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==How to Find the Records== | |||
==How to Find the Records== | ==How to Find the Records== | ||
=== Online Resources === | === Online Resources === | ||
*'''1576-1793''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/537709-redirection Papers relating to the Scots in Poland, 1576-1793], e-book, indexed. Contains English translations of naturalizations in Poland of former citizens of Scotland. Also gives dates and places of birth in Scotland. | |||
*'''1750-1943''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/398208?availability=Family%20History%20Library Kartei der Auswanderer in den Ostgebieten, 1750-1943], index. | |||
::Index cards of German emigrants to eastern Europe, including Hungary, the Banat region (once in Hungary, now in Romania and Yugoslavia), Galicia (formerly in Austria, now divided between Poland and the Ukraine), and Poland. Arranged alphabetically by surname, provide information regarding place of origin and place of settlement, dates and places of birth, death, and marriage, spouse's name, religion, occupation, number of persons accompanying, documentary references, date of and route of emigration, when registered with officials in Vienna, and some biographical notes. Maiden names are cross-referenced to married names. | |||
*'''1817-1919''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/374323?availability=Family%20History%20Library Landesverweisungen, 1817-1919], images. Deportations from Bromberg, Posen, Germany; now Bydgoszcz, Poland. | |||
*'''1823-1835''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/509576?availability=Family%20History%20Library Auswandern Preußischer Untertanen nach Griechenland und Portugal, 1823-1835], index. Emigration from Prussia (now partially in Poland) to Greece and Portugal. | |||
*'''1864-1919''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/373854?availability=Family%20History%20Library Ausweisungen von preußischen Unterthanen aus fremden Staaten, 1864-1919], index. Deportation of Prussian citizens from other countries to Bromberg, Posen, Germany, now Bydgoszcz, Poland. | |||
*'''9th-13th century''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/106598?availability=Family%20History%20Library Gli Italiani in Polonia dal IX secolo al XVIII : note storiche con brevi cenni genealogici araldici e biografici] The Italians in Poland from the 9th to the 18th century: historical notes with brief heraldic and biographical genealogical notes. | |||
* | *'''1885-1913''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/373842?availability=Family%20History%20Library Nachweisungen ausgewiesener polnischer Flüchtliche, 1885-1913], images. Claims and proofs of deported Polish refugees made at Bromberg, Posen, Germany; now Bydgoszcz, Poland. | ||
* | *'''1890-1891''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1381/ U.S., Immigrants arriving at New York from Poland, Austria, and Galacia, 1890-1891] - at Ancestry ($), index. | ||
* | ====Refugees and holocausr Records==== | ||
*Other | *'''1938''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60816/ Zbąszyń, Poland, Polish-German Children Expelled from Germany, 1938] - at Ancestry ($), index. | ||
*Records of | ::The German Government initiated a major expulsion from Germany to Poland of Jews designated as Polish, in 1938. This collection contains a list of children who did not have parents. The information contains the children's names, birth dates, parent's names, and last residence in Germany. The fate of these children is not known. | ||
*'''1939-1944''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61598/ Poland, Łódź Ghetto Transportation Lists, 1939-1944 (USHMM)] - at Ancestry ($), index. | |||
People emigrated from Poland to places such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, and South America beginning in the 1820s. Most early emigrants came from areas under Prussian (German) rule to the United States and, to a lesser degree, France. These included both ethnic Poles and ethnic Germans. The earliest emigrants from Russian-governed Poland were from the districts of Suwalki and Łomża. A great many of these people were Jewish. | *'''1939-1945''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60851/ Poland, French Prisoners in Stutthof, 1939-1945] - at Ancestry ($), index. | ||
*'''1939-1945''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60840/ Austrian Jews in Concentration Camps, 1939-1945] - at Ancestry ($), index. | |||
Most of the early emigrants to the United States settled in Texas; Hamtramck, Michigan; and the Chicago area. Emigration was minimal until 1854, when Poles from Silesia began settling in Texas. A great wave of Polish emigration started in the 1870s. | *'''1943''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60835/ Israel, Tehran Children, 1943]https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3815/ | ||
::In 1939, a group of people escaped Poland and fled to Russia. Then in 1940, many of these Polish refugees were expelled to Siberia. They were eventually given amnesty and began to move toward the Asian territories. These people suffered cold, hunger, disease, and many hardships along the way. Many children lost family members. This collection contains the names of about 800 children who arrived in Israel in 1943. Other information included are their age, parents' names, and place of birth. | |||
Most later emigrants left from Austrian-governed southern Poland (Galicia) and Russian Poland, destined largely for Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Michigan, and other areas of the United States. From 1900–15, many Poles settled in Chicago, New York City, Connecticut, New York State, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. From 1870–1914, 3.6 million Poles left from the three empires that controlled Poland. The Russian Poles constituted 53%, those from Galicia 43%, and the Prussian Poles 4% of the total Polish immigration from 1895–1911 | *'''1943-1947''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61742/ United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Records, 1943-1947 (USHMM)] - at Ancestry ($), index. | ||
*'''1943-1944''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60815/ Italy, German Jews Deported to Auschwitz, 1943-1944] - at Ancestry ($), index | |||
*'''1944''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60852/ Germany and Poland, Hungarian-Jewish Women in Labor Camps, 1944] - at Ancestry ($), index. | |||
*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] - at Ancestry ($), index and images. (in German) | |||
==Emigration from Poland== | |||
*People emigrated from Poland to places such as the '''United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, and South America''' beginning in the 1820s. *Most early emigrants came from '''areas under Prussian (German) rule''' to the United States and, to a lesser degree, France. These included both ethnic Poles and ethnic Germans. | |||
*The earliest emigrants from Russian-governed Poland were from the districts of '''Suwalki and Łomża'''. A great many of these people were '''Jewish.''' | |||
*Most of the early emigrants to the United States '''settled in Texas; Hamtramck, Michigan; and the Chicago area'''. Emigration was minimal until 1854, when Poles from Silesia began settling in Texas. | |||
*A great wave of Polish emigration started in the 1870s. | |||
*Most later emigrants left '''from Austrian-governed southern Poland (Galicia) and Russian Poland''', destined largely for '''Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Michigan, and other areas of the United States'''. | |||
*From 1900–15, many Poles settled in '''Chicago, New York City, Connecticut, New York State, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Massachusetts'''. | |||
*From 1870–1914, 3.6 million Poles left from the three empires that controlled Poland. The Russian Poles constituted 53%, those from Galicia 43%, and the Prussian Poles 4% of the total Polish immigration from 1895–1911. | |||
=== Finding an Emigrant’s Town of Origin === | === Finding an Emigrant’s Town of Origin === | ||