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Websites and Publications

Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust, revised edition by Gary Mokotoff and SallyAnn Amdur Sack with Alexander Sharon (Avotaynu, 1991)

Where She Came From by Helen Epstein (Holmes & Meier Publishers, 2005)

Poland

Dictionary of Surnames in Current Use in Poland at the Beginning of the 21st Century, compiled by Kazimierz Rymut (CD, Polish Genealogical Society of America, 2002)

First Names of the Polish Commonwealth: Origins and Meanings by William F. Hoffman and George W. Helon (Polish Genealogical Society of America, 1998)

God’s Playground: A History of Poland, Vol. I: The Origins to 1795, revised edition by Norman Davies (Columbia University Press, 2005)

God’s Playground: A History of Poland, Vol. II: 1795 to Present, revised second edition by Norman Davies (Columbia University Press, 2005)

Going Home: A Guide to Polish-American Genealogical Research by Jonathan D. Shea (Language & Lineage Press, 2008)

Polish Roots, second edition by Rosemary A. Chorzempa (Genealogical Publishing Company, 2014)

Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, second edition by William F. Hoffman (Polish Genealogical Society of America, 2001)

Sto Lat: A Modern Approach to Polish Genealogy by Ceil Wendt Jensen (2009)

Czech Republic

Cleveland Czechs by John T. Sabol and Lisa A. Alzo (Arcadia Publishing, 2009)

History of Czechs in America by Jan Habenicht (Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International)

Slovakia

Cleveland Slovaks by John T. Sabol and Lisa A. Alzo (Arcadia Publishing, 2009)

Finding Your Slovak Ancestors by Lisa A. Alzo (Heritage Productions, 2005)

Handbook of Czechoslovak Genealogical Research by Daniel M. Schlyter (Genealogy Unlimited, 1985)

A History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival, second edition by Stanislav Kirschbaum (Palgrave Macmillan Trade, 2005)

History of Slovaks in America by Konstantin Culen (Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International, 1942)

History of the Slovaks of Cleveland and Lakewood by Jan Pankuch (The Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International and The Western Reserve Historical Society, 2001)

Názvy Obcí Slovenskej Republiky (Names of Villages, Slovak Republic) by Milan Majtan (VEDA (1998)

Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1976)

Slovak Pittsburgh by Lisa A. Alzo (Arcadia Publishing, 2006)

Three Slovak Women by Lisa A. Alzo (CreateSpace, 2011)

Translation

Concise Czech-English/English-Czech Dictionary by Nina Trnka (Hippocrene Books, 1990)

Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman (Avotaynu, 1994)

Harrap’s Czech Phrasebook (McGraw-Hill Education, 2006)

In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents: Volume I: Polish edited by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman (Language & Lineage Press, 2000)

In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents: Volume II: Russian compiled by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman (Language & Lineage Press, 2003)

In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents: Volume III: Latin compiled by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman (Language & Lineage Press, 2013)

Slovak/English & English/Slovak Dictionary by Nina Trnka (Hippocrene Books, 1992)

A Translation Guide to 19th Century Polish-Language Civil Registration Documents, second edition by Judith Frazin (Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, 2009)

Geography Tools

Administratives Gemeindelexikon der Čechoslovakischen Republik (Statistischen Staatsamte Praha, 1927–1928)

Alphabetisches Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Deutschen Ostgebiete unter fremder Verwaltung, Band II (Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, 1955)

Autoatlas Česká republika 1:100 000 (Geodézie ČS, 2006)

Euro-Reiseatlas Polen (RV Verlag, 2006)

Euro-Reiseatlas Tschechische Republik, Slowakische Republik (RV Verlag, 1991)

The Family Tree Historical Maps Book: Europe by Allison Dolan (Family Tree Books, 2015)

<www.shopfamilytree.com/family-tree-historical-maps-book-europe>

Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder (K.K. Hofund Staatsdruckereri, 1905–1908)

Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen. Königlichen Statistischen Landesamts (Verlag des königlichen Statistischen landesamts, 1907)

Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia, third and Expanded Data Edition by Brian J. Lenius (1999)

Hammond Concise Atlas of World History, sixth edition by Geoffery Barraclough (Hammond World Atlas Corporation, 2001)

Hammond Historical Atlas (Hammond World Atlas Corporation, 2000)

Historical Atlas of East Central Europe by Paul Robert Magocsi (University of Washington Press, 2002)

Jewish Roots in Poland by Miriam Weiner, (1997)

Magyarország Atlasza és Adattára 1914 (Talma, 2001)

