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Memorial Book of the Martyrs of Lanovtsy
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Download “An Ancestral Visit to Western Ukraine” includeds Lanovtsy, Lviv, Teofopil, Krements and Katerberg video.
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For those of you who might want to travel to your Ancestral town contact Sol Sylvan to see photos of his visits to Lanovtsy.
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Lanovtsy 1911-1928
Lanovtsy 1929-1930
Lanovtsy 1931-1932
Lanovtsy 1933
Lanovtsy 1934
Lanovtsy 1936-1938
(photos courtesy of Azriel Berenstein)
Lanovtsy 1913-1937
(photos courtesy of Sol Sylvan)
London Lanovitsors
(photos courtesy of Ruth (ne Chizda) Simons)
Sam's Odyssey Photos
Lanowitz – A Historical Survey - By H. Rabins
It is difficult to establish accurately when Lanowitz was founded. There are only a few sources and their authenticity is doubtful. In our research, we tried to weigh the scientific evidence as to when the town was founded. This evidence contradicts the local legends
The street where my family lived in 1929. The “X” is my grandfather’s house. The “O” is where his blacksmith shop was.
Between WWl and WWll:
Lanowce District: Krzemieniec Province:
Wolyn Country: Poland
From other historical sources such as census and tax records, we learn that the town was given to Pashkov Yalowitzky [Ref.: Illostrovi Pashwadni po Vohlyn] in 1444, and to the Kozminska family in 1545.
In all the geographical encyclopedias, Lanowitz appears to be a Jewish town, separated by 12 km. from the Ukrainian village of Laniwitz. The town of Burchiwky, between the two, appears to have been the district town. According to these sources, it is reasonable to assume that Lanowitz existed since the 15th century.
According to the (Polish) “Slovnik Georgraphichny” published in 1902, a publication noted for its anti-Semitic bias, Yalowitzky collected taxes (in Lanowitz) from 15 garden plots, 15 smoke-stacks and 2 grinding mills. The dearth of garden plots indicates few farms, while the 15 smoke-stacks, to differentiate from chimneys, suggests that Lanowitz was already industrialized. This is another indication that the town was likely Jewish because in that historical period, Jews were the primary contributors to Russian industrialization. The above mentioned period precedes the Jewish exodus from Spain. Who knows how Jews got to settle in Lanowitz. continued...
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