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Zapraszamy do uczestniczenia w projekcie Geni Polska - który ma na celu skupienie jak największej liczby polskich użytkowników Geni w celu lepszej i wydajniejszej współpracy! W przypadku jakichkolwiek pytań kliknij tutaj . For English language, please see In English thread in Geni Polska message board. Członków prosimy o zapraszanie współpracowników z Polski do tego projektu (Opcje > Add ...
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,...
Terminology of archival records keeping in different languages: Lithuanian, Polish, Latin, Russian. This project is aimed to assist researchers in understanding the terminology used in archival documents of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russian Empire. If you are working with archival records of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire, please join and participate ...
This project is to honour all the Polish men and women who made a contribution to the world in the field of medicine, science, literature, sports, engineering, entertainment, art, etc. who were born in Poland or elsewhere in the world. The Famous Polish People Project is partially replacing Geni Polska. (Geni Polska is now a portal project and profiles can no longer be added to it).
Of Major Significance ===== The Polish resistance movement in World War II, with the Polish Home Army at its forefront, was the largest underground resistance in all of Nazi-occupied Europe. === The Polish Underground State comprises the underground resistance organisations in Poland during WWII, military and civilian. It was one of the largest in the world andinxlided structures such as educat...
Polish Brazilians (Portuguese: polono-brasileiros, Polish: Polonia brazylijska) refers to Brazilians of full or partial Polish ancestry who are aware of such ancestry and remain connected, to some degree, to Polish culture, or Polish-born people permanently residing in Brazil. Also, a Polish Brazilian may have one Polish parent. Polish immigrants began arriving in Brazil in the late 19th centu...
Prussian (German, Polish, Slav, Russian, Wendish) settlement in Victoria Australia==Germans/Prussians began to settle in Australia in large numbers in 1838, with the arrival of immigrants from Prussia to South Australia, Victoria and Queeensland. German immigrants were prominent in settling South Australia and Queensland some disembarked in Victoria and others left South Australia and moved to ...
Warsaw was built on the banks of the Vistula River. The city has been capital of various reorganizations of Poland's territory since the 16th century, when Zygmunt III, commemorated in the famous Zymunt Column, moved the capital of Poland from Krakow. The history of Warsaw spans over 1400 years. In that time, the city evolved from a cluster of villages to the capital of a major European power,...
This project deals with the family stories of the many Poles who emigrated from their homeland to the USA. The task of this project will be to try to give the people who are on the passenger lists a family history and perhaps even a link to the world family tree. It's also about filling out existing stories and expanding them further. We hope that this project will serve its purpose and that Ge...
THE POLISH SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA was created in 1863 by the idealistic and patriotic members of the Polish Committee, with headquarters in the Russ House, a hotel in San Francisco. The first president of the Society was also one of its co-founders, Cpt. Casimir Bielawski, under whose leadership the Society grew in activities and prestige. The Polish Society of California was the first of its k...
Polish Americans are Americans who have total or partial Polish ancestry. There are an estimated 10.5 million self-identified Polish Americans, representing about 3% of the U.S. population.Polish Americans are the largest Slavic and West Slavic ethnic group in the United States, second largest Central European group after the Germans, and the eighth largest immigrant group overall.The first Pol...
The traditional Polish community in Chicago, Illinois , an organization-rich ethnic settlement that developed in the years after the Civil War, reached maturity and almost complete institutional self-sufficiency before World War I. Polish Chicago, sometimes referred to as “Polonia,” has been shaped by at least three distinct immigration waves. The first and largest lasted from the 1850s to the...
This project aims to identify notable people of Polish nationality, whose family roots, life, education are associated with Lithuania, whose professional achievements were dedicated to Lithuania.Please do not add notable Polish speaking Lithuanians to this project . Historically Lithuanian language was banned for usage in writing. Education in Lithuanian language was not available till 20 centu...
Prussian (German, Polish, Slav, Russian, Wendish) settlement in Queensland Australia==Germans/Prussians began to settle in Australia in large numbers in 1838, with the arrival of immigrants from Prussia to Queensland. German immigrants were prominent in settling South Australia and Queensland . Between 1850 until World War I, German settlers and their descendants comprised the largest non-Briti...
Ohio is home to more than 440,000 people of Polish descent, their presence felt most strongly in the Greater Cleveland area, where half of Ohio's Polish population resides. The city of Cleveland, Ohio has a large Polish community, especially in historic Slavic Village, as part of its Warszawa Section. Poles from this part of Cleveland migrated to the suburbs, such as Garfield Heights, Parma and...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Tovste, Ukraine, also known as Tolstoye, Tłuste, Toist, Tlusta, Tłuste Miasto, Tłuste Myasto, Toyst, Tolstoya. Gesher Galicia - Tovste Urban Type Settlement Jewish History ===Overview=== Tovste (Ukrainian: Товсте) is an urban-type settlement in the Zalischyky Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukrai...
1918 Influenza Pandemic - Poland: Survivors="Please add to this project any profiles of those who suffered but survived the' Spanish Flu' pandemic of 1918 To participate in any project- you do need to first be a collaborator - so please join the project using the request link under "actions" at the top right of the page. Visit Geni Wikitext, Unicode and images which gives a great deal of assist...
1918 Influenza Pandemic - Poland: Fatalities="Please add to this project any profiles of those who perished in the' Spanish Flu' pandemic of 1918 To participate in any project- you do need to first be a collaborator - so please join the project using the request link under "actions" at the top right of the page. Visit Geni Wikitext, Unicode and images which gives a great deal of assistance. See...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Barilov, Ukraine. JewishGen-Barilov Alternate names: Barilov [Rus], Baryłów [Pol], Baryluv, Baryliv, BarylovRegion: TarnopolThe village of Baryliv / Barilov is situated in the north of Lviv region (Lviv Oblast ), near the borders of Volyn Oblast. It is105 kilometres from the regional center of Lviv and 77 kilometres (48 m...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the profiles of displaced persons or Holocaust Survivors, who were residents of the Ludwigsburg Displaced Persons Camp. This camp was located in Ludwigsburg , Germany.
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the profiles of displaced persons or Holocaust Survivors, who were residents of the Delamere Park Displaced Persons Camp. This camp was located in Delamere Park , United Kingdom.==History of the camp ==The modern day appearance of Delamere Park is far removed from its past setting as one of the largest displaced persons camps in the North West of...