Family Atlas: Index

Family Atlas

Sosnowiec and Southwestern Poland
Times Atlas of the World, 1990

About the Family Atlas
I love maps, and have, for many years, collected both maps and atlases. When I began to assemble this website devoted to family history, I included a set of maps to illustrate the roots of the family. You will find maps of the birthplaces of my grandparents from the years before the First World War and down to the present day.

Shaia Rjawsky: Boguslav, Russia (now Ukraine).
Aniuta Matz: Vilna, Russia (now Lithuania).
David Orans: Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine).
Regina Szapiro: Sosnowiec, Russian Poland (now Poland).

Also included are maps of Danzig (home of Regina's brother Zygmunt Szapiro), Radom (home of Regina's brothers Baruch and Szaja Szapiro) and Sea Gate, Brooklyn, New York, home to members of the Orans' Family since the 1920's. Stawiski, northeast of Warsaw, was the original home of the Szapiros before Mendel's move to Sosnowiec with his family.

Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer, London, 1905-1910
The Harmsworth Atlas was published in London, circa 1910. A large folio format, the atlas contains 210 color maps, a 32 page section showing the world's commerce and a 284 page gazetteer. The maps give a very detailed description of the world just before the start of the First World War. It is a favorite reference for genealogists.

Kiev Region and Boguslav, Russian Empire (200K)
Kherson, Crimea and Odessa, Russian Empire
Odessa, Russian Empire (City Plan)
Vilna Region, Russian Empire (200K)
Vilna (Detail), Russian Empire
Russian Poland
Sosnowiec (Vicinity of Kattowitz), Russian Poland
Radom, Warsaw and Central Poland, Russian Empire

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, 1911

The Eleventh Edition of the Britannica is considered a classic. It paints a comprehensive picture of the world prior to the First World War. The article on Poland provides several interesting maps of Russian Poland before the war.

Poland, Russian Empire, 1911
Southwestern Poland, Russian Empire, 1911

World Atlas, George Philip & Sons, circa 1922
This atlas, published after the Treaty Settlements at the end of the First World War, presents a good picture of the new borders of Europe and Soviet Russia. The maps were produced by the London Geographical Institute.

Danzig Free City and the Baltic Coast
International Boundaries as Established by Post-War Treaties and Plebiscites
Katowice Region, Southwestern Poland and Sosnowiec
Southwestern Poland-Sosnowiec-Detail
Northeastern Poland-Vilna Region
Central Poland-Radom, Warsaw and Lodz

National Geographic Society, 1888-1999.
Maps of the National Geographic Society have been produced to the highest standards for over 100 years. These maps were selected from the National Geographic Maps collection which includes every foldout map from National Geographic Magazine since first published in 1888. The maps provide perspectives in the aftermath of the First World War, at the start of the Second World War and the present day.

Boguslav (Boguslaf), Soviet Ukraine, 1921
Boguslav, Soviet Ukraine, 1939
Boguslav, Ukraine, 1992
Odessa and the Crimea, Soviet Russia, 1921
Odessa, Soviet Russia, 1921
Odessa, Soviet Russia, 1939
Odessa, Ukraine, 1992
Sosnowiec and the Borders of Poland (Silesia), 1921
Sosnowiec, Poland, 1939
Sosnowiec, Poland, 1992
Sosnowiec, the Approaches to Germany, 1944
Vilna, Poland, 1921
Vilna, Poland, 1939
Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania, 1992
Odessa, Soviet Military Map, circa 1980
Danzig Free City, 1939
Warsaw and Stawiski, Poland, 1958
Sea Gate, Brooklyn and New York Harbor
Coney Island and Sea Gate, Brooklyn, New York

Times Atlas of the World, Eighth Comprehensive Edition, 1990
The Times Atlas sets the standard as one of the world's most distinguished and consistently acclaimed reference atlases.

Sosnowiec and Southwestern Poland , 1990


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