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yraków, Poland

yraków 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).

KRRG Coordinator: Susana Leistner Bloch

Administrative District: Ropczyce

Judicial / Tax District (Subdistrict): Dębica

Location:
  • Latitude-Longitude: 50°05' 21°24'
  • Altitude: 600 ft. feet
  • 19.9 miles SW of Kolbuszowa
  • 26.7 miles W of Rzeszów
  • 9.9 miles WNW of Ropczyce
  • 2.4 miles NNW of Dębica
Jewish Population before the Holocaust: 10

Maps:

Resources:

  • The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.  Type in the name of your town.
  • The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen “All Poland Database”. This is a multiple database search facility, which incorporates all of the databases listed below. 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 five million entries for individuals living in areas now or formerly in Poland. . It includes  the following databases: JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF),  Yizkor Book Necrologies, JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR), JewishGen Holocaust Database, The 1891 Galicia Business Directory, 1890-1891 New York Immigrants from Poland, Austria and Galicia and much more.   The database is a work in progress, and new entries are being added regularly.

Gesher Galicia Resources:

History and Geography:

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 yraków. 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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Coordinator: Susana Leistner Bloch

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Last updated: February 24, 2015