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Tracing Lithuanian Jewish FamiliesTrying to locate and map out Lithuanian families: Zisman, Zausman, Levin(e), Jaffe, Yoffe, Kader, and other various versions and many other names. == Jaffe Family Read about the history of the illustrious Yaffe family starting from 15th century Rabbi Mordecai Jaffe and Descendants in Lithuania and Galicia in " An Ancient lineage: European Roots of a Jewish Fami...
=Jewish Community of Brody= In celebration of the town of Brody , Austria, present day Ukraine, and the people who came from there, particularly those who died in the Holocaust. A city, where wisdom and wealth, Torah and understanding, commerce and faith are united - Nachman Krochmal , in a letter to Isaac Erter 1961 Please add your ancestors or heroes from Brody to the project. You can do so b...
This project is here to give us a greater insight into the lives of our ancestors from across the empire and to help us work together to find our common roots. List of Austro-Hungarian Jews Wikipedia>===Famous People Sigmund Freud : Father of Psychoanalysis. Theodor Herzl : Father of Zionism. Stefan Zweig : Novelist, playwright, journalist, biographer. Franz Kafka : Novelist.
The extant Zwerdling lineages all appear to descend from the sons of Tobias Zwerdling (b. 1781; d. 30 August 1855, Brody). Y-DNA E-M35 Y-DNA matching suggests the Zwerdling line goes back to Brody-Tarnopol about 1760 and by 1700 is from West Germany or the Netherlands. Feel free to get in touch if you have any connection to this family.
Here are the earliest known Tarnopol ancestors of current project members - more will be added as more are discovered.1. Michael Rothstein 2. Hirsch Leib Krochmal (note from Steven Jaron : I am not 100% sure about Hirsch's parentage, if you have any questions please ask)3. Jacob Golbrun 4. Chaim Seid 5. Samuel Fruchtmann 6. Moses Bilker 7. Jakub Heller
Ottynia also known as Otyn'a or Otynia (Ukrainian) is in the Tlumach district of Ukraine, midway between Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomya, at 48.44 N and 24.51 E ==History==Ottynia is first mentioned in documents from 1610 as a city where Polish aristocrats resided. Jews are known to have lived in Ottynia since 1635, and with about 2000 inhabitants, represented 40% of the population in 1900. It was ...
Winemakers of the Minho River area - Portugal and Spain (especially in Galicia). Project to find the maximum amount of Ancestors & collaterals called Velloso (Veloso) from Portugal & Spain and build a connection with the Velloso's that immigrated to Minas Gerais State in Brazil. The original writing of the last name (family name) is Velloso or Vellozo. Later changed to Veloso because of the ...
Wikipedia: English - German Ermenrich (409-438) Rechila (438-448) Rechiar (448-456) Aiulf (456-457) Maldras (456-460) Framta (457) Rechimund (460-464) Frumar (460-464) Remismund (464-469)
Background==The area of Nowy Wiśnicz was a monastic village that had existed since the 8th century. The first Jews settled down in this village in 1606. After being banished from Bochnia, they were offered assistance by the village owners called Lubomirscy. In 1613, Nowy Wiśnicz became the property of Stanisław Lubomirski, who was the governor of the Cracow Province. In 1616, he established the...
Bochnia is located in southern Poland, in the Malopolskie Province (Lesser Poland). Since the first partition of Poland, Bochnia was under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. According to the administrative division from 1918-1939, Bochnia was the seat of the Bochnia County which was part of Kraków Province. ==History== Bochnia is one of the oldest towns in Poland and was first mentioned i...
Bauman, Tugendhaft, Ausubel and Strum Families * Kreinik Kreinick Family * Warmbrand Family * Zins Family
The purpose of this project is to identify and connect all of the Jewish families of the small town of Chorostkow. Chorostkow, now called Khorostkiv is located between Husiatyn and Kopyczynce, on the banks of the River Taina in the Ternopil Oblast of the Ukraine in what was once Galician Podolia. The village was granted the rights of a small town by local magnate named Siamianski who invited Je...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Tovste, Ukraine, also known as Tolstoye, Tłuste, Toist, Tlusta, Tłuste Miasto, Tłuste Myasto, Toyst, Tolstoya. Gesher Galicia - Tovste Urban Type Settlement Jewish History ===Overview=== Tovste (Ukrainian: Товсте) is an urban-type settlement in the Zalischyky Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukrai...
I have started this project to give a forum for geni members who's ancestors came from the Shtetl of Dolina in the former Austro-Hungarian Province of Galicia ( now Dolyna, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, as distinct from Dolina-Janov). I have started with profiles of my father, uncle, grandfathers, and one grandmother who were born there. Collaborators are welcome to add names of other Doliners to h...
This project seeks to collect all Jewish families from the town of Gdów, Poland. Gdów on Wikipedia JewishGen Locality Page Gdów Virtual Shtetl
This project seeks to collect all Jewish families from the town of Kazimierz (Casimir), Poland. Kazimierz in Wikipedia Jewish Quarter Kazimierz Memorial Book on Jewishgen ===Background=== Kazimierz (Polish pronunciation: [ka%CB%88%CA%91im%CA%B2%C9%9B%CA%82]; Latin: Casimiria; Yiddish: קוזמיר) is a historical district of Kraków and Kraków Old Town, Poland. Since its inception in the fourteenth ...
Strusov is a very small town located in Ternopolskaya at 49º20 25º37, near Ternopil and 12 km from Terebovlya and 120 km from Chernovtsy. The cemetery is located at SW village, near entry from Buchach. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews. The earliest known Jewish Community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 579. The last known Chortkovskaya Hasidic burial was...
Seeking any information on possible 19th and 20th Century migrants with one of the last names listed in the project name who may be Jewish or have Jewish roots, and who may have migrated from Poland or Galicia - Warsaw, Przemysla, or Sambor/Sambir to be exact.
This project is meant to locate documents and historic records pertaining to the Mochrei Kemach (“Wheat Merchants” or "Flour Dealers") group from Brody, Galicia. Profiles of documented members of this group and their affiliates may be added.