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New von Schlieben Maps: Przemysl, Rzeszow, Sanok, Tarnow, Bochnia, Wadowice, Nowy Sacz, Jaslo circles added to GG Map Room #ukraine

Pamela Weisberger
 

There are two new von Schlieben maps just uploaded to the Gesher
Galicia Cadastral Map Room.

These lithographed black and white maps with dashed kreis
(administrative circle) boundaries are >from an atlas of Europe
published by Goschen of Leipzig about 1828 and lithographed by Wilhelm
Ernst August von Schlieben (1781~1839). The paper maps detail all
major and many minor towns (mostly with Polish spelling), key roads,
rivers and lakes, kreis boundaries, and a scale bar in miles. Gesher
Galicia currently has four of the five maps in the series. These maps
are an excellent resource for discovering tiny villages adjacent to
larger shtetls or towns.

New additions:

The Five Galician Kreise map covers five adjacent "circles" of
Galicia, numbered here with head cities of 6: Tarnow (Tarnau, Tarnow),
including Ropczyce; 7: Bochnia, including Wojnicz and Wieliczka; 8:
Wadowice (Wladowice), including Zywiec and Oswiecim; 9: Nowy Sacz
(Sandecz), including Nowy Targ; 10: Jaslo (Jaslo), including Biecz and
Ko³aczyce.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-4/

The next new map covers three (numbered) "circles" - 4: Przemysl,
including Jaroslaw and Mosciska; 5: Rzeszow, including Lancut and
Lezajsk; 11: Sanok, including Dobromil and Rymanow.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-3/

These maps join the other von Schlieben maps already on our site:

Kreise 1, 2, 3 - 1: Lemberg (Lwow, Lviv, Lvov); 2: Zloczow
(Zolochiv), including Brody and Busk; 3: Zolkiew (Zhovkva, Zholkva),
including Belz and Rawa Ruska.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-1/

Kreise 12, 13, 17 - 12: Sambor (Sambir), including Drohobycz; 13:
Stryj (Stryi, Stry), including Kalush and Bukachivtsi; 17: Stanislawow
(Ivano-Frankivsk, Stanyslaviv, Stanislau), including Monastyryska.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-2/

Thanks to Jay Osborn for the postings and Alex Feller who researched
and acquired the maps at public auction. (We hope to complete the set
with the missing fifth one soon.)

Pamela Weisberger
President, Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@gmail.com
http://maps.geshergalicia.org
www.geshergalicia.org
Ukraine SIG #Ukraine New von Schlieben Maps: Przemysl, Rzeszow, Sanok, Tarnow, Bochnia, Wadowice, Nowy Sacz, Jaslo circles added to GG Map Room #ukraine

Pamela Weisberger
 

There are two new von Schlieben maps just uploaded to the Gesher
Galicia Cadastral Map Room.

These lithographed black and white maps with dashed kreis
(administrative circle) boundaries are >from an atlas of Europe
published by Goschen of Leipzig about 1828 and lithographed by Wilhelm
Ernst August von Schlieben (1781~1839). The paper maps detail all
major and many minor towns (mostly with Polish spelling), key roads,
rivers and lakes, kreis boundaries, and a scale bar in miles. Gesher
Galicia currently has four of the five maps in the series. These maps
are an excellent resource for discovering tiny villages adjacent to
larger shtetls or towns.

New additions:

The Five Galician Kreise map covers five adjacent "circles" of
Galicia, numbered here with head cities of 6: Tarnow (Tarnau, Tarnow),
including Ropczyce; 7: Bochnia, including Wojnicz and Wieliczka; 8:
Wadowice (Wladowice), including Zywiec and Oswiecim; 9: Nowy Sacz
(Sandecz), including Nowy Targ; 10: Jaslo (Jaslo), including Biecz and
Ko³aczyce.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-4/

The next new map covers three (numbered) "circles" - 4: Przemysl,
including Jaroslaw and Mosciska; 5: Rzeszow, including Lancut and
Lezajsk; 11: Sanok, including Dobromil and Rymanow.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-3/

