Gazetteers for Polish Genealogy

For more information on using gazetteers, see here and here.

NameCoverage AreaCoverage AreaPublication DateLanguageLinks & Remarks
JewishGen GazetteerIncludes 1,000,000 localities in 54 countries in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, & Central Asiaphoneticpresent dayEnglishGazetteer is here. Beider-Morse searching is more precise but offers limited hits; Daitch-Mokotoff gives more search hits. Locations with Jewish communities are searched separately, here.

Baza Miejscowości Kresowych		Database of 54,962 places in the kresy wschodnie (Poland’s eastern borderlands region); includes places presently located in Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, & Ukrainephonetic1920–1938Polish, EnglishGazetteer is here. “Direct” searching requires use of proper diacritics, but search options include Soundex & Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex.
Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskichAll localities in the former Polish provinces of Russia, most localities in the former Austrian province of Galicia (now divided between Poland & Ukraine), Belorussian provinces of the Russian Empire (now in Belarus), & also contains significant localities in Russia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria & Romania. Places from Prussian provinces of Poznan, West Prussia, East Prussia, Silesia, & Pomerania are also covered, though info may be less comprehensive.paragraph1880-1902, 15 volumesPolishGazetteer is here. Wildcard searching:  “%” replaces any string of characters, “_” can be used to replace a single character. Assistance with unfamiliar terminology is available here. Assistance with deciphering abbreviations is here. Some translated Słownik entries are available from Polish Roots. To access translated entries, hover cursor over “Geography & Maps” option in menu bar at the top of the page, then select a letter of the alphabet to view entries for places beginning with that letter. Additional translated entries are available here as a members-only benefit of the Polish Genealogical Society of America.
Skorowidz Królestwa Polskiego, T. 1 & 2Królestwo Polskie (Kingdom of Poland, i.e. Congress Poland or Russian Poland)tabular1877Polish, Russian column headingsTom (Volume) 1, A–N
Tom (Volume) 2, O–Z
Tabella miast, wsi, osad Królestwa Polskiego, T. 1 & 2Kingdom of Polandtabular1827PolishTom (Volume) 1, A–Ł
Tom (Volume) 2, M–Z
Списки населенных мест Российской Имперіи (List of Populated Places in Imperial Russia)Russian Empiretabular1861–1885, 62 volumesRussianSome volumes available online, click here for links.
Brian Lenius’ Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia: Expanded Data EditionGalicia (Austrian Empire, presently southeastern Poland/western Ukraine)tabular, print book, not online1999, but covers period from 1896–1914EnglishCan be ordered here from the author.
Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder, Bd. 12 GalizienGaliciatabular1907GermanGazetteer is here. Tips for using are here (David Gorz) and here (Matthew Bielawa).
Galician Town LocatorGaliciatabularc. 1900Place names in German or PolishGazetteer is here.
Najnowszy skorowidz wszystkich miejscowości z przysiółkami w Królestwie Galicyi… by Jan BigoGaliciatabular1886–1918PolishGazetteer from 1914 is here. Similar content from different publication years can be found here.
Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej PolskiejSecond Polish Republic (1918–1939)tabularc. 1933PolishGazetteer is here.
Nazwy miejscowe Polski : historia, pochodzenie, zmianyPresent-day Polandparagraph1997–2019PolishTom (Volume) 1, A–B
Tom 2, C–D
Tom 3, E–I
Tom 4, J–Kn
Tom 5, Ko–Ky
Tom 6, L–Ma
Some additional volumes available in print only; series remains unfinished.

Słownik historyczno-geograficzny ziem polskich w średniowieczuMedieval PolandparagraphMiddle Ages up to 1530Polish Gazetteer is here.
Genealogische Orts-Verzeichnis (GOV), The Historic GazetteerWorldwidedatabasePresent dayGerman website, can be used in EnglishGazetteer is here.
KartenmeisterEastprussia, including Memel, Westprussia, Brandenburg, Posen, Pomerania, & Silesia. All locations are east of the Oder and Neisse rivers.databaseBased on province borders as of Spring 1918English; place names can be searched in German or PolishGazetteer is here.
Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen : auf Grund der Materialen der Volkszählung vom 1. Dezember 1905 und anderer amtlicher QuellenKingdom of Prussia, Germany (includes Polish territories in East Prussia, West Prussia, Pomerania, Brandenburg, Posen, & Silesia).tabular1907–1909German
15 Volumes; can be accessed here. Also available on Ancestry (with a subscription), here.
Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-lexikon des deutschen ReichsGerman Empireparagraph, database1871–1918German (print), English (database)Gazetteer is here.

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