East Central European Genealogy and Local
History:
Sources for Research
Introduction - Geographic
Sources - Non-English Geographic Sources - Emigration
and Immigration
Ethnic Communities in America: - General
Sources - Selected Internet Sites
Genealogical Guides and Handbooks: - General
- Austrian and German - Croat,
Serb, and Slovene
Czech and Slovak - Hungarian
- Jewish - Polish - Romanian
Non-English Geographical Sources
Administratives Gemeindelexikon der Cechoslovakischen
Republik. Prague, 1927-28.
LC call number: DB194.A5 1928
LC control number: 30031780
Place names in interwar Czechoslovakia.
Fényes, Elek.
Magyarország geographiai szótára. 4 vols. in 2. Budapest,
1984.
LC call number: CR57.Y8E85 LH&G
LC control number: 85231535
Geographical dictionary originally published in 1851, describing
localities in the old Hungarian kingdom.
Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen
Königreiche und Länder. Vienna, 1903.
LC call number: HA1175.A25
LC control number: 05034980
Standard work, based on Austrian imperial census of 1900.
Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preussen.
Berlin, 1907.
LC call number: DD308.A2 1905
LC control number: 43031291
Territories in the former Prussian kingdom.
Iordan, Ion, Petre Gâstescu, and D.I. Oancea.
Indicatorul localitatilor din România. Bucharest: Editura
Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1974.
LC call number: DR204.I56
LC control number: 75565225
For modern-day Romania.
Magyar Köztársaság helységnévtára.
Budapest, 1995- .
LC call number: DB904.A3
LC control number: 96640154
Place names for modern Hungary; 1985 edition was entitled Magyar
Népköztársaság helységnévtára.
Majtán, Milan.
Názvy obcí na Slovensku za ostatných dvesto rokov.
Bratislava, 1972.
LC call number: DB664.5 .M35
LC control number: 73319012
Slovak geographic names.
Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des
Deutschen Reichs. Leipzig, 1912-13. Reprint. With researcher's
guide and translations of the introduction, instruction for the
use of the gazetteer, and abbreviations in English by Raymond S.
Wright III. 2 vols. in 3. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub., 2000.
LC call number: DD14.M5 2000
LC control number: 99085938
For territory in the former German empire.
Slownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego
i innych krajów slowia skich. Warsaw, 1975-1977. 15 vols.
Reprint. Originally published 1880-1904. Index published 1995.
LC call number: DJK403.S46 1975; DJK7.S46 1975 Index
LC control number: 77502653; 97149173 (index)
A particularly useful geographical dictionary because it reflects
the situation just prior to and during massive emigration.
Spis miejscowo ci polskiej rzeczypospolitej
ludowej. Warsaw, 1967.
LC call number: DK403.S6
LC control number: 68077763
Place names for modern Poland.
Skorowidz miejscowo ci Rzeczypospolitej
Polskiej. Warsaw, 1934-1938.
LC call number: DK4030.S56 1934
LC control number: 92183451
For Polish geographic names extending far into eastern Europe.
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