Links for Further Research on Mielec Jews
Historical Records
NOTE: most of these site are in Polish. I strongly recommend using Google Chrome’s Translation plugin to automatically translate the sites into English if needed
Archiwum Państwowe w Rzeszowie (Polish National Archives in Rzeszów)
Arolsen Archives – direct search for Mielec records from the Shoah
Cmentarze Żydowskie w Polsce (Jewish Cemeteries in Poland) – Mielec
Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University – Dr. hab. Leszek Hońdo, assistant professor
Jewish History Research Center at the Polish National Archives in Rzeszów – Dr. Grzegorz Zamoyski, director
Jewish Records Indexing (JRI) Poland – Mielec
Muzeum Historii Fotografii “Jadernówka” (Jadernówka Museum of History of Photography) – Janusz Halisz, director
Muzeum Regionalnego Pałacyk Oborskich (Oborzki Palace Regional Museum)
Steve Morse Ship Arrival Manifests to New York Ellis Island
Szukaj w Archiwach (Polish National Archives Search Portal)
University of Toronto Department of History – Tomasz Frydel, PhD Candidate and expert on Mielec Jewish Shoah survivors
Yad Vashem – direct search for Mielec
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research – direct search for Mielec
Historical Newspapers
List generated by Amy L. Wachs:
Library of Congress Chronicling America
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Ancestry.com Historical Newspapers Collection
Other Online Records
1915-1935: Mielec School Records (source: FamilySearch.org)
Other Sites and Blogs
Allegro.pl (Polish version of eBay – link is direct search to Mielec antiquities for sale)
Encyklopedia miasta Mielca (Encyclopedia of Mielec)
Jewish Families from Mielec, Poland (Geni.com)
JewishGen KehilaLinks – Mielec
Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG) – Susana Leistner Bloch, admin
Mayn Shtetele Mielec Facebook group – Izabela Sekulska, admin
Muzeum Historii Fotografii “Jadernówka”‘s Facebook page (very active)
Polin: Museum of the History of Polish Jews – Virtual Shtetl -> Mielec
Promocja Mielec – Włodzimierz Gąsiewski, director
Polish-English
Polish-English translation of occupations (PDF) – compiled by Lauren B. Eisenberg Davis and published by JewishGen. Some small edits by Scott Genzer.
Polish-English Numbers and Dates (PDF) – from FamilySearch (IRI)
Polish-English Key Words (PDF) – from FamilySearch (IRI)
How to Read Napoleonic Birth Records (Polish) (PDF) – from Genealogical Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Sample Mielec Birth Certificate in Polishwith English translation (JPG) – Scott Genzer
Hebrew-English
Common Hebrew Honorific Abbreviations with English translations (PDF) – Scott Genzer
Yad Vashem Hebrew-English translation – form ca 1955 (PDF) – Scott Genzer
Hebrew-Gregorian Date Converter (website) – HebCal
How to Read a Hebrew Tombstone (website) – JewishGen