Narrowing Your Geographic
Search
Searching by a geographical region is
one way to focus your search in the general area where your ancestors
lived. (Or you can use
geographical coordinates.)
It is important to note that there is
some data in the JRI-Poland database that is not referenced to any
geographical area (the data in these collections comprise a broad area
that covers many Gubernia/Wojewodztwa). For these collections, such as
the
Monitor Polski
data and
Polish Aliyah
Passports, you must search the entire database – do not narrow your
search by geographic region or coordinates.
Looking up your town in JRI-Poland’s
Your Town section will provide you with the name of the Gubernia where
your town was located during the period when most of the records in the
database were recorded. For Galician researchers, there is currently no
master list of Wojewodztwa where your towns were located. JRI-Poland’s
Your Town section will be updated to capture this information.
Below is a list of the Gubernia and
Wojewodztwa where entries in the JRI-Poland database can be found:
Country/Region |
Gubernia/ Wojewodztwa |
Main Towns |
Congress Poland |
Kalisz |
Kalisz, Kolo, Piatek,
Wieruszow |
Kielce |
Checiny, Kielce, Stopnica |
Lomza |
Grajewo, Lomza, Ostrow
Mazowiecka, Szczuczyn, Tykocin |
Lublin |
Chelm, Kazimierz Dolny,
Lublin, Zamosc |
Piotrkow |
Czestochowa, Lodz,
Piotrkow, Tomaszow Mazowiecka |
Plock |
Ciechanow, Mlawa, Plock,
Plonsk, Przasnysz |
Radom |
Ilza, Opatow, Radom |
Siedlce |
Biala Podlaski, Siedlce,
Sokolow Podlaski |
Suwalki |
Augustow, Mariampol,
Sejny, Suwalki |
Warszawa |
Gora Kalwaria, Pultusk,
Radzymin, Warszawa |
Russian
Pale of Settlement |
Grodno |
Bialystok |
Volhynia |
Kremenets |
Austrian
Galicia |
Krakow |
Krakow, Tarnow |
Lwow |
Drohobycz, Lwow,
Przemysl, Rzeszow, Sambor |
Stanislawow |
Horodenka, Kolomyja,
Stanislawow, Stryj |
Tarnopol |
Brzezany, Jagielnica,
Skalat, Tarnopol, Zloczow |
Prussia |
|
Bytom, Gliwice, Wroclaw,
Torun |
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