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Genealogy Guide: Poland

Selected References at the Center for Jewish History

Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia (Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, 2004). Genealogy Institute   CS 3010 .Z9 G353 2004
 
Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland. Genealogy Institute   CS 3010 .B419
 
Dombrovska, D., Abraham Wein, Aharon Vais, and Yad va-Shem. Pinḳas ha-ḳehilot. Polin : Entsiḳlopedyah shel ha-Yishuvim ha-Yehudiyim le-min Hiṿasdam ṿe-ʻad le-aḥar Shoʾat Milḥemet ha-ʻOlam ha-Sheniyah (Jerusalem: Yad va-Shem, Vols. 1-8, 1976-2005).  This encyclopedia of towns (in Hebrew), published by Yad Vashem, provides brief town histories and demographic information. Reading Room   DS 135 .E81 P65 1976  v. 1-8
 
Fifer, Susan. A guide to Jewish genealogy in Poland. 2nd edition. London: Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain, 2014. Genealogy Institute CS873.F54 2014
 
Frazin, Judith R. A Translation Guide to 19th Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents (Northbrook, IL: Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, 2009). Genealogy Institute   CS 871 .F73 2009
 
Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern Europe. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2007. Genealogy Institute DS135 .E83 G68 2007
 
Shea, Jonathan D., and William F. Hoffman. In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German Latin and Russian Documents, V. 1 [Polish] and V. 2 [Russian] (New Britain, CT: Language and Lineage Press, 2000-2002). Genealogy Institute   CS 873 .S49 2000 (v.1) and Genealogy Institute  CS 844 .S49 2002 (v.2)
 
Weiner, Miriam. Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories (New York: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and Secaucus, NJ: The Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation, 1997). Genealogy Institute   DS 135 .P6 W37 1997
 
Weiner, Miriam. Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories (New York: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and Secaucus, NJ: The Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation, 1999). Genealogy Institute   DS 135 .U4 W45 1999
 
Weisgard, Geoffrey M., and Gesher Galicia. Kraków: A Guide to Jewish Genealogy. Great Britain: Geoffrey M. Weisgard,  2011. Genealogy Institute  CS878.K735 W45 2011
 
Wynne, Suzan F. Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia: A Resource Guide (Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1998). Covers towns formerly in the province of Galicia (“Austrian Poland”), now divided between Poland and Ukraine, listing vital records by town and explaining how to obtain them. Genealogy Institute   CS 878 .G35 W96
 
Wynne, Suzan F. The Galitzianers: The Jews of Galicia, 1772-1917 (Kensington, MD: Suzan F. Wynne, 2006). Genealogy Institute   DS 135 .P62 G32

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