Halgal Bibliography & LibraryMore and more books and articles are being written about Eastern Galicia / Halychyna. Here are some books that I strongly recommend any serious genealogist and researcher read. These books will not only help you with your family history project, they will provide a critical understanding of the region and cultural. Most of these books are all in English. Included are books in other languages that are, I believe, of great importance to the HalGal researcher. Of course, this is not a complete list of all books related to the region. For that, visit the book below Galicia: A Historical Survey and Bibliographic Guide, by Robert Paul Magocsi.
History of Eastern Galicia / Halychyna: "Must Reads" General National History and Culture Picture Books and Travel Guides of Galicia / Halychyna Repatriation and Post-World War II Border Changes and Population Exchanges Galician Genealogy and Language Guides
History of Eastern Galicia / Halychyna "Must Reads"...The Best Collections of Articles
Edited by Chris Hann and Paul Robert Magocsi University of Toronto Press Toronto, Buffalo, London: 2005 ISBN: 0-80203781-X
What can I say...the title says it all!
Edited by Andrei S. Markovits and Frank E. Sysyn Harvard University Press. Cambridge: 1982. ISBN: 0-674-603-12-5
From my college days. In my humble opinion, the best collection of articles related not only to our region, but during a time period critical to immigrant family genealogists!
Edited by Peter J. Potichnyj The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Edmonton, Toronto: 1980. ISBN 0-920862-07-1
Timothy Snyder Yale University Press New Haven and London: 2003 ISBN: 0-300-09569-4
Edited by Philipp Ther and Ana Siljak Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Lanham, Boulder, New York, Oxford: 2001 ISBN: 0-7425-1094-8
The ultimate BEST in articles concerning post-WWII resettlements of ethnic Poles, Ukrainians and Germans! Every genealogist involved with researching resettled (read forced migration) should own this book!
Focusing on Galicia: Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians 1772-1918 Edited by Israel Bartal & Antony Polonsky London, Portland Oregon: 1999 The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization ISBN 1-874774-40-4
Paul Robert Magocsi University of Toronto Press Toronto, Buffalo, London: 1983 Reprinted 1985, 1990. ISBN 0-8020-2482-3 If you own at least a third of the books found in this bibliographic guide, please invite me over for dinner...!
Michael O. Logusz Schiffer Military History ISBN: 0-7643-0081-4
John-Paul Himka Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies: 1988 ISBN: 0920862543
Keely Stauter-Halsted Cornell University Press Cornell: 2001 ISBN: 0-8014384-4-6
Although the focus is on Western Galicia and the Poles, it gives an excellent detailed description of our people!
Ann Sirka European University Studies, Series III Peter Lang Ltd., Frankfurt/Main: 1980 ISBN 3-8204-6618-5
Alexander V. Prusin University of Alabama Press 2005 ISBN: 0-8173145-9-8
John-Paul Himka McGill-Queen's University Press: 1999 ISBN: 0-7735-1812-6
Jan T. Gross Princeton University Press: 2002 ISBN: 0691096031
John-Paul Himka Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1983 ISBN 0-916458-07-5
Michael Palij Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press Edmonton, Toronto: 1995. ISBN 0-895571-05-7
Tadeusz Piotrowski McFarland and Company, Inc Jefferson NC and London: 1995 ISBN: 0-7864-0001-3
Brian Porter Oxford University Press Oxford: 2000 ISBN: 0-19-515187-9
Norman Davies Orbis Book Ltd. London: 1983 ISBN: 0-901149-23-3
Great book about just ONE of the wars that took place in our Galicia / Halychyna!
Collected Papers on the Zolochiv Region of Western Ukraine Compiled and Edited by Volodymyr Boliubash (Володимир Болюбаш) Канадське наукове товариство ім. Шевченка Shevchenko Scientific Society in Canada Нью-Йоркю Торонто, Канберра: 1982 ISBN: 0-9690239-2-8 Perfect example of the types of books available to specific towns and districts. Of course, I feature here my own ancestral district of Zolochivshchyna (Золочівщина), the region around the town of Zolochiv (Золочів) / Złoczów.
