[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Powiat maps of Russian Poland

[Jerry Frank]

There is one correction for your time line.

1806-1815 Duchy of Warsaw (under Napoleon rule).

You might also want to make note of alternate names for some of these time 
periods.  Before the partitions, there was the Polish - Lithuanian 
Commonwealth.  Also, Russian Poland was referred to variously as Congress 
Poland, the Kingdom of Poland, and after 1867, the Vistula Territory - and, 
in German, Mittelpolen (Middle Poland).  It has these other names because, 
for the first decades until about 1867, it operated in a somewhat 
autonomous fashion under Russian control.   As one example, they retained 
Polish as the language of official documents until 1867.

Germany did not exist as a country prior to 1871 but the people that lived 
in the provinces or kingdoms that eventually comprised Germany were still 
ethnic Germans.  You cannot refer to all of them as Prussia because some 
came from non Prussian places like Wuerttemberg, etc.  In 1820s Polish 
documents, my Hemminger ancestors are shown as being born in Koenigreich 
Wuerttemberg - the Kingdom of Wuerttemberg.

For other readers, please note that this time line is specific to Peter's 
area of research.  Other parts of what we generally refer to as Russian 
Poland would look differently during the period of the partitions through 1815.



At 09:47 AM 16/03/2004 -0500, Peter Fischer wrote:
>Thanks Jerry,
>As always your information is very valuable.  The maps are terrific.
>
>For some time I have been working on a country/government timeline on the
>Kalisch-Turek-Konin-Wladyslowow-Kolo-etc. region by studying maps in an effort
>to have my ancestors' records historically correct.
>
>Reading various on-line information of people's ancestors, people invariably
>interchange Germany, Prussia, Posen, Poznan, Poland, Russia, and so on.  Which
>makes it somewhat confusing to say the least, and historically incorrect.
>
>I was wondering if my conclusions are correct, or if they can be further
>clarified.  What I have for this region is as follows:
>
>1688 to 1793 - Poland
>1793 to 1806 - South Prussia
>1807 to 1919 - Russia-Poland
>1919 to 1939 - Poland
>1939 to 1945 - Germany
>1945 to present - Poland
>
>Also, I understand that Germany didn't exist until 1871 and any reference to
>it prior to that time is incorrect.  Whereas, it should be listed as Prussia.
>
>Any input or corrections from you, or from anyone on this List, would be
>greatly appreciated.  Thank you.
>
>Regards,
>
>Peter Fischer
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Jerry Frank<mailto:franklyspeaking at shaw.ca>
>   To:
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>   Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 10:17 PM
>   Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Powiat maps of Russian Poland
>
>
>   Sometimes it helps our genealogical research to know the civil boundaries
>   of smaller administrative districts in Russian Poland.  This website:
>
>   http://www.pgsa.org/PowiatMapList.pdf<http://www.pgsa.org/PowiatMapList.pdf
> >
>
>   will give you first an overview map of the Gubernia (provinces) in Russian
>   Poland in 1907, also showing the smaller Powiat (municipalities) within
>   them.  You can then click on the names of individual Powiats for detailed
>   maps of same.
>
>   These maps are not detailed enough to show all the villages but you can at
>   least get a very good idea of where the boundaries were.
>
>
>
>
>
>   Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
>   FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca<mailto:FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca>
>
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Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
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