Project: Slavic Roots

Categories: Ethnic Roots Projects | Slavic Roots Project

Croatian Roots Project	Czech Roots Project	Polish Roots Project	Romanian Roots Project	Russian Roots Project	Ukrainian Roots Project

The Slavic Roots Project is a "Top Level" project that encompasses sub-projects for profiles of those with Polish, Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, Slovak, and other Slavic ancestry. It serves a central directory of all that is going on in the sub-projects.

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Contents 1 How to Join 2 Sticker 3 Project Goals 4 To-Do List 5 Current Sub-Projects 5.1 Croatian Roots Project 5.2 Czech Roots Project 5.3 Polish Roots Project 5.4 Romanian Roots Project 5.5 Russian Roots Project 5.6 Slovak Roots Project 5.7 Ukrainian Roots Project 6 WikiTree Resources 7 Related Projects 8 External Resources 8.1 Slavic Languages 8.2 Immigration Records 8.3 Language Orthographies

How to Join

Sticker

If you want to designate that your have Slavic ancestry, you can place this sticker on profiles, including your own if you wish. If you have other Slavic Ancestry like Russian, Czech, Polish, Galician and so on, they have their own stickers you may want to place.

This template can be on any profile of a person with Slavic ancestors. This sticker will automatically place profiles in the [[Category:Slavic Roots]] To put this sticker on a profile, simply copy and paste the following below the Biography headline:

{{Slavic Roots Sticker}}

This displays the following:

Here are profiles and pages using the sticker.

The link for the Slavic Roots Sticker is here: Template:Slavic_Roots_Sticker

Project Goals

1. Add related profiles, checking for existing profiles to avoid duplication. If any duplicate profiles exist, request merges, starting with the oldest generation.
2. If profiles were loaded by GEDCOM, use WikiTree Styles and Standards to clean up residue and broken links.
3. Search out original rather than derivative documentation and add sources.
4. Add template to the profiles along with any relevant categories.
5. Contact one of the project Leaders to request PPP status for those profiles that meet the criteria for project protection. This will protect them from an incorrect merge.
6. Profiles of family members are correct and documented.
7. Profiles are linked to the greater WikiTree. Try to find the connection.
8. Work on sources for unsourced profiles
9. Work with the Global Cemeteries Project to ensure cemeteries in these countries/areas are photographed and records added to WikiTree.

To-Do List

1. Identify profiles and tag them with appropriate categories
2. Spread the word to others with Slavic heritage or interest in the area
3. Identify people who can help with documents or direct research
4. Establish project pages for other categories under the Slavic umbrella

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Current Sub-Projects

Croatian Roots Project

• Croatian Roots Project Page
• Croatia, Cemeteries

Czech Roots Project

• Czech Roots Project Page
• Czech Regions, Villages, & Towns
• Available Records
• Czech Parish Maps
• Finding Ancestors Village
• Helpful Websites

Polish Roots Project

• Polish Roots Project Page
• Poland: Information and Resource Library - a very in-depth information and resource page
• Administrative Divisions of Poland - list of current and historical administrative divisions of Poland
• Poland Flags and Images - various images of Poland, will also house a variety of individual województwo/Voivodeship and powiat flags.

Romanian Roots Project

• Romanian Roots Project Page This project is presently under our umbrella but that may change. Romanians are not categorized among the Slavic peoples, but there is Slavic cultural influence and there may be some genetic influence as some Slavic populations were assimilated.

Russian Roots Project

Contact: Project Leader SJ Baty
Project Coordinator: vacant (if interested, please contact: SJ Baty)

• Russian Roots Project Page
• Russia's Government and Structure - (will include politicians and government officials)
• Russian Culture - (includes Ethnic groups, language and language resources, artists, and Russian celebrities and notables)
• Russian Images
• Russian Roots Resource Library

Slovak Roots Project

• Slovak Roots Project page

Contact: project coordinator Judy Lesso or leader, Maggie N.

Ukrainian Roots Project

• Ukrainian Roots Project Page

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WikiTree Resources

Remember a lot of questions can be answered by referring to the help pages link at the top right on all pages.

• Tons Tweaks Helpful code to improve a profile.
• Styles and Standards Help with Styles and Standards.
• Project Protecting and merging Help on PPP and Merging.
• Help with Gedcoms Gedcom Help and answers.
• Formatting Help with formatting on a profile.

Related Projects

• Volga German Team
• European Aristocrats
• The Holocaust Project
• World War II Project

External Resources

• Family Search, Records by Country

Slavic Languages

• Early Slavs
• Slavic Languages
• The Slavic Ethnogenesis: Identifying the Slavic Stock and Origins of the Slavs,Compiled by Andrzej Borzyskowski
• History of Slavic Languages

Immigration Records

• Immigration Records on Ancestry
• Ellis Island Passenger Records
• Best Immigrant Genealogy Website List, Family Tree Magazine
• Article: Top 57 European Genealogy Websites

Language Orthographies

• Language Orthographies
• Russian Orthography
• Polish Orthography
• Czech Orthography
• Slovak Orthography
• Romani Orthography Note well: this resource is for the Romani people, not for Romanian language.

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Present-Day countries with Slavic Roots

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