Other Galicia Genealogical Research Organizations

• The Carpathian Connection (Focus on Carpatho-Rusyn genealogy)
• East European Genealogical Society (EEGS)
• Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)
• Galizien German Descendants - Focus on German-speaking settlers of Galicia
• Polish Genealogical Society of America
• Galician Research: Historical Perspective
• Polish Roots
• Slownik Geograficzny - Translation Guide - 1882 gazetteer for locating places in Poland, including most localities in Galicia. Description of the locality, District, Community or Township, Parish, Population figures, agricultural data, number of houses, distance from other localities, etc. This page also has a translation guide: “Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations used. Polish-English. Prepared by Daniel M. Schlyter.”
• Index of Translated Entries - many Galician and other Polish town entries have been translated
• Entry for Galicia in Slownik Geograficzny - Excerpts from Galicia article in English
• Genealogy and Poland, a Guide

Gesher Galicia Member Web Sites

• Web sites created by Gesher Galicia members

Books with Web Links

• A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia by Dr. Alexander Beider. Information about 25,000 different surnames used by Jews in Galicia, districts within Galicia where the surname appeared, origin of the meaning of the name, and variants found. Published in 2004 by Avotaynu, Inc.
• An Ancient Lineage: European Roots of a Jewish Family by Edward Gelles. Vallentine-Mitchell Publishers.
• The Enemy at His Pleasure A Journey Through the Jewish Pale of Settlement During World War I. By S. Ansky.
• Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine, by Omer Bartov. Published by Princeton University Press (2007). A visit to 20 Eastern Galician (Ukrainian) towns recreates the histories of the Jewish and Polish communities that lived there - and what is left today. List of the 20 towns.
• Every Family Has a Story: Tales from the Pages of AVOTAYNU - 72 articles that have appeared in Avotaynu, each story focusing on the human side of genealogy. Gary Mokotoff, Editor
• From Lwow to Parma by Klara Rosenfeld. A young woman's escape from Nazi-Occupied Poland, the help given her by an Italian soldier, and her arrival in Palestine. Vallentine-Mitchell Publishers
• Galicia and Bukovina: A Research Handbook About Western Ukraine, Late 19th and 20th Centuries, published 1990, by Prof. John-Paul Himka, University of Alberta (Canada), is accessible to read in its entirety online.
• The Galitzianers: The Jews of Galicia, 1772-1918 by Suzan F. Wynne. Published May 2006. Substantially revised from her first book, this volume gives more information on the geopolitical history and key events of Galicia and the overall context for the way Jewish Galitzianers lived their lives. Extensive resources are provided for researching a wide variety of Galician records, Holocaust-related sources, travel, and more.
• Grandeur and Glory by Rabbi Meir Wunder. First of four volumes to provide information about the towns of Galicia. This volume covers towns of Eastern Galicia from the letters A-O. Published by Avotaynu (2006).
• In Their Words. – A Genealogist's Translation Guide, Volume I: Polish, edited by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman. Sections on Polish grammar, usage, and spelling; vocabulary lists; locating records; using gazetteers.
• Jewish Life in Crakow 1918-1939 by Sean Martin. Vallentine-Mitchell Publishers.
• Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories and Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories. Miriam Weiner's "combination reference books, travel guides, Holocaust books, and genealogical handbooks."
• Jewish Military casualties in the Polish Armies in World War II, by Benjamin Meirtchak.
• Jews-Officers and Enlisted-Men in the Polish Army, Prisoners of War in German Captivity 1939-1945, by Benjamin Meirtchak.
• The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million. Best-selling non-fiction memoir by Daniel Mendelsohn. Photographs by Matt Mendelsohn.
• A Match Made in Hell: The Jewish Boy and the Polish Bandit Who Defied the Nazis
. Award-winning non-fiction book by Larry Stillman.
• Ordeal and Deliverance by Avraham Werner, describing his childhood in Sanok, escape from the Sanok ghetto, and how he survived. Originally published in Hebrew (1999), the full text has been reprinted in English on Google Books Partner Program.
• Sefer HaPrenumerantn Hebrew Subscription Lists. Berl Kagan. 1975. An index by town name to the 19th century Jewish religious books in which the towns and subscribers are listed. A Beginner's Guide to Kagan's Sefer HaPrenumerantn.
• Secret City: The Hidden Jews of Warsaw, 1940-1945. By Dr. Gunnar S. Paulsson. About the 28,000 Jews who hid in the Warsaw area, including many Galitizianers.
• Some Jewish Families in Hesse and Galicia by Nathan Reiss. Extensive family and historical information for some Galicia towns. List of surnames and towns on homepage.
• Traces of Memory: The Ruins of Jewish Civilization in Polish Galicia. By Jonathan Webber and Chris Schwarz.

