Sept, 2011: Galizien Village Family Books on CD's
are updated to 2011-08-23.
Jan 9, 2011: Galizien Village Family Books on CD's
are updated to 2011-01-01.
July 23, 2010: GEDCOM Database error messages fixed
by upgrading to a newer server.
June 26, 2010 : Galizien Village Family Books on
CD's are updated to 2010-06-19.
Mar 20, 2009: Galizien Village Family Books on CD now
have an effective searchable index of surnames.
Dec 25, 2008 : GEDCOM Database- Many error messages appear
when it is first entered, but it still works. Fix coming.
April 3, 2007 : Galizien Village Family Books on CD's are updated
to 03/27/2007
September 27, 2006 : Galizien Village Family Books on CD's are
updated to 09/01/2006
May 6, 2006 : Galizien Village Family Books on CD's are updated to
05/06/2006
March 22, 2006 : Galizien Village Family Books on CD's are updated
to 03/01/2006
Oct 3, 2005 : Galizien Village Family Books on CD's are updated to
10/01/2005
Sept 15, 2004 : Galizien Village Family Books on CD's are updated
again
August 25, 2004 : New and updated Galizien Village Family Books on
CD's are available!
Website Updates :
Apr 27, 2011: Added maps for several villages to Village
Plat Maps.
Mar 24, 2011: GGD Newsletter #66 added. Updated the
Searching Our Heritage surname listings and member codes.
Dec 20, 2010: GGD Newsletter #65 added. Member
codes were updated.
Sept 26, 2010: GGD Newsletter #64
added. Updated the Searching Our Heritage surname
listings. Member codes were updated.
August 23, 2010: The Research, Members Only and SOH
Family Surnames pages were updated.
July 23, 2010: The GGD Website has been moved to a new
server to fix a problem with our GEDCOM database and to provide us with new
database and code support. The Visiting the Old Country, Recipes and Links
pages were updated.
June 26, 2010: GGD Newsletter #63, July 2010
added. Updated the Searching Our Heritage surname
listings. Member codes were updated.
Apr 2, 2010: GGD Newsletter #62, Apr 2010
added. Updated the Searching Our Heritage surname
listings. Member codes were updated.
Dec 19, 2009: GGD Newsletter #61, Jan 2010
added. Updated the Searching Our Heritage surname
listings. Member codes were updated.
Sept 23, 2009: GGD Newsletter #60, Oct 2009
added. Updated the Searching Our Heritage surname
listings. Member codes were updated. Also added a new
Zeitweiser Index on the Members Only page.
Jun 22, 2009: GGD Newsletter #59, July 2009
added. Updated the Searching Our Heritage surname
listings. Member codes were updated on the GGD Members Only
page.
March 31, 2009: GGD Newsletter #58, Apr 2009
added. Member codes were updated on the GGD Members Only
page. Earlier we added two new features. A Query function on the
bottom of the Member's page that allows members to post comments about the
website. Also, the complete list of surnames covered by the Daum village CDs,
available from the Familybook page on the main menu.
Dec 25, 2008: GGD Newsletter #57, Jan 2009
added. Updated the Searching Our Heritage surname
listings. Member codes were updated on the GGD Members Only
page.
Sept 25, 2008: GGD Newsletter #56, Oct 2008
added. Updated the Searching Our Heritage surname
listings. Member codes were updated on the GGD Members Only
page. Membership fees reduced to US$5 for those accepting downloaded
newsletters.
June 20, 2008: GGD Newsletter #55, July 2008
added. Updated the Searching Our Heritage surname listings
(Betty Wray re-typed these from scratch as they had become corrupted).
Member codes were updated on the GGD Members Only
page.
March 16, 2008: GGD Newsletter #54, April 2008 added and
the Member codes were updated on the GGD Members Only page. Also
added a link to Doling marriage records (Bottom of Researching page, on to
Records and Archives) and a link to Polish villages.
January 18, 2008 : 43 years of Ranischau birth,
death or marriage records added to the GGD Members Only page.
December 28, 2008 : GGD Newsletter #53, Jan 2008 added
and the Member codes were updated on the GGD Members Only
page. Some photos were added to the Photo Albums page using links to
a new Coppermine based database.
September 18, 2007 : GGD Newsletter #52, Sept 2007 was
added and the Member codes were updated on the GGD Members Only
page. Some photos and postcards were added to Gassendorf and Dolina in
the Photo Albums page.
June 23, 2007 : GGD Newsletter #51, July 2007 was added and the
Member codes were updated on the GGD Members Only page. The Tips &
Techniques page has been updated.
June 19, 2007 : Photos added to the Brigidau, Dobrohostow and
Gassendorf Photo Albums. Felizienthal album was updated.
May 12, 2007 : Member codes are updated to be current as of May 10.
April 3, 2007 : Dave Gorz' Galicia Map index, Links page and member
codes are updated. GGD Newsletter #50 is added.
Feburary 13, 2007 : Many changes to the Photo Album page to repair
failing links.
Feburary 5, 2007 : Reichsheim and Bandrow village data added.
Cascading Style Sheets implemented on all web pages. Copyrights updated.
Members codes and SOH updated.
January 1, 2007 : The Ranischau village marriage records file on
the GGD Members Only page has been updated to add records for 1889
& 1890. The plot map for Brigidau has been replaced with a newer and much
improved version of the original map (courtesy of R. Jethon at
www.jethone.de). The GGD members codes page has been updated to be current as
of Dec 24, 2006.
