Project: Poland

Categories: Poland Project | Slavic Roots Project | Poland | Polska | Pre-1700 Projects


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Kraków, Małopolskie, Polska
Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Polska


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Mission

The Poland Project recognizes that people from many different ethnicities originated from what is now present-day Poland. The Poland Project exists to encourage people whose ancestry is from the area of present day Poland to record their heritage. This project serves as a forum for researchers and descendants of all people born in Poland at any point in history. Our mission is: to develop, improve, categorize and add sources to profiles of those who lived in Poland; to maintain a library of information and resources; and to facilitate collaboration among our members.

Projekt Polska uznaje, że ludzie z wielu różnych grup etnicznych wywodzili się z terenów dzisiejszej Polski. Projekt Polska istnieje, aby zachęcać osoby pochodzące z terenów dzisiejszej Polski do rejestrowania swojego dziedzictwa. Projekt ten służy jako forum dla badaczy i potomków wszystkich ludzi urodzonych w Polsce w dowolnym momencie historii. Naszą misją jest: rozwijanie, ulepszanie, kategoryzowanie i dodawanie źródeł do profili osób, które mieszkały w Polsce; prowadzenie biblioteki informacji i zasobów; oraz ułatwianie współpracy pomiędzy naszymi członkami.

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How to Join

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Our Goals

Your WikiTree Profile

  • Please note the followed tag has changed from POLAND TO POLAND_EUROPE. This will separate the surname from the country on your "Wiki Genealogy Feed" (which appears on your navigation homepage). The Poland Project coordinators will check both tags in G2G.
  • It is important to indicate on your profile which language you speak. You do so by adding the following sticker if you speak English: {{Languages|en}}.
    • If you only speak a little English you would add {{Languages|en-1}}
    • The number after "en" (English) is the degree of understanding. 0 = no understanding; 1 = basic; 2 = intermediate, 3 = advanced, 4 = near-native.
    • Use this format if you speak other languages: de = Deutsch, pl = Polski, uk = Ukrainian/українська.
    • For more information and languages see: Language Template page
  • If you are a professional genealogist with focus on Poland, please add this category to your personal Wikitree profile: Category: Poland, Professional Genealogists.

Communication

There are various ways that the Poland Project project communicates:

  • The project-account google group receives email copies of any comments posted to project-managed profiles and pages. This google group is used predominantly to track project-managed and project-protected profiles. Project members who would like to join the group should send a request to join that includes their WikiTree-ID.
  • G2G with the Poland_Europe or Polish_Roots tag. G2G is WikiTree's primary discussion forum. Anyone -- project member or not-- can post a message to G2G; if they add the Poland_Europe or Polish_Roots tag, then anyone following that tag will see the message in their feed. We ask all project members to follow that tag; anyone on wikitree may also follow it.
  • Poland Project News Page is shared with all project and non-project members about our project in the latest WikiTree Challenges, Bingo, Video presentations, etc. One can COMMENT on this Free Space page if you have any queries or questions.

What are we working on now?

What can you do to help?

Poland Project active volunteers (and badge holders) join a team from the following list: Poland Project Volunteer Task List.

The following list can be done by anyone at any time, and does not require a commitment to the Poland Project:

  • EVERYONE should work on their suggested error list. You can find this from the drop down menu "My WikiTree" and then "Suggestions."
  • EVERYONE should work on sourcing the Wikitree profiles they manage.
  • If you are aware of any projects, categories or free space pages directly related to Poland, please let us know. We would like to increase the visibility of that item by adding it under a village category. The village categories in Poland serve as an index to all things related to that village from any point in history (scroll down for more information.)
  • Do you know of a Polish Cemetery within North America? If so, please leave a comment so we can add it to this list: Space:Polish_Cemeteries_in_North_America.
  • Have you gathered a ton of information about a particular village and do not know what to do with it? Consider sharing what you know and create a free space page! If you create a village category for that village, you may attach the free space page in the Category Information Box (CIB). Contact any coordinator for help.
  • Are you actively transcribing information and creating numerous profiles for one village? Consider creating a "One Place Study" as you will be provided with more categories in order to help sort your information: Category: Poland, Place Studies.
  • Have you begun a "One Name Study" on a Polish surname? If so, please add Category: Polish Surname Study in order to increase visibility. For more information see: Category: One Name Studies
  • Poland Project has updated the voivodeship (province) space pages that are linked within the categories. Please add any information you would like to share that is of use to other genealogy researchers of that region, and do not hesitate to correct any errors. You may also upload maps, but please make sure the images are free from copyright.
  • If you notice the Poland Project has attached a village category to one of your profiles, please make sure the same category is placed on other profiles you manage, where applicable. Also, run a search under the FIND LINK on the top right of your page. Scroll to the bottom, where you can see the option to "Search for Any Text", enter in your village name. Be aware there are MANY villages with the same name. Only add categories where it is obviously the same location. Scroll below to the "Categorization" topic. The absolute best way to search via location is through Wikitree+, please make sure you are using Chrome and have added the Wikitree+ extension. Open the link and put the name you are are searching in the "text" box.
  • If you need a village category created, scroll down for more information.