Magyarország helységnévtára tekintettel a közigazgatási, népességi és hitfelekezeti viszonyokra by János Dvorzsák (1877)

Magyar helységnév-azonosító szótár by György Lelkes (Talma, 1998)

Meyers Orts-und Verkehrslexikon (Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000)

Militär-Landesaufnahme und Spezialkarte der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie (The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977)

Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych (Andrzej Bonarski, 1993)

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe: Revised and Updated by Dennis P. Hupchick and Harold E. Cox (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001)

Po mieczu i po kądzieli (Towarzystwo Autorów i Wydawców Prac Naukowych Universitas, 2011)

Podrobný autoatlas Slovenská Republika: 1:100 000 (Harmanec, 1995)

Polska Atlas Drogowy: 1:200,000 (GeoCenter, 1996)

Polska atlas samochodowy (Polskie Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych, 1992)

Posen Place Name Indexes: Identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes (GRT Publications, 2004)

Roman Catholic parishes in the Polish People’s Republic in 1984 by Lidia Műllerowa (Polish Genealogical Society of America, 1995)

Skorowidz miejscowości rzeczypospolitej polskiej (Wydawnictwo Książnicy Naukowej, 1934)

Słownik geograficzny królestwa polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskych (Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, 1986)

Słownik nazw geograficznych Polski zachódniej i północnej (1951)

Spis miejscowości Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej (Warszawa Wydawnictwa komunikacji i Łączności, 1967)

Velký Autoatlas Československa 1:200 000 (Kartografie Praha, 1990)

ARTICLES

General Resources

“American Names: Declaring Independence” by Marian L. Smith (Immigration Daily, 2005)

<www.ilw.com/articles/2005,0808-smith.shtm>

“Central and Eastern European Magnates and Their Archives” compiled by Edward David Luft (Avotaynu)

<www.avotaynu.com/magnates.htm>

“Ellis Island.org Web Guide” by Family Tree Magazine

<www.shopfamilytree.com/ellis-island-web-guide>

FEEFHS Journal back order of articles

<feefhs.org/journal.html>

(For articles of special interest to Polish, Czech, and Slovak researchers, see <ftu.familytreemagazine.com/polish-czech-slovak-genealogy-guide>)

“A Guide for Locating Military Records for the various Regions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire” by Carl Kotlarchik (Slovak Genealogy Research Strategies, 2012–13)

<www.iabsi.com/gen/public/ahm.html>

“A Guide to Interpreting Passenger List Annotations,” by Marian L. Smith (JewishGen, 2002)

<www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/Manifests>

“Jewish Names and Genealogies” by Jeff Malka

<www.jewishgen.org/sephardic/yohasin.htm>

“Jewish Onomastics” by Edwin D. Lawson

<www.jewish-languages.org/onomastics.html>

“Mutilation: the Fate of Eastern European Names in America,” by William F. Hoffman (Polish Genealogical Society of America, 2002)

<pgsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Mutilation.pdf>

“Research in the Former Austro-Hungarian Empire,” five-part series by Feliz Gundacker (Heritage Quest, 1996)

“Road Map to Your Roots” by Lisa A. Alzo (Family Tree Magazine, January 2011)

<www.familytreemagazine.com/article/genealogy-research-plan>

“Skillbuilding: Guidelines for Evaluating Genealogical Evidence,” by Linda Woodward Geiger (On-Board Newsletter for the Board for Certification of Genealogists, 2008)

<www.bcgcertification.org>

“Victory in Europe,” by Lisa A. Alzo (Family Tree Magazine, January 2010)

<www.familytreemagazine.com/article/Victory-in-Europe>

Poland

“A Guide to Researching Indices to Jewish Records of Poland” compiled by Stanley Diamond (JRI-Poland, 2012) <jri-poland.org/brochure/jri_guide_2012en.pdf>

“The Keeping of Vital Records in the Austrian Partition” by Jonathan D. Shea (Pathways and Passages, Vol. 9, Winter 1992) <www.halgal.com/vitalrecordsaustria.html>

“Pole Vault” by Lisa A. Alzo, (Family Tree Magazine, May 2007)

<www.familytreemagazine.com/article/pole-vault>

“Polish Genealogy Guide Digital Download” by Family Tree Magazine

<www.shopfamilytree.com/family-tree-magazine-polish-genealogy-guide-digital-download>

Polski Krok po Kroku by Stempek, et al.

<polskikrokpokroku.pl>

“Vital Records in Poland” by Warren Blatt (JewishGen, 2013)

<www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/polandv.html>