1926 Polish Declarations of Friendship digitized by the Library of Congress #galicia
Phyllis Kramer
The US Library of Congress has completed the digitization and has
published online images of the 1926 declarations of friendship between Poland and the US, "signed" by more than 5 million Polish people, the vast majority of them students of primary and secondary schools. Included are also signatures >from business organizations, religious authorities, and government branches and administrative departments. The Collection of 111 volumes is organized for easy viewing (browsing) with links direct to the digital archive. You can browse the signatures to see who attended schools in your town. To access go to https://www.loc.gov/collections/polish-declarations/ and scroll down till you find the volume your town is in. Keep in mind many Galician towns now in the Ukraine, were in Poland in 1926. For instance: Augustow-Bedzin; Volume 14 images at https://www.loc.gov/item/pldec.014/ Bedzin-Bielsko; Volume 15 Gniew-Gorlice; Volume 26 images at https://www.loc.gov/item/pldec.026/ Jarocin-Jaslo; Volume 33 Kepno-Kielce; Volume 36 Kozienice-Krakow; Volume 44 Mlawa-Nadworna; Volume 55 Plock-Poznan; Volume 64 Rohatyn Volume 70 images at https://www.loc.gov/resource/pldec.070/?sp=55 Rzeszow-Sanok; Volume 72 Stryj-Strzyow; Volume 78 President of the Polish Republic and other officials and representatives of state and municipal institutions, social organizations, and religious bodies; Volume 1 Government Dental Institute of Warsaw; Volume 5; at www.loc.gov/item/pldec.005/ Thanks to Jay and Marla Osborn for the original writeup for Rohatyn, which you can find on their page http://rohatynjewishheritage.org/en/history/1926-polish-declarations/ Happy hunting! Phyllis Kramer, New York City, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla V.P. Education, JewishGen Inc: https://www.JewishGen.org/education Researching (all Galicia): KRAMER, BEIM >from Jasienica Rosielna, SCHEINER, KANDEL >from Strzyzow & Dubiecko, LINDNER, EICHEL from Rohatyn, Burstyn, STECHER, TRACHMAN >from Nowy Zmigrod, Dukla Family web site: https://KehilaLinks.JewishGen.org/Krosno/Kramer.htm
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