Re: Information on Polish ancestors #poland #russia #ukraine


Sherri Bobish
 

Hi Lindsay,

The town is probably today called Zolochiv.  It was in Poland between the wars, but today is in Ukraine.
https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1060974

Zolochiv [Ukr], Złoczów [Pol], Zlotshev [Yid], Zolochev [Rus], Solotschiw [Ger], Zlochev, Zlochuv, Zlotchev, Zolociv

Region: Tarnopol

Try searching The JewishGen Unified Database
https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/all/
for the town name Zolochiv and surname BRAUN.  You will get 124 hits from Tarnopol Wojewodztwo records.

You can also search old city directories at this free site:
https://genealogyindexer.org/
When searching for directories in the between the wars timeframe you will use the town name Zloczow.
A search for Zloczow and name BRAUN gets a lot of hits.

Good luck in your search,

Sherri Bobish

Searching:
RATOWSKY / CHAIMSON (Ariogala, Lith.); LEFFENFELD / FINK / KALTER (Daliowa & Jasliska, Pol.)
BOJDA / BLEIWEISS (Tarnow & Tarnobrzeg, Pol.); WALTZMAN / WALZMAN (Ustrzyki Dolne, Pol.)
LEVY (Tyrawa Woloska, Pol.); SOLON / SOLAN / SOKOLSKY (Grodek, Bialystok, Pol.)
BOBISH / BLUMENKRANZ / APPEL / WEINER / ROSENBERG (Vysoko-Litovsk, Brest, Biala Podlaska)

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