These maps are fascinating and I thank the site administrators for making them available. They are invaluable for genealogical research!
My grandfather Jozef Gwizdowski, born 1880 in Gwizdow, Galicia. This was the Austrian province, now in Poland.
I have found, perhaps 6 towns/villages with the name of Gwizdow, but I believe the Gwizdow found on map P48_S35 is the only area that was within the Austrian district, up to 1919.
I can see your question in http://www.polishroots.com/surnames, I can only confirm that Gwizdow in "woj. Lubelskie" (current: Lubelskie province / voivodship) – was _not_ in Galizia, but in “zabor rosyjski”. You can see the border between Austrian and Russian empires on this map: http://www.mapywi...Sambor.jpg
It's a 200K Austrian map, from approx 1910, please note it is a heavy download, approx 70Mb. If you want to see it, don't try to paste the link into your browser because it will freeze, use a (free) download manager software, something like free download manager or other.
alternatively try this map, less detailed, but much lighter download :) http://tinyurl.co...
btw, in case you haven't noticed, 25K map of Gwizdow (black+white) is here: http://tinyurl.co...
Hey, Marek! Trying to access maps at your page "Other Central European Maps, via both Chrome and Opera browsers, I get the dialog box "File not found (404 error)
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Hello: I do Polish Genealogy. I need a topo map of Poland with major cities which I’ve never been able to find on the WEB. It should show post partition Poland with an out line of pre-partition Pola
Hi:
Are there any other maps showing parishes such as:
Andrzej Tomczak
Siec parafialna
Wojewoddztwa pomorskiego
Okregu bytowskiego I leborskiego
W drugiej polowie xvi wieku
Skala 1:300.
Thanks
@JMisiewicz
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