Free GenealogyDesde 1995
ESSources for Sorbian family and cultural history
Manuscripts, historical newspapers, photographs, films, personal papers and catalogues concerning Upper and Lower Lusatia.
The essential starting point
The Sorbian Institute in Bautzen maintains the only public archive specialising in Sorbian archival and collected material. Its holdings include the historical collections of Maćica Serbska, personal papers and Domowina records from 1912–1989.
Budyšin / Bautzen · SaxonyArchive
Historical Maćica Serbska collections, personal papers of public figures, scholars, musicians, writers and artists, plus records of Domowina, associations, choirs and Sokoł.
On site; information, contact details and access conditions online.
Finding aids
Overview of holdings: Maćica Serbska, personal and family papers, Domowina 1912–1989 and Sorbian institutions.
Online inventory; some descriptions link to detailed finding aids.
Digital reading room
A single gateway to the catalogue, bibliography, manuscripts, photographs, films, periodicals and digitised literature.
Online. The best starting point for remote research.
Bibliography
Bibliography of publications on Sorbian language, history, culture and community life.
Online search.
Library catalogue
Books, periodicals and other publications held by the Sorbian Central Library.
Online catalogue.
Manuscripts
Religious manuscripts, student newspapers, “Serbowka” 1892–1925, historical records, dictionaries and grammars.
Digital copies online.
Historical press
Digitised Sorbian periodicals from 1809, including “Serbski powědar a kurěr”, “Serbska Jutnička” and “Tydźeńska Nowina”.
Issues readable online.
Photographs
Portraits from the Catholic Sorbian region, Lusatian life and culture, and the Jan Meškank and Kurt Heine collections.
Selected collections via Deutsche Fotothek and Sachsen.digital.
Films and customs
48 films of customs, weddings, villages, meetings and Sorbian festivals, mainly from the 1950s and 1960s.
Watch online.
Family papers
Digitised papers of Kito and Bogumił Šwjela: correspondence, place and family names, daily life, church and state policy.
Materials and guide online in Sorabicon.
Biographical lexicon
People, places, institutions and concepts of Sorbian culture, useful for identifying individuals and their networks.
Online lexicon.