Pomerania (Pommern) Research Websites

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Online Classes

• German Research: Strategies and Sources for Eastern Provinces. Be sure to download the class syllabus.

1. Watch the Specific Geography portion to learn how to use MeyersGaz.org and Kartenmeister.com to get the details of the German and Polish names of your town and its higher jurisdictions.
2. Watch the General Resources portion to learn how to check for parish registers using
   1. The PRADZIAD Database
   2. Szukaj w Archiwach
   3. The Lost Shoe Box, with links to:
      1. Geneteka
      2. Metryki GenBaza
      3. Szukaj w Archiwach
   4. Archion, Cooperative of protestant archives ($)
   5. Archives Portal Europe
3. Watch the Pomerania portion, which begins at 28:52 minutes.

• Kartenmeister.com: Finding Places in the Former German Area of Poland

Online Record Collections

See German Online Genealogy Records. Databases cover indexed Germany birth, marriage, and death records; biographies; cemeterie; censuses; emigration, immigration, and passenger lists; land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, probate records, and town genealogies.

BYU German research class, online, no charge

See also German Research, a free, in-depth online course through Brigham Young University, by Larry Jensen.

Germany Websites--Reference and Training

Websites that assist in finding and using genealogy records for German ancestors.

Research Websites for Pomerania (Pommern)

Archives and Libraries

• State Archives in Poland
  
• Stettin archives
  

Addresses

• Genealogienetz addresses for Prussian Research
  

Church Records

• The PRADZIAD Database
• Szukaj w Archiwach
• The Lost Shoe Box, with links to:

1. Geneteka
2. https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/File:GENBAZA.pdf Metryki GenBaza]
3. Szukaj w Archiwach

• Archion, Cooperative of protestant archives ($)
• Archives Portal Europe
• Addresses for Polish parishes
• Catholic Diocese of Poland
  
• Information regarding church records
  

Civil Registration

• Address finder for Civil Registration offices in Poland (USC)
• Pommerscher Greif e. V., Association for Pomeranian Family and Local History.

Go to Forschung > Famillienforschung > Standesamt online or Kirchenbuch online > Find your Kreis >Parish

• Pomerania Genealogical Association Indexing project.

Go to "PomGenBase". > Search "PomGenBase". > Select "Christenings", "Marriages", or "Deaths”" > Use drop-down menu to see list of locations. > Select a locality or search in all localities. > Restrict your search using "Years". > Enter at least a "Surname". > Change "Search Method" to "similar". > Click "Search".

Emigration and Immigration

• Greifenberg emigrants to America

Gazetteers

• Place name listing
  
• Kartenmeister Place name finder which provides German and Polish names of localities, as well as other researchers of that village
  
• Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of localities in Poland and Russia
  
• Prussian Emigration Records in Polish Archives
• PolishWorld.com site with lots of Polish information
  
• PolandGenWeb site
  
• Pommeranian genealogy helps
• Researchers in Pommern Collaboration Lists

History

• History of Prussia
  
• The History of Poland
  
• Polish timeline
  
• Pommern-Land by the Sea- a site about Hinterpommern, which is now part of Poland, contains history, culture, genealogy, and other information with more Internet links
• Prussia-Pommern
• Pommern History and genealogy website
• The counties in Pommern 1913

Maps

• Modern Polish online atlas
  
• Name mapping in Poland
  

Periodicals

• Poland American Journal
  

Regional

• Research in the Körlin region
• Research in the Kreis and City Bütow
• Research in the Greiswald area
• Kreis Cammin
  
• Church district Stralsund
• The Kreis Schlawe in Pommern
• The Kreis Cammin in Pommern
• The Kreis of Stolp
• Stolp family history
• Kreis Neustettin

Societies

• The Society For German Genealogy in Eastern Europe
  
• The Federation of East European family History Societies
  
• Polish Genealogical Society of America
  
• Society for Pommern genealogy
• East Pommern genealogy society
• Pommerscher Verein Freistadt (Pomeranian Society)
• Pomeranian Genealogical Association