Thank you for the information about 80 million MyHeritage members vs 2 million Ancestry members. After uploading my tree I have 579 Smart Matches from member trees for 278 people and already have a Polish family with a tree that I would have never discovered before.
I noticed you left out Austria when speaking of the period of partitioning in Poland. Everything Crakow south was part of Austria at the period in history. Also, the large majority of Poles are Catholic. A large Polish society is Chicago. Thank you for your work
I have traced my Polish ancestors right back to the 13th century that is, well over 700 years, from records in Poland. My American cousins have tracked back to the arrival in New York in 1892 of my grandfather's younger brother from a German port. His US record states he was "Russian" because he was from Warsaw. However, he was Polish, a Roman Catholic and a citizen of Prussia (Germany) not Russia! So the written records can be misleading.
For a moment, I thought this was about Germany. ha. Thanks for the video! Very informative, but leaving out Ukraine (Eastern Galicia) and the archives in L'viv is a BIG gap. And it wouldn't take much in addressing Polish church records to add that Polish-Ukrainian wedding records might appear in the Cyrillic Orthodox records and NOT in the Roman Catholic.
Poland has always been strong and has never surrendered. She accepted Christianity twice, on December 25, 554 and on April 14, 996. Polish pride - God-Honor-Fatherland. We only kneel before God.
My ancestors lived in Galicia. Some were in eastern part now in Ukraine (area of Lviv/Ternopil) and some in the western part now Poland (not sure of area). When viewing Canadian census records they identified as Galician and Ruthenian.
Well, the history of Europe, and Poland in particular, is even more complicated. Before there was any of the countries that exist today, like, say, France, UK, Germany, etc., there were just different groups of people, sometimes mixing together. For instance, Poland was not a country before 966 A.D., but the nation kind of existed - in a way (when similar culture is regarded, I mean). However, this place, which became later Poland, was a bunch of various native peoples, who were actually pretty independent from each other. Further more, they had a vital contacts with all the others around, like Vikings, German people, southern people (Czech, Hungary and even more southern), eastern people (today they're basically Russians, but of course this was a different story then). So in brief, it's hard to say what does mean to have "Polish" roots, or actually "European" roots. Countries has been established long after the nations actually existed, and were often mixing with the other ones. Also, Poles from e.g. North are not the same as those on the west, which are different from those in the central Poland, eastern Poland, or southern Poland.
1810 map can you see Poland? Yes I can (principality in Warsaw) ; 1812 ... same story ;1848 Dude there is written "kingdom of Poland " on the map just read it... and what you really should have shown is 1610 ,1700 ,1772,1793,1795 map ... many Poles emigrated to US after partitions and helped with the independence ...like Pułaski
Turns out, thanks to notes written on family photographs, that family hailed from Volhynia. Ellis Island name change from their respected city they gave. Rowno (Rivne) Russia -> Rowney family name.
This video was very informative. @Janet Conrad, I know this is probably a long shot, but maybe I'm related to your husband? My ancestors are a Kondracki family in the Grand Rapids, Michigan (Sand Lake, Kent County) area.
"… and we zoomed in on this map back in the mid-1800s" Oh dear. That map is NOT from the mid-19th century. That map is from the early 20th century. It can't be later than 1912 because of the borders of the Ottoman Empire which are those prior to the First Balkan War in 1912. It can't be earlier than 1905 because Norway is shown as independent of Sweden. In fact it is probably from after 1908 because Bosnia is shown as part of Austria-Hungary. "… we would find that there was no place named Germany" Oh dear. Yes there was a place named Germany. There was no nation-state named Germany at that time, but that doesn't mean a place named Germany didn't exist. By the same logic you could say, "If we zoomed in on this map of North America in 2017 we would find there is no place named New England." There is no single political entity called New England, it is simply a collection of five states inside the United States, so therefore it doesn't exist as a place. Doesn't exactly make sense does it? In the period after 1871, when the Deutsches Reich was established, what was the colloquial name for that nation state in English? GERMANY. Also even before 1871 there was a collective language, culture and identity in a somewhat loosely defined area, known as Germany. The German states were part of the North German Confederation, the German Confederation, the Confederation of the Rhine or earliest of all the Holy Roman Empire of the German Peoples. That's why those 1850 and 1860 US census records have the origin of the immigrant as "Germany". Since "Germany" defines this loose cultural area, it IS helpful in providing a very rough guide for where to start looking. After all it rules out looking in the National Archives of Scotland, the Γενικά Αρχεία του Κράτους in Athens or the Kansallisarkisto in Helsinki. Similarly if someone comes from "Poland" than the archives in Warsaw would be a strong bet, but Berlin, Vienna and Moscow would also be possiblities along with Minsk and Kiev. People need to learn the geographical and political history of the areas they are doing genealogical research into. By the same token engaging in rhetorical flourishes which are actually false statements in themselves-"There was no place named Germany"-is not helpful either.
