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In Their Words: A Genealogist's Translation
Guide to Polish, German, Latin and Russian
Documents. Volume 1: Polish
by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman
2nd edition - ISBN 978-0-9631579-6-6
Copyright 2007
This book is softcover, perfect bound, with 388 bindery pages (viii + 380), 8.25 x 11 inches. It includes:
* over 60 Polish-language documents and extracts from American and European sources, analyzed and translated; they include extracts from birth, death, and marriage records of various formats; gazetteer entries; revision lists; obituaries; population registers; military service records; passports; etc..
* sections on Polish grammar, phonetics, and spelling
* information on how to locate records in America and Europe, including contact information for various archives in Poland and neighboring countries
* a chapter on gazetteers and how to use them, with 12 maps showing Poland's changing borders and administrative subdivisions
* a vocabulary list with over 2,500 entries, featuring terms most likely to be found in records, including many overlooked by most dictionaries
* a 14-page index to facilitate looking up specific items.
To see a sample of the kind of information this book provides, please go here. ( www.langline.com/StateArchivesGuide.htm )
Can be ordered through Avotaynu, the Polish Art Center, and the Polish Genealogical Society of America.
langline.com/ITW_Polish.htm
Guide to Polish, German, Latin and Russian
Documents. Volume 1: Polish
by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman
2nd edition - ISBN 978-0-9631579-6-6
Copyright 2007
This book is softcover, perfect bound, with 388 bindery pages (viii + 380), 8.25 x 11 inches. It includes:
* over 60 Polish-language documents and extracts from American and European sources, analyzed and translated; they include extracts from birth, death, and marriage records of various formats; gazetteer entries; revision lists; obituaries; population registers; military service records; passports; etc..
* sections on Polish grammar, phonetics, and spelling
* information on how to locate records in America and Europe, including contact information for various archives in Poland and neighboring countries
* a chapter on gazetteers and how to use them, with 12 maps showing Poland's changing borders and administrative subdivisions
* a vocabulary list with over 2,500 entries, featuring terms most likely to be found in records, including many overlooked by most dictionaries
* a 14-page index to facilitate looking up specific items.
To see a sample of the kind of information this book provides, please go here. ( www.langline.com/StateArchivesGuide.htm )
Can be ordered through Avotaynu, the Polish Art Center, and the Polish Genealogical Society of America.
langline.com/ITW_Polish.htm