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Also in Romania are a number of towns founded after 1700 by many different nationalities, including Czechs, Slovaks, Alsatians, Flemish, and French speakers. The Germans are known as Danube Swabians: Swabians because many came from Swabia in southern Germany and Danube because many of the re-settled towns were along the Danube. German parish registers in the Transylvania Saxon and Danube Swabian areas have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library (see the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog]). | Also in Romania are a number of towns founded after 1700 by many different nationalities, including Czechs, Slovaks, Alsatians, Flemish, and French speakers. The Germans are known as Danube Swabians: Swabians because many came from Swabia in southern Germany and Danube because many of the re-settled towns were along the Danube. German parish registers in the Transylvania Saxon and Danube Swabian areas have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library (see the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog]). | ||
Access to other Romanian records remains difficult as of 1995. Other German settlement areas in Romania (dating to the 1800s) are the Bukovina (in the northeast), Dobrudscha (Romanian Dobrogea, on the Black Sea), and Bessarabia (the easternmost strip of Romania part of what is now in Ukraine). | Access to other Romanian records remains difficult as of 1995. Other German settlement areas in Romania (dating to the 1800s) are the Bukovina (in the northeast), Dobrudscha (Romanian Dobrogea, on the Black Sea), and Bessarabia (the easternmost strip of Romania part of what is now in Ukraine). | ||
Microfilms of Danube Swabian parish registers in Romania were made by the Germans during World War II. Most only extend to about 1850. A complete set of these can be found on the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog]. | |||
=== Hungary === | === Hungary === | ||
Many German settlements were begun in the 1100s and succeeding centuries. These earlier settlements were joined by the Danube Swabian communities of the 1700s and 1800s. | Many German settlements were begun in the 1100s and succeeding centuries. These earlier settlements were joined by the Danube Swabian communities of the 1700s and 1800s. | ||
Hungarian parish registers are all available on microfilm at the Family History Library (see the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog]). Civil registers, from 1895 to 1980, have been digitized and are available on the FamilySearch Catalog (see [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1452460 Hungary civil registration, 1895-1980]) and so are many church and land records. Hungary has the most easily accessible genealogical records than all other eastern European countries. | Hungarian parish registers are all available on microfilm at the Family History Library (see the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog]). Civil registers, from 1895 to 1980, have been digitized and are available on the FamilySearch Catalog (see [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1452460 Hungary civil registration, 1895-1980]) and so are many church and land records. Hungary has the most easily accessible genealogical records than all other eastern European countries. | ||
Microfilms of Danube Swabian parish registers in Hungary were made by the Germans during World War II. Most only extend to about 1850. A complete set of these can be found on the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog]. | |||
=== Former Yugoslavia === | |||
What was formerly Yugoslavia also had a good number of Danube Swabian towns. Access to parish registers is through microfilm at the Family History Library and individual town halls. The ''matri ar'' (civil records offices) have collected most of the earlier church records. The records are accessible by correspondence or personal visit. Some other parish registers, particularly those ofnow defunct German villages, are in archives. | |||
Microfilms of Danube Swabian parish registers in former Yugoslavia were made by the Germans during World War II. Most only extend to about 1850. A complete set of these can be found on the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog]. | |||
=== Poland === | |||
Germanic settlements date to the Teutonic Knights in the 1200s and continued into the next centuries. Present-day Poland contains a large chunk of territory which belonged to the German Empire before the peace settlements of 1919 and 1945. | |||
Because of the territory shifts in 1919 and 1945, present-day Poland has parish registers (whether Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox, Byzantine Catholic, or Protestant) of former territories of Germany, Russia, Austria, and pre-1921 Poland. The languages of these registers are Latin, Polish, Russian, and German. The ability to read old German script is generally required. | |||
Many parish registers from all parts of Poland have been digitized by the Family History Library (see the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog]). However, there are still gaps. Some information is obtainable by writing to local parishes and various archives. | |||
<ref>Gardiner, Duncan B. "German Settlements in Eastern Europe". ''Foundation for Eastern European Family History Studies'' 1995. http://feefhs.org/fij/dg-gsee.html. Last updated 19 August 1996. Accessed 12 September 2018.</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||