Posen Research Websites

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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.

See Posen Online Genealogy Records for data about people who lived in Posen. This online collection may include birth, marriage, and death records; biographies; cemeteries; censuses; emigration, immigration, and passenger lists; land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, probate records, and town genealogies.

German genealogy on the wiki
See also Germany Genealogy wiki to learn about typical German records and tips for finding them.

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.

Archives and Libraries

 * State Archives in Poland

Addresses

 * Genealogienetz addresses for Prussian Research

Church Records

 * Addresses for Polish parishes
 * Catholic Diocese of Poland
 * Church records of Nekla Posen
 * Cemetery records from Nekla

Civil Registration

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

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
 * Skorowidz Gazetteer

General Information

 * PolishWorld.com site with lots of Polish information
 * PolandGenWeb site
 * Helpful databases for Polish research
 * Digital Library
 * Posen Official website of the Posen-L mailing list
 * Polish roots genealogy source, immigration, culture and customs

History

 * History of Prussia
 * The History of Poland
 * Polish timeline

Maps

 * Maps of Posen, Germany, Europe
 * Modern Polish online atlas
 * Name mapping in Poland

Periodicals

 * Poland American Journal

Societies

 * The Society For German Genealogy in Eastern Europe
 * The Federation of East European family History Societies
 * Polish Genealogical Society of America
 * Digitized books