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Posted on 7 August, 2008 by Steve (0) Comments

Military Map of the Region of Dubiecko and Nienadowa, Galicia – 1894

Thursday, 7 August, 2008

While at my local Family History Center this past week, I discovered that the center has maps of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. I found the map for the Dubiecko-Nienadowa region where my paternal ancestors lived.

Posted in: Daily Journal, Dańko
Posted on 26 April, 2008 by Steve (0) Comments

The Polish Village of Dylągowa

Saturday, 26 April, 2008

The Polish village of Dylągowa is the location of the parish in which my paternal grandmother was probably baptized and in which my paternal grandparents were probably married. It lies close to the village of Nienadowa where my paternal grandfather lived.

Posted in: Daily Journal
Posted on 1 February, 2008 by Steve (1) Comment

Google Alerts and GeoNames

Friday, 1 February, 2008

This link brought me to GeoNames.org.

Posted in: Daily Journal
Posted on 30 January, 2008 by Steve (3) Comments

Map My DNA

Wednesday, 30 January, 2008

Inspired by John D. Reid of Anglo-Celtic Connections (as mentioned by Blaine Bettinger of the Genetic Genealogist), I’ve used Google Maps to plot the earliest known locations of the contributors to my DNA.

Posted in: Chodkowski, Daily Journal, Dańko, Dziurzyński, Gutowski, Niedziałkowski, Wojnowski
Posted on 2 August, 2007 by Steve (0) Comments

Map of the Village of Nastasiv (Nastasów), Ukraine

Thursday, 2 August, 2007

The Military Maps of the Austrian Empire provide a great complement to the Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavonic Countries) because the maps and the gazetteer were prepared in the same time period.

Posted in: Halaszyn
Posted on 29 July, 2007 by Steve (1) Comment

Using Maps and Gazetteers to Find the Parish for Szulmierz

Sunday, 29 July, 2007

When Eric first contacted me for help on how to find the records for his Polish ancestors, I showed the Słownik Geograficzny entry for the village of Szulmierz, the village in which his great grandfather was born. The Słownik Geograficzny entry for Szulmierz did not mention the name of the parish for Szulmierz, but indicated that [...]

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