JEWISH ROOTS IN POLAND : PAGES FROM THE PAST AND ARCHIVAL INVENTORIES / by Miriam Weiner in cooperation with the Polish State Archives. (ID: 31986)
Authorship or Source:
- Weiner, Miriam.
- Poland. Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwow Panstwowych.
Year:
1997
Title or Main Description:
JEWISH ROOTS IN POLAND : PAGES FROM THE PAST AND ARCHIVAL INVENTORIES / by Miriam Weiner in cooperation with the Polish State Archives.
Place Published or Holding Institution:
New York, N.Y. : YIVO Institute for Jewish Research ; Secaucus, N.J. : The Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation, Inc.
Description:
xx, 446 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Type of Work:
Book
Alternate or Series Title:
(Jewish genealogy series ; 1)
ISBN or ISSN:
0965650804
Museum or Other Institution Holdings:
- Survivors Registry Collection: Located in Public Reference Area, 2nd Floor.
- USHMM Library: Reference CS877 .J4 W45 1997.
- Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.). Call Number: DS135.P6 W37 1997.
Provenance:
Gathered from "[...] archival inventories published by various archives in Poland, published lists of Jewish records microfilmed by the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, Utah; inventories prepared by contracted researchers; district archivists in Poland who reviewed the compiled inventories at least twice; and a 1984 national survey of local town halls by the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."--P. 2
Keywords:
- Jews --Poland --Genealogy --Sources.
- Jews --Poland --Genealogy --Archival resources --Catalogs.
- Jews --Poland --History --Archival resources --Catalogs.
- Jewish archives --Poland --Directories.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --Registers of dead --Poland --Sources.
- Cemeteries --Poland --Guidebooks.
- Holocaust memorials --Poland --Guidebooks.
- Concentration camps --Poland --Guidebooks.
- Poland --Genealogy --Religious aspects --Judaism.
- Archives --Poland --Directories.
- Archival resources --Poland --Catalogs.
- Jews ---Ukraine --History --Archival resources --Directories.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --Poland --Archival resources.
Abstract:
- Although containing no name lists or registers as such, this is an essential guide to locating archival resources in Poland for such name lists, vital records and other primary historical materials. Text includes a detailed description of the records of the Jewish Historical Institute (ZIH) in Warsaw, as well as other civil and communal archives and their addresses.
- Updated information concerning archival holdings described in this book and in the similar work by the same author, 'Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova', may be found on the author's websites at http://www.routestoroots.com/ and http://www.rtrfoundation.org/, especially in the latter website's "Archive Database" at http://www.rtrfoundation.org/archdta.html (Last Accessed: 1 May 2006).
Language and Other Notes:
- Text in English.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-421) and indexes.
- LCCN: 97-060973