These maps join the other von Schlieben maps already on our site:

Kreise 1, 2, 3 - 1: Lemberg (Lwow, Lviv, Lvov); 2: Zloczow
(Zolochiv), including Brody and Busk; 3: Zolkiew (Zhovkva, Zholkva),
including Belz and Rawa Ruska.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-1/

Kreise 12, 13, 17 - 12: Sambor (Sambir), including Drohobycz; 13:
Stryj (Stryi, Stry), including Kalush and Bukachivtsi; 17: Stanislawow
(Ivano-Frankivsk, Stanyslaviv, Stanislau), including Monastyryska.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-2/

Thanks to Jay Osborn for the postings and Alex Feller who researched
and acquired the maps at public auction. (We hope to complete the set
with the missing fifth one soon.)

Pamela Weisberger
President, Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@gmail.com
http://maps.geshergalicia.org
www.geshergalicia.org
Tarnapol, Poland (Ukraine) #ukraine

Karen Squires <karensquires49@...>
 

Has anyone researched this city and if so, are their names of people living there. >from 1830 - 1890? I'm looking for Alek and Hannah Fliegel.
Thanks.
Karen Squires

MODERATOR'S NOTE: This town is in the region covered by Gesher Galicia.
Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Tarnapol, Poland (Ukraine) #ukraine

Karen Squires <karensquires49@...>
 

Has anyone researched this city and if so, are their names of people living there. >from 1830 - 1890? I'm looking for Alek and Hannah Fliegel.
Thanks.
Karen Squires

MODERATOR'S NOTE: This town is in the region covered by Gesher Galicia.
Translation from Hebrew - ViewMate 34746 #ukraine

Eliana Aizim
 

Dear JewishGenners,
I would like to ask for a translation >from Hebrew. I´m more
interested in the title (the four first lines) as well as any mention
to the GUREVICH family. If you find anything else important in this
text, I would be pleased to know it. This text was published in a
newspaper >from 1872 in the town of Zatishye, Ukraine.

http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=34746

Thank you,
Eliana AIZIM
from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Searching:
AIZIN, AISEN, etc.: Lugansk, Yekaterinoslav Gub., Ukraine
GUREVICH: Yuzovka, Yekaterinoslav Gub., Ukraine
VATNIK: Peschanka, Podolia Gub., Ukraine
AVERBUCH: Zhabokrich/Kryzhopol, Podolia Gub., Ukraine
Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Translation from Hebrew - ViewMate 34746 #ukraine

Eliana Aizim
 

Dear JewishGenners,
I would like to ask for a translation >from Hebrew. I´m more
interested in the title (the four first lines) as well as any mention
to the GUREVICH family. If you find anything else important in this
text, I would be pleased to know it. This text was published in a
newspaper >from 1872 in the town of Zatishye, Ukraine.

http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=34746

Thank you,
Eliana AIZIM
from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Searching:
AIZIN, AISEN, etc.: Lugansk, Yekaterinoslav Gub., Ukraine
GUREVICH: Yuzovka, Yekaterinoslav Gub., Ukraine
VATNIK: Peschanka, Podolia Gub., Ukraine
AVERBUCH: Zhabokrich/Kryzhopol, Podolia Gub., Ukraine
Recognize them? Trying to identify and/or locate these people or descendants #unitedkingdom

Madeleine Isenberg
 

This is my first contact with your SIG,

This is a photo I believe to be around 1947, when I was the
"bridesmaid" in the photo. The couple, to the best of my knowledge,
is a young (Polish? and) Jewish woman who was orphaned during WW II.
My late mother would tell me that such orphans could sometimes be
sponsored to come to England to work as domestics, probably after WW
II.

Accordingly, her parents (my grandparents, Annie and Israel SACKS)
sponsored her. I believe her name was Rosie Pearl, although I don't
know the correct spelling of that family name. She married "Jack" who
was a butcher at SCHLAGMAN's the Butcher's on Oldhill Street, near
Stamford Hill in London, UK. Not sure if he was actually part of the
Schlagman family. If they are still alive, they may be in their
eighties.

