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=== Gazetteers of Poland === | === Gazetteers of Poland === | ||
*Use the JewishGen Communities Database by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp here]. | *Use the JewishGen Communities Database by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp here]. | ||
*Skorowidz Poland Gazetteer 1934 | *Skorowidz Poland Gazetteer 1934 | ||
**For the online version, click [http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=12786 here]. | **For the online version, click [http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=12786 here]. | ||
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*To read the Wikipedia.org article ''History of the Jews in Poland'', click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Poland here]. | *To read the Wikipedia.org article ''History of the Jews in Poland'', click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Poland here]. | ||
*To visit the Galicia Jewish Museum online click [http://www.en.galiciajewishmuseum.org/ here]. The Galicia Jewish Museum exists to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to celebrate the Jewish culture of Polish Galicia, presenting Jewish history from a new perspective. | *To visit the Galicia Jewish Museum online click [http://www.en.galiciajewishmuseum.org/ here]. The Galicia Jewish Museum exists to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to celebrate the Jewish culture of Polish Galicia, presenting Jewish history from a new perspective. | ||
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=== [[Poland Jewish Records]] === | === [[Poland Jewish Records]] === | ||
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Maps of Poland[edit | edit source]
- To view present-day Poland at Google Maps, click here.
- For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click here.
- For a map showing the percentage of Jews in the Pale of Settlement and Congress Poland, c. 1905, click here.
- To view an additional historical map showing the historical percentage of Jews in governments, click here.
Definition of "Pale of Settlement" from Wikipedia.org:
The Pale of Settlement (Russian: Черта́ осе́длости, chertá osédlosti, Yiddish: דער תּחום-המושבֿ, der tkhum-ha-moyshəv, Hebrew: תְּחוּם הַמּוֹשָב, tḥùm ha-mosháv) was the term given to a region of Imperial Russia in which permanent residency by Jews was allowed and beyond which Jewish permanent residency was generally prohibited. It extended from the eastern pale, or demarcation line, to the western Russian border with the Kingdom of Prussia (later the German Empire) and with Austria-Hungary. The English term "pale" is derived from the Latin word "palus", a stake, extended to mean the area enclosed by a fence or boundary.
Gazetteers of Poland[edit | edit source]
- Use the JewishGen Communities Database by clicking here.
- Skorowidz Poland Gazetteer 1934
- For the online version, click here.
- Also available at the Family History Library, Floor B1, in the reference book area.
History of the Jews in Poland[edit | edit source]
- To read the Wikipedia.org article History of the Jews in Poland, click here.
- To visit the Galicia Jewish Museum online click here. The Galicia Jewish Museum exists to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to celebrate the Jewish culture of Polish Galicia, presenting Jewish history from a new perspective.
JewishGen.org[edit source]
- Find others, possibly cousins, searching for your family name in the same countries, cities, and villages. Search by clicking JewishGen Family Finder. Free registration required.
Poland Jewish Records[edit | edit source]
- Read a FamilySearch Wiki article describing available Jewish records by clicking here. Includes great links!
The JewishGen Poland Database[edit | edit source]
- More than five million records for Poland, from a variety of sources, including: vital records, business directories, voter lists, passenger manifests, Yizkor books and other Holocaust sources. A joint project of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen. Requires free registration. To search, click here.
Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation[edit | edit source]
- For A Genealogical and Family History guide to Jewish and civil records in Eastern Europe, click here and hover over Poland.
- See also the book, Jewish roots in Poland by Miriam Weiner
Family History Library Catalog Number 943.8 F2wm
Facebook Research Community[edit | edit source]
- Get ideas and help with Polish Genealogy here.