General National History and Culture
Joseph Rothschild A History of Eastern Central Europe Volume IX University of Washington Press Seattle and London: 1998. ISBN: 0-295-95357-8
Keep a box of tissues near by...history was not kind to us Galicians. Can't we all just get along, amigos?
Norman Davies Columbia University Press New York: 1982 ISBN: 0-23105351-7
Norman Davies Columbia University Press New York: 1982 ISBN: 0-23105353-3
A History of East Central Europe, Volume VII Piotr S. Wandycz University of Washington Press: 1974 ISBN 0-295-95358-6 (pbk.)
Timothy Snyder Yale University Press New Haven and London: 2003 ISBN: 0-300-09569-4
In-depth coverage of the Austrian Partition (a.k.a Galicia, silly)!
Orest Subtelny University of Toronto Press Toronto, Buffalo, London: 1994 ISBN 0-8020-7191-0
Meredith Dalton Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company: 2001 ISBN: 1558686320
Look for literature by Ivan Fanko (born in Nahuevychi 1856) and Joseph Roth (born in Brody 1894). These two authors often wrote about Galician villages, including the colorful characters and picturesque countryside. Here are just a couple examples...but pick up anything you can by them!
Ivan Franko, translated by Fainna Solasko Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow:
Joseph Roth, translated by Michael Hofmann W.W. Norton and Company. New York, London: 2003 ISBN: 0-393-04320-7
Picture Books and Travel Guides of Galicia
Zbigniew Fras Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie Wrocław 2000 ISBN 83-7023-669-3
Jacek Kolbuszewski Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie Wrocław 2000 ISBN 83-7023-463-1
Kresy: bliskie i dalekie Jan K. Ostrowski Owarzystwo Autorów i Wydawców Prac Naukowych Universitas Kraków: 2000, wyd. II ISBN 83-7052-703-5
Wydawnictwo DiG. Warszawa.
Publishing House "Centre d' Europe" (Видавництво "Центр Європи"), Lviv: 1999 ISBN: 966-7022-09-9
IMHO, the best tourist guide book for Lviv (Lwów). It's bilingual in both English and Ukrainian. Tons of great pictures and packed with useful information. Hey, you can't spend ALL your time in the archives...well, even if you want to...they're closed on Sundays! So, grab this book and start sightseeing!
Орест Мацюк (Orest Matsiuk) Видавництво "Центр Європи", Львів: 1997. (Publishing House "Centre d' Europe", Lviv: 1997.) ISBN: 966-7022-12-9
See...we Galicians have castles, too. They're not just for those English genealogists!!
Repatriation and Post-World War II Border Changes and Population Exchanges
Edited by Philipp Ther and Ana Siljak Rowman & Littlefiled Publishers, Inc. Lanham, Boulder, New York, Oxford: 2001 ISBN: 0-7425-1094-8
The ultimate BEST in articles concerning post-WWII resettlements of ethnic Poles, Ukrainians and Germans! Every genealogist involved with researching resettled (read forced migration) should own this book!
Timothy Snyder Yale University Press New Haven and London: 2003 ISBN: 0-300-09569-4
Norman Davies and Roger Moorhouse Pimlico: 2003. ISBN: 0-7126-9334-3
Chapter 7: Breslau before and during the Second World War, 1918-1945. Chapter 8: Wrocław: Phoenix from the Ashes, 1945-2000. Finally, an objective approach to Polish Repatriation of Wrocław, a city populated mostly by the Poles of pre-WWII Lwów!
Informator o żródłach przechowywanych w terenowych archiwach państwowych Edward Kołodziej, Maria Lewandowska Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych Warszawa: 1998. ISBN 83-86643-07-2
Guide book to the PUR Collection...documents relating to the population exchanges. Check out my extensive websites on the PUR Collection and Polish Repatriation!
Collection of Articles Instytut Zachodni Poznań: 1959. Translated b Wanda Libicka
Hard book to find...but gives includes some interesting articles on the Post-WWII border changes and population exchanges. Just keep in mind that it's coming from the Communist Polish view point!
