Top Online Genealogy Resources for Galicia, Austro-Hungary

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