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Many generous people have contributed to the site and are acknowledged where their contributions are used or below. We welcome participation from anyone who has information to contribute. Please contact the Webmaster to submit material, comments or suggestions. The Webmaster reserves the right to accept or edit any submission.

This site was initiated by a group of people researching family history in the Drohobycz Administrative District.

The founders are: Carole Feinberg, Alexander Sharon and Valerie Schatzker.

This site is hosted at no cost to the public by the ShtetLinks Project of JewishGen, Inc., a non-profit corporation.

About this site

The Webmaster would especially like to thank the following for their dedication nad generosity. Without their help, this web site would not have been possible:

Alexander Sharon, born in Borysław, has a vast knowledge of the petroleum industry and is always willing to share what he knows.

William Fern, who has devoted considerable effort to collecting and writing the history of Drohobycz and has been most generous with donations opf material and funds.

Claudia Erdheim of Vienna who supplied information and photographs from her grandfather's personal collection.

Edwin and Julie Langberg for their help with the Family Album section.

Gilberto Jordan and Nuno Martins and Shimon Barak for all their help with material.

David Scriven for sharing the research he has done onthe Russ famlies: his own, the family of Dawid Russ, and that of the family of Wilhelm and Gustaw Russ.

Special Thanks

Thanks also to: the late Jacques Benbassat, John Berman, Susana Leistner Bloch, Jarosław Brudnicki, Shuki Ecker, Barbara Ellman, Rachel Evnine, Eric Hagsater, Peter Jassem, Mark Jacobson, Avrohom Krauss, George Oscar Lee, Linda Lieberman, Vera Lux, Victoria Lux-Lantos, Rosemary Massaro, Leonard Oppenheim, Shelly Pollero, Marjorie Rosing, Yvette Scharf, Harry Schiff, Alexander Sharon, Adam Schatzker, Joseph Schatzker, Rubin Schmer, David Scriven, Lester Spandorfer, Amy Stempler, Chuck Weinstein, Laurel White, Tomasz Wisniewski, Ronald Whistance-Smith.

© Valerie Schatzker 2016

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