Either from Russian ruled Eastern Poland (current Warsaw, Lodz and eastern countryside or from Austrian ruled southeast Poland (Krakow, Lviv and countryside). Emigrants from What is now Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania shipped out from Hamburg and Bremenhaven to the USA.
FIGHT FOR EUROPEAN/ POLISH SOCIAL BALLROOM DANCES: POLONAISE AND MAZURKA ESSAYS, VIDEOS AND INSTRUCTIONS: GO TO THE INTERNET AND SEARCH FOR: ACADEMIA.EDU………..RAYMOND CWIEKA TO VIEW THE VIDEOS PASTE THE VIDEO - WORD - ESSAY TO A WORD DOCUMENT AND THEN CLICK & PRESS THE CTRL KEY ON THE VIDEO. ORIGINALLY THERE WERE SOME 49 BOOKS AND ESSAYS OF MINE.
Thank you for the information about 80 million MyHeritage members vs 2 million Ancestry members. After uploading my tree I have 579 Smart Matches from member trees for 278 people and already have a Polish family with a tree that I would have never discovered before.
That's great. Thank you!
@@byufamilyhistorylibraryfor8458 yes, that was big news.
I noticed you left out Austria when speaking of the period of partitioning in Poland. Everything Crakow south was part of Austria at the period in history. Also, the large majority of Poles are Catholic. A large Polish society is Chicago. Thank you for your work
I have traced my Polish ancestors right back to the 13th century that is, well over 700 years, from records in Poland. My American cousins have tracked back to the arrival in New York in 1892 of my grandfather's younger brother from a German port. His US record states he was "Russian" because he was from Warsaw. However, he was Polish, a Roman Catholic and a citizen of Prussia (Germany) not Russia! So the written records can be misleading.
Thanks - this has been very useful. I’m going to use the websites and other recommendations as I only have my Polish grandparents names so far.
Im now beginning to research records from Pomerania (1850's). Thank you for sharing this valuable information.
For a moment, I thought this was about Germany. ha. Thanks for the video!
Very informative, but leaving out Ukraine (Eastern Galicia) and the archives in L'viv is a BIG gap. And it wouldn't take much in addressing Polish church records to add that Polish-Ukrainian wedding records might appear in the Cyrillic Orthodox records and NOT in the Roman Catholic.
Ruthenians.
Poland has always been strong and has never surrendered. She accepted Christianity twice, on December 25, 554 and on April 14, 996.
Polish pride - God-Honor-Fatherland.
We only kneel before God.
My ancestors lived in Galicia. Some were in eastern part now in Ukraine (area of Lviv/Ternopil) and some in the western part now Poland (not sure of area). When viewing Canadian census records they identified as Galician and Ruthenian.
Well, the history of Europe, and Poland in particular, is even more complicated. Before there was any of the countries that exist today, like, say, France, UK, Germany, etc., there were just different groups of people, sometimes mixing together. For instance, Poland was not a country before 966 A.D., but the nation kind of existed - in a way (when similar culture is regarded, I mean).
However, this place, which became later Poland, was a bunch of various native peoples, who were actually pretty independent from each other. Further more, they had a vital contacts with all the others around, like Vikings, German people, southern people (Czech, Hungary and even more southern), eastern people (today they're basically Russians, but of course this was a different story then).
