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*'''To locate original images on FamilySearch using a microfilm number''', look for a number found in the microfilm column (usually the last column on the right). If there is not a blue hyperlink on the number, copy the microfilm number and then go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog.] Paste the microfilm number in the '''Film/Fiche Number''' box and select '''Search''' (you may need to remove commas). One, or several result may appear. Look for a result with the the '''Author''' as the town listed on JRI-Poland. Scroll down to the portion of the page entitled '''Film/Digital Notes'''. Look for your film number in the '''Film Column'''. Pay attention to the item number (if one is listed). Next, look in the '''Format''' column. | *'''To locate original images on FamilySearch using a microfilm number''', look for a number found in the microfilm column (usually the last column on the right). If there is not a blue hyperlink on the number, copy the microfilm number and then go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog.] Paste the microfilm number in the '''Film/Fiche Number''' box and select '''Search''' (you may need to remove commas). One, or several result may appear. Look for a result with the the '''Author''' as the town listed on JRI-Poland. Scroll down to the portion of the page entitled '''Film/Digital Notes'''. Look for your film number in the '''Film Column'''. Pay attention to the item number (if one is listed). Next, look in the '''Format''' column. | ||
**A '''camera''' icon indicates the digital images of the records are accessible online. Click on the camera and then locate the correct item number within the film. | **A '''camera''' icon indicates the digital images of the records are accessible online. Click on the camera and then locate the correct item number within the film. | ||
**A '''camera icon with a key''' indicates that the item has viewing restrictions and may be accessible at a F[[Introduction to Family History Centers|amily History Center]] or on microfilm at the [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library | **A '''camera icon with a key''' indicates that the item has viewing restrictions and may be accessible at a F[[Introduction to Family History Centers|amily History Center]] or on microfilm at the [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah]. To locate a Family History Center near you, click [https://www.familysearch.org/help/fhcenters/locations/ here.] | ||
**A '''magnifying glass''' indicates that at least a portion of the film has been indexed. Click on the magnifying glass to search through the indexes. | **A '''magnifying glass''' indicates that at least a portion of the film has been indexed. Click on the magnifying glass to search through the indexes. | ||
**A '''wheel''' icon indicates that the item has viewing restrictions and is only accessible on microfilm at the [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library | **A '''wheel''' icon indicates that the item has viewing restrictions and is only accessible on microfilm at the [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.] | ||
*'''To locate original images on the Polish State Archives''' | *'''To locate original images on the Polish State Archives''' | ||
*'''To locate additional source information''' scroll down to the bottom of your search page on JRI-Poland to the '''Datafile''' section. Locate the collection of interest from the index and then look at the final column, '''LDS films/contact information'''. | *'''To locate additional source information''' scroll down to the bottom of your search page on JRI-Poland to the '''Datafile''' section. Locate the collection of interest from the index and then look at the final column, '''LDS films/contact information'''. | ||
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*A magnifying glass indicates that at least part of the film is indexed, and clicking on the magnifying glass will take you to the index. | *A magnifying glass indicates that at least part of the film is indexed, and clicking on the magnifying glass will take you to the index. | ||
*A camera indicates records are available online in a digital format. | *A camera indicates records are available online in a digital format. | ||
*A camera with a key on top means the record is viewable digitally but with certain restrictions that may mean the record can only be viewed at a Family History Center, FamilySearch affiliate library, or the | *A camera with a key on top means the record is viewable digitally but with certain restrictions that may mean the record can only be viewed at a Family History Center, FamilySearch affiliate library, or the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. Take a look at the '''[https://www.familysearch.org/help/fhcenters/locations/ Family History Center Finder]''' to discover a location near you. | ||
*A wheel icon indicates the record is only available on microfilm at the [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library ''' | *A wheel icon indicates the record is only available on microfilm at the [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library '''FamilySearch Library'''] in Salt Lake City, Utah. | ||
[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/German_Jewish_Records#Gatermann_films Gatermann films] for the Prussian Poland and former East Germany regions are kept at the Saxon State Archive in Leipzig, and are available through familysearch.org. | [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/German_Jewish_Records#Gatermann_films Gatermann films] for the Prussian Poland and former East Germany regions are kept at the Saxon State Archive in Leipzig, and are available through familysearch.org. | ||
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'''[https://www.mappingthelives.org/ The 1939 German Minority Census Database]''' is provided by Tracing the Past and the Mapping the Lives Project. | '''[https://www.mappingthelives.org/ The 1939 German Minority Census Database]''' is provided by Tracing the Past and the Mapping the Lives Project. | ||
In May of 1839, a census was conducted in Germany that required the head of each household to fill out an Ergänzungskarte, or a card that indicated the Jewish background of each of the resident's four grandparents. Microfilm copies of the German Minority Census of 1939 are available at the | In May of 1839, a census was conducted in Germany that required the head of each household to fill out an Ergänzungskarte, or a card that indicated the Jewish background of each of the resident's four grandparents. Microfilm copies of the German Minority Census of 1939 are available at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, the Leo Baeck Institute in New York and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. Copies can also be found in Germany and Israel. The database includes those who had at least one Jewish grandparents. For more information about these records, click [https://tracingthepast.org/en/1939-german-minority-census/ here.] To search the database, click [https://www.mappingthelives.org/ '''here.'''] | ||
==Jewish Families in the German Empire Database (Familiendatenbank Juden im Deutschen Reich)== | ==Jewish Families in the German Empire Database (Familiendatenbank Juden im Deutschen Reich)== | ||
'''[https://www.online-ofb.de/juden_nw/ The Jewish Families in the German Empire Database]''' (German - Familiendatenbank Juden im Deutschen Reich), compiled by Ingo Paul, contains nearly 70,000 individuals from parts of Prussia that are now a part of present-day Poland (Ostpreußen, Pommern, Posen, Schlesien, and Westpreußen). The website and database is in German. | '''[https://www.online-ofb.de/juden_nw/ The Jewish Families in the German Empire Database]''' (German - Familiendatenbank Juden im Deutschen Reich), compiled by Ingo Paul, contains nearly 70,000 individuals from parts of Prussia that are now a part of present-day Poland (Ostpreußen, Pommern, Posen, Schlesien, and Westpreußen). The website and database is in German. | ||
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