[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Reading polish church records

[Dave Obee]

Frazin's book is excellent. Two others worthy of note are In Their Words, by
William Hoffman and Jonathan Shea; and Polish Parish Records of the Roman
Catholic Church, which despite the title can often be a great help to
researchers using Lutheran records as well. All of these go well beyond the
basic information offered in the Family History Centre guide (not that I am
criticizing what the FHC has, becuase it has enough to get most people
started).

Dave Obee


----- Original Message -----
From: "gpvjem" <gpvjem at sasktel.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Reading polish church records


> Rachel:
>  In addition to the good information you already have, I have been told
that Judith R. Frazin's "A Translation Guide to 19th Century Polish-Language
Civil - Registration Documents (Birth, Marriage and Death Records)", is one
of the best translation aids available.  ISBN 0-9613512-0-9
>
> John Marsch
>
>
>   Rachel,
>
>   Good advice from Rose.  I also found the word list very helpful.  You
can
>   see some sample Polish records with translation on the SGGEE website,
>   Translation Aids.
>
>   Dick Stein
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Rose Ingram" <roseingram at shaw.ca>
>   To: <MyGenWeb at aol.com>; <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
>   Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 10:29 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Reading polish church records
>
>
>   > Rachel,
>   >
>   > Your Family History Center may have a copy of the Polish Genealogical
Word
>   > List which you could copy.  I found this very helpful when it started
>   > reading Polish written records.  It contain most of the necessary
'buzz'
>   > words needed for translation.
>   >
>   > If not, you can also find this list at the www.familysearch.org
website.
>   > Click the "Search" tab, then "Research Helps", then choose the letter
"P"
>   > from the alphabetial list.  The Word List should be about half way
down
>   the
>   > page.  You can either print out all the pages, or  order the pamphlet
>   > on-line if you wish.
>   >
>   > Rose Ingram
>   >
>   >
>   > From: Rachel
>   > > Does anyone have any advice for reading/translating polish church
>   records?
>   > > I
>   > > have some knowledge and experience in translating ear;ly prussian
>   > > language,
>   > > but none for the polish language. Any advice would be greatly
>   appreciated.
>   >
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