What's New

May 2019

Added two Documents Gąbin 100 Years by Bruno Gutknecht to Church Chronicles.

May 2019

Added Document Iłow 160 Years by Albert Breyer to Documents.

May 2019

Added Document Die deutschen Dörfer der Umgegend von Lodz by Albert Breyer to Documents.

11 October 2013

Added John Guderians English translation of the Marianowo village chronicle.

23 May 2012

Inserted data for Cmentarze 07. New are the cemeteries in Smólnik, Łaszewo, Brwilno (mass grave), Budy Dolne, Wólka Kretkowska, Obórki.

20 May 2012

Inserted data for Cmentarze 07. New are the cemeteries in Sompolno, Gostynin (Jewish), Sokołowy Kąt, Siemiątkowo, Osowa Łaszewska, Budy Kraszewskie I, Poznań St. Paul, Bieżuń.

19 May 2012

Inserted data for Cmentarze 05. New are the cemeteries in Modzerowo, Goreń Duży, Obory in gmina Obrowo, Toruń Ethnografic Park, Krzywa Góra, Włocławek, Wielka Nieszawka, Mała Nieszawka.

17 May 2012

Inserted data for Cmentarze 04. New are the cemeteries in Silno, Zarośle Cienkie, Łążynek, Grębocin old, Grębocin new, Sierpc, Grabiny and Dzierżążno Wielkie.

18 May 2011

Added document and page navigation for Albert Breyer: 150 Jahre evangelisch-lutherische Gemeinde Babiak

18 May 2011

Added document and page navigation for Albert Breyer: Zur Geschichte von Sompolno und Umgebung

18 May 2011

Added document and page navigation for Albert Breyer: Die deutschen ländlichen Siedlungen des mittelpolnischen Warthebruchs

02 May 2010

Added links to the websites of the Bug-Holländer on page Links.

25 April 2010

Some corrections.

24 April 2010

Updated information about Cemetery projects.

10 September 2008

Added cemetery information about the following cemeteries:

Bodzia, Józefowo, Pędzewo, Solec-Kujawski, Tłuchówko Rumunki, Wielki Sławsk, Zbrachlin Stary.

19 August 2008

Addede information about the restoration project for the Makowiska cemetery: Tak trzeba.

19 August 2008

Added section FAQ for the cemeteries.

11 August 2008

Added cemetery information about the following cemeteries:

Kopanino, Złotoria, Raciążek, Boguchwała, Rumunki Jasieńskie, Orłowo, Sumin, Michałki.

05 August 2008

Added cemetery information collected by Anna Zglińska, Tomasz Kowalski and others about the following cemeteries:

Barany, Górsk, Liciszewy, Lipno, Łęk Osiek, Osówka, Rutki Grabiny, Skrzypkowo, Stary Brzozów, Topólka, Wilcze Kąty, Włęcz.

27 July 2008

Added pictures of interior of Wiączemin church provided by Annegret Krause to article about Lutheran parish of Gąbin.

26 July 2008

Used better pictures provided by Arthur Hitzeman for documents Michałki-Rypin 150 Years.

26 July 2008

Added new pictures of interior of Michałki church under Lutheran Parishes/Parishes Diocese Płock/Michałki.

01 June 2008

Added link to professional cemetery project by Komitet Renowacji Cmentarzy Olęderskich w Gminie Nekla on Links page.

01 June 2008

Added e-Mail address for Paweł Kowalski as Polish contact on Contact page.

08 May 2008

Added links to other cemetery projects by Bartek Bijak and Przemek Mierzejewski on page Links.

08 May 2008

Added data of Cmentarze phase III.

Using results from Anngret Krause, Ursula Barsch, Andrzej Nejman and my own results from September 2007.

08 May 2008

Added search function for Cmentarze data.

It is now possible to search the cemetery name and to search within the inscriptions and comments of all the cemeteries.

08 May 2008

Added article about GPS usage in connection with old maps under Cemeteries.

04 May 2008

Changed structure of Cemeteries section. The cemetery index can now be found under Cemeteries/Cmentarze Results/Index.

08 May 2008

Changed the section Bibliography to a database solution. The database allows a better selection of titles and authors.

