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St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church
201 Buckbee Street
Rockford, IL 61104
(815) 965-3913
Dedicated in 1912
- This is "The Polish Parish" in Rockford
- Sacramental Records: Baptism, Matrimony, First Communion, Confirmation, etc.
- Most Polish residents attended St. James Pro-Cathedral before St. Stanislaus was built
Polish Museum of America Library
Home of the Polish Genealogy Society of America
984 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
Phone: (312) 384-3352 - Fax: (312) 384-3799
Museum hours: Daily -12 noon to 5 p.m.
Library hours: Mon - Sat 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Newspaper collection
- 25 Polish newspapers such as:
- Dziennik Chicagoski 1890-1971--Index of Obituaries and Death Notices available
- American Echo - 1889-1971 - published in Toledo, OH and Chicago,IL - wide circulation in Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, and New York
Chicago Polish Telephone Directories 1929-1940
800 Polish Parish Albums (jubilee books)
Miecislaus Haiman (encouraged purchase of Panna Maria, TX Church records)
- Poland and the American Revolutionary War - lists Poles who fought, state by state
- Polish Past in America, 1608-1895 - Poles in Jamestown
- Polish Pioneers in Virginia and Kentucky
Collection of Family histories, genealogies, and heraldry such as:
- Zabriski
- Sandusky
Locating the hometown in Poland
Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwo Polskiego - a geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland -15 volumes published at the time of the greatest migrations 1880-1902 (This is also available on microfilm in the LDS library)
Information includes:
- Place names and extensive local information
- Locations with the same names
- Nearest towns, railway stations and post offices
- Local Catholic Church, Evangelical Church, Synagogue and Mosque
- Date when the village was first recorded in Polish history
- Important historical events in the town
- Number of homes in the town and religious denominations
Slownik Nazw Geograficznych - research in formerly held German areas, names of towns and villages in recovered western lands of Prussia and Pomerania
Gazetteers
Map collection
- Antiquated maps of Poland
- Military maps
- 1836 Western Illinois Map - Lands given to 235 Polish exiles
Ancestor Index Card File - over 10,000 names submitted
Haller's Army - recruitment application and records of 25,000 Polish volunteers (WWI)
Polish Genealogy Society newsletter as well as newsletters from other Polish Genealogical Societies in California, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas, New York, Ohio
Polish Genealogical Society membership applications - Genealogy charts access to 8,000 family names
Clark Street at North Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614-6099
Collection of Polish Newspapers
Illinois State Historical Library
Springfield, IL
Largest collection of Illinois Newspapers including Polish Dziennik Chicagoski
Polish Directory for the City of Chicago, 1903
Conrad Sulzer Library
4455 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
(312) 744-7616 Call ahead
Newspapers of North and Northwest Chicago Communities which had some Polish residents
Polish Archive
Suwalkius Gubernas
Archiwum Panstwowe
ul. Kosciuszki 69
16-400 Suwalki
Poland - Polska
Polish Research Links
Polish The Polish Genealogy Page - http:⁄⁄polishproject.hypermart.net⁄
Chicago Public Library Polish page - http:⁄⁄www.chipublib.org⁄001hwlc⁄litpolgenealogy.html
Cyndi's Polish Link - http:⁄⁄www.cyndislist.com⁄poland.htm
This page created by Cecelia Yeruski for the ILGenWeb Project.
Last updated: Monday, 18-Apr-2005 10:04:12 MDT