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Galizien German Descendants Members & Submitters List[lock]
( Current as of Dec 30, 2011)

This is a list of GGD members and submitters as of the date above. Each entry contains: membership code, name, full address and email (if known). This information should not be used for any other purpose other than to contact other members & submitters whose genealogy connects with yours in some way.


GGD Funded Research
( Current as of February 2, 2007 )
Bandrow Region Records [lock] Reichsheim Village Records[lock] Steinau Village Records [lock]
Kaisersdorf (Kalinow) Village Records[lock] Muzylowice records via a member   Ranischau Village Records[lock]

GGD is funding a researcher who visits the archives of old Galica and extracts information on German villages that have NOT been microfilmed by the Family History Library (FHL). These records are be available for members only access and additionally we we remind members that this information is supplied for private personal use only. Any other use could cause this project to end. These pages are updated as we receive new information.


GGD GEDCOMs [lock]

This is a database of GGD member submitted family trees.  Other members may view the tree structure, view or print pedigree charts, Ahnentafel reports, and more. A GEDCOM of the 1939 Resettlement Records is included in this database.

Galizien German Descendants Publications

One of the most valuable benefits of membership in GGD is a subscription to our quarterly GGD newsletter. This newsletter has been published since 1995 and each issue contains much valuable information about our Galizien Germans. Most of these newsletters were never intended for distribution on the internet so earlier contributors were always promised newsletter distribution would be restricted to GGD members only. Consequently most newsletters will not be available here. Here are the newsletters which we can make available to members-only on-line, but are still restricted to not ever being placed on-line for general viewing. For an index of all GGD issues since 1995, click here.
The GGD newsletters are for members ONLY.
If you have trouble downloading newsletters try this: Instead of left-mouse-button clicking on the link, click on the link with the right-mouse- button. Then choose "Save Target As..." or "Save Link As..." depending on whether you are using Internet Explorer or Firefox. This will pop up a window which will allow you to download the file to your desktop and view the progress of the download. Once the download completes double-click on the downloaded file to view it.

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2011 [lock] Issue #65, January
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2012 [lock] Issue #69, January
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GGD Query[lock]

This simple comment and query page allows members to post comments and questions of interest to GGD members.  You will need your GGD username and password that Betty sends out every January to access the system and will need to supply them again to post a comment.  Please let us know how you like this new feature.

Zeitweiser Index  [lock]

These 47 pages simply list all the Zeitweiser articles from 1954 to 2011, with author, page number, and village of interest. The publication "Zeitweiser der Galiziendeutschen" is edited & published by the Hilfskomitee der Galiziendeutschen Members in Germany. Members only can ask our secretary if she can get a copy of a particular article of interest. Note that all articles are in German. The translation of the article titles from 1954 to 1996 was previously done by Carol Leonard. Those from 1997 to 2009 were done by Rita Lemon and those from 2010 -2011 were done by Daria and Pieter Valkenburg and Wasyl Makota.

Das Heilige Band Membership List[lock]

GGD is mostly for the English-speaking world.  Galizien descendants who live in Germany generally belong to Das Heilige Band, the mother organization of GGD, situated in Stuttgart, Germany.  Many of  our maps and stories have come to us from their members.  If you can write a bit of German, or can use Babelfish with short simple sentences, it may be worthwhile trying to connect with members of Das Heilige Band who are researching your village or your surnames.  To that end, Betty Wray has spent considerable time typing in the names, birth year, researched village and address of Das Heilige Band members from recent issues of their publication.  Their editor has agreed to this "sharing our heritage." This list can be found HERE.
As the birth year and address of Das Heilige Band members is private information, please do not share this information with those who are not GGD members.

Kaindl History of the Germans in the Carpathian Countries[lock]

Parts of the 1911 book by Raimund Kaindl, "History of the Germans in Galicia, Hungary, Bukovina and Rumania from about 1770 until 1911" were being slowly translated for us by members Erika Paulson and Erich Slawski. However, we recently discovered that the part of the book concerning Galicia, was translated by Albert R. Riep in 1991, and we have obtained permission to make it available to our members. Click the title above to access the full 77 page section on Galicia (462 kB).
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