Sokolów
Sokolów Małopołski, Poland

Sokolów Malopolski 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).

Shtetl Variant names: Sokolów, Sokolov

Administrative District:  Kolbuszowa 

Subdistrict - Judicial / Tax District:  Sokolów 

Location:

• 15.5 miles E of  Kolbuszowa
• 17.2 miles NW of  Rzeszów
• Latitude 50°14’   22’ 07’Longitude  
• Altitude  708 feet

Jewish Population before the Holocaust:    1,351

• In present day Poland  Sokolów Malopolski is in the Podkarpackie Province (Województwo).  County (Powiat):  Rzeszów.  Rural Administrative District (Gmina): Sokolów Malopolski
• Mention of Sokolów Malopolski in the Kolbuszowa Yizkor Book
• Mention of Sokolów Malopolski  in the Rzeszów Yizkor Book
• Mention of Sokolów Malopolski  Chassidic Rabbis  in the Rzeszów Yiskor book. Page 103.

Maps:

Holocaust:

• Mention of Sokolów  in Kolbuszowa Yizkor Book

Resources: 

• Samples of vital records found in Rzeszów Archives. 
• Sokolów  list of Collections for the years 1925-1936 for the Charity of Rabbi Meir Baal Haness, Kollel Galicia. Includes several neighbouring shtetlach. Submitted and Translated by Nachum Y. Kornfeld 
• 1929 Business Directory
• Judische Gemeinde Krakau, Protokoll  - Krakow Ghetto Registration for Lola Heller of Sokolów . Submitted by Leonard Oppenheim. Includes an explanation of how this "Protokoll" was obtained.
• A birth certificate from Sokolow - from Todd Katz
• The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.  Type in the name of your town.
• Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen “All Poland Database”.This is a multiple database search facility, 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 6.75 million entries for individuals living in areas now or formerly in Poland.  The database is a work in progress, and new entries are being added regularly.  http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/ 

• Logan J. Kleinwaks Galicia Genealogy Indexer

Photos & Postcards:

• Photos of the Jewish Cemetery in Sokolów: Page 1. Page 2. Submitted by Susana Leistner Bloch
• Photos of the "Old" Jewish Cemetery in Sokolów: Submitted by Leonard Oppenheim
• Photo of the Sokolów  Monument in the Mount Zion Cemetery. Submitted by Arye Barkai
• Leonard Oppenheim's travelogue photos
• The Road to Sokolów. Submitted by Susana Leistner Bloch
• Sokolów  Rynek / Market Place. Submitted by Leonard Oppenheim
• Sokolów  Synagogue. Submitted by Mary Wilson
• Polish web site with some wonderful pictures.

Vital Records:

• Sample of Records

Travelogues: 

• My Two Visits to Sokolów Malopolski Submitted by Arye Barkai
• L'Dor v'Dor (From Generation to Generation): An Inherited Voice Leads To The Past. Written and submitted by Leonard Oppenheim

The People of Sokolów: 

    Faces:

• Photo of Arye and Rivka Graber. Submitted by Arye Barkai
• Heller / Oppenheim / Schlanger / Zeller Family. Submitted by Leonard Oppenheim

    Biographies , Family Histories:

• Heller / Oppenheim / Schlanger / Zeller Family Biography. Submitted by Leonard Oppenheim
• Rabbi Yehuda Ungar, the Rabbi of Sokolów

    Memories, Reminiscences and Anecdotes

• Recollections of Julius Bier.  A transcript of a taped interview.  Submitted by Mary Bier Wilson. 
• The Tailors' Synagogue - Mention of Sokolów melamed (teacher). From the Rzeszow Yizkor Book

    After Emigration:

• Sokołów Małopołski Landsmanshaftn and Congregations (Including a list of burial society plots in the New York metropolitan area)

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 Sokolów. 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.