A Selected Bibliography for Eastern European Research

Books and Periodicals

  • Allen, Serah Fleury Overcoming Obstacles to Eastern European Research: Self-Help for Laypeople [Europe G 2.5]
  • Brandt, Edward R. [et al.] Germanic Genealogy: a Guide to Worldwide Sources and Migration Patterns [Germany G 2.16 1997]
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The Austro-Hungarian Empire Boundary Changes and Their Effect on Genealogical Research [Europe G 4]
  • Cohen, Chester Shtetl Finder: Jewish Communities in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries in the Pale of Settlement of Russia and Poland, and in Lithuania, Latvia, Galicia and Bukovina, with Names of Residents [Russia G 3]
  • Markel, Howard Quarantine! East European Jewish Immigrants in New York City and the Epidemics of 1892 [N.Y L M314.96 M37]
  • Mokotoff, Gary Where Once We Walked: a Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust [Europe G 2]
  • Mokotoff, Gary WOWW Companion: a Guide to the Communities Surrounding Central and Eastern European Towns [Europe G 2 SUPP.]
  • Movius, John D., editor Resource Guide to East European Genealogy [Europe G 1.51]
  • Schaefer, Christina K The Great War: a Guide to the Service Records of all the World's Fighting Men and Volunteers [CS 14 S33]
  • Smith, Clifford Neal The Immigrant Ancestor: a Survey of Westland Monographs on Emigration from Germany, Great Britain, France, Switzerland, and Eastern Europe [CS 68 S651]
  • Weiner, Miriam Researching your Russian Roots [Russia G 1.1]
  • Weiner, Miriam, compiler Genealogy Research in Eastern Europe and Israel [Europe G 2.4]

Austria

  • Knoch, Wassali J.G. Short History of Austria and the Habsburgs [Austria G 1.15]
  • Spielman, John Philip Leopold I of Austria [Austria G 1.16]

Czechoslovakia

  • Capek, Thomas The Cech (Bohemian) Community of New York [N.Y.C. G 157]
  • Miller, Olga Katzin Genealogical Research for Czech and Slovak Americans [Czech. G 1]

Estonia

  • Maldonado, Sigrid Renate Estonian Experience and Roots: Ethnic Estonian Genealogy with Historical Perspective, Social Influences and Possible Family History Resources [Estonia G 1]

Hungary

  • Brandt, Edward Reimer Contents and Addresses of Hungarian Archives with Supplementary Material for Research on German Ancestors from Hungary [Hungary G 2.1 1998]
  • Perlman, Robert Bridging Three Worlds: Hungarian-Jewish Americans, 1848-1914 [E 184 J5 P47]
  • Suess, Jared H. Handy Guide to Hungarian Genealogical Records [Hungary G 3]

Latvia

  • Miller, Dorothy From Latvia to America : a Miller Family History [G M 6148]

Lithuania

  • Genealogija: the Lithuanian-American Genealogy Newsletter [E 184 L7 G46]
  • Klimas, Petras Ghillebert de Lannoy in Medieval Lithuania; Voyages and Embassies of an Ancestor of one of America's Great Presidents [DC 102.8 L3 K552]
  • Ronn, J. Michoel The Dworskys of Lazdei: the History of a Lithuanian Jewish Family from the Mid-1700's Until the Present [G D 9735]
  • Schoenburg, Nancy Lithuanian Jewish Communities [Lith. G 2]
  • Senkus, William A. The History of a Lithuanian-American Community in Elizabeth, New Jersey [N.J. L EL48.8]