Requesting Help

  • If your only knowledge is that your ancestor is from Poland place those profiles in the following category: Category: Poland, Emigrant Unknown Birth Location. Please make sure the privacy settings are OPEN on the profile. This category is specifically for profiles that were first to leave Poland for another country. (Please note there are only a few active members in the Poland Project at this moment, and our focus is in building/organizing the project. Your profile may sit for a long period of time before it is reviewed.)
  • If you would like a cemetery category made for an profile, place them in the following category: Category: Poland, Needs Cemetery Category. Please make sure you have as much information as possible about the cemetery on the profile and the privacy settings are OPEN.
  • If you would like a village category created for your ancestor, please place those profiles in the appropriate present-day Voivodeship (Province) Category or kreis/powiat/county category (which can also be accessed by the category widget on the edit mode of a Wikitree profile, please use diacritics.) Scroll below for more information and please make sure the privacy settings are OPEN.
  • Remember, you will receive immediate attention if you ask a question in the G2G forum. Be sure to include tags: Poland_Europe or Polska to your query.

Poland Timeline

See also: Territorial_evolution_of_Poland

  • Early Poland: Polans [1] & Lechitic tribes [2]
  • 966-1025: Duchy of Poland/Ziemia Polska [3]
  • 1025-1385: Kingdom of Poland/Królestwo Polskie [4]
  • 1385-1569: Kingdom of Poland/Królestwo Polskie [5]
  • 1569-1795: Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth/Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów [6]. The partitions of this region occurred in 1772, 1793 and 1795: [7]

Three partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth are listed below: Prussian, Russian and Austrian. The majority of these regions ended after World War I (1918).

  • Prussian Partition/Rozbiór pruski [8]
    • (1793-1807) South Prussia/Südpreußen [9].
      • (1807-1815) Duchy of Warsaw/Duché de Varsovie [10]
        • (1815-1848) Grand Duchy of Posen/Großherzogtum Posen [11]
        • (1815-1917) Congress Poland, Russian Empire/Kongresówka, Cesarstwo Rosyjskie [12]
        • West Prussia/Provinz Westpreußen [13]
        • (1815-1846) Free City of Cracow/Wolne Miasto Kraków [14] Succeeded by Grand Duchy of Kraków/Großherzogtum Krakau (1846-1918) and Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria/Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien .
    • (1772-1807) Netze District/Netzedistrikt [15]
      • (1807-1815) Duchy of Warsaw/Duché de Varsovie [16]
      • (1773-1829) West Prussia/Provinz Westpreußen [17]
    • (1773-1829) West Prussia/Provinz Westpreußen [18]
      • (1807-1815) Duchy of Warsaw/Duché de Varsovie [19]
      • (1824-1878) Province of Prussia/Provinz Preußen [20]
    • (1878-1920) West Prussia/Provinz Westpreußen [21]
      • (1920-1939) Free City of Danzig/Freie Stadt Danzig [22]
      • (1919-1939) Pomeranian Voivodeship/Województwo Pomorskie [23]
      • (1919-1945) Region of West Prussia/Marienwerder [24]
      • (1922-1938) Posen-West Prussia/Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen [25]
    • (1795-1807) New East Prussia/Provinz Neuostpreußen [26]
      • (1807-1815) Duchy of Warsaw/Duché de Varsovie [27]
        • (1815-1918) Congress Poland, Russian Empire/Kongresówka, Cesarstwo Rosyjskie [28]
        • (1815-1848) Grand Duchy of Posen/Großherzogtum Posen [29]
      • (1721-1917) Russian Empire [30]
  • Russian Partition/Rozbiór rosyjski [31]
    • (1795-1807) Białystok Department, Kingdom of Prussia/Kammerdepartement Bialysto, Königreich Preußen [32]
      • (1807-1815) Duchy of Warsaw/Duché de Varsovie [33]
        • (1815-1917) Congress Poland, Russian Empire/Kongresówka, Cesarstwo Rosyjskie [34]
      • (1807-1842) Belostok Oblast, Russian Empire/obwód białostocki, Cesarstwo Rosyjskie [35]
        • (1842-1918) Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire/Gubernia Grodzieńska, Cesarstwo Rosyjskie [36]
      • (1807-1815) Łomża Department, Duchy of Warsaw/Departament Łomzyński, Księstwo Warszawskie[37]
        • (1816-1837) Augustów Voivodeship, Congress Poland/województwo augustowskie [38]
          • (1837-1867) Augustów Governorate, Russian Empire/gubernia augustowska [39]
            • (1867-1914) Suwałki Governorate, Russian Empire/gubernia suwalska [40]
            • (1867-1914) Łomża Governorate, Russian Empire/gubernia łomżyńska [41]
                • (1915-1918) Bialystok-Grodno District/Verwaltungbezirk Bialystok-Grodno [42]
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  • Austrian Partition/Rozbiór austriacki [43]
    • (1795-1803) West Galicia (or New Galicia)/Neugalizien, Habsburgermonarchie, Heiliges Römisches Reich[44]
      • (1807-1815) Duchy of Warsaw/Duché de Varsovie [45]
        • (1815-1917) Congress Poland/Królestwo Polskie (Kielce, Radom, Lublin, parts of Siedlce Governorates)
        • (1815-1846) Free City of Cracow/Wolne, Niepodległe i Ściśle Neutralne Miasto Kraków i jego Okręg [46]
          • (1846-1918) Grand Duchy of Kraków [47]
          • (1846-1918) Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
    • (1772-1804) Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria of the Habsburg Monarchy, Holy Roman Empire/Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien, Habsburgermonarchie, Heiliges Römisches Reich
      • (1804 - 1867) Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was a Crownland of the Austrian Empire/Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien, Kaiserthum Oesterreich
        • (1867 - 1918) Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was a Crownland of the Cisleithanian part of the dual monarchy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire/Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien, Österreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie
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  • (1917-1918) Kingdom of Poland/Królestwo Polskie [48]
  • (1918-1939) Second Polish Republic/II Rzeczpospolita [49]
  • (1939-1944) German Reich/Deutsches Reich
  • (1947-1952) Republic of Poland/Rzeczpospolita Polska [50]
  • (1952-1989) Polish People's Republic/Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa [51]
  • 1989 to present day: Republic of Poland/Rzeczpospolita Polska [52]