As a child I was always curious about Jack having an indentation at
the top of his forehead, as if a bullet might have once gotten lodged
there. That is a distinctive identifying mark!

I have tried unsuccessfully to see if the archives of the Jewish
Chronicle might help, but not with the information I have provided
here.

I would love to identify these people and/or find out what happened to
them since my family immigrated to the USA in 1951.

I hope someone will be able to recognize them and provide information.
I have posted the photo on Viewmate as

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34757

Please respond using the online ViewMate form.

Thanks in advance,

Madeleine (nee Goldstein) Isenberg

madeleine.isenberg@gmail.com
Beverly Hills, CA, USA
JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Recognize them? Trying to identify and/or locate these people or descendants #unitedkingdom

Madeleine Isenberg
 

This is my first contact with your SIG,

This is a photo I believe to be around 1947, when I was the
"bridesmaid" in the photo. The couple, to the best of my knowledge,
is a young (Polish? and) Jewish woman who was orphaned during WW II.
My late mother would tell me that such orphans could sometimes be
sponsored to come to England to work as domestics, probably after WW
II.

Accordingly, her parents (my grandparents, Annie and Israel SACKS)
sponsored her. I believe her name was Rosie Pearl, although I don't
know the correct spelling of that family name. She married "Jack" who
was a butcher at SCHLAGMAN's the Butcher's on Oldhill Street, near
Stamford Hill in London, UK. Not sure if he was actually part of the
Schlagman family. If they are still alive, they may be in their
eighties.

As a child I was always curious about Jack having an indentation at
the top of his forehead, as if a bullet might have once gotten lodged
there. That is a distinctive identifying mark!

I have tried unsuccessfully to see if the archives of the Jewish
Chronicle might help, but not with the information I have provided
here.

I would love to identify these people and/or find out what happened to
them since my family immigrated to the USA in 1951.

I hope someone will be able to recognize them and provide information.
I have posted the photo on Viewmate as

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34757

Please respond using the online ViewMate form.

Thanks in advance,

Madeleine (nee Goldstein) Isenberg

madeleine.isenberg@gmail.com
Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Re: Amkha? #general

Alexander Sharon
 

Martin Jacobs wrote:

What is Amkha,(ayin, mem, final khaf) in pre-Holocaust usage? I know
that today it refers to a right-wing Zionist organization or to an
organization in Israel that assists Holocaust survivors, but what did
this term refer to before WW II, and why would anyone write personal
letters for it? (In the Goworowo yizkor book a local teacher is
represented as writing "private briv" for it.)
Hi Martin,

Amkha was a cryptonym word that have been used to identify a Jew.
By the way of introduction to a person with Polish (Christian) name and
surname but Jewish looks, I could ask him a magic word "Amkha"? that only a
Jew suppose to know it and produce an answer with a smile -"Amkha"!.

Alexander Sharon
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Amkha? #general

Alexander Sharon
 

Martin Jacobs wrote:

What is Amkha,(ayin, mem, final khaf) in pre-Holocaust usage? I know
that today it refers to a right-wing Zionist organization or to an
organization in Israel that assists Holocaust survivors, but what did
this term refer to before WW II, and why would anyone write personal
letters for it? (In the Goworowo yizkor book a local teacher is
represented as writing "private briv" for it.)
Hi Martin,

Amkha was a cryptonym word that have been used to identify a Jew.
By the way of introduction to a person with Polish (Christian) name and
surname but Jewish looks, I could ask him a magic word "Amkha"? that only a
Jew suppose to know it and produce an answer with a smile -"Amkha"!.

Alexander Sharon
Re: Fish suppers #general

Sherri Bobish
 

Alexander wrote:
"This is a long standing Roman Catholic tradition of Friday Fast."

Actually, the tradition was not eating meat on Fridays, not fasting. There's
an interesting NPR article on the subject:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/04/05/150061991/lust-lies-and-empire-the-fishy-tale-behind-eating-fish-on-friday
[MODERATOR NOTE: shortened URL - http://goo.gl/ahL1YM ]

As a child in Brooklyn in the 1950's I recall the "fish man" coming around in
his truck every Friday & selling fish to all the housewives.

