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Heads of Jewish Households listed in History of the Jewish Community of Ostrowo , written in 1896 by Aaron Friemann. Reproduced here in English translation. The current city of Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland, is here . The synagogue building still stands today, and has been renovated and is used as a community center/performance space. It is located here . Website of the current synagogue b...
This project is designed to record and display the Jewish families and individuals with a connection to the town of Birnbaum an der Warthe (now Miedzychod) in the district of Posen (Poznan). Jewish Records Index for Poland (JRI-Poland) offers some data on this town here: details of the Jewish population of Birnbaum may be found here, including some rare photographs: is one microfilm identified ...
Swarzedz is located at 52°25' N 17°05' E 166 mi W of Warszawa. It is a small town about 13 km from Poznan. Jewish settlers were living there for many years. A web site at offers some insight into the present day town. The Jewish population in the 1800's was limited, with many people moving to the larger cities by the early 1900's.Yad Vashem records 154 people who were born in Swarzedz who peris...
The Province of Posen (German: Provinz Posen, Polish: Prowincja Poznańska) was a province of Prussia from 1848 to 1919. Posen was established as a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1848 after the Greater Poland Uprising, converted from the Grand Duchy of Posen annexed by Prussia in the Polish partitions of 1815, and became part of the German Empire in 1871. Posen was part of the Free State ...
emigrating from cities and towns like: Brpmberg (Bydggoszcz) Hohensalza (Inowrozlaw) Mogilno Schubin Strelno Znin Bromberg Von 1772[7] bis 1807 gehörte Bromberg zur preußischen Provinz Westpreußen, 1807 bis 1815 zum Herzogtum Warschau und 1815 bis 1920 zur preußischen Provinz Posen. Gleich zu Beginn der preußischen Zeit erlebte die Stadt durch den Bau des 27 Kilometer langen Bromberger Kanals...
Meet the Gottheimers Hamilton Jordan's original title for his memoir (published Oct 2015) was "Meet the Gottheimers" -- a startled observation finding out, after her funeral, that his maternal grandmother had been Jewish. This Geni project collects Gottheimers, not just his. Some are indeed surprising. Contributions welcome. Gottheimer Family Profiles Family heads (earliest known anc...