Polish Genealogical Research
Polish Museum Library | Chicago Historical Society | IL State Historical Library
| St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church |
201 Buckbee Street
Rockford, IL 61104
(815) 965-3913
Dedicated in 1912
- This is "The Polish Parish" in Rockford
- Sacramental Records: Baptism, Matrimony, First Communion, Confirmation, etc.
- Most Polish residents attended St. James Pro-Cathedral before St. Stanislaus was built
Home of the Polish Genealogy Society of America
984 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
Phone: (312) 384-3352 - Fax: (312) 384-3799
Museum hours: Daily -12 noon to 5 p.m.
Library hours: Mon - Sat 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Newspaper
collection
- 25 Polish newspapers such as:
- Dziennik Chicagoski 1890-1971--Index of Obituaries and Death Notices available
- American Echo - 1889-1971 - published in Toledo, OH and Chicago,IL - wide circulation in Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, and New York
Chicago
Polish Telephone Directories 1929-1940
800 Polish
Parish Albums (jubilee books)
Miecislaus
Haiman (encouraged purchase of Panna Maria, TX Church records)
- Poland and the American Revolutionary War - lists Poles who fought, state by state
- Polish Past in America, 1608-1895 - Poles in Jamestown
- Polish Pioneers in Virginia and Kentucky
Collection
of Family histories, genealogies, and heraldry such as:
- Zabriski
- Sandusky
Locating the
hometown in Poland
Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwo Polskiego - a geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland -15 volumes published at the time of the greatest migrations 1880-1902 (This is also available on microfilm in the LDS library)
Information includes:
- Place names and extensive local information
- Locations with the same names
- Nearest towns, railway stations and post offices
- Local Catholic Church, Evangelical Church, Synagogue and Mosque
- Date when the village was first recorded in Polish history
- Important historical events in the town
- Number of homes in the town and religious denominations
Slownik Nazw Geograficznych - research in formerly held German areas, names of towns and villages in recovered western lands of Prussia and Pomerania
Gazetteers
Map
collection
- Antiquated maps of Poland
- Military maps
- 1836 Western Illinois Map - Lands given to 235 Polish exiles
Ancestor
Index Card File - over 10,000 names submitted
Haller's
Army - recruitment application and records of 25,000 Polish
volunteers (WWI)
Polish
Genealogy Society newsletter as well as newsletters from
other Polish Genealogical Societies in California, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas, New
York, Ohio
Polish
Genealogical Society membership applications - Genealogy
charts access to 8,000 family names
Clark Street at North Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614-6099
Collection
of Polish Newspapers
Illinois State Historical Library
Springfield, IL
Largest
collection of Illinois Newspapers including Polish
Dziennik Chicagoski
Polish
Directory for the City of Chicago, 1903
Polish
Genealogical Society Newsletter
Conrad Sulzer Library
4455 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
(312) 744-7616 Call ahead
Newspapers
of North and Northwest Chicago Communities which had some Polish
residents
Polish Archive
Suwalkius Gubernas
Archiwum Panstwowe
ul. Kosciuszki 69
16-400 Suwalki
Poland - Polska
Polish Research Links
Polish The Polish Genealogy Page - http://polishproject.hypermart.net/
Chicago Public Library Polish page - http://www.chipublib.org/001hwlc/litpolgenealogy.html
Cyndi's Polish Link -
http://www.cyndislist.com/poland.htm
[Winnebago County Homepage] [USGenWeb] [ILGenWeb]
Katy
Hestand
County Coordinator
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Last updated: Monday, 18-Apr-2005 10:04:12 MDT