Genealogical research is an absorbing and fascinating pursuit — and, as psychologists point out, a beneficial one in a number of ways. Thorough genealogical research requires work in archives, but before beginning it, and in order to make that archival search as effective as possible, it is essential to gather as much information as possible from published sources first. This makes it possible to define the parameters of the archival search precisely and, in some cases, to reconstruct your family tree several generations back with reasonable confidence.
What can help with this work? First and foremost, the many reference books published by region, by government department, by social estate and so on, together with archival materials published in various editions, records of wartime casualties, lists of those subjected to repression, and reference works on onomastics. This section of the website presents a selection of these sources.
