Historical maps of Poland are easier and easier to come by on the web. Euratlas.com provides a series of maps of Europe through the past 2000 years, allowing the viewer to see how the map of Europe changed with time. While these maps provide a good overview of Europe, most Polish genealogists will also want to see [...]

Back in December I wrote about the marriage of my fourth great-grandparents, Tomasz Niedziałkowski and Cecylia Chotkowska in Krasne, Poland. The marriage record stated the name of the village and parish where Tomasz lived before his marriage, but at the time I couldn’t find these places on a map. Agnieszka, who is from the region [...]

I woke this morning to rainy skies in the Chicago area.  The weather made me a little worried about my drive back to Midway Airport, especially since the trip from Midway to Schaumburg on Friday took much longer than I expected.  With that in mind, I checked out of my hotel room before heading down to [...]

I know my grandfather lived in Nienadowa, Galicia, Austria-Poland, and I know that the church maintained the vital records.  How do I find out where the church was?  The answer is to consult a gazetteer, such as the Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowianskich (The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and [...]