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Project aims to bring clarity to Englander families using both trees and YDNA.
There are multiple different traditions regarding the "Englander" family.
Some have tradition of being Kohanim some Leviim and some neither.
YDNA project is found here
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/englander-surname-project/about
There are numerous theories regarding the ENGLANDER Surname. Some believe that it derives from those who came from England, Among the inscriptions on the gravestones in Eisenstadt, Austria, there appears an inscription for Abraham Wolf Engländer, ha-Levi who’s branch took the name Englander. In other instances, it likely refers generally to Jews who immigrated from Germany (Angles) and moved east following persecutions.
Many of the families who carry the ENGLANDER name more recently originated in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, in what is now parts of Poland, Slovakia, Czechia and Hungary. There are also others who carry this name from Germany, Holland, and even from Sweden. Most of these families are of Ashkenazi Jewish background.
Other surnames and spellings include; Englënder, Englaender, Englender, Engelander, or name changes to; England, English, Engelhardt, Engel, Ërdos, Erdelyi, Erdei, Erban.
Englanders from Austria-Hungary
A large group of families who carry the Englander name lived in the Austria-Hungarian Empire during the late 18th and 19th centuries. It is believed that these Englanders migrated from Galicia (today’s Southern Poland) and settled in the historic Szepes (Spis) and Saros counties (in present day Slovakia). There are numerous families with this origin whose descendants emigrated to the United States with the great influx of Eastern and Central European immigrants in 1870’s through the early 20th century. There were large enclaves of German and Hungarian speaking Jews who settled in large cities and small towns on the East Coast and Midwest especially in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia.
The are many researchers who have compiled family trees of Englanders from these areas. There are a few family connections that have been documented through a paper trail, but one goal of the Englander Y-DNA Surname project is to both verify those connections and expand our knowledge of relationships between families through genetic testing. There are a few Englander families who intersect through marriage and blood that we believe are related to each other but need to prove this with DNA analysis. We would like to find male descendants who would be willing to undergo Y-DNA genetic testing and participate in our project.
Below are known documented Englander Family lines -
ENGLANDERS FAMILIES IN CZECH LANDS:
Abraham Wolf Engländer, ha-Levi
Born Circa 1737 possibly in England Died 1810 in Eisenstadt, Austria. HIs descendants took the name of Englander and live in Eisenstadt and towns in the Czech Lands.
ENGLANDER FAMILIES IN GALICIA:
Moshe Aharon Englander
Father of Rabbi Symon Englander of Kroscienko, Poland. b. 1873 died Haifa 1950. Some in this family also lived in Nowy Targ
Avrohom Shabtai Eber Hacohen Englander
b. before 1819, d.1868 may be grandson of Ben achar ben of SHACH Englander. Many of this family lived in Nowy Sacz (Neu Sandek). spread down into Hungary and Slovakia. Towns where his descendants lived: Gorlice, Zalubincze, Kraków, in Poland. Felso Orlich in Saros (Slovakia), Rozgony (Rozhanovce), Kosice, Lucho Dolina (Szaravolgy)
Simon Markus Englender
Simon Markus was born in 1763 and died in 1824
Big Englander family from Krakow area - https://ics.uci.edu/~dan/genealogy/Krakow/Families/Englender.html
ENGLANDER FAMILIES IN SZEPES AND SAROS COUNTIES:
Pinchos Englander
b.1798 Bartfa (Bardejov, Slovakia) d.Orlich. Son of Eliezer Englander. HIs descendants lived in the area of Bardejov and Presov now Slovakia. Towns include: Krynica, Poland, Felso Orlich, Vyšný Orlík, Svidník, Velki Saris, Slovakia. London, Scranton, PA
Yeshayahu Englander J-M267 HAPLOGROUP
b. circa 1816 Plavnitz or Hethars(Lipany) Shaja Englander married Chaja Rosa Englander, The daughter of Isaac Englander of Pomikal. (may have been cousins or uncle and niece) This large family lived mostly in Saros County and intermarried with other Englander families. Towns: Nagy Vitez (Vitaz), Tarkeo (Kamenica,Kis Lynik,Kosice,, Siroke, Kijo in Slovakia. Cleveland, Philadelphia.
Meir Englander
b.before 1805 Nowy Sacz? Lived in Frydman. He had two sons Abraham (Gerson) Englander b.1804 Nowy Sacz ? d. 1887 Frydman,David Englander b. 1811 Nowy Sacz d.1896 Kezmarok. This family lived in Javorina, Frydman, Nedecz, Also Laps,Tarkeo (Kamenica). Kijo, Mad, Budapest, Cleveland, Phliadelphia.. Note:This family is related several ways by marriage to Shaja Englander line above.
Lasar Lippmann Engländer
Various families descended from Lazar LIppman Englander of Kosice. Includes families in Rozgany (Rozhanovce) and Krížovany, Presov District (Saros County) Chicago. Famous descendants include Prof Lajos Erdos and his son mathematician Paul Erdos.
Emanuel Englander b.1817?
This family is from Sebes Kellemes (Lubotice) married Eydel Harflish. Children were 1. Morris (Moritz, Moses) b. 1852. m. Toni Raduzinner. He went to Zanesville, OH then to Kansas City, MO. 2.Herman b.1857 3.Betti b. 1845 4.Pesi b. 1847 5.Fani b. 1849. Note: Toni R. had sister Mary b. 1857 who married Henry (Harry) Englander from Meir Englander branch above.