Hello, Today, I found a pretty cool Polish website that has many maps of Pomorze (Pomorskie). While I was searching through the Stężyca Parish records, I noticed that I was going to need a map of the Prussian kreis of Karthaus (Kartuzy). This will help me determine the German-Polish town names. Below is one of […]

Hello, Below is a partial translation of the Stężyca history that is provided on Gmina Stężyca’s website: Stężyca The town of Stężyca is located in the central part of Pomorskie, in Powiat Kartuzy. Nine thousand people live within Gmina Stężyca. Its area covers 16,032 hectares. Stężyca boarders the following Gminas: Sulęczyno, Sierakowice, Chmielno, Kartuzy, Somonino […]

Hello, Below is a partial translation of information regarding Sulęczyno that is provided on Gmina Sulęczyno’s website: Sulęczyno Gmina Sulęczyno is located in the Pomorskie province and is in the south-western part of Powiat Kartuzy. About 1500 people live in Sulęczyno (located 34 km west of Kartuzy), which is the center of the Gmina Sulęczyno. […]

Hello, Within Powiat Kartuski, Gmina Suleczyno is another area of villages where my Jach and Eickendorf families had originated from. Below is a map of Powiat Kartuski: Source: Map of Powiat Kartuski. Retrieved from http://www.kartuskipowiat.com.pl/admin/upload_img/File/mapa_p-KARTUSKI.jpg Links:Kaszuby (Polish): http://kaszubyinfo.republika.pl/Gazeta Kartuska (Polish): http://www.gazetakartuska.pl/Nr_2006_04/glowna.htmGmina Suleczyna Wiki (Polish): http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmina_SulęczynoGmina Suleczyna Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmina_SulęczynoGmina Suleczyna (Polish): http://www.suleczyno.pl/index.php?aktualnosci,2Gmina Suleczyna BIP (Polish): http://www.bip.suleczyno.pl/Kaszuby […]

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 […]