This post is based on my recent presentations at the
FEEFHS 2019 conference, where I talked in detail about the archival and online resources for Eastern Galicia.
Galicia (
English: Galicia, German: Galizien, Ukrainian: Halychyna (Галичина), Polish: Galicja) was a multi-ethnic historical region, shaped as a province of the Habsburg empire.
Galicia was part of Poland in the inter-war period. It was occupied by the Nazi Germany during WWII. After the war, Galicia was split into Western and Eastern parts between Poland and Soviet Union. Nowadays Western Galicia belongs to Poland, while Eastern Galicia is part of Ukraine.
So, here is my selection of the best online resources to start with, when researching your Galician ancestors.
Primers
FamilySearch
Wiki on Galicia
Foundation for East European Family History Studies
page on Galicia
Himka, John-Paul. Galicia and Bukovina: a research handbook about Western Ukraine, late 19th and 20th centuries, 1949-, Alberta.
Online Maps
Mapire:
Galizien und Lodomerien (1779–1783) - First Military Survey
Galicia and Bucovina (1861–1864) - Second military survey of the Habsburg Empire
Habsburg Empire (1869-1887) - Third Military Survey (1:75000)
Mapping Galician Jewish Communities
GesherGalicia Map Room:
Regional and cadastral maps
A
guide on working with cadastral maps of Galicia.
Gazetteers, Town Locators
Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Połskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic lands), 1880.15 vols.
Bystrzycki, Tadeusz. Skorowidz mieiscowosci rzeczypospolitej polskiej
(Listing of Localities of the Polish Republic), 1934. 2 vols.
Gesher Galicia’s
Galician Town Locator
Records and Databases Online
FamilySearch Catalog for Galicia. Also search for your specific town (Tips on how to do it on
A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Digital Images in the FamilySearch Catalog)
Austrian Military records from Galicia, 1865-1930
Unified search of Polish state archives
Szukaj W Archiwach Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw (AGAD)
online records
Database by Polish Genealogical Society
Geneteka. A
How-to guide.
Miltary records from Eastern Galicia, 1865-1930.
Military records:
Ruthenian battalion of mountain riflemen, 1849-1850
Military records from Transcarpathia on Family Search
Western Ukraine Catholic Church Book Duplicates, 1600-1937: Indexes of baptisms and images of baptisms, marriages, and deaths for Catholics living in the parishes of Eastern Galicia.
The
All-Galicia database by GesherGalicia:
Galicia, Business Directory, 1891
JRI Poland, Jewish Record Indexing Poland
Galicia, Ukraine, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1789-1905: an index from Jewish vital records from Eastern Galicia.
Stanislawow Census 1939
Dedicated Websites
Genealogy of Halychyna / Eastern Galicia
Gesher Galicia
Jewish Galicia and Bukovina
Galicia Jewish Museum
Germans from Galicia
Galizien German Descendants
Galizien-Online
Galizien Deutsche
Blogs
Forgotten Galicia Blog
Halychyna! Galicia! Galicja! Galizien! Gácsország!
Selection of
Books about Galicia
Facebook Groups
Galicia Family History Group
Galizien German Genealogy Group
