By Jonathan Shea & William Hoffman.
Detailed guide to translating Polish documents.
In their Words: A Genealogist's Translation Guide - Polish
More than 60 Polish-language documents and extracts from American and European sources, analyzed and translated; they include extracts from birth, death, and marriage records of various formats; gazetteer entries; revision lists; obituaries; population registers; military service records; passports; etc.
* sections on Polish grammar, phonetics, and spelling
* information on how to locate records in America and Europe, including contact information for various archives in Poland and neighboring countries
* a chapter on gazetteers and how to use them, with 12 maps showing Poland's changing borders and administrative subdivisions
* a vocabulary list with over 2,500 entries, featuring terms most likely to be found in records, including many overlooked by most dictionaries
* a 14-page index to facilitate looking up specific items.8½" x 11" 388 pp. $45
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