Regards,

Sherri Bobish
Princeton, NJ
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Fish suppers #general

Sherri Bobish
 

Alexander wrote:
"This is a long standing Roman Catholic tradition of Friday Fast."

Actually, the tradition was not eating meat on Fridays, not fasting. There's
an interesting NPR article on the subject:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/04/05/150061991/lust-lies-and-empire-the-fishy-tale-behind-eating-fish-on-friday
[MODERATOR NOTE: shortened URL - http://goo.gl/ahL1YM ]

As a child in Brooklyn in the 1950's I recall the "fish man" coming around in
his truck every Friday & selling fish to all the housewives.

Regards,

Sherri Bobish
Princeton, NJ
Fold3 Offers Free Access To Their Revolutionary War Collection Through July 31 #general

Jan Meisels Allen
 

In celebration of America's Independence Fold3 (an Ancestry company) is
offering free access to their Revolutionary War Collection through July
31-remember there were Jews in the Colonies and even if your ancestors were
not in the US at that time, you may find the historical aspects of the War
of interest. Not only does Fold3 have Revolutionary War pension files,
service records, war rolls, or payment vouchers, or in the Revolutionary War
Manuscript File they also have captured vessels prize cases, Revolutionary
War milestone documents, Pennsylvania Archives, Constitutional Convention
records, and the papers and letters of the Continental Congress. You will
need to register with an email address and password to access the records.

To access the site go to: http://tinyurl.com/pyjtm37
Original url:
http://go.fold3.com/revolutionary-war/?xid=1756&;utm_source=content&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=odp-revwar-july2014

I have no affiliation with Ancestry.com or Fold3 and am noticing this solely
for the information of the reader.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Fold3 Offers Free Access To Their Revolutionary War Collection Through July 31 #general

Jan Meisels Allen
 

In celebration of America's Independence Fold3 (an Ancestry company) is
offering free access to their Revolutionary War Collection through July
31-remember there were Jews in the Colonies and even if your ancestors were
not in the US at that time, you may find the historical aspects of the War
of interest. Not only does Fold3 have Revolutionary War pension files,
service records, war rolls, or payment vouchers, or in the Revolutionary War
Manuscript File they also have captured vessels prize cases, Revolutionary
War milestone documents, Pennsylvania Archives, Constitutional Convention
records, and the papers and letters of the Continental Congress. You will
need to register with an email address and password to access the records.

To access the site go to: http://tinyurl.com/pyjtm37
Original url:
http://go.fold3.com/revolutionary-war/?xid=1756&;utm_source=content&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=odp-revwar-july2014

I have no affiliation with Ancestry.com or Fold3 and am noticing this solely
for the information of the reader.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
Moses and Isaac OPPENHEIMER from Battenberg/Battenfeld/Berghofen #general

Fred Half
 

Hello all,

I am trying to find other people who have the subject family in their tree.
Moses OPPENHEIMER is my gggrandfather. I know that Moses OPPENHEIMER was
born 25 September 1840 supposedly in Battenberg (but could have been anywhere
in the small towns of that area) the son of Isaac and Nannie (nee DRUCKER)
OPPENHEIMER. Isaac is buried in Pittsburgh, PA, the tombstone having the dates
1801-1890. I don't know anything else about Nannie. Moses supposedly came to
the US in about 1860 and by 2 June 1869 was in Pittsburgh, PA because he
married Julia FRANK on that date.

I have complete data of his three children but am looking for information about
his father Isaac, mother Nannie, uncles or aunts (know of one brother K(C)oppel)
and especially siblings. >from some research a cousin did in Germany, there
seems to not be any records in Marburg.

He had seven siblings; three brothers (Ben, Henry, and Saul) and four sisters
(Bertha(Bette), Henrietta(Yetta), Setta, Amalia(Mollie)). All the siblings were
born outside the US (locations unknown).

