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Narewka NAREWKA - NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH NAREW! Narewka
is sometimes confused with Narew,
11 miles northwest of Narewka. Narew is named
for the Narew
River, a tributary of the Vistula River;
Narewka Mała (Little Narewka) is situated on the
Narewka
River, a tributary of the Narew River.
According to Wikipedia, the Narew River is the
fifth longest Polish river. A major part of the
Narewka River flows through the Białowieża
Forest.
Narew, Poland:
52°55' N, 23°31' E (Narew: Narever)
Narewka, Poland: 52°50' N, 23°45' E (Narewka: Narevker) (Photographs
Copyright
© 2010 Joy Kestenbaum)
A Guide to YIVO's
Landsmanschaftn Archive, published by the YIVO
Institute for Jewish Research (New York, 1986, p. 37),
incorrectly identifies the Narevker Untershtitsungs Verein as a
landsman society of immigrants from Narew instead of
Narewka. Likewise, the Center for Jewish History - CJH
Catalog record for the Narevker Untershtitsungs
Verein material in the YIVO Archives states that the
society was organized in New York in 1890 by immigrants
from Narew. The Guide
to the YIVO Archives, edited by Fruma Mohrer
and Marek Web (YIVO and M.E. Sharpe, 1998), correctly
lists Narewka.
The Museum of Family History's Cemetery Project includes the Gates of the Narevker Unt. Verein in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, New York, and Narevker Unt. Verein in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, New York; formerly, the town was identified as Narew, instead of Narewka. Likewise, the Holocaust Memorial of the Narevker Unt. Verein in Mt. Hebron Cemetery was listed under the town of Narew, instead of Narewka. The sites have been updated and the identifications have all been corrected. |
