If you look at the place name index in the description you can see that all the towns are different than those covered in West Prussia I. Albert Conrad Krajewski. They are small towns just West of Schwetz (Sweiczie, Poland). West Prussia was dissolved in 1829 and merged with East Prussia to form the Province of Prussia, but was re-established in 1878 when the merger was reversed and became part of the German Empire. In the Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), the towns of the Prussian Confederation in Pomerelia and the adjacent Prussian region east of the Vistula River rebelled against the rule of the Teutonic Knights and sought the assistance of King Casimir IV Jagiellon of Poland.
This guide includes a list of available lineage books for the areas covered in the guide.“Unlike countries, such as Great Britain, whose parishes are precisely defined, German parishes are defined by what towns are assigned to each parish but without well defined boundaries. Putzig, West Prussia Genealogy Records 1660-1890 Assorted birth, marriage and death records extracted from the Catholic Church records of Putzig, West Prussia -- today called Puck, Poland. If you look at the place name index in the description you can see that all the towns are different than those covered in West Prussia I.
It was ethnically cleansed of Germans by Poland, the Soviet Union and the allies after World War 2 (All vestages of German government and control were removed following WW2. This volume includes a total of 3,354 places – mostly towns, found in the Kingdom of Prussia, Province of West Prussia, Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder. How can I get his birth record? West Prussia, formerly Royal Prussia, part of Pomerania, currently one of 12 provinces of the Kingdom of Prussia, has already been partially discussed in the articles on Gdansk and Kwidzyn, and from an ecclesiastical viewpoint in the article on Chelmno. If the place was named after that date, the chances drop. My great great grandfather was from there. This is the forty-fifth of a series covering all of Germany. 29 Mar 2015 #11. Here is a fairly comprehensive list of past German names for what are now Polish villages, towns and cities. List. Edited: Can anyone tell me what the Polish names of some towns in West Prussia would be called today?
This book also includes a master index to Volumes 44 and 45, which covers all of West Prussia. It is worth noting that in US Census records this term rarely appears after 1871, the year of the creation of the Second Reich- “Germany”.Rabideau – Henss Family Histories & GenealogyIf you are researching ancestors (family) it is possible that your family records are referring to this area.Perhaps, the following explanations and links will help clarify the matter.To begin with you need to be aware that there are, at least, four major categories or groups of people with clear and justifiable claims to being Prussian. The Baltic Prussians are long gone.
According to the government of Prussia there are 5 cities and many towns in Prussia. Mennonites, who in 1875 numbered 12,300, were included with the Protestants. The initial FamilySearch film numbers for the Lutheran Records are: 208071, and 743203. Danzig, now Gdańsk, in 1900. Are these records destroyed?Our relative was born in 1858 in Stangenberg. Below is a list of cities and towns in East Prussia.
Anyone heard of a town named £ipsalde, Prussia.