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...
In the mid-1800s Kashubians migrated for economic reasons. After the Franco-Prussian War and the unification of Germany under Bismarck, Kashubians were met with institutionalized hostility. Life was very harsh for the Kashubs. It was illegal to use Polish or Kashubian in public, especially in church. Many priests were imprisoned or exiled. Churches were left with no parish priests. As a result,...
Wismar==== Wismar is a port and Hanseatic city in Northern Germany by the Baltic Sea , in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . It is located about 45 kilometres (28 miles) east of Lübeck and 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of Schwerin , and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region . Its natural harbour, located in the Bay of Wismar , is protected by a promontory. The population of the town is...
Hanseatic Town of Stralsund, Pomerania, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany==== Stralsund is a Hanseatic town by the Baltic Sea in the Pomeranian part of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Germany. The Western Pomeranian town has been the capital of the Vorpommern-Rügen district since the 2011 district reforms. With a population of about 60,000, it is the fourth-largest city of Mecklenburg-Vorpo...
Stettin, Länsi-Pommeri, Puola Stettin (puol. Szczecin ) on satamakaupunki Luoteis-Puolassa ja Länsi-Pommerin läänin ( voivodeship ) pääkaupunki. Kaupungissa asuu päälle 400 000 asukasta, sen ympäristössä noin 730 000 asukasta. Stettin on läänin suurin kaupunki ja Puolan seitsemänneksi suurin kaupunki. Stettin on merkittävä poliittinen, kulttuurillinen ja taloudellinen keskus maan luoteisosalle ...
This project is for exploring various people and families from Pomerania Province, Poland Sources: Pomeranian Genealogical Association
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...
The historical population of the area was a mix of West Slavic, Polish, Baltic, German, Kashub, and Old Prussians with a sprinkling of Danes, Finns, Swedes, Balkan, and even French Huguenots. There are a lot of historical factors that brought that about. The Hanseatic League trading network (beginning in the 1300s) brought trade, culture, people and languages. The Reformation brought Protestant...
The complete path on the YFull tree is: A0-T > A1 > A1b > BT > CT > CF > F > GHIJK > HIJK > IJK > IJ > I > I1 > I-DF29 > I-Z2336 > I-Y3866 > I-S4767 > I-S7642 > I-Y6340 > I-Y6351 > I-Y6343 > I-Y18103 Path [ ]The I1-Y18103 branch of the North European haplogroup I1, which from about 1000 years occurs mainly on the Southern coast of the Baltic Sea. It is called the I1-Vistula branch, because most...
A page to connect members looking for documentation for the Pomeranian ancestors of Wilhelm August Binneböse who died in the Posen area in the early 1850s and whose sons August Ludwig, Charles Carl and John Frederick immigrated to the United States in the early to mid 1870s.