name lists from various archives. Most collections in this database cannot be found online elsewhere. | ||
**To search, enter a surname, given name, and/or town name into the search box. Collection results will then appear. The first column lists the collection type, while the second column contains the Collection Description (CD). The Collection Description includes information such as how the collection was acquired, references to Miriam Weiner's first visit to the town, photos (current and pre-World War I), links to other resources for the town, and/or document examples. The final column lists the number of records associated with the search term(s). Click on the blue hyperlinked number to view records, then click on the blue hyperlinked surname to see more details about the record. | **To search, enter a surname, given name, and/or town name into the search box. Collection results will then appear. The first column lists the collection type, while the second column contains the Collection Description (CD). The Collection Description includes information such as how the collection was acquired, references to Miriam Weiner's first visit to the town, photos (current and pre-World War I), links to other resources for the town, and/or document examples. The final column lists the number of records associated with the search term(s). Click on the blue hyperlinked number to view records, then click on the blue hyperlinked surname to see more details about the record. | ||
[[File:Bialystok, Death Records.png|alt=|left|thumb|614x614px|'''Standard Surname Search Result''', [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/ rtrfoundation.org.]]] | [[File:Bialystok, Death Records.png|alt=|left|thumb|614x614px|'''Standard Surname Search Result''', [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/ rtrfoundation.org.]]][[File:Poland 9-up.jpg|alt=|none|thumb|1028x1028px|Examples of various types of Polish Jewish documents. Click on the image to see an enlarged version. '''Source:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.]] | ||
[[File:Poland 9-up.jpg|alt=|none|thumb|1028x1028px|Examples of various types of Polish Jewish documents. Click on the image to see an enlarged version. '''Source:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.]] | |||