Library Notes

T.P.G.S. LIBRARY
LIST OF BOOKS, REFERENCE MATERIALS & PERIODICALS
April 21, 2009

The TPGS Library is located on the 1st floor of St. Hedwig School. There is an abundant variety of books and materials for genealogy research. Materials can be used at the library or checked out for use at home. The library also has (2) computers which will be up an running shortly and will contain church records for both St. Hedwig and St. Adalbert churches. The library also contains Polish artifacts and hundreds of photos from both churches.

For information or questions, you may contact the librarians. 

Librarians:
Krys Murphy – genebugdigger@wmconnect.com 
Karen Toral – Katoral@aol.com 
Ann Warchol - annspetsitting@sbcglobal.net
David Zawodny – CPE1704TKS@bex.net 

Research Sources (For In Library Use ONLY) (Group 0)

0.1893c Toledo City Directory 1893 
0.1928c Toledo City Directory 1928 
0.1946c Toledo City Directory 1946
0.1954c Toledo City Directory 1954
0.1957s Toledo Suburban Directory 1957
0.1959c Toledo City Directory 1959
0.1962c Toledo City Directory 1962
0.1963s Toledo Suburban Directory 1963
0.1971s Toledo Suburban Directory 1971
0.1972c Toledo City Directory 1972
0.1990s Toledo Suburban Directory 1990
0.1998-99 Toledo Suburban Directory 1998-99
0.2000c Toledo City Directory 2000
0.2001jans Toledo Suburban Directory 2001
0.2001decc Toledo City Directory 2001
0.2003decc Toledo City Directory 2003 
0.2003decs Toledo Suburban Directory 2003
0.2004decc Toledo City Directory 2004
0.2004decs Toledo Surburban Directory 2004

Census Records (Group 14)

14.1 Indexes to 1850 U.S. Census; Wood County, Ohio (includes heads of households & all other surnames); compiled and published by Wood County Chapter of The Ohio genealogical Society'' Jan. 2001 (Reference Copy)

Cleveland Research (Group 15)

15.1 The Cleveland Press (Bound editions Oct. 16-30, 1971) (Reference Copy)

Cookbooks (Group 1)

1.1 Polish Pride – TPGS
1.2 Polish Pride – TPGS
1.3 Polish Pride – TPGS
1.4 Polish Pride – TPGS

Death Records/Obits (Group 16)

16.1 Index to the Obituaries and Death Notices appearing in the Dziennik Chicagoski 1900- 1909; Thomas L. Hollowak & William F. Hoffman; 1987 (Reference Copy)
16.2 Index to the Obituaries and Death Notices appearing in the Dziennik Chicagoski 1910- 1919; Thomas L. Hollowak & William F. Hoffman; 1988 (Reference Copy)
16.3 Index to the Obituaries and Death Notices appearing in the Dziennik Chicagoski 1920- 1929 (Part I A-L); Thomas L. Hollowak & William F. Hoffman; 1991 (Reference Copy)
16.4 Index to the Obituaries and Death Notices appearing in the Dziennik Chicagoski 1920- 1929 (Part II M-Z); Thomas L. Hollowak&William F. Hoffman; 1991 (Reference Copy)
16.5 Death & Burial Notices Wood County, Ohio 1982-1997; Nov. 2002; Wood County Chapter of The Ohio Genealogical Society (Reference Copy)
16.6 Probate Death Records Wood County, Ohio Volume I, 1867-1887; Nov. 1995; Wood County Chapter of The Ohio Genealogical Society (Reference Copy)

Dictionaries (Group 2)

2.1 Ancestry’s Concise Genealogical Dictionary
2.2 German-English Dictionary
2.3 Index of German-Polish and Polish-German Names of Locatities in Poland and Russia
2.4 Polish-English Dictionary

Family Histories (Group 17)

17.1 The Pawlwczak Family 1835-2001; Ralph J. Banasiak; April 2001
17.2 The Robidou Genealogy; Clyde M. Rabideau; 2000
17.3 The Banasiak Family 1846-2000; Ralph J. Banasiak. December 2000
17.4 The Babasiak Family, Wedding Edition; Ralph J. Banasiak; December 2001

Genealogy “How To” Books (Group 3)

