Online since 1997-11-15 You are visitor   4679   since 2007-08-01 This Page Last updated: 2000-02-27 Thomas M. Bartold is the webmaster of the Bartold Surname Resource Center This site is a member of:

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What's New around here?

I need to update the history and researcher listing with new information, especially stuff gleaned from foreign language encyclopedias and biographies, but that will happen slowly. It turns out that there are a lot more "Bertold" families in Italy than I ever expected, along with appearances in Croatia, Spain, Sweden and Denmark (among others).

One "negative" change is that I've removed the "herb" images that I had posted. I didn't realize they were recent artwork, and thought they were in public domain. When I found out I was wrong, I removed them from my site. However, I hope to get permission from the publisher to repost them.

One "positive" change is that I've added a general LDS index to Poland. Hopefully I can redo this later to be slicker, but it's better than nothing!

LDS Helper

So as a value added feature of the Bartold Web Site, I will be adding my own versions of their indices. I have set up a few pages of links that show you the names of all the parishes that the LDS has cataloged, and each link will get you directly to the Parish index. It's quicker, and you can see ahead of time which parishes exist, and you don't need to know the exact spelling (was that Piotrkow or Piotrokow? I never remember).

I have been meaning to go back and do the other provinces, but never have, so I've added a general "all provinces" page that lists all 25 provinces that the LDS considers as part of Poland (the 17 pre-1975 provinces, 7 provinces that existed 1921-1939, and Suwalki province).

Polish Provinces LDS FHC locality search helper. (added Feb 27, 2000)
Thom's Warszawa Province LDS FHC locality search helper.
Thom's Lodz Province LDS FHC locality search helper.

Honors We were named the Connect With Surnames "Surname Resource of the Month" for February 1999. Needless to say, but I will say it anyway, I am pleased and honored.

Welcome to a place for all Bartold's wherever they may be.

Currently, in order to include everyone, we need to include many other countries, due to the more recent cross migrations of people in Europe. But this is dependant on finding researchers who are willing to to help. Also more recent (this century) emmigrations have sent Bartold's to the new world countries of USA, Canada and Australia. Here is where we find the most active researchers. As the children of wanderers, we begin to look back to the old countries and ask, "Where did we come from?" Having found my way back to Europe, and seeing that the name is not isolated, but has been spreading since the early middle ages, I now find myself asking, "where did Bartold come from?" I invite you to explore our history and heritage, and present these pages, which include a large portion of the information that has been gathered so far, as a start. Unfortunately this work is only beginning.

• General Notes about my pages
• Statement of Purpose
• The Origin of the Name Rough notes, tracing the name from its most likely origin in 747 AD in northern Italy (well, actually probably before that in Saxony) and how it spread through the nobility of Germany in the 10th, 11th and 12th centuries.
• The Meaning and History of the Name Looking at the derivation of the name and some other places the name is found.
• Current Distribution of the Name Actual statistics only from Poland.
• Bartold's in America Not much here yet.
• My Personal Connection to Bartold History
• Towns Bearing our Name In Poland, Germany, and the USA.
• Noble Bartolds The Polish Nobles that is.
• Other famous Bartolds
• Researchers of the Bartold/Berthold/Bertoldo/etc. Surname
• Online Databases
  "Bartold" DataBase includes lots of data from Golymin parish.
  "Bartolt" DataBase includes lots from Paluki parish.
  "Christa" DataBase includes lots of other farmer-nobles from Ciechanow region.
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• A free chat room I have set up at "Scholar Stuff" Set up a chat here... it's usually empty
• Genealogy Links General Links that might be helpful to any researchers.
• How to help
• Comments, suggestions? Use my feedback form. Submit information you'd like to see included here or tell me how to improve my site.