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Other Spellings: Lomzhe (Yiddish),
Lomzha (Russian)
Great Synagogue
(Built 1880; Destroyed September 1941)
| Reproduced from Jewish Roots in Poland:
Pages from the Past
and Archival Inventories by Miriam Weiner; reprinted with
permission
of the publisher, The Routes to Roots Foundation (www.rtrfoundation.org).
The original postcard is in the Tomy Wisniewski Collection of picture
postcards. |
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Lomza is the name of both a town and
province in eastern
Poland. The town of Lomza is located 126.8 km (78.8 miles) northeast of
Warsaw and 79 km (49.1 miles) west of Bialystok. Although it was first
mentioned in official records in the 14th century, it was probably
founded
around the 10th century. Lomza received its municipal charter in 1428,
and from the mid-16th century it was an important political, cultural,
religious and economic center. For continuation of
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here.
Map Links (Latitude 53°11'
Longitude
22° 05')
Genealogical Research Links
- The
Suwalk-Lomza Interest Group for Jewish Genealogists publishes
Landsmen,
a quarterly journal with a great deal of information about the Jewish
communities
of the former Russian-Polish gubernias (provinces) of Lomza and
Suwalki.
- The
JewishGen
Yizkor Book Database (enter text: "Lomza"; type of
search:"Town-Exact
Spelling" for a listing of various sources of the Lomza Yizkor Book)
- Lomza
Yizkor Book Index is a searchable database prepared by Yigal
Rechtman.
(Click on "Searchable Databases"; scroll down to Lomza.)
- Jewish
Records Indexing - Poland is a searchable database of indices to
19th
century Jewish vital records from current and former territories of
Poland.
- Radzilow web site
contains a Surnames
page with an extensive list of surnames found in all sorts of records
from
Radzilow, which is only about 19.9 miles NE of Lomza. Many of these
surnames
can likewise be found in Lomza, and undoubtedly many Lomza families had
branches in Radzilow. Town Tour of major Jewish shtetls near
Radzilow: http://www.radzilow.com/towntour.htm
- Wizna web site
contains photos, surnames
lists and other useful information from this town in the former Lomza
Gubernia,
12.5 miles E of Lomza.
- Avotanyu, Inc.
publishes
information and products of interest to persons who are researching
their
Jewish family history.
- Yad
Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names currently (winter
2004-5) contains the names of approximately 3 million victims of the
Holocaust.
Lomza Cemetery Projects -- Links
Seeking .
. . information
about persons with Lomza connections
Family Stories
Family Trees with Lomza Branches
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