Back to Baltics: Resources

Books

• Estonia and the Estonians, 2nd edition, by Toivo U. Raun (Hoover Institution Press)
• Estonian Experience and Roots by Sigrid Renate Maldonado (As Was Publishing)
• The Estonians in America, 1627-1975: A Chronology and Fact Book by Jaan Pennar (Oceana Publications)
• Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman (Avotaynu)
• A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Latvia and Estonia by Arlene Beare (Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain) 
• In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin and Russian Documents by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman (Language and Lineage Press)
• The Jews of Lithuania: A History of a Remarkable Community 1316-1945 by Masha Greenbaum (Gefen Books)
• The Latvians: A Short History by Andrejs Plakans (Hoover Institution Press)
• The Latvians in America, 1640-1973: A Chronology and Fact Book edited by Maruta Karklis, Liga Streips and Laimonis Streips (Oceana Publications)
• Lithuania: Past, Culture, Present edited by Saulius Zukas (Baltos Lankos)
• The Lithuanian Pioneers: A Study of Lithuanian Immigration to the United States Before World War I by Jessie Ecker Daraska (J.R. Daraska)

Geography Helps
Look for these gazetteers at a genealogical library:

• Baltische Postorte 1858-1916 by Harry von Hofmann (self-published)
• Baltisches Historisches Ortslexikon by Hans Feldmann (Böhlau)
• Deutsch-Fremdsprachiges (Fremdsprachig-Deutsches) Ortsnamenverzeichnis by Otto Kredel (Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft)
• Euro-Reiseatlas Baltische Staaten: Estland, Lettland, Litauen (RV Verlag)
• Gazetteer of Lithuania: Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names (Defense Mapping Agency)
• Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego (Polish Genealogical Society of America)
• Spisok Naselennykh Mest Estliandskoi Gubernii (Revel)

From the November 2010 issue of Family Tree Magazine.

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