MICHIANA HISTORY PUBLICATIONS
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MATERIALS ON:
ILLINOIS-INDIANA-MICHIGAN-OHIO AND SELECTED OTHER STATES
Polish
Ortell, Gerald A. Polish Parish Records of the Roman Catholic Church. Their Use and Understanding in Genealogical Research. Genun Publishers. Buffalo Grove, Illinois. 1989. 87 pages. Softcover.
Designed to help the novice researcher readily comprehend to the fullest extent possible the information contained in primary Polish records.
Price: $10.00
Indiana
Stabrowski, Donald. Holy Cross and the South Bend Polonia. Indiana Province Archives Center. Notre Dame, Indiana. 1991. 89 pages. Softcover.
Discusses the Priests and Brothers of the Congregation of the Holy Cross and their worm among the polish immigrants in St. Joseph County, Indian, beginning as early as 1877.
Price: $8.00
Michigan
Wylie, Jeannie. Poletown: Community Betrayed. University of Illinois Press. Urbana and Chicago. 1989. 269 pages. Hardcover.
The city of Detroit destroyed 144 local businesses, sixteen churches, two schools, and a hospital in an area of 465 acres consisting mostly of Polish and African American citizens. It was one of the oldest integrated areas in the city. The area was locally known as Poletown. Today it is an automobile plant.
Price: $20.00