Research Links

Discovering our Ancestors' Travels and Travails

Blogs

Some DNA Testing Companies

AncestryDNA
- Autosomal test “Shared Matches”
- Ancestry subscription for full features
Family Tree DNA
- Autosomal, Y-DNA, and mtDNA tests available
- Allows uploads
23andMe
- Health + Ancestry
- Or just Ancestry Tests
MyHeritage
- More European Focus
- Allows uploads
LivingDNA
- Partnered with FindMyPast
- Best Biogeographical estimates for regions within Britain and Ireland

Some Third Party DNA Tools

GEDmatch
- Download your DNA results, then upload to GEDmatch
- Matches from testing companies that you haven’t tested with
DNA Painter
- Easy to use chromosome mapper
- The Shared cM Project Tool
- What Are The Odds (The DNA Geek)
Promethease
- Download your autosomal DNA results, then upload to Promethease
- SNPedia (an independently maintained Wikipedia for genetic variants)

Genealogy Research

Board for Certification of Genealogists, Genealogy Standards, second edition revised (Nashville, TN: Ancestry, 2021).
Jacobs, A. J. It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree. Simon & Schuster 2017
Jones, Thomas W. Mastering Genealogical Documentation. Arlington, National Genealogical Society, 2017.
Jones, Thomas W. Mastering Genealogical Proof. Arlington, National Genealogical Society, 2013.
Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, third edition revised, 2017
Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2018.
Wolfman, Ira. Do People Grow on Family Trees? Genealogy for Kids and Other Beginners, The Official Ellis Island Handbook. Workman Publishing Company, 1991

Genetic Genealogy

Aulicino, Emily D. Genetic Genealogy: the Basics and Beyond Bloomington, Indiana : Authorhouse, 2014.
Bettinger, Blaine T. The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy. Cincinnati, Ohio : Family Tree Books, 2016.
Bettinger, Blaine and Parker, Debbie Wayne. Genetic Genealogy in Practice. Arlington, Virginia : National Genealogical Society, 2016.
Dowell, David R. NextGen Genealogy: The DNA Connection, Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2015.
Fronczak, Paul Joseph with Alex Tresniowski. The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, A Family Secret, and My Search For The Real Me New York : Howard Books, 2017.
Griffeth, Bill (William C.) The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir, Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016.
Hill, Richard. Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA. Sanger, California : Familius LLC, 2017.
Weinberg, Tamar. The Adoptee’s Guide to DNA Testing: How to Use Genetic Genealogy to Discover Your Long-Lost Family. Cincinnati, Ohio : Family Tree Books, 2018.

Polish Research Reference

Chorzempa, Rosemary A. Polish Roots. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993, 2^nd edition 2014.
Hoffman, William F. Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings. Chicago, Illinois : Polish Genealogical Society of America. 1993, Second Edition, Revised 2001.
Hoffman, William F. and Helon, George W. First Names of the Polish Commonwealth: Origins & Meanings. Chicago, Illinois : Polish Genealogical Society of America 1998.
Hoffman, William F. and Shea, Jonathan D. In Their Words – A Genealogist’s Translation Guide – Volume 4: German. Houston, Texas : Language & Lineage Press 2017.
Shea, Jonathan D. and Hoffman, William F. Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide Avotaynu 1994
Shea, Jonathan D. and Hoffman, William F. In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents: Polish Houston, Texas : Language & Lineage Press 2000
Shea, Jonathan D. and Hoffman, William F. In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide – Volume II: Russian. Houston, Texas : Language & Lineage Press 2003
Shea, Jonathan D. Going Home: A Guide to Polish American Family History Research. New Britain, Connecticut : Language & Lineage Press, 2008

Novels about Poland, Buffalo, and Polish People

Belfer, Lauren. City of Light. Delta, 2003
Bobrowski, Johannes (Author), Janet Cropper (Translator) Levin’s Mill. New Directions Classic, 1996
Kelly, Eric P. The Trumpeter of Krakow. Macmillan, 1928
Kelly, Martha Hall. Lilac Girls: A Novel. Ballantine Books, 2016
Klinkenborg, Verlyn The Last Fine Time. Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press, 2004
Martin, James Conroyd. Push Not the River. Hussar Quill Press, 2014
Michener, James A. Poland. Random House, 1983 (multi-generational historic novel, set in area near Sandomierz)
Miłoszewski, Zygmunt (Author), Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator) A Grain of Truth Bitter Lemon Press 2012, Zairno prawdy, W.A.B. Publishing House, Warsaw, 2011 (crime novel set in Sandomierz)
Sienkiewicz, Henryk. The Deluge. 1886 (#2, novel about the Swedish invasion of Poland in the 17th century)
Sienkiewicz, Henryk. Fire in the Steppe. 1888 (#3, novel about the wars between Poland and the Ottoman Empire in the late 17th century)
Sienkiewicz, Henryk. With Fire and Sword. 1884 (#1, novel about the mid-17th century Ukrainian Cossacks revolt in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth known as the Khmelnytsky Uprising)