Genealogy Projects tagged with Poland on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Schulz Family from Germany in Meriden, USA

    Genealogy about Schulz Family from Germany in Meriden, USA Any Informations about history of Schulz family, and In this project a Yours participitation are welcome, if you are interesting for participate or would like to become part of this project - just Join this project (select ACTIONS (top right) and click Join Project ) About family surname Schulz from wikipedia : En | De Schulz is a ...

  • 1386 Battle of the Vikhra River

    If in your family tree you have persons that were participants of the Battle of the Vikhra River , please add them to this project. It would be great if within the profile description "About" there would be brief biography. Within opened profile page use the 'Actions' button to "Add to project". Select this project (you must be on the list of collaborators in this project to see it on the sele...

  • Order Orła Białego - Order of the White Eagle - Poola Valge Kotka orden

    The Order of the White Eagle (Polish: Order Orła Białego) is Poland's highest decoration awarded to both civilians and the military for their merits. It was officially instituted on November 1, 1705 by Augustus II the Strong and bestowed on eight of his supporters: four Polish magnates, three Russian field marshals (including Peter Lacy), and one Cossack hetman. Order Orła Białego – najstarsz...

  • Pomerania Province, Poland

    This project is for exploring various people and families from Pomerania Province, Poland Sources: Pomeranian Genealogical Association

  • Westpreussen

    Westpreußen war eine preußische Provinz beiderseits der unteren Weichsel mit der Hauptstadt Danzig. Sie wurde 1772/1793 zur Zeit der Ersten und Zweiten Teilung Polen-Litauens aus annektierten Gebieten des Preußen Königlichen Anteils gebildet, ergänzt durch einen Teil des preußischen Oberlands um Riesenburg und Marienwerder, das zum Regierungssitz wurde. Die Provinz umfasste das Kulmerland, Pome...

  • Warsaw Uprising in 1944

    If in your family tree you have people who participated in Warsaw Uprising, please add them to this project. It would be great if within the profile description there would be a brief biography added.Within opened profile page use the 'Actions' button to "Add to project". Select this project - Warsaw Uprising in 1944 . You must be among collaborators within this project - in order to see it on ...

  • Bialystok Ghetto גטו ביאלסטוק

    The Bialystok Ghetto was set up by Nazi Germany between July 26 and early August 1941 in the new capital of Bezirk Bialystok district of German-occupied Poland. About 50,000 Jews from the vicinity of Białystok and the surrounding region were herded into a small area of the city. The ghetto was split in two by the Biala River running through it (see map). Most inmates were put to work in the for...

  • Rejowiec Ghetto

    The Rejowiec Transit Ghetto Transit stop for the murder of Slovak JewsMap of Rejowiec in the Krasnystaw districtRejowiec in the district of Chelm, acquired municipal rights during the 16th Century and became famous thanks to Mikolaj Rej, a distinguished poet of the Polish Renaissance.At the end of the 16th Century Rejowiec was populated mostly by Jews, and by the 20th Century the Jews accounted...

  • Częstochowa Ghetto

    The Częstochowa Ghetto was a Jewish ghetto set up by Nazi Germany in the city of Częstochowa in south-central Poland, for the purpose of persecution and exploitation of local Jews during the German occupation of Poland. The approximate number of people confined to the ghetto at its beginning was around 40,000 and at its peak – right before mass deportations – 48,000. In late 1942 most ghetto in...

  • Surname Study: Lanzer, Jewish Families from Moravia and Silesia

    The Jewish vital records for Silesia are fragmentary and for many towns no longer exist. For this reason researching families for this region requires some creative searching. Prague Conscriptions (1850 - 1914) - Applications for Residence Permit of Prague Police Ernest Lanzer (1887 Teschen), lediger Reisender Vienna Heinrich Lanzer (1837 Karvina - 1899 Vienna) Heinrich Lanzer (185...

  • Hitler's Foreign Divisions: Foreign Volunteers in the Waffen-SS 1940-1945

    Main information and table of contents taken from the book: Hitler's Foreign Divisions: Foreign Volunteers in the Waffen-SS 1940-1945, by Chris Bishop, Amber Books Ltd., London, United Kingdom, c. 2005. Book Introduction. "Even today, more than six decades after the outbreak of World War II, it still seems incredible that thousands of men whose countries had been conquered by the Nazis should...

  • Pommern

    Pommern ist eine Region im Nordosten Deutschlands und im Nordwesten Polens, die von der Ostseeküste und deren vorgelagerten Inseln von knapp 50 km bis zu fast 200 km weit ins Binnenland reicht. Der Name Pommern ist die eingedeutschte Form von Pomorje und ist slawischer Herkunft: po more – „am Meer“. Westliche Begrenzung ist die Recknitz. Über die Auffassung bezüglich der Ausdehnung nach Osten g...

