ShtetLinks Logo


Records

LDS  Microfilms of Jewish Vital Records

LDS Microfilm No. Years Records Types (Births, Marriages and Deaths)
808471 1827-1831 BMD
808472 1832-1841 BMD
808473 1842-1850 BMD
808474 1851-1859 BMD
808475 1859-1865 BMD
767128 1866-1869 BMD
 

Researching Lask Microfilms, by Alex P. Korn

In researching the Lask microfilms, I have become very familiar with these records. The surnames I am searching are KORN, SZADKOW, JAKUBOWICZ, MILGROM and LIBERMAN. Some years in the Lask microfilms were not indexed, so I have been scanning every document. I ignore the indexes because they can be incorrect and may not list the surnames you are expecting; in the early 19th century surnames were still in the "experimental" stage and patronymics and fixed family names were used interchangeably. Much more information is contained within the actual record, maiden names of women giving birth and witnesses that may be family members. It is tedious, repetitive work that is necessary for anyone seriously interested in doing a complete genealogy project. I have also been successful in obtaining tenants registers from Lask. Anyone needing advice on researching the Lask microfilms may write me at apkorn@sympatico.ca.
Alex P. Korn

JRI-Poland Projects

There is currently no JRI-Poland Shtetl CO-OP Initiative for Lask. To volunteer for this project, contact Hadassah Lipsius. No indices to Lask Jewish vital records are currently in the JRI-Poland Database

The JRI-Poland Polish State Archives (PSA) Project is an ongoing project to obtain indices to late nineteenth-century Jewish vital records not microfilmed by the LDS (for Lask, after the year 1869). A list of Jewish surnames from 19th century Lask contained in this database is now online. For further information about this project, contact Shirley Rotbein Flaum.

^Top of Page


Copyright © 2001, Shirley Rotbein Flaum. All rights reserved.
Revised: June 26, 2007 .