Poland

  • Ames, Mary Ann Boczon How to Research your Personal Polish Family History [Poland G 1.5]
  • Bukowczyk, John J. And My Children Did Not Know Me: a History of the Polish-Americans [E 184 P7 B84]
  • Chorzempa, Rosemary A. Polish Roots [Poland G 1.4]
  • Davis-White, Jeanne Polish Arrivals at the Port of Baltimore, 1880-1884 [Maryland L B217.965]
  • Dziob, Francis W. Jamestown Pioneers from Poland [Virginia L J247.7]
  • Hollowak, Thomas L. Births from the Baptismal Record of Saint Stanislaw Kostka Church, 1879-1889 [Maryland L B217.961]
  • Hollowak, Thomas L. Faith, Work, and Struggle: a History of Baltimore Polonia Written to Commemorate the Ninetieth Anniversary of Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Church [Maryland L B217.962]
  • Hoffman, William F. Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings [Poland G 2.5]
  • Hoskins, Janina W. Polish Genealogy and Heraldry: an Introduction to Research [Poland G 1.9]
  • Konrad, J. Polish Family Research [Poland G 1.6]
  • Kruszka, Waclaw A History of the Poles in America to 1908 [E 184 P7 K913]
  • Lenius, Brian J. Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia [Poland G 10]
  • Moser, Geraldine Hamburg Passengers from the Kingdom of Poland and the Russian Empire: Indirect Passage to New York - 1855-June, 1873 [E 184 P7 M67]
  • Obel, Thaddeus J. A Bibliography for Genealogical Research Involving Polish Ancestry [Poland G 1.8]
  • Ortell, Gerald A. Polish Parish Records of the Roman Catholic Church: Their Use and Understanding in Genealogical Research [Poland G 5.1]
  • Peckwas, Edward A. Collection of Articles on Polish Heraldry [Poland G 1.95]
  • Rosenstein, Neil Polish Jewish Cemeteries [Poland G 12]
  • Schlyter, Daniel M. Poland/Prussia: How to Locate Vital Records of Former Prussian Areas of Poland in the Genealogical Library [Poland G 5]
  • Shea, Jonathan Russian Language Documents from Russian Poland: a Translation Manual for Genealogists [Poland G 3.5 ]
  • Smith, Clifford Neal Reconstructed Passenger Lists for 1851 via Hamburg: Emigrants from Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, and Switzerland to Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the United States, and Venezuela [CS 68 S65]
  • Weiner, Miriam Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia: a Resource Guide [Poland G 10.1]
  • Wellauer, Maralyn A. Tracing your Polish Roots [Poland G 1.7]

Romania

  • Wertsman, Vladimir The Romanians in America and Canada: A Guide to Information Sources [E 184 R8 W47]

Russia

  • Baselt, Fonda Deane Wagner A Wagner Family Odyssey from Germany to Russia to America [G W 1254]
  • Baumgarten, Nicolas Pierre Serge von Genealogies et Mariages Occidentaux des Rurikides Russes du x au xiii Siecle [BX 101 O7]
  • Belykova, Alla United by Noble Blood [Russia G 12]
  • Boonin, Harry D. The Davidows: the Experiences of an Immigrant Family [G D 2808]
  • Grimsted, Patricia Kennedy A Handbook for Archival Research in the USSR [Russia G 1.2]
  • Mehr. Kahlile B. Sources for Genealogical Research in the Soviet Union [Russia G 1]
  • Migration from the Russian Empire: Lists of Passengers Arriving at the Port of New York [E 184 R9 M53]
  • Origin of Russian-Jewish Surnames [CS 31 A96]
  • Petrov, P.N History of the Families of the Russian Nobility [Russia G 13]
  • Rapoport, Joe Echoes of Druya : a Short History of the Rapoport Family and the Vabel Family, and the Town of Druya, Where They Lived [G R 18231]
  • Sack, Sallyann Amdur The Russian Consular Records Index and Catalog [Russia G 6]
  • Stumpp, Karl The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763-1862 [Russia G 20]
  • Traubman, Len The Oreckovsky Family: from Russia to America [G OR 322]

Ukraine

  • Grimstead, Patricia Kennedy Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the USSR: Ukraine and Moldavia [Ukraine G 1]
  • Kronik, Aleksander Some Archival Sources for Ukrainian-Jewish Genealogy [Ukraine G 1.3]

Genealogies

  • Ronn, Micheol J. The Dworzkys of Lazdei [G D 9735]
  • Sanders, Jacquelyn Seevak The Seevaks: a History, 1700-1998 [G SE 368]

Periodicals

  • American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Newsletter [E 184 R85 A41]
  • Russian American Genealogical Archival Service [G 185 R9 R91]

Manuscripts

  • Information on the Towns of Janova, Kedainiai, and Vilkija, Lithuania [Family Shelf 1 (J1804)]
  • Seed, Judith Cooper Descendants of Herske Kuperboim of Parysow, Poland: Kuperboim, Kuperbaum, and Kuper families in Poland, America, and Israel [Family Shelf 1 (K9646)]

Compiled by Catherine M. Ellard, Assistant Librarian

Note. The references listed in the excellent bibliography above are no longer available at the NYG&B Library. They are, however, available at the New York Public Library where our collection is now housed.