
The purpose of this project is to identify and catalogue the families of the Jewish community of Kopychynsti, a small town in what is now Ukraine. Kopychynsti flourished as a Jewish community from the mid 19th Century until its almost complete destuction by the Germans and local Ukrainians in 1943. The following is exceprted from a variety of sources, but primarily the Pinkas Hakehillot Polin- ...
This project aims to assemble all of the Jewish families from the town of Jaworow. We welcome collaborators. There are a lot of families to find and enter. Feel free to join the project and enter the names of families who lived in Jaworow. Go to ACTIONS (top right of the profile) click on ADD TO PROJECT. Select the project name that appears from the responsive check box and then DONE. History...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Skałat, Ukraine.* JewishGen KehilaLinks Skalat page * Gesher Galicia Skalat page * JRI-Poland Skalat page * Virtual Jewish Library Skalat page SKALAT (Pol. Skałat), town in Tarnopol district, Ukraine. Formerly within Poland, Skalat passed to Austria in 1772, reverting to Poland between the two world wars. There was a Jewi...
Jewish Families from Skole, Ukraine / Poland (Galicia) Skolye Hasidic Dynasty R' Eliezer Chaim Rabinowitz of Yampola (1845–1916) (the first Hasidic rebbe in America and founder of the Skolye dynasty) – son of Rebbe Boruch Rabinovich of Iași. R' Boruch Pinchas Rabinowitz of Skolye (Skole) (1874–1920), buried in Vienna, son of Rebbe Eliezer Chaim of Yampola R' Dovid Yitzchok Ei...
Jewish Families from Strusiv, Ukraine (Formerly Galicia, Austro-Hungary) Strusiv 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 pop...
Jewish Families from Chortkiv (Czortkow) This is a project for Jewish Families from the Galician town of Czortkow in what is now the Ternopil Oblast of Ukraine at 49°01'00 Longitude: 25°48'00. External Links: Czortkow Records on JRI-Poland.org Kehilalinks-Czortkow Czortkow on Wikipedia
Jewish Families from Chorostkow (Khorostkiv, Ukraine) 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 sma...
Background Kolomea (or Kolomyya; Pol., Kołomyja; Ger., Kolomea, Colomea) is a city on the Prut River in Ukraine. Jews first settled in Kołomea, then part of Poland, at about the turn of the sixteenth century. Although many were murdered and the community was destroyed during the Khmel’nyts’kyi massacres of 1648–1649, the Jewish population quickly reestablished itself and numbered more than 1,00...
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 ...
The town of Luboml situated in the Chelm - Belz district is one of the oldest Jewish settlements in Eastern Europe, and has a long history -- dating back to the 11th century -- of changing rule. The territory of Volyn′ first belonged to Kievan Rus', then Poland, then Lithuania, then Ukraine. "Luboml: The Memorial Book of a Vanished Shtetl" , in English, published in 1997, is now online - Click ...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Radekhiv, Ukraine, also known as Radekhov [Rus], Radziechów [Pol], Radekhiv [Ukr], Radzichov [Yid], Radechov, Radechiv, Radikhiv, Radikhov, Radzekhuv, Radzhekhuv. JewishGen - Radekhiv Gesher Galicia - Redekhov
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Losyach, Ukraine, also known as Łosiacz, Losacz, Luczyce, Losjac. Gesher Galicia - Losyach
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Verkhneye Sinevidnoye, Ukraine, also known as Synowódzko Wyżne, Verkhneye Sinevodnoye, Synovudzko Vyzhne, Synovudzko, Sinovudzko. Gesher Galicia - Verkhneye Sinevidnoye
Currently, Nyzhni Vorota, Ukraine also known as: Alsóverecke (HU), Nižní Verecki (CZ), Nizhniye Veretski (RU) 48°46' N / 23°06' E Nyzhni Vorota is located about 13 miles S of Uzhhorod (Ungvár) and 17 W of Mukacheve (Munkács).
Uman, Умань 48°45′N, 30°13′E / 48.75°N, 30.217°E / 48.75; 30.217 Uman is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine, to the east of Vinnytsia. The city rests on the banks of the Umanka River and serves as the self-governing administrative center of the Umanskyi Raion (district). Uman has a rich history as a center of Jewish life in Ukraine, with a significant Jew...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Tysmenytsya, Ukraine, also known as Tysmenitsa, Tyśmienica, Tismenits, Tismenitz, Tizmenitza. Gesher Galicia - Tysmenytsya
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Turka, Ukraine, also known as Turka al nehar Stry. Gesher Galicia - Turka JewishGen - Turka Germans captured the town - Yizkor History Survivor story Wikipedia ===Overview===Turka (Ukrainian: Турка, Турка над Стрийом (old), Polish: Turka, Turka nad Stryjem(old), German: Turka, French: Tourka, Yiddish — טורקא) - is a city ...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Truskavets, Ukraine, also known as Truskawiec, Triskovitz, Truskavec', Truskawez. Gesher Galicia - Truskavets
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
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Stanislavchik, Ukraine also known as Stanisławczyk, Stanislavtchik, Stanislavchyk, Станіславчик. Gesher Galicia-Stanislavchik Stanislawczyk, Stanisławczyk, Stanislawczyk, Stanislawczy 49°44′ N , 22°51′E / 49.733, 22.85 Stanislawczyk – wies w Polsce polozona w wojewodztwie podkarpackim , w powiecie przemyskim , w gm...
Dolyna, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine (Dolina, Galicia) Portrait of the Shtetl in Transition 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 grandmo...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Yahilnytsya, Ukraine, also known as Yahil'nytsya, Jagielnica, Yagelnitza, Yagel'nitsa. Gesher Galicia - Yahilnytsya JewishGen Kehilalink
This is a project for Jewish families from the town of Radomyshl (Yiddish: ראַדאָמישל, Russian: Радомышль, Ukrainian: Радомишль) in what is now the Zhytomyr Oblast of Ukraine. Before the establishment of the modern state of Ukraine, the town was part of the Kiev Governate of the Russian Empire, and later the Zhytomyr Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR. Radomyshl is situated on the left bank of Teteriv...
This project seeks to collect all the Jewish families from Novi Strilyshcha (Novyye Strelishcha), Ukraine. Additional Geographic Keywords: Strzeliska Nowe, Strzelinska Nowe, Novaya Strelishcha, Novye Strelishcha, Strelisk, Strels'k, Strzeliska Nowe, Strzylcze, Stsheliska Nove, Strzeliska, Streliski Novyye, Novaya Streliska. Gesher Galicia-Novyye Strelishcha List of people from Sztreliska ...
Medzhhybizh, Меджибіж 49´27 N, 27´25 East Medzhybizh is first mentioned in chronicles as an estate in Kievan Rus. The prince of Kiev gave it to Prince Svyatoslav in 1146. In 1148, ownership was transferred to Rostyslav, the son of Yuri Dolgoruky. The wooden fortress that stood there was destroyed in 1255. After the Mongol incursion, by 1360, the town and surrounding territory passed into the h...