Marek J. Battek and Joanna Szczepankiewicz-Battek Silesia S.C. Wrocław: 2002. ISBN: 83-913081-9-7
Great resource to help you find the German and Polish equivalencies for towns and villages where your ancestors may have been resettled to after the border changes and population exchanges following World War II!
Galician Genealogy and Language Guides
John D. Pihach Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press Edmonton, Toronto: 2007 ISBN: 1-894865-05-7
Simply the best. If you're a Ukrainian researcher...you MUST own this book! Click here for more information!
Gerald A. Ortell Polish Genealogical Society of America Copyright, 1996. ISBN 0-924207-03-5
The title of this book is misleading. Most of the records used as examples are from Galicia. Most of the language items pertain to Latin. And remember, Latin was the official language used by the priests for the vital records...for ethnic Poles and Ukrainians. This book should be carried with you at all times when you're cranking away at a microfilm reader!
Brian J. Lenius Brian J. Lenius Publisher: 1999 ISBN: 0-9698783-1-1
Not only does this book include all the villages in Galicia (Eastern and Western), it includes Ukrainian and German variations. And most important for the genealogist...it includes the district (powiat / povit) and PARISH seat. And since vital records were kept at the PARISH level, not the village, you MUST own the book to know the PARISHES . Also includes judicial district, Jewish congregation and Evangelical Lutheran jurisdictions. Need I say more? Click here for information!
William F. Hoffman and George Wiesław Helon Polish Genealogical Society of America Chicago: 1998. ISBN: 0-924207-06-X
One of my most used books on the shelf! This book gives Latin, Polish, Ukrainian, and English variations of first names. Remember, it's important to standardize how you document your ancestors. Whether you always use the Latin version, the English version or the appropriate Polish and Ukrainian versions (my choice, which is based on the person's ethnicity and/or religion)...be consistent!
Лариса Григорівна Скрипник і Ніна Пантелеймонівна Дзятківська Національна академія наук України і Інстітут мовознавства ім. О.О. Потебні Київ: 1996. ISBN: 5-12-002638-9
In addition to the book above, this book is important for the Ukrainian researcher. Ukrainian names often have diminutives, or nicknames. Your Ukrainian aunt Pearl's real name was probably Paraskovia. But did you know all the following possible diminutives: Paraskeva, Paraska, Parasonka, Parasochka, Parasia, Parasynka, Parasytsia, Parasunia, Parana, Paranka, Parania, Paranka, Parantsia, Pasha. Ukrainian is such a rich language! Note, this book is in Ukrainian and does not provide the Latin, English or Polish equivalencies.
William F. Hoffman Polish Genealogical Society of America Chicago: 1993 ISBN: 0-92420700-0
Surname fun for the Poles! Chock full of information on your family name!
Roger P. Minert GRT Publications Provo, UT: 2001 ISBN: 0-9678420-7-7
OK...so we Galician genealogists of Polish and Ukrainian decent won't find many vital records in German. But we will find German language documents of other kinds. This book gives great examples of German old style "fraktur" handwriting that everyone will find useful...especially for those fantastic cadastral maps and associated texts!
Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman Language and Lineage Press New Britain, CT: 2000. ISBN: 0-9631579-3-0
Everything you need to know about Polish language documents...written by genealogists for genealogists. These dudes know what they're talking about! (Don't let the Irish and German names fool you!)
Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman Language and Lineage Press New Britain, CT: 2002. ISBN: 0-9631579-4-9
OK...so you'll come across very few Russian language records in pre-WWI Galicia/Halychyna. But if you're researching roots just over the border in Volyn/Wołyn...or deal with records from the Soviet Union...you'll want (and need) this book!
Kathleen Ann LaBudie-Szakall and Jan Steven Zaleski Heritage Productions, Book HV10 Toronto: 2002-2003 ISBN: 1-894018-69-9
Nice overview of Polish ancestral research. Deals not only with our Galicia (aka the Austrian Partition of Poland), but the other two: the Russian and German/Prussian Partitions!
