Friday, August 5, 2011

Follow Friday: The Poznan Marriage Project

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Today's Follow Friday post is about the Poznan Marriage Project, a splendid database of extracted nineteenth marriage records. Headed by Łukasz Bielecki, the Poznan Marriage Project contains 651,594 records from civil, Lutheran, and Catholic parishes within the former Prussian province of Posen, now Poznań, Poland.

In addition to the search function available by surname, location, and date, the site also provides a wealth of information about what records are available for various villages and towns.

An example (for Rawitsch, the village in Posen where my ancestors are from) of the detailed record and repository information available:

Rawicz Rawitsch  5137 1652  LE

District capital

Roman Catholic parish

LDS microfilms

Lutheran community

LDS microfilms
   B 1701-1727 BMD 1707-1782      752779    MD 1782-1803      752780    B 1707-1746 1774-1801      752782    B 1802-1807 1805-1818 1808-1820      752783    B 1821-1840      752784    B 1841-1849      752785    B 1850-1865      752786    M 1774-1820 1804-1826 1821-1834      752787    M 1827-1842 1835-1840 1853-1855 M 1845-1857 1856-1864 1859-1865      752788    D 1801-1838      752789    D 1839-1865      752790    M 1845-1871 D 1845-1876 B 1845-1868      752791 #1-8    BD 1841-1855 MD 1856-1857 D 1858-1859 BMD 1860-1865      752792    BMD 1866-1875      1191315 #13    B 1880-1899 M 1880-1889      1194741 #5-6    M 1889-1890 D 1875-1902      1194742 #1-3    B 1830-1843      2380090 #5-18    B 1844-1863      2380091    B 1864-1865      2380092 #1-2    M 1830-1863      2380092 #3-35    M 1864-1874      2380093 #1-11    D 1830-1846      2380093 #12-28    D 1847-1865      2380094 #1-18

Civil registry

LDS microfilms
   BMD 1874-1875      1733825    BMD 1875-1876      1733826    BMD 1876-1877      1733827    BMD 1877-1878      1733828    BMD 1878-1879      1733829    BMD 1879-1880      1733830    BMD 1880-1881      1733831    BMD 1881-1882      1733832    BMD 1883      1733833    D 1883 BMD 1884      1808773    D 1884 BMD 1885      1808774    D 1885 BMD 1886      1808775    D 1886 BMD 1887      1808776    D 1887 BMD 1888      1808777

State Archive in Poznan
   B 1845-1874
   M 1845-1873
   D 1845-1876


Katholisches Militärbischofsamt in Bonn
   B 1840-1847

Lutheran community

Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin
   B 1813-1915
   M 1813-1915
   D 1813-1915
LDS microfilms
   B 1834-1871 BMD 1870-1885 BMD 1870-1918      72688    M 1860-1866 MD 1834-1871 BMD 1867-1890      72689    BMD 1834-1918      172518 #3-6    MD 1834-1871      492566    B 1834-1871      492773 #1

State Archive in Poznan
   B 1849
   D 1837   1841-1856

Lutheran community

State Archive in Poznan
   B 1841-1855   1860-1871   1873
   M 1856-1858   1860   1863-1866   1868   1871
   D 1841-1873   1875

2 comments:

  1. Well, this was certainly a pleasant surprise to stumble across! I have lots of family from Posen :D

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  2. Good luck, Eowyn - I hope you find lots of ancestors.

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