Added more titles and more individual information to the database (will be continued).

08 May 2008

08 May 2008

Added section Michałki-Rypin 150 Years to Documents/Church Chronicles with an English and the German version of the paper.

08 May 2008

Changed structure of Documents section.

08 May 2008

Added graphics of wooden grave markers to Cmentarze Syle Guide.

07 August 2007

Added the English version of the Plock 125 year anniversary document.

The teamwork of translating the document had almost been finished in 2003, when the document suddenly got 'lost in translation'. Some sensitive restoration work finally enabled me to finish the translation.

8 June 2007

Released new section 'Albert Breyer' under documents.

8 June 2007

Added Link to Map Archive WIG on page "Links".

7 April 2007

Added pictures to 'Willows and Fences'.

7 April 2007

Changed pages 'About' and 'Home'.

23 August 2006

Added Cmentarze Style Guide

23 August 2006

Added Cmentarze Phase II (description and data)

20 August 2006

Added Link to Herder-Institut at page "Links".

20 August 2006

Added Annegret's comment to Mystery "The sacred disease at Iłów".

27 May 2006

Added link to Jerzy Szałygin's website on page Bibliography.

16 May 2006

Added pictures of the churches at Przedecz, Rypin and Michałki under "Lutheran Parishes".

12 April 2006

Added more Unsolved Mysteries (Mixed Marriages, Absent Father, Missing Deaths, Sacred Disease).

12 April 2006

Added Humboldt citation on startpage.

24 March 2006

Replaced the "Lutheran Parishes" section. The structure of the section has slightly changed. There are now descriptions of all the parishes of the Diocese Płock as of 1939. Also new is a map showing all the Dioceses.

06 March 2006

Added links to the "Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection" and to "Fotogaleria miasta Płocka" in the Links-Section.

11 January 2006

Added maps to show the location of the cemeteries. The scale 1:100 000 maps are published with the friendly permission of Zarząd Geografii Wojskowej - Military Geography Division of J2 Polish Armed Forces General Staff, Ref-Nr. 249/N of 7 October 2005.

12 November 2005

Added link to map of spatial distribution of the cemeteries to Cmentarze Index page.

1 November 2005

Added article "Willows and Fences" under "Interesting Issues".

1 November 2005

Added pictures to article "The Houses" under "Interesting Issues".

29 October 2005

Added the results of Annegret Krause's excursion under Cemeteries. The new cemeteries are: Famułki Królewskie, Kromnów, Piotrkówek, Wilków nad Wisła and Władysławów. Also Secymin Nowy has many more pictures now.

21 October 2005

Added section "Cemeteries" with current results of the Cmentarze Project.

21 October 2005

Added Unsolved Mystery "Gubenwirt".

21 October 2005

Added link to results of "Protestantism in Poland" DHI project on Link page.

21 October 2005

Added some pictures and infos to section "Lutheran Parishes". Added pictures for Lipno, Makowisko, Gostynin and Sierpc.

17 March 2005

Added section "Reports from the Vistula".

17 March 2005

Added page "Links".

18 February 2005

Mystery solved: What happened to Hava?

18 February 2005

Found another Map of the Kepa Karolinska for the "Kepas" article.

2 January 2005

Added Computergenealogie Award on Indexpage :-)

2 January 2005

Added Evelin Stein's pictures to page about Nowa Wies parisch.

Reworked article about "The Kepas".

Added text about Prussian settlements (Swabian villages) on page "Origin of the settlers".

Addes Annegret's pictures of Wyszogrod.

20 November 2004

Additional entries on page Bibliography.

19 November 2004

Added some more pictures to the pages for the Luteran parishes of Gabin, Ilow and Secymin. Some corrections according to hints collected by e-mail.

11 October 2004

Added corrections according to hints that came from thoughtful visitors of the site.

11 October 2004

Changed content according to the comments of Annegret Krause after her competent proofreading of the site.

1 October 2004

Added information about 200th anniversary of the Lutheran Parish Płock in Documents section.

19 September 2004

Added some technical corrections.

15 September 2004

Additional Places loaded to Place List.

9 September 2004

Release of production version.