[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] EWZ records

[Helen Gillespie]

Hi all,

For those searching for the EWZ-52 group of immigrants which includes those
from Wolhynia - check out the Stammblaetter 1940-41
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/252070?availability=Family%20History%20Library




Helen Gillespie

On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Edie Adam <edieadam at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Martin: Remember you are going to Archives II at College Park, MD, to
> view EWZ records. You will want to arrive as early as you can since you
> will have to complete paperwork to get a researcher's card. Materials
> allowed in the microfilm room are restricted so you'll have to lock
> everything else in the locker room, which I think is 25 cents so bring some
> change. This site provides more logistical information:
> http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/
>
> Also, it helps to know what region of eastern Europe your relatives were in
> since the EWZ is not one massive repository.
>
>
>    - EWZ-50 covers Soviet Russia (pre-WWII borders includes Ukraine and
>    Russian Volhynia) and is indexed on www.odessa3.org
>    - EWZ-52 covers Poland (pre-WWII borders, includes Polish Volhynia) and
>    Galicia
>    - EWZ-51 covers Romania
>    - EWZ-53 covers Baltic states (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania)
>    - EWZ-5410 covers Yugoslavia
>    - EWZ-5420 covers France
>    - EWZ-5430 covers Bulgaria
>
>
> The articles mentioned at very helpful, from personal experience. The
> archives volunteers are there to monitor the room and may not be able to
> assist with specific questions.
>
> Read everything you can find about working in the EWZ to maximize your
> time. Good luck!
>
> Edie Adam
> Fairfax, VA
>
> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 7:15 PM, <gpvjem at sasktel.net> wrote:
>
> >     Martin:
> >
> >      If you are a member of SGGEE and can log into SGGEE's  members
> > portion of the website, there are two older issues of the SGGEE Journal
> > that contain two excellent articles on using EWZ records.      They are
> in
> > the September 2000 and September 2008 issues.  They were written by Dave
> > Obee and Karl Krueger respectively.
> >  Good luck!
> >  John Marsch
> >
> >  ------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----------------
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 7 Sep2014 11:13:59 -0500, Martin Schmidt <g8orz03 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > Hello SGGEE listserve members,
> >
> >>
> >> In about a week, I will be up in Washington DC for business and hope to
> >> find the time to visit the National Archives and try to see if I can
> find
> >> any of my relations in the EWZ records.
> >> I'm curious if anyone has advice they might want to share.
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Martin
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Ger-Poland-Volhynia site list
> >> Ger-Poland-Volhynia at sggee.org
> >> https://www.sggee.org/mailman/listinfo/ger-poland-volhynia
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ger-Poland-Volhynia site list
> > Ger-Poland-Volhynia at sggee.org
> > https://www.sggee.org/mailman/listinfo/ger-poland-volhynia
> _______________________________________________
> Ger-Poland-Volhynia site list
> Ger-Poland-Volhynia at sggee.org
> https://www.sggee.org/mailman/listinfo/ger-poland-volhynia
>