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In Their Words:  A Genealogist's Translation
Guide to Polish, German, Latin and Russian
Documents. Volume 1:  Polish

 

by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman

 

2nd edition - ISBN  978-0-9631579-6-6

Copyright 2007

This book is softcover, perfect bound, with 388 bindery pages (viii + 380), 8.25 x 11 inches. It includes:

* over 60 Polish-language documents and extracts from American and European sources, analyzed and translated; they include extracts from birth, death, and marriage records of various formats; gazetteer entries; revision lists; obituaries; population registers; military service records; passports; etc..

* sections on Polish grammar, phonetics, and spelling

* information on how to locate records in America and Europe, including contact information for various archives in Poland and neighboring countries

* a chapter on gazetteers and how to use them, with 12 maps showing Poland's changing borders and administrative subdivisions

* a vocabulary list with over 2,500 entries, featuring terms most likely to be found in records, including many overlooked by most dictionaries

* a 14-page index to facilitate looking up specific items.

This book can be ordered for delivery to addresses in the United States from Avotaynu, 1-800-AVOTAYNU, and the Polish Art Center, 1-888-619-9771. The retail price is US $35 plus shipping and handling. To order copies for delivery to addresses in Canada, we recommend buying the book from Genealogy Unlimited. To order a copy for shipment to addresses outside North America, we recommend ordering from Avotaynu.
 

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