Stanczyk is always seeking out high quality resources that provide context for understanding and/or to provide ideas for new avenues of research. One of the great resources since about 1985, has been Avotaynu. Besides their journal of the same name which is the largest circulation magazine of Jewish Genealogy, they also publish many reference books for Eastern Europe that are of aid Jewish and Non-Jewish researchers alike.
They maintain an index of their published issues (1985-2008) here (http://www.avotaynu.com/indexsum.htm). It is broken down by various countries. This material can also be found in back issues, libraries, and they offer a CD covering the entire 24 year span. This jester sat down to produce a Polish Index for Polish Genealogists of all stripes (Enjoy!):
| # | Title / Description | ISSUE | YEAR |
| 1 | Jewish records at the Genealogical Society of Utah | II/1/03 | 1986 |
| 2 | Index to Polish-Jewish records at Genealogical Society of Utah | II/1/05 | 1986 |
| 3 | Book review: The Jews in Poland and Russia–Biographical Essay | III/1/38 | 1987 |
| 4 | Origin of Russian-Jewish surnames | III/2/03 | 1987 |
| 5 | Breakthrough in access to Polish-Jewish records | IV/1/10 | 1988 |
| 6 | Book review: Jews of Posen in 1834 and 1835 | IV/2/26 | 1988 |
| 7 | Update on project to microfilm Jewish records in Poland | IV/3/12 | 1988 |
| 8 | Doing research in the Polish State Archives | IV/3/21 | 1988 |
| 9 | Jewish Historical Institute in Poland | V/2/07 | 1989 |
| 10 | Jewish genealogical research in Poland | V/2/08 | 1989 |
| 11 | Trip to Poznan: The Poland that was not | V/3/16 | 1989 |
| 12 | Professional genealogists in Poland | V/4/04 | 1989 |
| 13 | List of former Jewish residents of Lodz | V/4/15 | 1989 |
| 14 | Caricatures in Polish vital statistic records | VI/1/16 | 1993 |
| 15 | Polish trip for Jewish genealogists planned | VI/1/41 | 1993 |
| 16 | Using Prussian gazetteers to locate Jewish religious and civil records in Poznan | VI/2/12 | 1993 |
| 17 | Sephardic migrations into Poland | VI/2/14 | 1993 |
| 18 | A genealogical tour through Poland | VI/3/16 | 1993 |
| 19 | Program Judaica to document Jewish history | VI/3/19 | 1993 |
| 20 | Jewish researcher in Poland | VI/3/39 | 1993 |
| 21 | Jews in Poland today | VI/4/63 | 1993 |
| 22 | Polish maps available in the U.S. | VIII/1/58 | 1993 |
| 23 | Weiner discusses developments in Poland and Ukraine | VIII/3/64 | 1993 |
| 24 | A 1992 research trip to Poland | VIII/4/12 | 1993 |
| 25 | Survey of Jewish cemeteries yields results | VIII/4/17 | 1993 |
| 26 | Cites Polish “rip off” | IX/1/65 | 1988 |
| 27 | Asks why survey of Polish cemeteries does not include all regions | IX/1/67 | 1988 |
| 28 | Polish-Jewish genealogical research–A primer | IX/2/04 | 1988 |
| 29 | More on the survey of Polish cemeteries | IX/2/13 | 1988 |
| 30 | Book review: Korzenie Polskie: Polish Roots | IX/2/61 | 1988 |
| 31 | Polish-Jewish heritage seminar planned for July in Krakow | IX/2/65 | 1988 |
| 32 | Asks for clarification (of Polish-Jewish records) | IX/3/66 | 1988 |
| 33 | Stettin emigration lists found | IX/3/67 | 1988 |
| 34 | Head of the Polish State Archives clarifies policies | IX/4/04 | 1988 |
| 35 | Book review: Jews in Poland: A Documentary History | IX/4/69 | 1988 |
| 36 | More on Polish-Jewish Genealogical Research | X/1/12 | 1994 |
| 37 | Directory of Polish State Archives | X/1/14 | 1994 |
| 38 | Archives of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw | X/1/41 | 1994 |
| 39 | Jewish genealogical research in Polish archives | X/2/05 | 1994 |
| 40 | Jewish surnames in the Kingdom of Poland | X/2/15 | 1994 |
| 41 | Polish sources at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People | X/2/21 | 1994 |
| 42 | Success in dealing with Polish archives | X/2/48 | 1994 |
| 43 | Gleanings from a symposium on bibliographies of Polish Judaica | X/4/56 | 1994 |
| 44 | Polish name lists sought | XI/1/67 | 1995 |
| 45 | Nineteenth-Century Congress Documents and the Jews of Congress Poland | XI/3/24 | 1995 |
| 46 | Polish Vital Records for the Very Beginner: The Polish Language Challenged | XI/4/29 | 1995 |
| 47 | Alternate surnames in Russian Poland | XII/2/15 | 1996 |
| 48 | Census records and city directories in the Krakow Archives | XII/2/27 | 1996 |
| 49 | Book review: The Jews in Poland and Russia: Bibliographical Essays | XII/2/63 | 1996 |
