Silesia (Schlesien) Research Websites

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Research Websites:

= Research Websites: =

Archives and Libraries

 * State Archives in Poland
 * University Archives in Breslau/Wroclaw

Addresses

 * Genealogienetz addresses for Prussian Research

Cemeteries

 * War graves in Poland

Church Records

 * Church Records of Westpreussen and other areas
 * Church Records of Westpreussen and other areas
 * Lutheran Church of Poland
 * Catholic Diocese of Poland
 * Information about churchbooks of Schlesien around 1900
 * Addresses for Polish parishes

Civil Registration

 * Address finder for Civil Registration offices in Poland (USC)

Directories

 * Address Book of Breslau 1941
 * Historic Address book database
 * Address books of Schlesien

Gazetteers

 * East and West Prussian 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
 * Meyers Orts und Verkehrs Lexikon online with Ancestry free account signup

Genealogy

 * The Quassowski Kartei of about 350,000 entries
 * Batchnumber index for IGI
 * List of Ortsfamilienbücher for Schlesien
 * Data bases with focus on Kreis Militsch, Kreis Wohlau-Steinau, and Silesia (Schlesien) general

General Information

 * Helps for Researchers
 * Genealogy Databanks, and lots of good information regarding research
 * Pictures posted of many localities around the world
 * List of archaic medical terms
 * Grimms German dictionary containing archaic and historic words
 * The World Fact book with regional maps, flags, guides to countries and current news
 * PolishWorld.com site with lots of Polish information
 * PolandGenWeb site
 * Helpful databases for Polish research
 * Historical Museum of Schlesien
 * Digitized address books, historical and other items about Schlesien
 * Digital library
 * Research in Poland
 * Haus Schlesien, Culture and Genealogy
 * Lots of GREAT Schlesien information from Dr. Claus Christoph

History

 * History of Prussia
 * History Guide including all areas of Europe
 * The History of Poland
 * Polish timeline

Jewish Records

 * Jewish name indexing project in Poland

Language and Languages

 * Lexikon of the German Language

Maps

 * Old Maps of Germany, Kingdom of Prussia, Europe
 * Mapping Europe's Historic Boundaries and Borders
 * Maps of the German Empire
 * German Empire map
 * Modern Polish online atlas
 * Name mapping in Poland
 * name mapping in Germany

Military Records

 * Lost persons in the military

Newspapers

 * Newspapers
 * Volkswacht Breslau Newspaper available for the years 1891-1925.

Nobility

 * Nobility worldwide

Occupations

 * Old German occupations

Periodicals

 * Poland American Journal

Regional

 * Database of Church records of Lauterbach and Langseifersdorf
 * Historical Einwohnerbücher of Kreis Hirschberg im Riesengebirge
 * Parish towns of Germans and Wends of the Lausitz Region
 * Schweidnitz research
 * Evangelical research in the Oberlausitz area
 * Databank for Militsch, Wohlau-Steinau and Schlesien
 * Excellent site for Kreis Lüban
 * Oberschlesien research A listing of many websites, including address books of some cities, to help with research in this area.

Societies

 * The Society For German Genealogy in Eastern Europe
 * Society for East German Family Researchers Agoff
 * The Federation of East European family History Societies
 * Polish Genealogical Society of America
 * Addresses of German Research groups with emphasis on certain former German Kreise which are now in Poland
 * Regional homeland research in Kreis Brieg, Gross Wartenberg and Kreis Namslau
 * The Society For German Genealogy in Eastern Europe