As we wrap up 2023, we want to thank everyone for their contributions to the Poland Project ... however great or small! Tina, Skye and Maggie
Please click through to the following page for the December Update. This includes registering for a challenge team for the January Connect-a-Thon.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Poland_Project_News_Page
At a glance (Click the above page for links):
*Poland Project revisited guidelines for membership and provided "teams" for those interested in helping.
*The Wikitree IT team worked with the Poland Project to make it easier to create village categories in Poland by using the Wikitree Bee Extension (Mozilla or Chrome browsers.)
*A new feature unveiled in Wikitree+ allows us to "batch categorize" a large group of people. If you have been transcribing or categorizing profiles, please get in touch with Tina or Skye to learn how to use it.
*May/2023: The Poland Resource Library has been reorganized with new research links added.
*June/2023: Poland Historical Map Overlay. Maps can aid in your research by understanding border changes, tracking migration patterns or tracking surnames, etc. 11/2023 Maps updated with revisions.
*July/2023: Operation Vistula (1947), Victims category created.
*Sept/2023: The cemetery team has new lists to work with:
**Polish Cemeteries in North America
**Jewish Cemeteries in Poland (in agreement with Jewish Roots Project)
**Military Cemeteries in Poland (Polish, American, German, Russian, etc.)
*Nov/2023: Polish Forced Laborers, World War II category created.
*Nov/2023: Polish Forced Conscripts, German Armed Forces, World War II category created.
*Tina and Skye are constantly creating new categories and have been for the past year. With the new tools available to us, we are now able to do this work more effectively (We would love your help! If you are interested in learning please contact either one of us):
**Finished East Prussia Mass Categorization (22 counties). Tina - Oct 2023
**Finished Podkarpackie & Malopolskie Mass Categorization. Skye - NOV 2023
**Finished Świętokrzyskie Mass Categorization (13 counties). Skye - Dec 2023
**Started West Prussia Mass Categorization, (26 counties). Tina - Dec 2023
**Started Lublin Mass Categorization (20 counties) Skye - Dec 2023