Biala Shtetl Web Site

Biała, Poland

(near Tyczyn)

Biała is included in the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG). Shtetlach were interwoven together like a tapestry and the Jewish people of neighboring shtetlach linked by marriages, trade and marketing. They shared schools, cemeteries, kosher butchers, bakers and more. Smaller shtetlach registered their birth, marriages and death in a nearby larger shtetl. One should research the neighboring area as well as an individual shtetl. The KRRG web site has resources and information that is relevant to many shtetlach. To search for family links and learn more about neighboring shtetlach, please visit the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG).

Administrative District: Rzeszów

Subdistrict - Judicial / Tax District: Tyczyn

Location:

21.5 miles SSE of Kolbuszowa
4.7 miles S of Rzeszów
Latitude 49°59' Longitude 22°01'
There are many shtetlach names Biala in Poland.
This page refers to Biala: 1.4 miles NNW of Tyczyn

Maps:

View Biała via Multimap
Topographical Map showing Biała

History / Geography:

In present day Poland Biała is in the Podkarpackie Województwo [ Province ] ( formerly Rzeszowskie Woj.). Rzeszówski Powiat [ County ] and Tyczyn Gmina [ Rural Administrative District ].Before the Holocaust Biała used the Tyczyn Cemetery
Biała, a village in Rzeszów powiat, 4 km. from Tyczyn, with an area of 1,279 mórgs, 190 houses, 1,155 inhabitants; there is a Latin-rite parish in Slocina and a Greek Catholic parish in Zalesie; it has a branch people's school, a gmina loan society, and a brewing factory. It lies on the powiat highway from Rzeszów to Blazowa.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw [1880, vol. 1, p.171].
Translated by William F. Hoffman, Polish Genealogical Society of America
Winter 2000 Bulletin. Used with permission.

Biała: Means white in Slavic languages.

Holocaust:

Polish Righteous:
GLONIAK, Walenty, 50, living in Biala, near Tyczyn, Rzeszow Powiat
GLONIAK, Jozef, son
They were shot on Oct. 15, 1943, together with three Jews from Tyczyn, hidden by them.

Resources:

The 1929 Biała Business Directory
The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Type in the name of your town.

Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen “All Poland Database”.This is a multiple database search facility, The “All Poland Database” enables researchers to find indices to vital and related records from the independent JRI-Poland database as well as entries from other databases. The combined databases have more than 6.75 million entries for individuals living in areas now or formerly in Poland. The database is a work in progress, and new entries are being added regularly. http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/

Logan J. Kleinwaks Galicia Genealogy Indexer

Gesher Galicia Resources:

All Galicia Database

Gesher Galicia Cadastral Map Room

Links and Databases:

When searching the links below, please remember that many towns in Poland have the same name. Make sure that the information you find refers to the shtetl you are researching.

the "Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation Eastern European Archival Database" to see where some vital records are.

Local Contact for Biała:

Urząd Miasta i Gminy Tyczyn
Tyczyn City Hall / Municipal Office
District Rzeszowski
Region Podkarpacie
Rynek 18
36-020 Tyczyn
tel. 0-17 221-92-04
fax 0-17 221-92-17
e-mail: ugim@tyczyn.pl
Website: http://www.tyczyn.pl

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