Categorization structure for Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

Date: 1772 to 1918
Location: Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Surnames/tags: Categorization Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

Proposal for Galicia, Austria submitted to G2G 30 May 2022. https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1424232/galicia-project-galicia-austria-proposal-category-structure

Finalized plan for categorizing villages in Galicia, Austria submitted to G2G 7 Jun 2022. https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1427748/here-finalized-categorizing-villages-within-galicia-austria?show=1427750#a1427750

Approved Rule for categorizing villages in Galicia, Austria sumitted to G2G 17 Jun 2022. https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1432275/the-approved-rule-for-galicia-austria-categories

• 19 April 2023: This page has been renamed for the purpose of Poland Project indexing.
• 22 Nov 2024: Space:Parallel_Category_Alternatives; new categories created for Galicia that parallel to a present day category will change from "(de)" to "(Historial)".

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Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Project How to Categorize Villages in Galicia, Austria

Contents 1 Category Language 2 Background 3 Category Structure 4 Category Information Box

Category Language

The naming patterns in Galicia can cause a great degree of confusion, so it is important to address it, and it also helps to describe why categorization is set up in a particular manner. Galicia had a combination of Polish and German; not necessarily one or the other.

The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was ruled by three empires from 1772 to 1918: Habsburg Monarchy/Holy Roman Empire, Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empires. All three empires using German language, thus German was the language of the governing body during it's existance. However, there was merely a small percentage of German speaking people who lived in this region and records were VERY RARELY kept in the German language. During the "Josephine Colonization", German speaking people would be positioned in various locales as teachers or influencers of Slavic (Polish, Ukrainian, etc.) or Jewish persons (Galicia was the poorest country in the region.) The German colonies were a separate community from a nearby village, sometimes having a German name. After World War I, their communities were typically absorbed into the nearby village. Under the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Project, a German colony category may be created if the name was in German but it CANNOT be attached to the present-day location. See Category: Josephine Colonization.

"According to the Austrian census from 1900 there were 212,327 (or 2.7%) German-speaking people in Galicia. Of this number around 80,000 constituted German Christians. The rest came from part of the Galician Jews (the census did not give the opportunity to declare Yiddish language), of whom roughly 20,000 considered themselves German." [1]

Church records (Roman Catholic or Greek Catholic) were written in Latin with latinized first names and Polish last names. Greek Catholic Churches (Ukrainian/Ruthenian) used a transliteration form of Polish from Cyrillic Ukranian language. Township records were either in Polish or Cyrillic.

Polish is used for village categorization because it is the most dominant language of the region, with exception to some very well known villages that had a German name. However the German word "Bezirk" (akin to district) will be used.

• Bezirk Biala = Biała
• Bezirk Krakau = Kraków
• Bezirk Jaroslau = Jarosław
• Bezirk Lemberg = Lwów
• Bezirk Neumarkt = Nowy Targ
• Bezirk Neusandez = Nowy Sącz
• Bezirk Stanislau = Stanisławów
• Bezirk Saybusch = Żywiec

The language for villages is in Polish as they stand today in southern Poland, unless there was a proper German name (such as Lemberg). Present day west Ukraine's place names were originally in Polish (Kingdom of Poland yr.1349-1569 and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1795 prior to the border partition in 1772).

• Naming pattern is based on the Polish name used prior to the Polish-Lithuanian Partition, which resulted in three empires (Prussian, Habsburg/Holy Roman/Austrian and Russian.)
• For research, departmental archives will usually only list modern names of localities and not offer historical names.
• Ukrainian/Cyrillic language is not offered at this time because Wikitree does not have the members to support moderating content of this language. (Subject to change.)
• This eliminates the risk of an ambiguity. Names in other languages should be indicated or mentioned in the category of that specific village, which will appear in Wikitree's search function.
• Typically people researching the region of Galicia are of Polish, Ukrainian or Jewish descent and would only know villages by the Polish name (including genealogy research indices.)

Background

"The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was subdivided into a number of counties for administrative purposes. In 1877 there were 73 administrative counties and in 1900 there were 78 counties. The administrative counties were responsible for storing vital records. The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was the largest and most populous crownland of Cisleithenia between 1772 and 1918. More widely, the central European region of Galicia is today split between the modern states of Poland and Ukraine. Despite having passed through several intermediate states during the great wars of the 20th century, the regions have mainly preserved their territorial integrity and continue to demarcate the jurisdiction of local government authorities in their successor states." [2]

Presently, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria is spread upon three Polish voivodeships and three Ukrainian Oblasts:

• Lesser Poland, Pol: województwo małopolskie, Ukr: Малопольське воєводство, Deu: Woiwodschaft Kleinpolen
• Subcarpathian, Pol: województwo podkarpackie, Ukr: Підкарпатське воєводство, Deu: Woiwodschaft Karpatenvorland
• Silesian, Pol: województwo śląskie, Ukr: Сілезьке воєводство, Deu: Woiwodschaft Schlesien
• Lviv Oblast, Pol: obwód lwowski, Ukr: Львівська область; Deu: Oblast Lwiw
• Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Pol: obwód iwanofrankowskim, Ukr: Івано-Франківська область, Deu: Oblast Iwano-Frankiwsk
• Ternopil Oblast, Pol: obwód tarnopolskim, Ukr: Тернопільська область, Deu: Oblast Ternopil
• Chernivtsi Oblast, Pol: obwód czerniowiecki, Ukr: Чернівецька область, Deu: Oblast Tscherniwzi (western region of the Oblast or also known as Bukovina 1787-1849, then 1861-1918. The eastern portion or Besserarabia was in Galicia from 1775-1812 before annexed to the Russian Empire.)

Category Structure

Added 23 Feb 2023: Category basic structure is set up as "Historical" for mirroring purposes.

The basic category structure for the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria:

Category: Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Added above the CIB

Category: Королівство Галичини та Володимирії Added above the CIB

Category: Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii Added above the CIB

• [[Category: Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien]]
  • [[Category: Biala (Bezirk)]] All Districts have been set up for Galicia.
    • [[Category: Butschkowitz, Biala]] Over 95% of villages have been created.

Research on how to find the correct district for a village can be found:

• https://www.geshergalicia.org/galician-town-locator/
• https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/jgcd.php?get=y&prov1900=Galicia

Checking the village name into an internet search engine is necessary to have the correct Polish spelling. Often you will need to use the Polish Wikipedia server for this information. Once you have identified the proper district, please check the district (links provided below) to make sure a village category has not already been set up.

Category Information Box

See example: Category: Buczkowice, Biala

{{CategoryInfoBox Location

|parent=Biala (Bezirk)

|Name=Buczkowice, Biala, Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien

|lang=de

|aka=Buczkowice, Bielsko, Śląskie, Polska ONLY use if a parallel category is to be created in present day Poland. In that case, use the information on present day in Polish language.

|coordinate=49.7280556, 19.0694444

|wikidataID=Q2723435

|profiles=yes

|spacepage= Kingdom_of_Galicia_and_Lodomeria

}}

*'''Profiles and Free Space Pages are placed in this category with this text: <nowiki>[[Category: Buczkowice, Biała]]</nowiki>

*Buczkowice is a village in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buczkowice] The Wikipedia page here may vary either in English, Polish, Ukranian or German. There may not be a Wikipedia page in English.