Following are some web sites to help you research your family history.
There are many excellent genealogy related sites on the internet. Visit
as many as possible. You will find that each web author has a different
perspective and each web site has it's own character.
"How-to" Guides:
"Genealogy
"How-To" Guide - Family Tree Maker
Polish Genealogy books for
sale:
Polish
Genealogy Books - Ancestor's Attic Discount Books
State and Federal Records:
How and Where to Obtain Vital U.S.
Birth, Marriage, Death and Divorce Records
"The
Soundex Machine" - National Archives and Records Administration"
"The Genealogy
Page" - National Archives and Records Administration
Social Security
Death Index - Ancestry
The Immigration Experience:
Locating Ship Passenger
Lists - Family Tree Maker
Immigrant
Ship Information - Compiled by Lou Alfano
Magellan - The Ships
Encyclopedia
Ellis Island Official Home
Page
Newspaper
Articles About the Immigration Experience - 1870's to 1920's
Explanation
of Chalk Marks Used At Ellis Island
Poland
GenWeb
This comprehensive site will help you reseach your Polish roots;
everything from the basics to the more advanced topics.
City Locator:
Many localities in Poland were renammed when the country was
under German rule. The following site may help you find the name by which
your ancestral town or village was known during this time period.
An Index of
German-Polish and Polish-German Names of the Localities in Poland and Russia
Family History Library:
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy
Service
Polish Research:
"Polish Genealogy"
- Family Tree Maker
"The Reference Desk" -
The Polish Genealogical Society of America
Cross Index of Polish
Listings of the Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies.
Polish Genealogy Societies:
Polish Genealogical Society of America
Polish Genealogical
Society of the Northeast
Federation of Eastern European Family
History Societies - FEEFHS
Comprehensive Compilations
of Genealogy Links:
Cyndi's List of Genealogy
Sites On The Internet
Society Hill
Family
Tree Maker's Genealogy Site Finder
Polish Heraldry:
KAJMORIAL
- Kaj Malachowski's Polish Web Armoriall |