Hello, Below is my translation of the Slownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego entry for Dzierzążno. Any errors are completely my own. Location information:Current administrative location: Dzierzążno, Gmina Złotów, Powiat Złotów, Województwo Wielkopolskie, Poland. Administrative location in 1895 (Słownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego): Gresonse, Kreis Flatow, Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder, Westpreußen, German Empire. Dzierzążno, 1.) The German name is Gresonse. […]

Hello, Below is my translation of the Slownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego entry for Stawnica. Any errors are completely my own. Location information:Current administrative location: Stawnica, Gmina Złotów, Powiat Złotów, Województwo Wielkopolskie, Poland. Administrative location in 1895 (Słownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego): Stewnitz, Kreis Flatow, Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder, Westpreußen, German Empire. Stawnica, 1.) The German name is Stewnitz. […]

Hello, Below is my translation of the Slownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego entry for Święta. Any errors are completely my own.   Location information:Current administrative location: Święta, Gmina Złotów, Powiat Złotów, Województwo Wielkopolskie, Poland. Administrative location in 1895 (Słownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego): Schwente, Kreis Flatow, Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder, Westpreußen, German Empire. Święta, The German name is Schwente, […]

Hello, My last post provided information about a website that I had recently come across that offers viewable maps of areas in Poland. Below is a map of Złotowo (in German Flatow): Source: Archiwum Map WIG. Map of Złotowo (Flatow), Poland. 1936. Retreived from http://www.mapywig.org/m/wig100k/P35_S24_LOBZENICA_i_ZLOTOW_(FLATOW).jpg To see the map in better detail either save the […]

Hello, I have came across another helpful website that contains many different maps of areas within Poland. The website is called Archiwum Map Wojskowego Instytutu Geograficzneg 1919 – 1939. The website was created as a project to scan and share all of the maps and other information that was published by Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny. Most […]

Hello, I have found another helpful website that lists both the German and Polish names of places within Poland. There’s information and links for each town, village, city, county…… The website is in German and is called Genealogy.net, the link is as follows: http://gov.genealogy.net/ Best Regards,Al

Hello, Today I have received a few maps that I had ordered online from Polart Poland by Mail, http://www.polandbymail.com/. These are maps of the current Voivodeships in Poland, each Voivodeships is similar to a state in the U.S. I had ordered: 1) Województwo Kujawsko–Pomorskie Administracyjno–Drogowe Skala 1: 175 0002) Województwo Pomorskie Administracyjno–Drogowe Skala 1: 200 […]