Janów KehilaLinks Site

JANÓW
Dolina, Ukraine

Janów is included in the Suchostaw Region Research Group (SRRG). 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 SRRG 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 Suchostaw Region Research Group (SRRG).

Variant shtetl names: Dolge, Dolyna, Ivanovka, Trembowelski, Yaniv, Yanov, Yanuv

SRRG Coordinator: Susana Leistner Bloch

Administrative District: Trembowla

Judicial / Tax District (Subdistrict): Janów, or Budzanów - depending on the time period

Location:

Latitude-Longitude: 49°13' - 25°43'

Altitude: 813 feet

8.9 miles NW of Suchostaw
23.8 miles SSE of Tarnopol
5.8 miles S of Trembowla
3.5 miles N of Budzanów

Jewish Population before the Holocaust: 525

History and Geography:
In present day Ukraine is in the Ternopilska Oblast (Region / Province) and in Terebovlyanskyi Raion (County/ District).
The articles about Janów that are included in Budzanów and Trembowla Yizkor Books were scanned and the pages can be viewed in the original format. With Permission of The New York Public Library, Dorot Jewish Division.
Janów entry in the Budzanów Yizkor Book (Israel, 1968)
Janów entry in the Trembowla Yizkor Book (Bnei Brak, Israel, 1981?)
Pinkas Hakehillot entry for Janów. Submitted by Florence Rodman Klevit for SRRG
Translation of chapter 'My Shtetl Yanov' from Sefer Budzanów (Book of Budzanów). Submitted by Florence Rodman Klevit for SRRG
Translation of chapter 'Testimony About My Life in Yanov' from Sefer Yizkor le-kehilot Trembowla, Strusów ve-Janów ve-ha-seviva (Jewish communities of Trembowla, Strusów, Janów and Vicinity). Submitted by Florence Rodman Klevit for SRRG

Resources:
The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Type in the name of your town.

Galicia Resources:

Logan J. Kleinwaks Galicia Genealogy Indexer

Gesher Galicia Resources:

All Galicia Database
Gesher Galicia Cadastral Map Room

Photos, Postcards and Videos:

1937 photo of the Jewish section of Janów
Photos of Janów taken during Carol Herman and Regina Kornblau Korngut's visit to Ukraine. Submitted by Florence Rodman Klevit with permission.

Travelogues:

Our trip to Ukraine by Carol Herman. Submitted by Florence Rodman Klevit with permission.

The People of Janów:

Faces:
The KORNBLAU - ERDE Family, submitted by Florence Rodman Klevit
The KORNBLAU - ROSENBLATT Family (Includes a photo of Lusia LANDES), submitted by Florence Rodman Klevit
The WEICH Family, submitted by Florence Rodman Klevit

Biographies and Family Histories:
The KORNBLAU - ROSENBLATT Family Biography. Submitted by Florence Rodman Klevit
The KORNBLAU - ROSENBLATT Family Biography, by Regina Kornblau Korngut [other surnames mentioned: BIENSTOCK, ERDE, KLINE, RODMAN, SPEISER, TOKER, WEICH, WINKLER]

Memories, reminiscences, and anecdotes:
Book of Autographs - 1913 to 1920. Includes young people from Janów, Strusów, Tarnopol and Trembowla, submitted Florence Rodman Klevit
Life in the Shtetl - Earlient Years. Submitted by Florence Rodman Klevit for SRRG

Famous Sons and Daughters:
A Tribute to Alex Kornblau, by Florence Rodman Klevit
Refugee to Restaurateur: Story of Alex Kornblau’s Successful Career. Submitted by Florence Rodman Klevit for SRRG

Righteous Gentiles:
Righteous Gentiles: The Krivoruka Family. Submitted by Florence Rodman Klevit for SRRG

Miscellaneous:

Entries from the 1930 Janów Voters List. Submitted by Florence Rodman Klevit for SRRG

Links and Databases:

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

the 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 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.
the "Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation Eastern European Archival Database" to see where some vital records are.
for on the Internet.
the JewishGen Yizkor Book Database.

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Compiled by Susana Leistner Bloch.

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JANÓW Dolina, Ukraine

JANÓW
Dolina, Ukraine