December 6, 2006 : The GGD Members Only page has been
updated with new information from our Galicia Archives researcher for the
village of Ranischau. The Tips & Techniques page has been updated.
December 5, 2006 : The GGD Members Only page has been
updated with new information from our Galicia Archives researcher for the
villages of Steinau and Kaisersdorf. The Visiting the Old Country page
was updated.
Sept 27, 2006 : The GGD Members Only page has been updated
with : New information from our Galicia Archives researcher for the villages
of Bandrow and Steinau, the GGD members codes page was refreshed and new GGD
newsletters have been added. The Galizien Familybooks page was updated to
advise users of a new ordering policy and the village list was updated to Sept
1,2006. A large tips and techniques page has been added to the Research page.
The Sharing our Heritage data files have been updated. A number of other pages
have minor updates.
July 19, 2006 : New information from our Galcia Archives researcher
for the villages of Bandrow and Steinau has been added to the GGD Members
Only page. The GGD members codes page was refreshed.
April 2006 : The tool we used to allow members to view submitted
GEDCOMs was modified by hackers to download VIRUSes instead of GEDCOM
pages. We have removed our current tool and and we have no schedule for
a replacement yet.
March 22, 2006 : New information from our Galicia Archives
researcher has been added to the GGD Members Only page. Numerous
updates to other pages were made to cross connect this information with the
rest of the pages.
Feb 07,2006 : GGD has a researcher in the Galicia Archives looking
for information on our villages that is available no where else. New pages of
information on the village of Bandrow added to our web pages today are the
first results of this research.
Feb 06,2006 : The tool we used to allow users to submit new SOH
updates online was being used by SPAMMERs. We have disabled our current tool
and installed a new tool with advanced security features to allow the form to
continue to be used. The Members lists and SOH files have been updated.
(UPDATE: the tool is again functional)
Dec 24,2005 : Minor changes to many pages. Updated icons to better
indicate PDF format files and Members Only files.
Dec 4,2005 : Unlocked Polish Archive document which was locked in
error. Added a number of new village photographs to the Village Photo Album
page courtesy of C. Bechtloff. Made minor updates to most pages on the
website.
Nov 29, 2005 : Add December edition of the Mennonite newsletter.
Reworked a number of pages to consolidate research resources on one page and
updated the left menu to point to this research page. Added two new GGD
members-only files: Polish Archive Holdings and the November GGD membership
roster.
Oct 3, 2005 : Membership fees reduced to $15 per year worldwide.
Updated various pages to reflect this. Updated Mennonite pages to add archive
of earlier newsletters and latest newsletter. Combined About and Pubs pages
into the About page.
July 9, 2005 : Added Member GEDCOMs feature, updated SOH.htm,
updated most other pages on the site.
June 4, 2005 : Added 403.shtml. Updated SOH.htm to allow form based
submissions to our SOH database. Restricted directory listings.
May 8, 2005 : Added 404.shtml, robots.txt & favicon.ico.
Removed message about server availability from Home.htm as it has been a month
since our server prob.
April 25, 2005 : Website updated
April 17, 2005 : New "Along the Galician Grapevine" newsletter
added to the Mennonite pages. New links to a high speed server with photos of
Zaleszczyki added to the Photo Album page. Sharing our History databases
updated. Index to the latest version of the "Galician German Descendants"
publication added to the Publications page. Numerous other minor changes.
April 15, 2005 : Please excuse the unavailability of our website
from April 6th through until today. Our service provider had a major hardware
failure and was unable to restore our files on a timely basis. Consequently we
have been forced to move to a new service provider. All pages have been
restored from our own backups to the new server and all parts of the GGD
website should be operational now. We also expect page uploads to be faster.
March 20, 2005 : Added Mennonite Galician Family Study data to the
website
January 31, 2005 : Added plat maps for Augustdorf,
Michalowka/Josefowka, Beckersdorf, Horocholina, Maleniska, and Padew. Also
updated the Annaberg plat map, Sharing Our Heritage A-L and M-Z database
files, the GGD newsletter tables of contents file to include up to issue #41
(Jan 2005) and related web page references. Reorganized Map directory.
January 16, 2005 : Added a number of new photos, links to Galician
web pages and a link to a new travel opportunity.
November 29, 2004 : Added new pictures of Annaberg. Updated Recipes
& Links pages. Split "Family Stories and Recipes" TOC item.
November 11, 2004 : Added new Plat Maps and moved maps to one
place. Added new "Plat Map" TOC item
November 2, 2004 : Added photos for Ugartsthal and Augustdorf as
well as a new photo of the church in Josefsberg
October 29, 2004 : Added plat map for Annaberg and photo credits
and map references to the Photo Album
October 20, 2004 : Added more information on the Map page
October 17, 2004 : Added photos for Tuczapy and Falkenstein.
Re-organized the Photo album page to implement collapsible photo lists. Added
link to UC Berkeley topographic maps.
September 23, 2004 : Added new articles on the History of Germans
and Galicia. Reorganized the table of contents. Updated the Sharing our
history databases to include all updates up to GGD #40.
September 18, 2004 : Added new photos for Tuszyma & Einseidel
and a typical Ukrainian farm to the Photo Album page
September 15, 2004 : Links page newly refreshed and Galizien
Village Familybooks page added
September 7, 2004 : Newly refreshed home page and numerous other
changes to the GGD web pages
August 20, 2004 : 1939 Resettlement Data made available on the
website
July 2004 - August 12, 2004 : Initial setup of website