So in brief, it's hard to say what does mean to have "Polish" roots, or actually "European" roots. Countries has been established long after the nations actually existed, and were often mixing with the other ones. Also, Poles from e.g. North are not the same as those on the west, which are different from those in the central Poland, eastern Poland, or southern Poland.
1810 map can you see Poland? Yes I can (principality in Warsaw) ; 1812 ... same story ;1848 Dude there is written "kingdom of Poland " on the map just read it... and what you really should have shown is 1610 ,1700 ,1772,1793,1795 map ... many Poles emigrated to US after partitions and helped with the independence ...like Pułaski
Turns out, thanks to notes written on family photographs, that family hailed from Volhynia. Ellis Island name change from their respected city they gave. Rowno (Rivne) Russia -> Rowney family name.
Great help! We have been stuck on my husband's line and this has opened windows to search. Thank you so much.
This video was very informative. @Janet Conrad, I know this is probably a long shot, but maybe I'm related to your husband? My ancestors are a Kondracki family in the Grand Rapids, Michigan (Sand Lake, Kent County) area.
I have a answer,,,You should be PROUD for IT.....
"… and we zoomed in on this map back in the mid-1800s" Oh dear. That map is NOT from the mid-19th century. That map is from the early 20th century. It can't be later than 1912 because of the borders of the Ottoman Empire which are those prior to the First Balkan War in 1912. It can't be earlier than 1905 because Norway is shown as independent of Sweden. In fact it is probably from after 1908 because Bosnia is shown as part of Austria-Hungary.
"… we would find that there was no place named Germany" Oh dear. Yes there was a place named Germany. There was no nation-state named Germany at that time, but that doesn't mean a place named Germany didn't exist. By the same logic you could say, "If we zoomed in on this map of North America in 2017 we would find there is no place named New England." There is no single political entity called New England, it is simply a collection of five states inside the United States, so therefore it doesn't exist as a place. Doesn't exactly make sense does it?
In the period after 1871, when the Deutsches Reich was established, what was the colloquial name for that nation state in English? GERMANY. Also even before 1871 there was a collective language, culture and identity in a somewhat loosely defined area, known as Germany. The German states were part of the North German Confederation, the German Confederation, the Confederation of the Rhine or earliest of all the Holy Roman Empire of the German Peoples. That's why those 1850 and 1860 US census records have the origin of the immigrant as "Germany".
Since "Germany" defines this loose cultural area, it IS helpful in providing a very rough guide for where to start looking. After all it rules out looking in the National Archives of Scotland, the Γενικά Αρχεία του Κράτους in Athens or the Kansallisarkisto in Helsinki. Similarly if someone comes from "Poland" than the archives in Warsaw would be a strong bet, but Berlin, Vienna and Moscow would also be possiblities along with Minsk and Kiev.
People need to learn the geographical and political history of the areas they are doing genealogical research into. By the same token engaging in rhetorical flourishes which are actually false statements in themselves-"There was no place named Germany"-is not helpful either.
My great grandfather was a “German Polish” Jew.Where might He have come from.
Sadly, anywhere. When did he emigrate from Europe?
Either from Russian ruled Eastern Poland (current Warsaw, Lodz and eastern countryside or from Austrian ruled southeast Poland (Krakow, Lviv and countryside). Emigrants from What is now Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania shipped out from Hamburg and Bremenhaven to the USA.
Hauser was Polish
Possibly in the region that includes Danzig. It's gone from Germany/Prussia to Poland and back.
Central European
do?...learn about polish dances....
FIGHT FOR EUROPEAN/ POLISH SOCIAL BALLROOM DANCES: POLONAISE AND MAZURKA ESSAYS, VIDEOS AND INSTRUCTIONS: GO TO THE INTERNET AND SEARCH FOR: ACADEMIA.EDU………..RAYMOND CWIEKA
TO VIEW THE VIDEOS PASTE THE VIDEO - WORD - ESSAY TO A WORD
DOCUMENT AND THEN CLICK & PRESS THE CTRL KEY ON THE VIDEO.
ORIGINALLY THERE WERE SOME 49 BOOKS AND ESSAYS OF MINE.