Categorization

The Poland Project's category structure uses present day location categories (as of 2022) as a baseline index
for anything attached to that village/city (Wikitree profiles, Cemeteries, Projects, etc.)
from any point in history.



What are categories and how can they help you? Categorizing by location helps serve as an index to all the Wikitree profiles or pages (cemeteries, informational pages, etc) added to that specific location. It helps increase visibility of your work, with the hope of making new connections and sharing of information. Too, there are many variations of the same surname, and they are not always picked up by soundex in the search feature. There are many Wikitree members who actively transcribe parish records; the category feature gives them another avenue to keep track of their work.

If you would like a category made for you, add the voivodeship (province) category from the list below to the Wikitree profile, and make sure to set the privacy settings to OPEN (it needs to be open in order for us to work on it.) If your only knowledge is that your ancestor is from Poland, use Category: Poland, Emigrant Unknown Birth Location. Please DO NOT place them in the general Poland category.


To find IF a category exists for your village, search for the village in the category widget located on your ancestor's profile in edit mode. You DO NOT need to use diacritics in your search (ex. ą, ł, ś). Another way to find if your village has been created is by clicking through the voivodeship links below, and then check the powiat/county. There may be further instructions on where to look at the powiat level.

There may be up to three categories for your village. One in English, one in Polish and one in German (for Galicia or Prussia). You only need to select ONE category for the profile to appear across all three. The Poland Project works to bridge existing historical categories to the present day, so that all profiles from that one location are nested together. Wikitree profile locations should reflect the accurate historical government, regardless.

Historical Poland Categories (Year 1900) vs. Present-Day Poland Categories

There are several categories already in place for historical Poland. The Poland Project is ONLY working on bridging the following three historical categories to present day Poland (pre-World War One regions or circa 1900 before borders were redrawn):

Important Terms

For a comprehensive list of terms visit: Poland Resource Library; Polish Language Resources.

Location Terms

  • Dolne = Lower/South (usually attached to a village name) ex. Cieplice Dolne
  • Duży = Big (usually attached to a village name) ex. Ulan Duży
  • Gmina = small cluster of villages making up an administrative district. A gmina is important in 1) looking at maps to located your village and 2) it needs to be listed in the location if there were two villages with the same name in the same powiat/county.
    • (English) Gmina Budzyń, Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
    • (Polish) Budzyń (gmina), powiat chodzieski, województwo wielkopolskie
  • Górne = Upper/North (usually attached to a village name) ex. Cieplice Górne
  • Governorate = (Polish: Gubernia), same as a Province but used in the Russian Empire.
  • Kreis = German for district/county, but used in German and Austrian Empires (Prussia & Galicia).
  • Mały = Small (usually attached to a village name) ex. Ulan Mały
  • Miasto = City
  • Nowy = New (usually attached to a village name) ex. Nowy Sącz.
  • Powiat = district/county
    • (English) Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
    • (Polish) powiat chodzieski, województwo wielkopolskie
    • See also: Kreis and Uyzed.
  • Provinz = German for "province", used in German Empire locations (Prussia).
    • (English) Brandenburg Province
    • (German) Provinz Brandenburg
  • Stary = Old (usually attached to a village name) ex. Stary Sambor.
  • Uyezd = same as county/district, but used in the Russian Empire.
  • Voivodeship = Province/State
    • (English) Greater Poland Voivodeship
    • (Polish) województwo wielkopolskie
    • See also: Governorate and Provinz.
  • Wieś = Village

Other

  • diacritics = alphabet characters such as Ł, Ą, Ż, Ś, etc.

WikiTree Resources

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



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