  • Old Believers-Pomorians

    The Pomorian soglasiye (Согласие, which means "creed" or "confession") is a group of bespopovtsy ("priestless") Old Believers, who abandoned the practice of receiving "runaway priests" after the death of the last pre-Raskol (schism) priests of the Russian Orthodox Church. In the absence of the priesthood, they began to elect literate laity to conduct services. The Pomorian creed was formed in ...

  • Myrtle Cemetery, Poland, Chautauqua, New York

    Myrtle Cemetery is located in Poland, Chautauqua, New York. Also known as Mud Creek Cemetery and Clarks Corners Cemetery, Myrtle Cemetery rests on a knoll and borders the town of Kennedy, New York. Though this small cemetery was established in 1877, burials date from the 1820s. There are many interred here, who served their country; representing service from the American Revolutionary War thro...

  • 1788–1792 Great Sejm

    If in your family tree you have a persons that were participants of the Great Sejm, please add them to this project. It would be great if within profile description there would be brief biography. Do not add relatives, only add electoral members of the Great Sejm. * Within opened profile page use the 'Actions' button to "Add to project". Select this project (you must be on the list of collabora...

  • Jagiellonian University - faculty and notable students

    This project aims to identify founders, notable teachers and students of Jagiellonian University from 1364 to the present day. If in your family tree you have an individual who was a notable professor, administrator or student of a high professional achievement (later in life), whose education was associated with Jagiellonian University, please add them to this project. It would be great if wit...

  • Kashubian History and Culture; Kaszubi / Historia i Kultura Kaszubów

    Kashubian History and Culture==This project is to focus on the history of the Kashubian people and their unique culture, traditions and language. Kashubians are not German nor Polish. Since 2005, the Kashubian language enjoys legal protection by the Polish government as a minority language. Kashubian is taught in Polish schools and is found on many street signs in the region. Historians and lin...

  • Promised Land Cemetery, Poland, Maine

    This project is for those buried in Promised Land Cemetery, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine. Find a Grave

  • Posen (prussian province)

    The Province of Posen (German: Provinz Posen, Polish: Prowincja Poznańska) was a province of Prussia from 1848 to 1919. Posen was established as a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1848 after the Greater Poland Uprising, converted from the Grand Duchy of Posen annexed by Prussia in the Polish partitions of 1815, and became part of the German Empire in 1871. Posen was part of the Free State ...

  • 1410 Battle of Grunwald Participants

    The Battle of Grunwald , Battle of Žalgiris or First Battle of Tannenberg was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) and Grand Duke Vytautas, decisively defeated the German–Prussian Teutonic Knights, led by Grand Master Ulrich v...

  • 1413 Union of Horodlo

    The Union of Horodło or Pact of Horodło was a set of three acts signed in the town of Horodło on 2 October 1413. The first act was signed by Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland, and Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania. The second and third acts were composed by the Polish nobility (szlachta) and Lithuanian boyars, respectively. The union amended the earlier Polish–Lithuanian unions of Krewo and...

  • Poznańska Piątka

    Poznańska (Błogosławiona) Piątka (błogosławieni oratorianie) ==Pięciu młodych wychowanków Salezjańskiego Oratorium świętego Jana Bosko w Poznaniu. Podejrzewani przez gestapo o przynależność do tajnej organizacji politycznej zostali aresztowani w dniach 21 i 23 września 1940 roku, a potem więzieni w Poznaniu, Wronkach, Berlinie, Zwickau i zamordowani w Dreźnie. W skład Poznańskiej Piątki wchodzą...

  • 1399 Battle of the Vorskla River

    If in your family tree you have persons that were participants of the Battle of the Vorskla River , please add them to this project. It would be great if within the profile description "About" there would be brief biography. Within opened profile page use the 'Actions' button to "Add to project". Select this project (you must be on the list of collaborators in this project to see it on the sel...

  • Kuperberg family: Pulawy / Końskowola, Poland

    Kuperberg family members born in the Lublin Gubernia, specifically in the Pulawy / Końskowola area, in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries. Especially parents, siblings, and ancestors of Dawid Hersz Kuperberg, born approximately 1880. Additionally, his wife, Hinda Chaja Lerche, born about 1870. Here is what is known Dawid Kuperberg and his wife, Hinda Lerche Kuperberg had six childr...

  • Jewish Families of Turek, Poland

    This is a shell for Jewish Families of Turek.Located in Wielkopolska Province at 52°02' N, 18°30' E, USBGN: -533,571.Only a fraction of the Jewish records for this town survived the 20th century.The Polish archives has metrical (BMD) records for 1837, as well as "civil" records from 1808-1825. These have all been indexed, but are not yet live on JRI-Poland. A link to the images is in the list, ...

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