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Kehila Bil'shivtsi

(Bolshevitz, Bolshovtsy, Bolszowce),

Ukraine


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Search the Ukraine and Poland KehilaLinks sites for other towns in Galicia. Most former shtetls in eastern Poland were in west Galicia. Former shtetls in what is today western Ukraine were in east Galicia.


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Search the All-Poland Database for Bolszowce records or records by surname. This database includes Jewish Record Indexing-Poland and 14 JewishGen component databases. Among these are JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF), JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR), Discussion Group Archives, and SIG Mailing List Archives.


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Search the All Galicia Database of Gesher Galicia by town name or surname. Although there a limited number of records for Bolszowce at the current time, a surname search might reveal movement from/to another town. There are currently more than 290,000 records on the All Galicia Database.


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Search the 1891 Galician Business Directory for Bolszowce or family surname. Compiled by Phyllis Kramer, this database has over 20,000 entries from more than 1,000 towns in Galicia. Given the small size of Bolszowce, there are a relatively limited number of entries. To provide you with a quick and easy way to see the Bolszowce entries, I have created a pdf. file. However, I would also suggest you do your own search -- you may find additional records.


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Click the search button for the 1929 Polish Business Directory Database entry for Bolszowce records. This database is a cooperative venture between JRI-Poland and JewishGen.

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You can view the archival holdings for Bolszowce, using Bolshovtsy as your town search name, on Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation website. The search produces 21 record group results.


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Search the Family Finder for Bilshivtsi/Bolshovtsy on JewishGen and Gesher Galicia. You must be signed into JewishGen and be a member of Gesher Galicia to access the Family Finder databases.


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Search the Genealogy Indexer created and maintained by Logan Kleinwaks. It contains over 50,000 pages of directories, Yizkor Books, military documents, community/personal histories, and school records. Most are from Central and Eastern Europe, including Galicia. Many documents contain entries for Bolszowce.


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Search the digital collections of  JewishGen "Yizkor Book Project" database. There is a growing number of Yizkor Books that have been translated. Other information about the project, and ways to support it, are presented as well. Although Bolszowce does not have its own Yizkor Book (other than the list of residents shot during World War II), it is covered briefly in the Yizkor Book commemorating the Jewish community in Rohatyn (Rogatin).  


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Search the New York Public Library's "Yizkor Books Online." You can access 650 of the 700 Yizkor Books currently in the Dorot Jewish Division of the 42d street library.


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Select Bolszowce and Bolshovtsy when searching Yad Vashem's "The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names." There are other online databases available, including photo and film archives. See also the "Research In Collections" page of the United States Holocaust Museum.


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The Center for Jewish History is a treasure-trove for family history research on Eastern Europe and the United States. Located in Manhattan, the Center serves as an umbrella organization for five research centers, including the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. According to YIVO's website: "YIVO’s archival collections and library constitute the single greatest resource for such study in the world, including approximately 24 million letters, manuscripts, photographs, films, sound recordings, art works, and artifacts; as well as the largest collection of Yiddish-language materials in the world." Also check out the Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute and the Family History Collection search engine. 


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Jewish Galicia and Bukovina, a non-profit organization combining the Ludmer Fund and the Institute for Commemoration of Galician Jewry, is "dedicated to the documentation, preservation and educational dissemination of the history and rich cultural heritage of the Jewish communities of Galicia and Bukovina." Included on the website are documents and other archival material for Bolszowce/Bolshovtsy/Bilshivtsi.


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Virtual Shtetl is an on-line site devoted to Jewish history in Poland. The search is set for Bolszowce, and contains background and photos contributed by individuals.  Virtual Shtetl is the portal of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which is physically located on the site of the Warsaw Ghetto. 


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Enter Bolszowce and Bolshovtsy in the town search box on JewishGen's "The Family Tree of the Jewish People" to find individuals/families whose names have been submitted.    


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Access the Ellis Island database through Stephen Morse's One Step Search. This is an excellent way to find individuals and families from Bolszowce who disembarked at Ellis Island. It should be noted that not everyone identified Bolszowce as their home town, there were many who arrived in New York before Ellis Island opened, and there were residents of Bolszowce who arrived at other ports in the United States and elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. 


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You can roam through the rooms and corridors of the Museum of Family History. Founder and Director Steven Lasky notes: "The Museum of Family History is a virtual (Internet-only), multimedia, and interactive creation that was designed for those of us who are interested in learning more about modern Jewish history, as well as those who were a part of this history, who now grace the many branches of our family tree." 




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