Szczecin Voivodeship, Poland Genealogy

Szczecin: formerly Stettin, Pommern, Preußen, Germany

West Pomeranian Voivodeship is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former Szczecin and Koszalin Voivodeships and parts of other neighboring voivodeships. Szczecin Voivodeship was an administrative unit of Poland in 1945-1950, created after World War II from the Prussian-German province of Pomerania, which were granted to Poland. In 1950, it was divided into the Szczecin Voivodeship and Koszalin Voivodeship. Prior to World War II, it was part of Pomerania, Prussia (Preussen), Germany. Source: Wikipedia, Szczecin Voivodeship and Wikipedia, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Because of this history of changing nationality, records for West Pomerania voivodeship are found in the FamilySearch system under "Pommern (Pomerania), Prussia (Ostpreussen), Germany", "Szczecin, Poland," and "Koszalin, Poland."
 * Prior to 1945, this was part of Prussia, so follow instructions for Prussian Poland throughout the Poland Wiki.
 * Use the gazetteer, Kartenmeister - German/Polish Place Name Conversion to find the name of your town in both languages.
 * See also, Pomerania, Germany Genealogy