{"id":28828,"date":"2013-09-24T18:57:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T00:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=28828"},"modified":"2013-09-24T18:57:54","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T00:57:54","slug":"tracing-your-eastern-european-ancestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=28828","title":{"rendered":"Tracing Your Eastern European Ancestors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.familyrootspublishing.com\/store\/product_view.php?id=2613\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-28861\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px;\" alt=\"mm016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/mm016.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a>Over the past few years, the folks who publish <em>Family Chronicle, Internet Genealogy<\/em>, and the <em>History Magazine<\/em> have created a series of journals offering a collection of previously published article, gathered together on a single topic. Here are some of the publications we have already seen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=26253\">Tracing Y<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=26253\">our War of 1812 Ancestors<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=18415\">Life During the Civil War<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=21071\">Outlaws and Villains<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=26142\">Tracing Your Female Ancestors<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=24166\">Tracing Your Irish Ancestors<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=24134\">Tracing Your English &amp; Scottish Ancestors<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The same group, Moorshead Magazines, has now brought us <a href=\"http:\/\/www.familyrootspublishing.com\/store\/product_view.php?id=2613\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Tracing Your Eastern European Ancestors<\/em><\/a>. At 82 pages, this new journal offers 15 articles written by a collection of professional researchers and genealogists.<\/p>\n<p>Publisher and editor, Edward Zapletal, does an excellent job in describing the difficulties of Eastern Europeans research:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;For many of us ion the genealogy world who are researching ancestors from countries in Eastern Europe, it&#8217;s a know fact that research in the region can, at times, be very difficult. We often start out searching for an ancestor in one place, but end up locating them in a completely different places the reasons are numerous, but several centuries of wars, famines, disease, floods, and fires, to name a few, contributed to migration and emigration, and to the destruction of many valuable records. Still, many records survived, including parish books, censuses, and gazetteers. For those who emigrated to distant lands, many records were created along the way at various ports of departure and arrival. Those, and many other documents that were carefully stored, are now being digitized, indexed and made available to eager family historians all over the world. The Internet has made searching much easier, but it&#8217;s not always the answer. Only a relatively small portion of all records have been digitized. Writing to, or visiting, local archives, records offices, churches, etc. still may be the only way to find that elusive Eastern European ancestor. Be patient. Be vigilant. Enjoy!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Answers to many of your research questions can be found in this collection of professional articles. Just look at the contents list below to get an idea of all that is covered here.<\/p>\n<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<p><strong>10 Ways to Jumpstart Your Eastern European Research!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lisa A. Alzo shows you the steps to track down your Eastern European roots<\/p>\n<p><strong>Using Maps &amp; Gazetteers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dave Obee show us how to use maps and gazetteers to locate where your ancestors lived<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online Resources for Researching Eastern European Ancestors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lisa A. Alzo reviews some of the best websites for learning about your East European ancestors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meet Your Matches: Helpful Tools from MyHeritage.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lisa a. Alzo discusses how to use some great tools from MyHeritage.com t o research East European ancestors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 Websites for Finding Your Polish Ancestors!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Donna J. Pointkouski looks at ten websites to help you locate your Polish ancestors<\/p>\n<p><strong>JRI-Poland Expands Access<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lisa A. Alzo reports on a new agreement between The Polish State Archives and Jewish Records Indexing-Poland<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online Hungarian Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lisa A. Alzo reviews the latest online resources for Hungary (With special thanks to Beth Long)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Researching the Hungarian Census<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Smiljka Kitanovic explains the resources available for researching your Hungarian ancestors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Start Researching Your Czech Ancestors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Scott Phillips outlines the sources you&#8217;ll need to start on a successful journey to find your Czech ancestors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Five Great Sites fro Researching Your Slovak Ancestors!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lisa A. Alzo discusses the key websites you need to know to research your Slovak ancestors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Researching Your Ukrainian Ancestors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Matthew Bielawa discusses taking the first &#8220;steppes&#8221; to finding your Ukrainian ancestors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Researching Your Russian Ancestors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Rick Norberg explores five websites that will be helpful for researching your Russian ancestors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits of Joining an Ethnic Genealogical Society<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lisa A. Alzo discusses the role of ethnic genealogical societies in family history research<\/p>\n<p><strong>Five Simple Ways to Share Old Favorites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lisa A. Alzo discusses five ways you can share Eastern European recipes and traditions online<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Copies of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.familyrootspublishing.com\/store\/product_view.php?id=2613\" target=\"_blank\">Tracing Your Eastern European Ancestors<\/a> can be purchased from Family Roots Publishing; Price: $9.75.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years, the folks who publish Family Chronicle, Internet Genealogy, and the History Magazine have created a series of journals offering a collection of previously published article, gathered together on a single topic. Here are some of <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=28828\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Tracing Your Eastern European Ancestors<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,382,86,329,381,181,380,379,465,464],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-czech","category-europe","category-genealogy-research","category-hungarian","category-hungary","category-polish","category-russian","category-slovak","category-ukrainian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28828"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28862,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28828\/revisions\/28862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}