| 50 | Alternative research sources in Poland | XII/2/65 | 1996 |
| 51 | Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw | XII/3/51 | 1996 |
| 52 | Director General of the Polish State Archives dies | XII/3/55 | 1996 |
| 53 | An interview with the new Polish State Archivist | XII/4/03 | 1996 |
| 54 | On-site Jewish genealogical research in Poland: an overview | XII/4/04 | 1996 |
| 55 | The Jewish cemetery in Warsaw | XII/4/56 | 1996 |
| 56 | Book review: Polish Countrysides: Photographs and Narrative | XII/4/81 | 1996 |
| 57 | German and Polish Place Names | XIV/2/33 | 1998 |
| 58 | List of More than 300,000 Polish Holocaust Survivors Received by USHMM In Wash. DC 19th- and 20th-Century Polish Directories as Resources for Genealogical Information | XIII/1/25 | 1997 |
| 59 | Hamburg Passengers from the Kingdom of Poland and the Russian Empire | XIII/2/63 | 1997 |
| 60 | Lw¢w Ghetto Records Being Indexed | XIII/3/66 | 1997 |
| 61 | Cites Location of Polish Directories | XIII/4/98 | 1997 |
| 62 | Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories; And I Still See Their Faces: Images of Polish Jews; Guide to the YIVO Archives; Luboml: Memorial Book of a Vanished Shtetl | XIV/1/63 | 1998 |
| 63 | Comments on Jewish Roots in Poland | XIV/2/65 | 1998 |
| 64 | Report on Jewish Communities in Poland Today | XIV/2/65 | 1998 |
| 65 | How I Found a New Ancestor in Krak¢w, Poland | XIV/4/65 | 1998 |
| 66 | 18th-Century Polish Jewry: Demographic and Genealogical Problems | XV/4/9 | 1999 |
| 67 | Tips on Translating Entries from Slownik Geograficzny | XVI/3/49 | 2000 |
| 68 | The Polish Concept of Permanent Place of Residence | XVI/3/12 | 2000 |
| 69 | More About Polish Books of Residents’ Registration | XVI/3/14 | 2000 |
| 70 | Can Jewish Genealogists Successfully Research 18th-Century Poland? | XVI/3/16 | 2000 |
| 71 | History Book Illuminates Jewish Life in Poland | XVI/3/40 | 2000 |
| 72 | Book Review: History of the Jews in Poland and Russia | XVI/3/65 | 2000 |
| 73 | Book Review: In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin and Russia Documents. Volume 1: Polish | XVI/4/87 | 2000 |
| 74 | Breaking New Ground: The Story of Jewish Records Indexing-Poland Project | XVII/1/7 | 2001 |
| 75 | Documenting the Fate of the Jews of Ostrow Mazowiecka | XVII/3/19 | 2001 |
| 76 | German and Polish Archival Holdings in Moscow | XVII/4/11 | 2001 |
| 77 | Internet Site Names Polish Towns | XVII/4/79 | 2001 |
| 78 | Researching Pre-1826 Vital Records in Congress Poland | XVIII/2/19 | 2003 |
| 79 | Book Review: Jewish Officers in the Polish Armed Forces, 1939-1945 | XVIII/3/62 | 2003 |
| 80 | Ashes and Flowers: A Family Trek to Jewish Poland and Romania | XVIII/4/11 | 2003 |
| 81 | Two Polish Directories Online | XVIII/4/91 | 2003 |
| 82 | Polish Passport Policy 1830-1930: Permits, Restrictions and Archival Sources | XIX/1/21 | 1998 |
| 83 | Book Reviews: Zród a archiwalne do dziejów Żydów w Polsce | XIX/3/65 | 1998 |
| 84 | Jewish Surnames in Russia, Poland, Galicia and Prussia | XIX/3/28 | 1998 |
| 85 | Using Polish Magnate Records for Posen | XIX/3/25 | 1998 |
| 86 | Avotaynu Online Database Lists Nobility Archives | XIX/4/21 | 1998 |
| 87 | Hidden Jews of Warsaw | XX/1/47 | 2004 |
| 88 | Polish archives in Bialystok, Knyszin and Lomza | XX/2/50 | 2004 |
| 89 | Polychromatic Tombstones in Polish-Jewish Cemeteries | XX/2/39 | 2004 |
| 90 | Tracing Family Roots Using JRI-Poland to Read Between the Lines | XX/2/15 | 2004 |
| 91 | Biographical lexicon of Polish rabbis and admorim | XX/3/47 | 2004 |
| 92 | Flatow Jewish Cemetery Tombstones Discovered | XX/4/79 | 2004 |
| 93 | Polish City Directories Now Online | XXI/3/67 | 2005 |
| 94 | Morgenthau Mission to Poland to Investigate the 1919 Pogroms: A Genealogical Resource | XXII/2/14 | 2006 |
| 95 | What Can We Learn from Slownik Geograficzny? | XXII/2/31 | 2006 |
| 96 | Spiritual Genealogy: A Look at Polish Notary Documentation | XXII/2/38 | 2006 |
| 97 | Notes Polish Book and Magnate Records | XXII/3/63 | 2006 |
| 98 | Exhibit of the Jews of Poznán, 1793–1939 | XXIII/1/71 | 2007 |
| 99 | Strategies for Assigning Surnames to Early JRI-Poland Records | XXIII/2/22 | 2007 |
| 100 | Book Review: Posen Place Name Indexes | XXIV/1/51 | 2008 |
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