Poznan Project, prowadzony przez Wielkopolskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne „Gniazdo” działa od roku 2000 i ma na celu zindeksowanie akt małżeństw z terenu Wielkopolski i Kujaw dla zakresu lat 1800-1899. Prace indeksacyjne prowadzą wolontariusze. Na początkowym etapie prac ograniczono się do terenu Wielkiego Księstwa Poznańskiego (zabór pruski), jednak później zakres terytorialny Projektu objął również część Wielkopolski znajdującą się w XIX w. pod zaborem rosyjskim (powiaty: Słupca, Konin, Koło, Kalisz, Turek), jak też inne regiony związane historycznie z Wielkopolską (Wałcz, Złotów) i przylegające obszary pograniczne (Tuchola, Radziejów, Sieradzkie). Z tak określonego terytorium udało się już zindeksować znaczną większość ślubów zapisanych w dziewiętnastowiecznych księgach metrykalnych i aktach Urzędów Stanu Cywilnego. Zostały one umieszczone w bazie danych, dla której od lutego 2006 r. funkcjonuje wyszukiwarka, dostępna online. W tym okresie dziesiątki tysięcy osób z kraju i zagranicy odnalazły w bazie informacje o lokalizacji akt małżeństw swych przodków. Wielu genealogom, głównie potomkom emigrantów z Poznańskiego, dane odnalezione w Poznan Project pozwoliły w ogóle ustalić miejscowość pochodzenia interesujących ich osób.

The Poznan Project – the project for cataloging marriage acts from the years 1800-1899

The Greater Poland Genealogy Association “Gniazdo” has operated the Poznań Project since 2000. The aim of the project is to catalog marriage certificates issued in Wielkopolska and Kujawy regions between 1800 and 1899. The cataloging works are conducted by volunteers. In the initial phase of the project, only the area of the Grand Duchy of Poznań (under Prussian occupation) was covered. Later, the scope of the project extended and included the part of Greater Poland which in the 19th century was under the Russian occupation (the following districts: Słupca, Konin, Koło, Kalisz, Turek), other regions that have historically been associated with Greater Poland (Wałcz, Złotów), as well as the bordering areas (Tuchola, Radziejów, Sieradzkie). It was possible to catalog the majority of marriage certificates entered in the 19th-century books and registers of the registry offices from these areas. These certificates were entered into a database, which was made available online in February, 2006. Since then, tens of thousands of people from Poland and abroad managed to find information about the location of their ancestors’ marriage certificates. Many genealogy specialists (mainly ancestors of the emigrants from the Poznań Duchy) managed to establish the origination of the people they were interested in, owing to the data found in the Poznań Project database.

The Greater Poland Genealogy Association “Gniazdo” has operated the Poznań Project since 2000. The aim of the project is to catalog marriage certificates issued in Wielkopolska and Kujawy regions between 1800 and 1899. The cataloging works are conducted by volunteers. In the initial phase of the project, only the area of the Grand Duchy of Poznań (under Prussian occupation) was covered. Later, the scope of the project extended and included the part of Greater Poland which in the 19th century was under the Russian occupation (the following districts: Słupca, Konin, Koło, Kalisz, Turek), other regions that have historically been associated with Greater Poland (Wałcz, Złotów), as well as the bordering areas (Tuchola, Radziejów, Sieradzkie). It was possible to catalog the majority of marriage certificates entered in the 19th-century books and registers of the registry offices from these areas. These certificates were entered into a database, which was made available online in February, 2006. Since then, tens of thousands of people from Poland and abroad managed to find information about the location of their ancestors’ marriage certificates. Many genealogy specialists (mainly ancestors of the emigrants from the Poznań Duchy) managed to establish the origination of the people they were interested in, owing to the data found in the Poznań Project database.