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General Information
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province[3] (Polish: województwo śląskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ ˈɕlɔ̃skʲɛ]) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia (Górny Śląsk), with Katowice serving as its capital. It is the most densely populated voivodeship in Poland. Within the area of 12,300 square kilometres, there are almost 5 million inhabitants. It is also the largest urbanised area in Central and Eastern Europe. [1]
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Historical Categories
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- Category: Piotrków (Province) Congress Poland of the Russian Empire
- Category: Schlesien, Preußen
- Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
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Historical Timeline
- 1025 - 1385: Kingdom of Poland
- 1385 - 1569: Kingdom of Poland
- 1569 - 1795: Polish-Lithanian Commonwealth, Prowincja małopolska, Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów
- 1795 - 1918:
- Category: Piotrków (Province) Congress Poland of the Russian Empire
- Category: Schlesien, Preußen
- Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Biala and Zywiec Districts) Find the correct district of your village here: https://www.geshergalicia.org/galician-town-locator/
- 1918 - 1939: Second Polish Republic
- 1939 - 1944: German Reich
- 1944 - 1989: Polish People's Republic
- 1989 - Present Day: Republic of Poland
Administrative Divisons
Holocaust Camps
Research Resources
- Geneteka
- Fotolubgens Eastern Poland and Galicia. Search engine for this page is here: Search Engine
- https://indeksy.net/news.php
- Catholic Church Registers of Klein Tinz- Transcriptions of the Catholic church registers of Klein Tinz, Breslau, Silesia, Prussia from 1791 to 1900. The village is known today as Tyniec Maly, Poland. In English and German. Contains over 3,000 individual records.
- Silesian Genealogy 101
- Cemetery: Findagrave Silesian
- Cemetery: Grobonet Slaskie
- Cemetery: eCmentarze.pl
- Space:Kingdom_of_Galicia_and_Lodomeria
- Census =1869, 1880, 1890 and 1900 Galician village census statistics. Note that these records do not list individuals; however understanding the village's demographic can also be important.
- State Archive in Częstochowa
- State Archive in Katowice
- Genealogical Society of the Częstochowa Land contains record indexes available after logging in.
- Silesian Genealogical Society
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