Suzan F. Wynne Avotaynu, Inc. Teaneck NJ: 1998 ISBN: 1-886223-08-4
Andrzej Biernat i Anna Laszuk Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych Wydawnictwo DiG Warszawa: 1998 ISBN 83-7181-029-6
Wydawnictwo DiG Warszawa: 1998. ISBN: 83-7181-024-5
Anna Laszuk Wydawn. DiG; Wyd. 2., bez zmian z errata edition Warszawa: 2000 ISBN-10: 83-8664353-6
The information found in this book is now available on the internet at the Polish State Archives' Pradziad Database!
Stanislaw Litak and cartographic execution by Zofia Żuchowska Polish Genealogical Society of America Chicago: 1996 ASIN: B000HD340I
A History of Central Europe, Volume I Paul Robert Magocsi University of Washington Press. Seattle: 2002 ISBN: 0-295-98146-6
Excellent colorful maps covering the entire history of Eastern and Central Europe. Sorry, no detailed maps of grandpa's village!
Mapz ścienne beata piętka Katowice ISBN: 83-87728-58-61
A good atlas is hard to find! Try this one on for size...great for easy carting around to Family History Centers and family events (...though much to the dismay of my relatives)!
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Galicia:
A Multicultured Land
Nationbuilding
and the Politics of Nationalism: Essays on Austrian Galicia
Poland
and Ukraine: Past And Present
The
Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus: 1569-1999
Redrawing
Nations_Ethnic Cleansing in East-Central Europe, 1944-1948
Studies
in Polish Jewry: Polin. Volume Twelve
Galicia:
A Historical Survey and Bibliographic Guide
Galicia
Division: The Waffen-SS 14th Grenadier Division 1943-1945
Galician
Villagers and the Ukrainian National Movement in the Nineteenth Century
Nation
in the Village: The Genesis of Peasant National Identity in Austrian Poland,
1848-1914 
The
Nationality Question in Austrian Education: The Case of Ukrainians in Galicia
1867-1914
Nationalizing
a Borderland: War, Ethnicity, and Anti-Jewish Violence in East Galicia,
1914-1920 (Judaic Studies Series)
Religion
and Nationality in Western Ukraine: the Greek Catholic Church and the Ruthenian
National Movement in Galica, 1867-1900.
Revolution
from Abroad: The Soviet Conquest of Poland's Western Ukraine and Western
Belorussia
Socialism
in Galicia: The Emergence of Polish Social Democracy and Ukrainian Radicalism
1860-1890.
The
Ukrainian-Polish Defensive Alliance, 1919-1921: An Aspect of the Ukrainian
Revolution
Vengeance
of the Swallows: Memoir of a Polish Family's Ordeal
When
Nationalism Began to Hate: Imagining Modern Politics in Nineteenth-Century
Poland
White
Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War, 1919-1920
East
Central Europe Between the Two World Wars
God's
Playground: A History of Poland. Volume I: The Origins to 1795
God's
Playground: A History of Poland. Volume II: 1795 to Present
The
Lands of Partitioned Poland: 1795-1918
Ukraine:
A History: Second Edition
Boa
Constrictor and Other Stories
The
Collected Stories of Joseph Roth
Kresy
Wschodnie II Rzeczypospolitej w fotografii
Lviv
Sightseeing Guide (
Microcosm:
Portrait of a Central European City. Breslau/
Ukrainian
Genealogy
Polish
Parish Records of the Roman Catholic Church: Their Use and Understanding in
Genealogical Research.
Genealogical
Gazetteer of Galicia
First
Names of the Polish Commonwealth: Origins and Meanings
Polish
Surnames: Origins and Meanings
Deciphering
Handwriting in German Documents: Analyzing German, Latin, and French in Vital
Records Written in Germany
In
Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and
Russian Documents: Volume I: Polish
In
Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and
Russian Documents: Volume II: Russian
Finding
Your Polish Ancestors
Finding
Your Jewish Roots in Galicia: A Resource Guide
The
Latin Church in the Polish Commonwealth n 1772: A Map and Index of Localities
Historical
Atlas of Central Europe
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