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
 * 3) The PRADZIAD Database
 * 4) Szukaj w Archiwach
 * 5) The Lost Shoe Box, with links to:
 * 6) Geneteka
 * 7) Metryki GenBaza
 * 8) Szukaj w Archiwach
 * 9) Archion, Cooperative of protestant archives ($)
 * 10) Archives Portal Europe
 * 11) 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.

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
 * Helpful databases for Polish research
 * 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
 * Pommeranian genealogy society
 * Pomeranian Genealogical Association