3.1 Polish Family Research
3.2 Guide to Finding Your Ellis Island Ancestors by: Family Tree
3.3 Tracing Your Polish Ancestry by: Jan & Len Gnacinski
3.4 Translation Packet – Letter Writing Guide, Sample Letters, Languages
3.5 Roman Catholic Parishes in the Polish People’s Republic in 1984 by: Polish Genealogy Society       of America
3.6 Organizing and Preserving Your Heriloom Documents by: Katherine Scott Sturdevant
3.7 Family Tree Guide Book to Europe (Tracing Genealogy)
3.8 Family Tree Guide Book Tracing Your Genealogy in North America
3.9 Polish Surnames – Origins and Meanings by: William Hoffman
3.10 Protect Your Precious Documents by: Louse St. Denis
3.11 Millennium Conference Syllabus – July 2000 (reference materials)
3.12 Tracing Our Polish Roots by: Sharon Moscinski
3.13 Genealogical Helper – May/April 2007 by: Everton
3.14 Courthouse Research for Family Historians by: Christine Rose
3.15 Genealogists Companion and Source Book by: Emily Croom
3.16 Genealogical Helper – Sept/Oct 2005 by: Everton
3.17 Genealogy Online w/disk by: Elizabeth Powell Crowe
3.18 Polish Roots by: Rosemary Chorzempa
3.19 How to Find Almost Anyone Anywhere by: Norma Mott Tillman
3.20 Tracing Your Ancestry – Step-by-Step Guide
3.21 They Came in Ships by: John Colletta, PhD
3.22 How to Trace Your Family Tree by: American Genealogy Research Institute Staff
3.23 Military Service Records at the National Archives (2007 by National Archives and Records Administration, Washington,        DC) (Reference Information Paper 109)
3.24 Red Book; American State, County, & Town Sources; 3rd Ed. (Alice Eichholz) (Reference Copy)

Histories (Group 4)

4.1 Tredowata Powiesc by: Helena Mniszek
4.2 Bismarck A. Polska by: Jozef Feldman
4.3 Jozef Pilsudski 1867-1914
4.4 Szkice Historyczne – Jedenastego Wieku by: Tadeus Wojciechowski
4.5 Polska Slowianszczyzna – Perspoktywy Antropologiczne by: Jan Czekanowski

Irish Genealogy (Group 5)

5.1 The American Irish – From Oppression to Freedom by: Seamus P. Metress, Ph.D
5.2 The Great Starvation – An Irish Holocaust (1845-1852) by: Seamus P. Metress and Richard A.       Rajner

Language (Group 6)

6.1 First Year Polish by: Oscar E. Swan
6.2 Z polskim na co dzien – An Intermediate Polish Course for English Speakers by: Maria Grala       and Wanda Przywarska
6.3 Mowimy po Polska – A Beginner’s Course of Polish by: W. Bisko and S. Karolck

Mich. Records (Group 18)

18.1 The Eaglet (1987-2007)
18.2 Pamietnik Sióstr Felicjanek (100th Jubilee) 1874-1974; 1974

Military Records (Group 19)

19.1 Haller's Army (Ohio); Dr. Paul S. Valasek; 2006 (Haller's Polish Army in France) (3 copies) (Reference Copy) 

Misc. (Group 20)

20.1 Ohio, Adventures in Time & Place; Dr. J. Mark Stewart; 1997
20.2 ORBIT, Nasa Astronauts Photograph the Earth; Jay Apt, Michael Helfert, Justin Wilkinson; 1996

Naturalization (Group 7)

7.1 American Naturalization Records (1790-1990) What They Are and How To Use Them
      by: John J. Newman
7.2 American Naturalization Processing and Procedures (1790-1985) by: John J. Newman

Parish Histories (Group 8)

8.1 Nativity Parish, Toledo, Ohio; Golden Jubilee – 1922 to 1972 (5 copies)
8.2 St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Toledo, Ohio – 2004
8.3 St. Adalbert’s 100th Anniversary – 1907 – 2007
8.4 Pamiętnik Wyniesienia do Godnoci Pratła (1938; St. Anthony's Parish) (Reference Copy)
8.5 Program IV-go ZJADZDU; Okręgu IZ-go; Stow. Wet. Armii Polskiej; (1938-May 28-29) (Reference Copy)
8.6 The First Hundred Years (1875-1975); A History of St. Hedwig Parish; Toledo, Ohio (by the St. Hedwig Parish                Centennial Anniversary Committee)  (Reference Copy) 
8.7 St. Adalbert's Parish Golden Jubilee (1907-1957); St. Adalbert's Parish Toledo, Ohio (2 - copies)
8.8 St. Adalbert's Parish 75th Jubilee (1907-1982); Parafia ŚW.Wojcieha 
8.9 St. Hyacinth Celebrates the Dedication of Its New Church Building; May 29, 1960; Toledo, Ohio; Parkside Blvd. & Victory
8.10 Thanks for the Memories... The New St. Hedwig School 225 Dexter St., Toledo, Ohio (1904-2004); Gerald A. Mazuchowski, s.f.o. '65

Poland – General Reading (Group 9)

