Zolynia, Poland

Zolynia 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).

 

Shtetl Variant names:  Zhalin, Zolynia Miasteczko, Wies Zolynia, Zholinia, Zholin, Zolinia

Administrative District:  Lańcut 

Subdistrict - Judicial / Tax District:  Zolynia  (also Lańcut depending on time period)

Location:

• 25.0 miles ESE of Kolbuszowa
• 14.3 miles NE of  Rzeszów  
• 7.8 miles NNE of Lańcut 
• Latitude  50°10´  Longitude 22°19´

History / Geography:

• In present day Poland Zolynia is in the Podkarpackie Province (Województwo).  County (Powiat): Lańcut.  Rural Administrative District (Gmina): Zolynia

• Translation Pinkas Hakehillot entry for Zolynia

Jewish Population before the Holocaust:  569

Shtetlach near Zolynia:

• Biedaczów:  1.4 miles NNE

• Zmyslówka:   2.2 miles E

• Brzóza Stadnicka: 2.7 miles NNW

• Rakszawa:   3.2 miles WSW

• Wola Wielka:  4.1 miles SSW

• Bialobrzegi:   4.8 miles SSE >

• Opaleniska:  5.0 miles ESE

• Giedlarowa:   5.0 miles NE

• Wegliska:   5.2 miles W

• Brzóza Królewska:   5.8 miles N

• Korniaktów:  6.2 miles SSE

• Budy Lańcuckie:   6.2 miles ESE

• Grodzisko Dolne:  6.6 miles E

• Zalesie:   6.7 miles W

• Kosina:  6.9 miles S

Maps:

• View Zolynia via MapQuest 

Resources:

• The 1929  Business Directory

Zolynia Website:  Web site created by Michael Miller.

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.

Search for Zolynia. The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen "All Poland Database" is a multiple database search facility, which incorporates all of the following databases: JRI -Poland,  Yizkor Book Necrologies, JewishGen Family Finder )JGFF), JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR), 1891 Galicia Business Directory, 1929 Polish Business Directory, 1890-1891 New York Immigrants from Poland, Austria and Galicia, JG Discussion Group Archives, SIG Mailing List Archives and much much more. Search for any surname and /or town. the "Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation Eastern European Archival Database" to see where some vital records are.

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