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The original civil registration records and civil transcripts of church records are stored at local civil registration offices. They are stored at these offices [called ''urzady stanu cywilnego''] for 100 years and then turned over to the Polish State Archives. In some cases, church records are also kept at these offices. This is especially true with Protestant records when the local Protestant church is no longer functioning. Many of the records at the State Archives have been microfilmed and are available at the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Library]. Because of privacy laws, nothing less than 100 years old was microfilmed, meaning most of the microfilmed records end in the 1860s and 1870s. It is possible to write in English to the Polish State Archives for information regarding the records which have not yet been microfilmed. They will forward your request for information to the local civil registration office if they determine that the records you need are there. The address:<br> | The original civil registration records and civil transcripts of church records are stored at local civil registration offices. They are stored at these offices [called ''urzady stanu cywilnego''] for 100 years and then turned over to the Polish State Archives. In some cases, church records are also kept at these offices. This is especially true with Protestant records when the local Protestant church is no longer functioning. Many of the records at the State Archives have been microfilmed and are available at the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Library]. Because of privacy laws, nothing less than 100 years old was microfilmed, meaning most of the microfilmed records end in the 1860s and 1870s. It is possible to write in English to the Polish State Archives for information regarding the records which have not yet been microfilmed. They will forward your request for information to the local civil registration office if they determine that the records you need are there. The address:<br> | ||
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The original church records are mainly kept in local parish offices or in church archives. For Roman Catholic records, most records less than 100 years old are usually kept at the local parish. Older records are usually kept at the diocese. However, while some dioceses have gathered all pre-1900 church records, some have only gathered all pre-1800 records. Some of the records kept at the diocese have been microfilmed and are available at the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Library]. Additionally, records from one parish may have been consolidated with another one.Original Catholic parish registers can often be accessed by writing directly to the priest of the local Catholic parish. These letters should be in their native language. For Protestant records, parish registers can be found in multiple places because most Protestant churches no longer function. These records may be located: at a local civil registration office, in a state archive, at an existing Protestant parish, in a privately maintained Protestant church archive, carried away and deposited in an archive in Germany, misplaced and forgotten in some obscure storage place, or destroyed.<ref>Schlyter, Daniel M. "German Genealogical Research in Polish and Russian Areas". 1999. Copy in possession of Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</ref> | The original church records are mainly kept in local parish offices or in church archives. For Roman Catholic records, most records less than 100 years old are usually kept at the local parish. Older records are usually kept at the diocese. However, while some dioceses have gathered all pre-1900 church records, some have only gathered all pre-1800 records. Some of the records kept at the diocese have been microfilmed and are available at the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Library]. Additionally, records from one parish may have been consolidated with another one.Original Catholic parish registers can often be accessed by writing directly to the priest of the local Catholic parish. These letters should be in their native language. For Protestant records, parish registers can be found in multiple places because most Protestant churches no longer function. These records may be located: at a local civil registration office, in a state archive, at an existing Protestant parish, in a privately maintained Protestant church archive, carried away and deposited in an archive in Germany, misplaced and forgotten in some obscure storage place, or destroyed.<ref>Schlyter, Daniel M. "German Genealogical Research in Polish and Russian Areas". 1999. Copy in possession of Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</ref> | ||
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A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary with information on place names and jurisdictions. The following is a list of some of the best gazetteers of Eastern Europe. Some of these gazetteers are available in public libraries, but all can be found at the FamilySearch Library. | A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary with information on place names and jurisdictions. The following is a list of some of the best gazetteers of Eastern Europe. Some of these gazetteers are available in public libraries, but all can be found at the FamilySearch Library. | ||
*Uetrecht, E., comp. ''Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs- Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs'' [Meyer's gazetteer and directory of the German Empire]. Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1912. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|325694|item|disp=943 E5mo supp. 1}}) - digital copy available online. | *Uetrecht, E., comp. ''Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs- Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs'' [Meyer's gazetteer and directory of the German Empire]. Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1912. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|325694|item|disp=943 E5mo supp. 1}}) - digital copy available online. | ||
{{Block indent|Towns are listed alphabetically. Written in old Gothic script. Gives 1871-1918 political jurisdictions and indicates whether locality had its own parish or synagogue. Abbreviations: Evangelical parish - EvPfk; Catholic parish - KPfk; Jewish synagogue - Syn.|2}} | |||
