West Prussia (Westpreußen) Websites

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Research Websites:

Archives and Libraries

• State Archives in Poland
  

Addresses

• Genealogienetz addresses for Prussian Research
  

Cemeteries

• War graves in Poland
  

Church Records

• Church Records of Westpreussen and other areas
  
• Church Records of Westpreussen and other areas
  
• Lutheran Church of Poland
  
• Catholic Diocese of Poland
  
• Addresses for Polish parishes

Civil Registration

• Address finder for Civil Registration offices in Poland (USC)
  

Directories

• Historic Address book database
  

Gazetteers

• East and West Prussian gazetteers
  Place name listing
  
• Kartenmeister Place name finder which provides German and Polish names of localities, as well as other researchers of that village
  
• Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of localities in Poland and Russia
  
• Meyers Orts und Verkehrs Lexikon online with Ancestry free account signup

Genealogy

• The Quassowski Kartei of about 350,000 entries
  
• Batchnumber index for IGI
  

General Information

• Helps for Researchers
  
• Genealogy Databanks, and lots of good information regarding research
  
• Pictures posted of many localities around the world
  
• List of archaic medical terms
  
• Grimms German dictionary containing archaic and historic words
  
• The World Fact book with regional maps, flags, guides to countries and current news
  
• PolishWorld.com site with lots of Polish information
  
• PolandGenWeb site
  
• Helpful databases for Polish research
  
• Fire Insurance list for 1727

History

• History of Prussia
  
• History Guide including all areas of Europe
• The History of Poland
  
• Polish timeline
  

Jewish Records

• Jewish name indexing project in Poland
  

Language and Languages

• Lexikon of the German Language
  

Maps

• Mapping Europe's Historic Boundaries and Borders
• Maps of the German Empire
  
• German Empire map
  
• Modern Polish online atlas
  
• Name mapping in Poland
  
• name mapping in Germany
  

Military Records

• Lost persons in the military
  

Newspapers

• Newspapers
  

Nobility

• Nobility worldwide

Occupations

• Old German occupations
  

Periodicals

• Poland American Journal
  

Societies

• The Society For German Genealogy in Eastern Europe
  
• Society for East German Family Researchers Agoff
  
• The Federation of East European family History Societies
  
• Polish Genealogical Society of America