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The Poznan Project – Poznan Region Marriage Indexing Project for 1800-1899 is a valuable tool for those who have ancestors who lived in the Poznan (formerly Posen) region in what is now Poland. According to Wikipedia, the Province of Posen was a province of Prussia from 1848 and as such part of the German Empire from 1871 until 1918. It had an area of 11,185 mi².
Here is a sample Poznan Project Search Results Summary when searching for marriages of persons with the “Heins” surname, showing 15 matches found in 21.99 seconds:
Poznan Project Search Results Summary – Heins
Here is a representative sample of the results of the search on the “Heins” surname:
Poznan Project Sample of Heins Search Results
Map of the former Prussian Province of Posen on Wikimedia Commons. Scroll cursor over image for attribution.
The Poznan Project – Poznan Region Marriage Indexing Project for 1800-1899 can be found at: http://poznan-project.psnc.pl/.