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Back to the Roots in Deutsch Krone

The old county DEUTSCH KRONE was originated in the year 1818. Situated in the province of Posen-Westprussia, it has been settled by the German people from 1303 to 1368; recaptured in 1772 and reoccupied until the end of WW2. The town Deutsch Krone was previously also known as Arneskrone by its German residents. Today the town is polish called Walcz.

Familienforschung in Westpreußen

Help in family research for the former German province of West Prussia, now located in Poland. The Ortsverzeichnis under Forschungshilfen on the left can be searched by village or other locale to find the appropriate parish. The parish listing contains data about which records are available and where they are located.

FamilySearch Wiki - West Prussia (Westpreußen), Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

GenWiki - Portal:Westpreußen

Korzenie - Congregation Genealogical Quarterly

The subjects of our research are: the history, the cultural ties, the people's genealogy of multi-ethnic weaver colony Kamienica Polska near Czestochowa (settlement established by German and Czech colonists who had acquired, in 1818, some allotments from Antonina and Florian Sadowski); the history of the noble families from the region of Czestochowa, Kozieglowy, Zarki and Siewierz in the XVIIIth and XIXth century; the people's life and the history of the underground resistance in the border of the General Government and the German Reich.

ManyRoads - Prussian/ German Genealogy Help

Westpreussen Online