Welcome to Krosno

and the Krosno Area, which includes nearby Korczyna, Jasienica, Dormaradz, Brzozow, Rymanow and Jaslo! These pages were written for those researching their Jewish ancestry.

Krosno is today a major town and the center of dozens of smaller towns in southern Poland that were once home to many of our Map of Galicia ancestors. Krosno was in Galicia, an Imperial Province of Austria Hungary from 1776 to 1919, then was returned to Poland after Austria lost World War I. Krosno is located at latitude 49° 41´ longitude 21° 47´, 45 miles west of Przemysl, 180 miles south of Warsaw.

From 1975 to 1998 Krosno was the chief city in Krosno Province (see map below); after that the provinces of Poland were reduced from 49 to 16, and so today Krosno is in Podkarpackie Province.

The towns surrounding Krosno are (clockwise, see map below): Jedlicze (6 miles WNW), Jaslo (15 miles WNW), Frysztak (13 miles NW), Korczyna (3 miles North), Strzyzow (13 miles North), Map of Krosno Dubiecko , Domaradz (10 Miles NE), Jasienica Rosielna (9 miles NE), Haczow (5 miles East), Brzozow (10 miles East), Besko (10 miles SE), Zarszyn (12 miles SE), Rymanow (8 miles SE), Iwonicz-Zdroj (5 miles South), Dukla (9 miles SW), Chorkowka (5 miles West) and (Nowy) Zmigrod (12 miles SouthWest) Kolaczyce (18 miles WNW) Most of these towns had large Jewish populations until World War II. Those towns highlighted in blue have web sites dedicated to them which you can visit by clicking on the town name.

If you are visiting this page because your family came from Krosno you might want to read about the surrounding communities too, as in Galicia marriages were most often arranged between families from nearby towns; the young couple moved to one of the family towns. So even if, say, your great grandfather came from Krosno, it is possible that his people came from a neighboring shtetl! Thus on this site you will find information about most of the towns around Krosno.

This page is dedicated to the memory of the Jews of the Krosno Area....in August 1942 almost the entire Jewish population were killed or sent to Belzac. On this page you will find many lists -- 2900 Jewish people who lived in Krosno in the 1940s, and another of those who lived in Korczyna......most of whom perished in this catastrophe; still other lists are of those who survived.

I hope you will find all this interesting and helpful. Please contact either of us if you have photographs or information to add, or any questions by clicking on our names. As with any genealogical research, this is an evolving project.
Phyllis Kramer, New York City & Palm Beach Gardens
William Leibner, Jerusalem, Israel

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Krosno: Yesterday and Today

Photos of the Town and Synagogues, Stories of Life in Krosno Krosno photo

A History of Krosno by William Leibner, Jerusalem, January 2009
Fabulous Photographs from the Polish National Digital Archives 11/09
View Photographs of Krosno's Cemetery donated by Ruben Weiser of Buenos Aires
New Tombstone Photographs added January, 2009
Photographs of Krosno's Synagogue discovered by Micha Lorenc of Poland 3/06
Celebration of Jewish Roots From a Polish Newspaper March 2008 including photos of the synagogue!
View Various Photographs of Krosno
A List of over 3000 Jews from Krosno, before and after World War II-- Compiled by Bill Leibner updated 11/06

Historical and Genealogical Sources for the Krosno Area

Basic Information about the Shtetl.....There's a lot to offer on JewishGen...This Jewish Communities page has links to history, maps, nearby towns, researchers, yizkor books and more..... Nov10
What Records Exist in Poland Today? for Krosno, Blazowa, Besko, Czudec, Jasienica Rosielna, Jaslo, Korczyna and Rymanov.
How to Trace Your Town via the Polish Geographical Dictionary --an example for Wrocanka, 4 miles SSE of Krosno
The 1891 Galician Business Directory -- Names from Krosno, Korczyna and the area
The 1929 Polish Business Directory-- Names from Krosno. For Jasienica, Korczyna and Dubiecko, see their separate sections below.
A great MAP site with detailed maps of every town in the entire area (from a Lemko web site); when you get there, just click on the little square with Krosno in it.
New York Sources for Krosno Immigrant information
- New York Cemetery Lists Online!updated 2010
- Ellis Island Manifests for Krosno, Jaslo, Jasienica -- from Steve Morse's wonderful web site.
- The Krosnoer Mutual Aid Societies, NYC Landsmanshaften Organizations

Surrounding Communities: (Visit by clicking on the name of the town) :

