Finding your Surname in the Galizien Village Familybooks
Which Family books should I order?
The listing can be searched by entering a surname in the GOOGLE field below.
The result of this search will be a list of all Family Books in which your surname is found. Each link on the search result page will take you to a list of all surnames in a particular village book.
Family Book Example
Translation of Some of the Above Example Family Group Entry
<Family number 6> ADAM, Georg Valentin, lutheran
born approx 1770 in Heuchelheim, Rhineland-Palatinate (a,1)
Residence: Nov 13, 1791 in Josefsberg, Galicia, House Number 36 (Source 2); Before Nov 13, 1791 in Brigidau, Galicia (Note b, Source 2)...
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GAUF (alternate spelling KAUF, married to surnames ADAM & WEBER), Anna Barbara (see families 319 and 1146)
born Nov 4, 1765 in Neiderlinxweiler, Saarland, Germany (Source 25)
Residence: about 1790 in Szczerzec; Galicia (Source 26); about 1790 in Josefsberg, Galicia, House number 81 (Source 27);...
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Children: 1) ADAM, Maria Katharina, born Oct 16, 1800 in Josefsberg, Galicia, House number 81; baptised Oct 21, 1800 in Brigidau, Galicia (Source 8), Lutheran
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Notes:
(a) Hometown from BREDETZKY (Josefsberg, 1812)
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Sources:
(1) BRIGIDAU Parish Marriage Register/Lutheran 1786-1813 year 1791, page 3, section 4, item 2
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Note: Two house numbers separated by a /, (e.g. HNr 93/14) generally means that the villages houses were renumbered and thus both old and new numbers are given.
Legend of Some Terms Used in the Example
There is a "Legende" (Legend) included with each Familybook with German and English explanations of most abbreviations but a few terms are not translated. Here is a table of terms (both given in the Legende and not) and their meaning :
<6> | Family number - used for reference anywhere this family is referenced in the book |
* | Born |
∞ (infinity symbol) | Married |
(dagger and box symbols ) | Died and Buried |
Berufe/Wohnung: | Occupation / Dwelling: |
Anmerkungen: | Notes: |
Quellen: | Sources: |
Kinder: | Children: |
Ibid. | ibidem (latin) - at the same place |
ebd. | Ebenda, am Gelichen Ort - at the same place |
HNr. | House Number |
TfBuch | Parish book of Births (also Tauf buch) |
TrBuch | Parish book of Marriages (also Trauung buch) |
ToBuch | Parish book of Deaths (also Tod buch) |
(= Kauf) | Alternate spelling of surname |
(Siehe <319>) | (See family <319> for a continuation of this individual's family) |
Note: At one time, these books were created by the Genealogischen Forschungsstelle der Galiziendeutschen, a part of the Hilfskomitee der Galiziendeutschen. Now the books are created by Manfred Daum in cooperation with the Galiziendeutschen - Geschichte und Erinnerungskultur (The Galician Germans - History and Culture Remembered, formerly the Hilfskomitee).
Galizien German Family Books
Galizien Village Family Books
The Galizien Village Family Books is a collection of families who are known to have been residents of a particular village. Each book focuses on a particular village. The Galiziendeutschen - Geschichte und Erinnerungskultur (The Galician Germans - History and Culture Remembered, formerly the Hilfskomitee) organization in Germany, principally Manfred Daum, created these family books by transcribing births, deaths and marriages from original church records into family groups and then combining all the family groups in a village into a single village book. Here is an example of what a family group in one of the familybooks looks like (including an explanation of terms). Considering the long hours of time required to compile one of these village books Manfred Daum charges a very reasonable US$10.00 per village. These village family books are delivered by immediate download from the payment page and by a link from an accompanying email..
Index of all Villages for which there is a Familybook
Galizien-German Family Books (Current as of Nov 2023)
Bearbeitungsstand galiziendeutscher Ortsfamilienbücher (2023-11)
The word "mit" is used in the above file to denote that the village is included in a nearby town. e.g.
(mit Baginsberg u. Slawitz) = With the Baginsberg and Slawitz Familybooks
Which Family Books should I order?
We have created a long list of all surnames found in the Galizien Village Familybooks. You can search our listing HERE.
The result of this search will be a list of all familybooks in which your surname is found. Each link on the search result page will take you to a list of all surnames in a particular village book. Write down the names of all the villages you wish to order and see the "Ordering Books" instructions below.
If you want to just browse the surnames in any particular village we have created a webpage that has links to each village in our Familybooks Surname Listing.
Click on this link to view our All Surnames in all Villages Index webpage.
Ordering Books
Price: Per Village Familybook : $10.00 USD
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