9.1 The Red Mesiah (in Polish) by: Stefan Barszczewski
9.2 Paddy’s Lament by: Thomas Gallagher
9.3 Against A Crimson Sky by: James Conroyd Martin
9.4 Poland – A Novel by: James A Michener
9.5 Unattainable Earth by: Czeslaw Milosz
9.6 Rutka’s Notebook by: Zahava (Laskier) Scherz
9.7 Haller’s Polish Army in France by: Paul S. Valasek
9.8 Ellis Island – Gateway to the American Dreamby: Pamela Reeves
9.9 Krakow (Author Unknown)
9.10 Poland is My Home
9.11 Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Poland
9.12 Wspolczesnu Zuchnia Pomowa – Polish Cookbook
9.13 Our Polish Story – DVD
9.14 Old Polish Traditions; In the Kitchen at the Table; 2001; Maria Lemnis & Henryk Vitry
9.15 A Practical Polish Grammar (and Reading Exercises) 1938 by Marie Paryski
9.16 Wiersze Wychodźcy; Franciszek Adamski; 1951
9.17 Push Not the River (A Novel) James Conroyd Martin; 2003
9.18 A Question of Honor; The Kosciuszko Squadron; Forgotten Heros of WWII; Lynne Olson & Stanley Cloud; 2003
9.19 Villa Saint Felix; Prsentation of The Blessed Virgin Mary Convent; Memoir; Felician Sisters O.S.F., Detroit
9.20 Pan z Wami; Orchard lake; (A Polish Missalette & Prayer Book) (Vol. 25, # 6) From Aug20 – December 2, 1995 
9.21 Meetings With the Madonna; 1979 (First Edition) Jan Dobraczyński (Translated from the Polish by Piotr Goc)
9.22 Folksy Fables by Harry Milostan 1984
9.23 Collection of Articles on Polish Heraldry by Edward A Peckwas 1978
9.24 The Stories Behind the Stained Glass Windows in The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa; Doylestown, Pa.;            Stephen Bielicki; 1970
9.25 Musyka Pana Chopina; Wanda Chotomska; 1984
9.26 The Aleksander Fredro Library and Singing Society; written by Michael Drabik; (1993)
9.27 Polish Proverbs; Collected by Joanne Asala Wycinanki by Alice Wadowski-Bak; 1995
9.28 A Thousand Years of Polish Heritage; Halina Iwanicka; 1980
9.29 Polish-American Book to Color (including family tree); Catherine Macaro; 1978
9.30 Favorite Fairy Talles Told in Polabd, Retold by Virginia Haviland; 1963
9.31 Poland – A Book to Color, Complete with Notes; Catherine Macaro; 1977
9.32 John Paul II, A Pictorial Biography; by Peter Hebblethwaite & Ludwig Kaufmann; 1979
9.33 Dorzecze Odry Zamki w Polsce; Konrad Kazimerz Czapliński; 1997
9.34 Pastoral Visit; Jihn Paul II; Archdiocese of Detroit; Sept. 18-19, 1987
9.35 Treasured Polish Folk Rhymes, Songs & Games (translated in English from Koszałki Opałki (by the Polanie Editorial             Staff); 1976
9.36 Poznań; Bogdana Borowiaka & Stanisława Ossowskiego; 1988
9.37 Klejnoty Jasnej Góry; Jan Samek, Janusz Zbudniewek; 1983
9.38 Dorzecze Wisły; Zamki w Polsce; Jacek Borkowski; 1977
9.39 John Paul II, The Pope From Poland; 1979
9.40 Poznań Lat 1919-1939 (w Rysunku i Grafice); 1990 (Reference Copy)
9.41 Skarby Jasnej Góry; Janusz St. Pasierb, Jan Samek; 1991


Poland – General Reading (Group 9) cont’d.

9.1 Haller’s Polish Army in France by: Paul S. Valasek
9.2 Ellis Island – Gateway to the American Dream by: Pamela Reeves
9.3 Krakow (Author Unknown) 
9.4 Zbioner Modkitw – Polish Prayer Book
9.5 Poland is My Home
9.6 Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Poland
9.7 Wspolczesnu Zuchnia Pomowa – Polish Cookbook
9.8 Our Polish Story – DVD

Poland – Maps, Guide Books, and Historical Information (Group 10)

10.1 An Illustrated History of Poland
10.2 Atlas of the World
10.3 Map of Poland
10.4 Map of Poznan
10.5 Map of Torun
10.6 Map of Torun
10.7 Map of Warszawa
10.8 Map of Krakow
10.9 Poland Travel Guide – Castles, Music, Lakes and Parks
10.10 Poland – The Rough Guide
10.11 Polska (Invitation zaproszenie) – Wielkopolska Region (DVD)

Polish Culture (Group 11)

11.1 Kultura Polski by: Hartleb-Bardach-Bielak
11.2 Polish Customs, Traditions and Folklore by: Sophie Hodorowicz Knab
11.3 Poland – Cultures of the World by: Jay Heale

Religion (Group 21)

