"The Pomeranian People"

QUARTERLY PERIODICAL FOR THE DESCENDENTS OF THE BALTIC DUCHY OF POMERANIA

The German Empire Provinces Surrounding Pomerania

The bulk of the items published in Die Vorfahren have ancestral origins in the province of Pomerania but others trace to seven provinces that surrounded Pomerania. The following province abbreviations are used in DV place designations.

Pomerania – nothing or POM

Westprueßen – WPR

Ostprueßen – OPR

Posen – POS

Brandenburg – BRA

Selesien - SEL

Mechlenburg-Schwerin - MSc

Mechlenburg-Strelitz - MSt