Book of Names – Database

First Name (Latin letters)

Search by name, but only with the use of Latin characters (without diacritics – Polish and foreign). It will search for the first names containing the entered text, also with diacritics (e.g. searching for “luk” will result in “Łukasz”, “Lukrecja” etc.). Only one of the first name search fields – Latin letters or DM Soundex – can be filled in.

Last Name (Latin letters)

Search by surname and maiden name, but only with the use of Latin characters (without diacritics – Polish and foreign). People with names or maiden names containing the entered text, also with diacritical marks (e.g. searching for “mul” will result in “Szmulewicz”, “Müller” etc.). Only one of the last name search fields, Latin letters or DM Soundex, can be filled in.

Father’s name

Searching by the father’s name. Entering at least three letters will show a hint (all father’s names containing the given letters); you can choose one of the proposals or enter the next letters.

First Name (DM Soundex)

DM Soundex is a phonetic search designed especially for Slavic and Yiddish languages. Names that sound similar will be found. Entering at least 3 letters (e.g. “Ewa” will search in addition to the name you are looking for (here: “Ewa”) also names that sound similar, e.g. “Ahuwa”, “Jehoszua” and others. You can fill in only one of the first name search fields – Latin letters or DM Soundex.

Last Name (DM Soundex)

DM Soundex is a phonetic search designed especially for Slavic and Yiddish languages.  Names that sound similar will be found. Both surnames and maiden names are searched. Entering at least 3 letters (e.g. “lipszyc”) will search in addition to the name or maiden name also surnames that sound similar, e.g. “Lifszyc”, “Liwszyc” or “Lipska”. Only one of the last name search fields, Latin letters or DM Soundex, can be filled in.

Mother’s name

Search by mother’s name. Entering at least three letters will show a hint (all mother’s names containing the given letters); you can choose one of the proposals or enter the next letters.

Mother’s maiden name

Mother’s maiden name search. Entering at least three letters will show a hint (all mother’s maiden names containing the given letters); you can choose one of the proposals or enter the next letters.

Age

Searching for a person by age. The slider shows the age range of people in the database (or in the last search); narrowing the range and then pressing the “Search” button will search for people whose age is within the set limits.  If the sources give a different age of a person, the lower age is taken into account for search purposes (e.g. a person aged 67 or 71 is treated as 67 for search purposes).

Date of birth

Search by date of birth. Dates are in the format DD.MM.YYYY. When only the month is known, it is given in words. Sample search results “20” – born persons 20.12.1860, or in 1920.

Gender

Searching by gender allows only women or men to be found; a hint shows the number of women and men for the search.

Countries

Searching by country of residence of a person before the war; the hints show a list of countries from which persons in the database or in the current search with the number of persons from a given country.

Cities (standard)

Search by cities of birth, residence before or during the war that meet the criteria, but only with the use of Latin characters (without diacritics – Polish and foreign). Searching for “warsaw” will result in all people who were born in Warsaw, lived in Warsaw before the war, or ended up in Warsaw during the war. Selecting the first three letters shows a hint. Only one of the city search fields can be completed – standard or DM Soundex.

Profession

Search by occupation. After entering the first few letters, we will get a hint – all professions containing the letters entered in the name (e.g. entering “merchant” will show e.g. “timber merchant”, ” merchant, shop owner” etc.).

Source

Search by information sources. After entering the first few letters, we get a hint – sources containing the entered letters in the name. More information about the sources used, their abbreviations, and a full list of them can be found in the bookmark sources tab.

Notes

Searching by notes – additional information related to the person. After entering the first few letters we get a hint – text containing the given letters (e.g. suicide).

Sort by

Sorting search results (ascending or descending) according to criteria, e.g .:
– date of addition
– names of persons
– the city of residence.

Page

Number of records shown on one page; you can choose to display search results after 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 or 1000 records on one page.

Cities (DM Soundex)

DM Soundex is a phonetic search designed especially for Slavic and Yiddish languages, finding cities that sound similar. Search by cities of birth, residence before or during the war that meet the criteria. Searching for “Połaniec” will result in all people who were born in Połaniec (or similarly sounding “Falenica”), lived here before the war, or found themselves during the war. Only one of the city search fields can be completed – standard or DM Soundex.

Date of death

Search by date of death. When only the date of deportation is known, it is given here. Dates are in the format DD.MM.YYYY. When only the month is known, it is given in words. Sample search results for “12”: people murdered on 10.12.1942, on 12.08.1943 …

Place of death

Not all victims of the Treblinka camp were murdered in the camp. Some people died “on the way to”, others in another place “during the deportation to Treblinka”. Sometimes different places of death are given for one person. One can search for places other than Treblinka.