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8 eras · 1500–2026 · 3 places

Southern Posen — Ostrów, Krotoszyn and Rawicz

Ostrów Wielkopolski, Krotoszyn, Rawicz. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.

Whose archive this ground was

YearsWho held itWhose archive that means
1500–1793 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth — Greater Poland Geneteka · Szukaj w Archiwach · FamilySearch

The Second Partition of 1793 passed this ground to Prussia.
1793–1807 Prussia — South Prussia Geneteka · Szukaj w Archiwach · FamilySearch

Prussian South Prussia, until the Treaties of Tilsit of 1807.
1807–1815 Duchy of Warsaw Geneteka · Szukaj w Archiwach · FamilySearch

Under the Treaties of Tilsit the territory became part of the French client state, the Duchy of Warsaw, in 1807.
1815–1871 Prussia — Grand Duchy of Posen, from 1848 the Province of Posen Geneteka · Szukaj w Archiwach · FamilySearch

The Congress of Vienna returned the western part to Prussia as the Grand Duchy of Posen in 1815; a cabinet order of 1848 established the Province of Posen.
1871–1920 German Empire — Province of Posen Geneteka · Szukaj w Archiwach · FamilySearch

Posen was incorporated into the German Empire in 1871. Civil registration in Prussia dates from October 1874; it was national from 1 January 1876. Towns appear under German names: Ostrowo, Krotoschin, Rawitsch.
1920–1939 Poland — Poznań Voivodeship Geneteka · Szukaj w Archiwach · FamilySearch

The Treaty of Versailles took effect on 10 January 1920 and most of the province became the Poznań Voivodeship.
1939–1945 Nazi Germany — Reichsgau Wartheland FamilySearch · Arolsen Archives

Nazi Germany annexed the former province into the Reichsgau Wartheland in 1939.
1945–2026 Poland Geneteka · Szukaj w Archiwach · FamilySearch

All historical parts of the province came under Polish control by 1947.

The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.

See the whole span, 1500–2026, on the map →

The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.

3 places on this ground

7 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

Ranked with the regional ones first — a collection for a province is usually a better lead than a national index, though the national index is often where a name is actually written down. A free account opens the images.

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