21.1 Zbiorek Modlitw; 1912; dla Członków Apostolstwa Modlitwy I Czcicieli; Sera Jezusowego
21.2 My Prayer-Book; by Rev. J. R. Lasance; 1950
21.3 Christian Prayer; 1976 (Catholic Book Publishing)
21.4 The Life of Christ; Rev. John P. O'Connell M.A.,S.T.D. & Jex Martin, M.A.; 1954
21.5 The Prayer Book; Rev. John P. O'Connell M.A.,S.T.D. & Jex Martin, M.A.; 1954

Research, Local (Group 22)

22.1 Bend of the River (a few misc. issues)

Rodziny – Quarterly Newsletter (Group 12)

Genealogy Research Information – Issues from 2000 – 2008 
by: Polish Genealogy Society of America

12.1 May 2000
12.2 August 2000
12.3 Spring 2000
12.4 Fall 2000
12.5 Winter 2000
12.6 Spring 2001
12.7 Summer 2001
12.8 Winter 2001
12.9 Fall 2001
12.10 Spring 2002
12.11 Summer 2002
12.12 Fall 2002
12.13 Winter 2002
12.14 Spring 2003
12.15 Summer 2003
12.16 Fall 2003
12.17 Winter 2003
12.18 Spring 2004
12.19 Summer 2004
12.20 Fall 2004
12.21 Winter 2004
12.22 Spring 2005 
12.23 Summer 2005
12.24 Fall 2005
12.25 Winter 2005
12.26 Spring 2006
12.27 Summer 2006
12.28 Fall 2006
12.29 Winter 2006
12.30 Spring 2007
12.31 Summer 2007
12.32 Fall 2007
12.33 Spring 2008
12.34 Winter 2008

Toledo History (Group 23)

23.1 The Primary Functions of Toledo Ohio (Doctoral Disseertation) Albert George Hallert; 1947 
23.2 History of the City of Toledo Ohio & Lucas County; Clark Waggoner; 1888 (Reference Copy)

Yearbooks (Group 13)

St.Hedwig Grade School – 1972 thru 2005

13.1 1969 – 1970 
13.2 2004 – 2005
13.3 2002 – 2003
13.4 2001 – 2002
13.5 2000 – 2001
13.6 1999 – 2000
13.7 1998 – 1999
13.8 1997 – 1998
13.9 1996 – 1997
13.10 1995 – 1996
13.11 1993 – 1994
13.12 1993
13.13 1991 – 1992
13.14 1991
13.15 1989 – 1990
13.16 1982 – 1983
13.17 1980 – 1981
13.18 1972 – 1973
13.19 Libbey High School – Edelian 1948
13.20 Libbey High School – Edelian 1951

Magazine (Research)

Ancestry Magazine
Family Chronicle
Family History
Family Tree
Heritage Quest
Internet Genealogy

Newspapers

Lagrange Street News
Narol Polski
Post Eagle
Shoppers Herald (1937-8, 40, 62-3, 66-7, 70, 72, 87)
Narod Polski – (PRCUA)
Zgoda - (PNA)

Miscellaneous – Articles & Items

Toledo Historical Calendar – 1992
Toledo Blade Article – “Toledo’s Sister City in Poland”
Ohio Theatre Article
Mercy College – 90 Years
Toledo Blade Article – “Polish Community”
TPGS Photo Album
St. Adalbert’s Photo Album (1917-1958)
    - 8th Grade Graduation
    - Photos 1953-1985
Dyngus Day
Polish Articles
Home Disaster Plan
Lucas County Catholic Church Records Inventory
St. Adalbert’s 100th Anniversary Book
St. Adalbert’s Church History
Newsweek Magazine – Article on Genes and Family
Family History Center LDS and Toledo Library Information
Polish Genealogy Society of America – Translation Packet
Haller’s Army - Ohio

REFERENCE BOOKS

Polish Magazines (Illustrated) – Bound Volumes

LaPologne (1964 – 1968)
Nasza Ojczyzna (1961 – 1968)
Poland (1964 – 1965 – 1966)
Revue (1951 – 1952 – 1953)


Polish Newspapers – Bound Volumes

Dziennik Polski (1962 – 1968)

Unknown Topic of Books

Wladyslaw Czaplinski
- Polsku A Prusy I Braden Bungia
- Polska A Baltyk

Miesiecznik Franciszkanski (1964 – 1966 – 1967 – 1968) 

Zygmunt Wojciochowski
- Polska Niemcy
- Zygmunt Stary

Tadeusz Lehr-Splawinski
- Polska Czechy

Stanislaw Windakiewicz
- Jan Kochanowski

Jozef Feldman
- Stanislaw Leszczynski

Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski
- Zasasow Tom 1-2
- Maslaw
- Krakow Za Loktka
- Saskie Ostatki
- Krolewscy Synowie