I had requested the Amtsbuch for the butcher’s guild, which would have detailed over a hundred years of history before 1800, but I was brought this book instead. (I actually just realized this while verifying the book’s reference signature number.) It’s not a very interesting document or one that contains any family history material, but […]
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One of our readers reached out in the hopes that someone else might have more information on her family. She writes: I am looking for relatives in the former West Prussian area of a suburb of Danzig named Ohra (Orunea now I believe) with the following names and relationships to me through my mother, the […]
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The Ostdeutsche Familienkunde was a quarterly publication that produced content for former eastern German territories. Of particular interest to the Pomeranian researcher is the collection of indexed archival documents that include persons dating back to the 1600s. Some of these documents are not currently online, and this journal contains some of the only readable copies […]
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I wanted to take the opportunity to thank those who helped MyPomerania.com raise $65 these last two months. This is almost half of the operational expenses for a year! Your outpouring has been generous, and as the editor of this site, I appreciate the help to offset hosting costs. The plan is to continue adding […]
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Hi, friends. The time has come where I am seeking out volunteers to manage information about specific Kreises in Pomerania. The task is far too great for me to compile in the time I have, and I am looking for people who wouldn’t mind typing up summaries about each Kreis. The purpose is to help […]
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If you had or suspect to have had relatives who were in the KPD, I have just updated the communist records page (which can be found by hovering over “Government Records” in the navigation) or by clicking here. While millions of communist-era records have been digitized in the Comintern project, aided by the archives in […]
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From both the Kirchenbücher and the Standesamt, you will find the death registry for Groß Brüskow and Besow from Kreise Stolp and Schlawe online here for these selected years: Groß Bruskow: Kirchenbücher Deaths 1869-1874 Groß Bruskow: Kirchenbücher Deaths 1909-1946 Groß Bruskow: Standesamt Deaths 1891-1892 Groß Bruskow: Standesamt Deaths 1900-1911 More future downloads will become available […]
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Thanks to one person in particular, I will be able to provide you with the death records from Groß Brüskow for the years 1869-1874, 1891-1892, and 1900-1946 for both church and civil records. (Kirchenbücher and Standesamt documents.) Since the Koszalin Archive documents disappeared from online, I have not spent much time maintaining this site. My […]
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Dear followers, my apologies to this recent development. It seems that the Koszalin Archives have yet again removed a large portion of their church books from the internet. I have put in a request to Pommern-L to see if there is any information available about this. If this uploading/removing trend continues, I will begin to […]
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With the Köslin (Koszalin) Archives, the Family History Center, and other sites putting Pomeranian church books online, I have created a table to house all the data of where the churches were, what Kreis (best translation would be “Circle,” however, the American understanding of county might fit better), religion, and years of availability. Paramount to […]
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