Organizations

• FEEFHS, Federation of East European Family History Societies
• SGGEE, Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe

Listservs

• http://www.posen-l.com, Posen Listserv
• http://list.genealogy.net/mailman/listinfo/ow-preussen-l, East and West Prussian Genealogy

Bibliography

• Beaton, K.B., A practical dictionary of German usage, Oxford University Press 2001, ISBN 0-19-924665-3. A reference work for advanced language learners and for teachers of German at all levels, offering a detailed insight into the structure of word meaning in German as well as practical advice on usage.

• Beheim-Schwarzbach, Max, Friedrich der Große als Gründer deutscher Kolonien in den Jahre 1772 erworbeneen Landen, Mittler & Sohn 1864. A study of Friedrich the Great's colonization policies beginning with the first partition of Poland.

• Biernat, Czeslaw and Niedermeier, Stephan, Staatsarchiv Danzig: Wegweiser durch die Bestände bis zum Jahr 1945, Oldenbourg 2000, ISBN 3-486-56503-6. An index of the contents of the Danzig State Archive as of 1945; not clear if this includes documents lost when the archive burned. Best obtained by interlibrary loan.

• Brandt, E.R. and Goertz, A., Genealogical guide to East and West Prussia, 2003, ISBN 0-971312-2-5. A reference work dealing with information sources relevant to northern Poland with particular emphasis on the former German population. Available directly from Ed Brandt.

• Franz, Walther, Ostpreußische Landeskunde, Arndt Verlag 1993, ISBN 3-88741-164-1. A treatise on East Prussian history, culture, language and tradition that addresses the ethnic origins and migrations that bear on the East Prussian personality.

• Kaemmerer, M., Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße, Rautenberg 2005, ISBN 3-8003-3086-5. An extensive gazetteer and Polish-German place name cross reference for Ostbrandenburg, Ostpreußen, Pommern, Schlesien and Westpreußen.

Online Resources

• Danzig Online. Danzig website in English and Polish, including history, photos, and old maps.

• Deutsche Geschichte 1871-1945. An extensive website dedicated to German history, including an extensive gazetteer (the Ortsbuch). Curiously, there is almost no mention of the Mennonites.

• Part of Armin Zimmermann's personal website which gives interesting history of the Bessarabian immigrants who migrated from Württemberg through Poland.

• East & West Prussia Gazetteer sorted by German village name.

• Familienforschung in Westpreußen, a general German site for family research in West Prussia.

• Family History and Birding with Tim Janzen, extensive links to Prussian Mennonite resources including LDS films.

• Genealogy.net including content for West Prussia and former German territories.

• Ilow Parish Warsaw Confirmations from the Odessa Library, compiled by Tom Stangl.

• Perpetual Gregorian Calendar.

• Kolonisten aus dem Netzedistrikt von 1776-1798, colonists from the Netze District, compiled by Lena Bellée-Vogt.

• Polish State Archives Database - Pradziad which helps you locate record categories in the Polish archives.

• Polish Genealogical Word List.

• Polish Terms, more useful vocabulary.

• Pommerninfo, information about Pommern, including maps.

• Prussian Mennonite Genealogical Resources, an extensive source of Prussian extractions by the Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society.

• Russian Mennonite Genealogical Resources, an extensive source of Russian extractions by the Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society.

• Swabian Settlements in Poland, extracts in the Odessa Library by Elli Wise from Otto Heike's book.

• West Prussian Land Register of 1772-1773 from the Odessa Library, complied by Reuben Drefs.