Post by jimpres on Feb 2, 2009 18:14:19 GMT -7
www.pgsa.org/simplemachinesforum/index.php
The January 2009 issue of the _PGSA Notebook_ announced that the PGSA Website now has a Genealogy Forum where you can post questions or respond to those of others. There's no charge; all you need to do is register.
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www.sscms.edu/Library/index.html
On the Poland-Roots mailing list, Ceil Jensen passed along a note from Karen Majewski announcing that the Adam Cardinal Maida Alumni Library at Orchard Lake, Michigan is now online! Karen said to go to this URL and click on "Library Collection" at the left. There are also plans eventually to enter the periodicals and archival collections, too. I have visited the Orchard Lake schools and the Library several times, and it is an outstanding facility. I think more Polish Americans should know about it and be proud of it!
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www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames
On the Lithuanian Genealogy list, "Pat" suggested using this link to see where surnames exist worldwide. "After you put in your surname, you can choose a Name Search, Area Search, or Ethnicity Search. Keep clicking on the country you are interested in, and you can narrow it down to cities. Note: Sometimes this site is very busy and you may have to try several times to get in." Note that it only covers selected countries, including Poland, Germany, Sweden, etc. Who knew there were Jaworskis in Stockholm?!
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www.kresy-siberia.org
On the newsgroup soc. genealogy.jewish, Linda Williams advised anyone with queries about Anders Army or about Poles, Jews, or other nationalities leaving Russia for Persia and Palestine in 1942 to please contact the Kresy-Siberia forum at this URL. "You do not have to be a member to open the Website, click on Gallery, and look through the information about Poles and others who left Russia after the amnesty in 1941, arrived in Persia (Iran) at Camp Pahlevi in 1942, and then went on to other locations." Unless I'm very much mistaken, we have at least a few readers interested in this subject, and I don't recall mentioning this Website before. Take a look!
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www.jewish-heritage.org/starte.htm
Also on that newsgroup, Alexander Sharon responded to a request for info on Russian Jewish genealogical societies and researchers by suggesting a visit to the English verson of the [Russian] Jewish Heritage Society Website, at the above URL.
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mariansmith.com
In another post to that newsgroup, Jan Meisels Allen recommended this blog for answers to questions about Ellis Island passenger manifests. Marian Smith is a historian with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), and she is recognized as a true expert in this field. In a follow-up, David Rubin said some folks might have problems bringing up that site; if so, turn off any pop-up blocker you have, and that should take care of the problem.
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www.roots-saknes.lv/Army/military_service_.htm
Paul Valasek told me about this site, with information on military service in the Russian Empire. The Roots-Saknes site deals with Latvian research, but obviously much of this information is useful for people with roots in other parts of the Russian Empire, including Poles.
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www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html
Paul also recommended this article, which compares the search engine Google with two others, Yahoo and Exalead. We are so used to using Google that we sometimes forget: other search engines can give better results under certain conditions. It's not a bad idea to learn a little about the alternatives.
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www.torugg.org/TUGG%20Links/tugg_links.html
On the Galicia_Poland-Ukraine mailing list, Jim Onyschuk responded to a request for info on maps of Galicia by suggesting a visit to this page and clicking on "Maps." This brings up a nice list of a variety of maps and other resources. If you have roots in Galicia, this is a good page to know about.
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digi.nacr.cz/prihlasky2/indexen.php
The 14 January 2009 issue of _Nu? What's New?_ (http://www.avotaynu.com/nu/V10N01.htm) gave a progress report on a project to index online Prague Conscription records for 1850-1914. More than one million entries have been indexed, and the index is complete partially through the letter L. Click the word "Search" to locate a particular name.
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www.dworypalace.travel.pl
On the German-language Posen mailing list, Beate Harbich-Schonert posted this URLK for a site dealing with manors and palaces in Poland, and especially in the region of Lodz.
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www.ftdna.com/public/polish
On the Lithuanian Genealogy mailing list, Mary Guler mentioned this page for the Family Tree DNA "Polish (-Lithuanian-Belarusian-Ukrainian-Latvian) Project." She said the project now has 1,000 participants, and has grown quickly the last couple of years, especially since the project's scope was expanded to include descendants of people from the entire 17th-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. You can visit this site, or access yDNA results directly at tinyurl.com/polish-ydna and mtDNA results at tinyurl.com/polish-mtdna.
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www.care2.com/c2c/group/beauty_of_Poland
A note posted by "Chris" on the Poland Border Surnames mailing list praised this site bcause it "has helped me understand Poland more with the pictures along with some history and genealogy links."
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www.heavens-above.com/
On the Poland-Roots mailing list, Valerie Koselka suggested going to this Website and, under "Configuration," clicking on "From database. "On the next page, select your country, Poland. When the next page comes up, you can type in your village in the box that says search string and submit. It will give the co-ordinates, region, elevation and the distance between neighboring villages."
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www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
Also on that list, Debbie Greenlee suggested reading newspaper headlines from all over the world at this site. "Click on EUROPE and a map of Europe will appear covered with dots. Place your cursor on a dot which represents a city in a European country (this tests your geographical knowledge) and the current day's headline will pop-up. If you want to read the paper click on that same dot and when the paper appears click on READABLE PDF. A readable newspaper will open in another window. Poland has six newspapers represented-all in Polish, of course."
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katalog.onet.pl/4992,genealogia,k.html
On the Polish Genius mailing list, "Paulatpinder" said he'd come across this list of different Polish genealogy Websites. Many are in Polish only, but some have English versions. There are a few here I had not run into before, so I thought the list was worth passing along.
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www.meetup.com/topics/
Also on the Polish Genius list, Debbie Greenlee referred to an editorial by Mark Kohan in the January 2009 issue of the Polish American Journal, encouraging people to support Polish businesses. Debbie suggested one way to make contacts is to look for a "Meet-Up Polonia" in your area. She said, "In my experience, most of the attendees were born in Poland, so they speak Polish and English. This is a great way to learn and practice your Polish and give business to a Polish-American establishment." This URL is the link to find a Meetup Group; type Polish or Poland in the "Topic or Interest" box.