Other Books

Note that “availability” for the following books is not limited to the libraries listed.

• Finding your Jewish Roots in Galicia: A Resource Guide . Suzan Wynne's "definitive work on Galician-Jewish genealogical research." Out of print, but available in many libraries.
• Surviving Jews in Warsaw as of June 5th, 1945. Authors: Central Jewish Committee in Poland, World Jewish Congress. Publisher: New York : World Jewish Congress, 1945. Available at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and other libraries. 

Vendors

Links to vendor sites that offer products that may be of use to Gesher Galicia members.

• Allegro - Online auction (like eBay ) for old postcards, photos, memorabilia, music,
  Judaica etc. of Polish towns. 
• Avotaynu, Inc. - "Publisher of works on Jewish Genealogy."
• Detailed maps of Poland
• Genealogy Unlimited, Inc., Maps of Middle Europe.
• Lvivecotour - Small English/Ukrainian-speaking tour company, based in Lviv,
  providing Ukrainian/ Polish/ Jewish genealogy tours, general travel advice for Ukraine,
  guided local area tours, trips to the Carpathian Mountains and more.
• National Yiddish Book Center - David and Sylvia Steiner Yizkor Book Collection. New,
  library-bound reprints of memorial volumes commemorating Jewish communities
  destroyed in the Holocaust.
• Routes to Roots Foundation, Inc. - Publisher of genealogical works on formerly
  Galician areas.

Other Links

• Beth Hatefutsoth - The Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora,
  Tel Aviv University Campus, Klausner St., Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center
• Center for Jewish History. New York. The Center Archives, Library, and Museum holdings include the collections of the American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
• Country Survey: Galicia - Information about historic administrative boundaries, including a list of maps that are known to exist.
• Diapositive - Jewish-focused information service; articles on people, the Holocaust, towns in Poland. Traces of the Past: Malopolska (Galicia)
• Galicia Jewish Museum - Photographic exhibitions in tribute to the Jewish culture and civilization of Polish Galicia, concerts, lectures, education, Hebrew lessons 
• Galician Research - A list of links to many Galician genealogical sites.
• Galician Traces - A Photographic Document of Eastern European Judaica by Charles Burns.
• Gesher Galicia – Jewish DNA Project.
• Halychyna/Eastern Galicia (HalGal) - Focus on Western Ukraine/Eastern Galicia, also Poland/Western Galicia.  Links to other Galician web sites. Basic tips, general information, maps of Galicia.
• Jewish Encyclopedia - Complete contents of the 12-volume set, originally published 1901-1906.
• Jewishwebindex.com- An indexed list to many Jewish genealogical web sites
• Jews in Poland
• Landsmanshaftn
• Association of Polish Jews in Israel (Center of Organizations). List of Jewish Landsmanschaften from Poland, in Israel, and their contact information, updated July 2004. Includes Partial List of the Jewish Communities - Poland 1939; Other Associations in Israel; The Catalogue of Yizkor Books compiled by Ada Holtzman.
• Landsmanschaft Immigrant Benevolent Organizations
• Links for Jewish Genealogy - Jewishgen's user-suggested indexed list of links
• Samples of Vital Records from the Rzeszow Archives - Includes translations of the column headers. Part of the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group(KRRG) website.
• The Museum of Family History A virtual museum
• Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. New York. Exhibitions: Jewish Life A Century Ago, The War Against the Jews, and Jewish Renewal, special exhibitions, collections, events, performances, education.
• Photos of Pre-WWII Poland - A collection of photos of pre-WWII Poland. You can also submit photographs!
• The Polish-Jewish Heritage Foundation of Canada - To preserve the unique heritage of Polish Jewry, foster research, promote better understanding between Poles and Jews, and encourage greater knowledge of the history and culture of Polish Jewry.
• The Polish National Library in Warsaw has an immense collection of Business Directories and an address to write in English.
• A Short History of Austria-Hungary
• Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Films available for on-line viewing representing the various geographic homelands of our ancestors, including Galicia.