Galizien Village Family Books on CD

Each of the Galizien Village Family Books is a collection of families who are known to be residents of a particular village. The Genealogischen Forschungsstelle der Galiziendeutschen (GFG) organization in Germany created these family books by transcribing births, deaths and marriages from original church records into family groups and then combining all the family groups in a village into a single village book. Here is an example of what a family group in one of the familybooks looks like (including an explanation of terms). Considering the long hours of time required to compile one of these village books the GFG charges a very reasonable 5.00 € per village, plus mailing costs (3 € to 7 €). These village family books are sold in the form of CDROMs containing PDF files by Manfred Daum of the GFG () and GGD (). Ordering instructions are different depending whether you are in North America or not.

Index of all Villages for which there is a Familybook

Galizien-German Family Books (Current as of Sept 22th, 2007)
Bearbeitungsstand galiziendeutscher Ortsfamilienbücher (22.09.2007)
The following abbreviations are used in the above file :
(mit Kolomea s.u.) = With the Kolomea Familybook
(mit Kolomea s.o.) = With the Kolomea Familybook
(mit Baginsberg u. Slawitz) = With the Baginsberg and Slawitz Familybooks
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Ordering from North America

Orders for North America should be directed to:

    Betty Wray
    2035 Dorsch Road
    Walnut Creek, California 94598-1126
    Tel. (925) 944-9875
    e-mail:

Familybooks are sent in PDF format on a CD by default but you can request MS Rich Text format (RTF) format files if you wish. No printed versions are available.

Price:  Per Village Familybook : $7.25 USD + $2.75 USD Postage per CD [Countries Within North America only]

For payment we will accept checks made out in US dollars or US dollar money orders. Sorry, no credit cards.

For example : If you order a CD with the familybooks for the villages of Bandrow, Brigdau and Hoffnungsau on it and have the CD mailed surface post to the USA the price will be $24.50 USD (3 villages @ $7.25 each plus $2.75 postage).

Ordering from Europe / Asia / Australia / Africa / South America

Orders for Europe/Asia/Australia/Africa/South America should be directed to :

    Manfred Daum
    Haferkamp 25
    D-29525 Uelzen
    GERMANY
    Tel. 0581/31100
    e-mail:

Familybooks are sent in PDF format on CD unless otherwise stated. Paper version only if expressly requested. Sorry, no credit cards.

Price:  Per Village Familybook : 5 € + 3 € Postage [Within Germany]
             Per Village Familybook : 5 € + 5 € Postage [Other countries within Europe]
             Per Village Familybook : 5 € + 5 € Postage [Overseas/South America] (Surface Post)
             Per Village Familybook : 5 € + 7 € Postage [Overseas/South America](Air mail)
             To Print out, per page   : 0.05 € + Postage contingent on Weight

For example : If you order a CD with the familybooks for the villages of Bandrow, Brigdau and Hoffnungsau on it and have the CD mailed surface post to Switzerland the price will be 20 € (3 villages @ 5 € each plus 5 € postage).