*''Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preussen'' [Gazetteer for the Kingdom of Prussia]. Berlin: Verlag des Königlichen statistischen Landesamts, 1907-1909. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|14875|item|disp=943 E5kp}}) - digital copy available online. | *''Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preussen'' [Gazetteer for the Kingdom of Prussia]. Berlin: Verlag des Königlichen statistischen Landesamts, 1907-1909. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|14875|item|disp=943 E5kp}}) - digital copy available online. | ||
{{Block indent|Each volume has an index at the end listing in alphabetical order all localities in the province. In each index, there are two numbers given after each place-name. The first number refers to "Kreis" (district) to which the locality belonged. These numbers can be found at the top in the body of the book. The second number refers to the town.|2}} | |||
*Sulimierski, Filip, ed. ''Słownik geograficzny królestwa polskiego i innych krajów slowiańskich'' [Geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries]. 15 Vol. Warsaw: Sulimierski i Walewski, 1880-1902. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|88949|item|disp=943.8 E5c}}) - digital copy available online. | *Sulimierski, Filip, ed. ''Słownik geograficzny królestwa polskiego i innych krajów slowiańskich'' [Geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries]. 15 Vol. Warsaw: Sulimierski i Walewski, 1880-1902. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|88949|item|disp=943.8 E5c}}) - digital copy available online. | ||
*Gemeindelexikon der in Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder [Gazetteer of the crownlands and territories represented in the imperial council]. Vienna: K.K. Statistisches Zentralkommission, 1903-1908. Austrian Empire. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|218291|item|disp=943.6 E5g}}) - digital copy available online. | *Gemeindelexikon der in Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder [Gazetteer of the crownlands and territories represented in the imperial council]. Vienna: K.K. Statistisches Zentralkommission, 1903-1908. Austrian Empire. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|218291|item|disp=943.6 E5g}}) - digital copy available online. | ||
{{Block indent|Based on the 1900 census. The volume for each province is arranged by district with an index to both German and local place names. If you do not find the town on the page listed in the index check the footnotes. The parish or synagogue location is listed in the appendix (located between the main text and the index of each volume). The appendix is arranged alphabetically by district and sub-district.|2}} | |||
*''Spis Miejscowości Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej'' [Gazetteer of Polish People's Republic Localities]. Warsaw: Wydawnictwa komunikacj i ła̧cznści, 1968. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|147107|item|disp=943.8 E5s}}). Localities are listed alphabetically down the page in the first column. Township, district, province (voivodship), post office, railway station, and vital records office for the locality are listed in the successive columns to the right. | *''Spis Miejscowości Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej'' [Gazetteer of Polish People's Republic Localities]. Warsaw: Wydawnictwa komunikacj i ła̧cznści, 1968. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|147107|item|disp=943.8 E5s}}). Localities are listed alphabetically down the page in the first column. Township, district, province (voivodship), post office, railway station, and vital records office for the locality are listed in the successive columns to the right. | ||
*Bystrzycki, Tadeusz. ''Skorowidz miejscowości rzeczypospolitej polskiej'' [Listing of Localities of the Polish Republic]. Przemyśl: Wydawnictwa ksia̧znicy naukowej, 1934. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|197347|item|disp=943.8 E5sm}}) - mostly digitized. | *Bystrzycki, Tadeusz. ''Skorowidz miejscowości rzeczypospolitej polskiej'' [Listing of Localities of the Polish Republic]. Przemyśl: Wydawnictwa ksia̧znicy naukowej, 1934. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|197347|item|disp=943.8 E5sm}}) - mostly digitized. | ||
{{Block indent|This is a gazetteer of the early republic of Poland as it existed from 1918 to 1939. This is the most accurate gazetteer available for that territory. It is arranged alphabetically with information in columns. Localities are listed alphabetically down the page in the first column. Township, district, province (voivodship), post office, railway station, bus station, local and regional courts, and Christian parish for the locality are listed in successive columns to the right. The nearest synagogue is not listed.|2}} | |||
*''Heimatbuch der Ostumsiedler Kalender'', 1955. Stuttgart: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Ostumsiedler. Published as "German Settlers in the Volga Region" - p. 147-161 of Armand Bauer's "Place Names of German Colonies in Russia and the Romanian Dobrudja" in ''German-Russian Settlements in the United States'' by Richard Sallet. Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974. (FS Library call no. [httpsww.familysearch.org/search/catalog/15095 973 F2rs]). | *''Heimatbuch der Ostumsiedler Kalender'', 1955. Stuttgart: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Ostumsiedler. Published as "German Settlers in the Volga Region" - p. 147-161 of Armand Bauer's "Place Names of German Colonies in Russia and the Romanian Dobrudja" in ''German-Russian Settlements in the United States'' by Richard Sallet. Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974. (FS Library call no. [httpsww.familysearch.org/search/catalog/15095 973 F2rs]). | ||
*''Übersicht über deutsche Siedlungen (Kolonien) und Einsiedlungen in ukrainische und polnische Dörfer : sowie Orte mit einer nicht bedeutenden deutschen Minderheit in Galizien von 1782 bis 1939'' Typescript by Ernst Hexel. Bonn-Bad Godenberg: np., 1980. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|141904|item|disp=943.86 E5he}}). | *''Übersicht über deutsche Siedlungen (Kolonien) und Einsiedlungen in ukrainische und polnische Dörfer : sowie Orte mit einer nicht bedeutenden deutschen Minderheit in Galizien von 1782 bis 1939'' Typescript by Ernst Hexel. Bonn-Bad Godenberg: np., 1980. (FS Library call no. {{FSC|141904|item|disp=943.86 E5he}}). | ||
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