All the Towns in the Area--a list of towns with the Jewish populations in 1900 from the Polish Census. The map on the right shows the area in southern Poland today; those towns circled have a KehilaLinks site!
Brzozow--the cemetery
Chorkowka--the town description from the Polish Genealogical Society web page
Domaradz--history and holocaust (additional stories added may 2009)
Dubiecko--A brand new page (8/06) for Dubiecko! Includes photographs, excerp from Yizkor Book, the Cemetery, the NY Landsmanshaften, Ellis Island Passengers & the 1920 Business Directory and Lists of founders of Dubietzker Chevra 8/06
Dukla -- there is a separate JewishGen page for Dukla...click here to see it
Frysztak there is a separate JewishGen page for Frysztak. Click here to view it (it includes wonderful tales from the Apfelbaum/Denn memoirs)
Frysztak --link to the page from the Polish Genealogical Society
Jasienica Rosielna --..Barbara Goldberg's 2004 trip with photographs; Stories, 1929 business directory, Hebrew Immigrant List, and Cemetery Information
Jaslo--The Cemetery, the Synagogue.
"The Jewish Community in Old Jaslo" by Wladyslaw Mendys, translated by Monika Hendry. DON'T MISS THIS! PROBABLY THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF SHTETL LIFE I HAVE SEEN! And, 8/04 we've added the memoirs of Jacob Herzig...a fabulous piece!
Jaslo-- link to the page created by the Polish Genealogical Society
Jedlicze --A Short History by Bill Leibner
Kolaczyce -- History of Town and List of Residents
Korczyna -History and A List of Jewish Residents--Compiled by Bill Leibner of Jerusalem and link to the Yizkor Book Also photographs of the town and the cemetery, donated by Ruben Weiser of Buenos Aires
Rymanów --Some History, The 1929 Business Directory, The Cemetery and The Synagogue
Strzyzow click here to view the detailed KehilaLinks page for Strzyzow
Zmigrod-- click here to view the detailed Zmigrod KehilaLinks page already on JewishGen.

Other Sites to Visit

The Best Site for Jewish Genealogical Research -- JewishGen
Find Other Researchers looking for your Surnames & Towns!! . Do you have roots in Krosno? Would you like to connect with others researching the same community? Click here to search the JewishGen Family Finder database (JGFF). You may need to register, but i promise you, its painless, and by registerring, others will find you…so it’s worth the few minutes!!
A Special Group for People with Roots in Galicia -- Gesher Galicia
The Best Site for Jewish Genealogical Research -- JewishGen
A Bibliography for Polish Genealogical Research
Want Information on Other Shtetls?

Family Information available through this Web Page

Researchers Interested in Krosno --and other shtetls, on the JewishGen Family Finder
Leibner, Teller, Goodman, Tzimet, Gross, Findling, Klein, Lang --William Leibner
Bialywlos & Platner --Alexander Bialywlos-White
Katz --Deb Raff
Goldman --Louis Goldman
The Akselrad Storiesby Bertha Eisenstein (nee Akselrad), translated by William Leibner july 2008
The Mahler Family--a fantastic Powerpoint Presentation, with photographs by William J Blumenfeld added 1/2009 , but give it a while to load as it is quite detailed
My Ties with Krosnoby Moshe Lubianiker, link added october 2011
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The Holocaust

The Jews in the County of Cracau
The Gettos
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Yad Vashem: Yad Vashem to search over 2 million Pages of Testimony

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Krosno Synagogue

We have a friend in Poland! I asked for anyone who had a photograph of the Krosno Synagogue. I just received a note from Micha Lorenc from Poland (march 2006), who said: "Dear Phyllis, At the Krosno page you are asking for the pictures of Krosno Synagogue.So, here you are! It’s one picture, bigger view and closer view. I found the two of the at the Polish internet archives. You can easily use them at the page. Best regards from Poland!!"

Our other friend, in Jerusalem, Bill Leibner, said: "Both photographs show the Krosno Synagogue; one close up and one in the distance. The close photograph is very rare and shows the entire building from the main entrance."

And this one, received in 2007 shows another view krosno synagogue

Thank you Micha! Isn't the Internet wonderful???!!!???

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Photographs from the Polish Digital Archives:

The Polish National Digital Archives has posted wonderful photographs from some of our shtetls in the 1920s and 1930s. You can search for your shtetl by going to http://www.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/; put the town name (as it is spelled today) in the box on the upper left hand corner. Each photograph is labeled and dated.

Our friend Monika, who was born in Poland, has translated some of the captions, but you can do this too, by using poltran at http://www.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/. Just cut and paste the caption into the search box. The first photograph is Krosno's main square in 1932 < img src="PDAkrosno.jpg" width="800" height="554" hspace=2 vspace=2 align=right">
Next is a photograph in Jaslo, showing the laying of the cornerstone for a Talmudic school in 1934. In the photograph: Cadik from Bobowa, Ben Zion Halberstam, leader of the kehilla, and Mr. Spirer.
This 1929 photograph shows Ben Zion Halberstam with his secretaries during his stay at a spa in Truskawiec.

and this last photograph shows Krosno town leaders Greeting the President of the Polish Republic, Ignacy Moscickiego, in March of 1927.

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