Ben

Married, is buried in Pittsburgh, PA. Had four children (Daniel W, Jacob, Nora,
and Bertha L). Bertha died in infancy in 1870. Daniel (d 1929) and Jacob
(d 1937) are buried in Pittsburgh, PA. Do not know anything else. Nora married
and descendants are named SPEYER and SUNSTEIN.

Bertha (Bette)

Bertha married Herman SCHEUR and other descendant names are JACOBY, BLUMENTHAL,
CUDEN, & AURBACH

Henry

Married Amanda ELLINGER >from Baltimore, MD. They had four children (Sidney,
William, Nan, and Olive). Know nothing about Sidney, William died in 1916 and
is buried in Pittsburgh, PA, Nan never married and died in 1929 and is buried
in Pittsburgh, PA. Olive married Max OBORNDORF and had descendants named
GREENBAUM and SOULE.

Henrietta (Yetta)

Married Meyer AMBERG and also had descendants named KOCH, BERKMAN, BROIDO,
CANT, & ROSENTHAL

Setta

Married Moses ARNOLD. Buried in Pittsburgh, PA

Amalia (Mollie)

Married Moses HERZOG and had three girls Daisy, Mae, and Nannie. Nannie died in
infancy and other descendants are named LEVY, DE ROY, & RASCHBAUM. Buried in
Pittsburgh, PA

Saul

Know nothing.

This information is being posted to Early American and German Sig. Any
information on descendants or ancestors would be appreciated. Please respond
privately unless useful to a broader audience. Thanks in advance.

Fred

Fred Half
Palo Alto, CA USA
fredhalf@stanfordalumni.org
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Moses and Isaac OPPENHEIMER from Battenberg/Battenfeld/Berghofen #general

Fred Half
 

Hello all,

I am trying to find other people who have the subject family in their tree.
Moses OPPENHEIMER is my gggrandfather. I know that Moses OPPENHEIMER was
born 25 September 1840 supposedly in Battenberg (but could have been anywhere
in the small towns of that area) the son of Isaac and Nannie (nee DRUCKER)
OPPENHEIMER. Isaac is buried in Pittsburgh, PA, the tombstone having the dates
1801-1890. I don't know anything else about Nannie. Moses supposedly came to
the US in about 1860 and by 2 June 1869 was in Pittsburgh, PA because he
married Julia FRANK on that date.

I have complete data of his three children but am looking for information about
his father Isaac, mother Nannie, uncles or aunts (know of one brother K(C)oppel)
and especially siblings. >from some research a cousin did in Germany, there
seems to not be any records in Marburg.

He had seven siblings; three brothers (Ben, Henry, and Saul) and four sisters
(Bertha(Bette), Henrietta(Yetta), Setta, Amalia(Mollie)). All the siblings were
born outside the US (locations unknown).

Ben

Married, is buried in Pittsburgh, PA. Had four children (Daniel W, Jacob, Nora,
and Bertha L). Bertha died in infancy in 1870. Daniel (d 1929) and Jacob
(d 1937) are buried in Pittsburgh, PA. Do not know anything else. Nora married
and descendants are named SPEYER and SUNSTEIN.

Bertha (Bette)

Bertha married Herman SCHEUR and other descendant names are JACOBY, BLUMENTHAL,
CUDEN, & AURBACH

Henry

Married Amanda ELLINGER >from Baltimore, MD. They had four children (Sidney,
William, Nan, and Olive). Know nothing about Sidney, William died in 1916 and
is buried in Pittsburgh, PA, Nan never married and died in 1929 and is buried
in Pittsburgh, PA. Olive married Max OBORNDORF and had descendants named
GREENBAUM and SOULE.

Henrietta (Yetta)

Married Meyer AMBERG and also had descendants named KOCH, BERKMAN, BROIDO,
CANT, & ROSENTHAL

Setta

Married Moses ARNOLD. Buried in Pittsburgh, PA

Amalia (Mollie)

Married Moses HERZOG and had three girls Daisy, Mae, and Nannie. Nannie died in
infancy and other descendants are named LEVY, DE ROY, & RASCHBAUM. Buried in
Pittsburgh, PA

Saul

Know nothing.

This information is being posted to Early American and German Sig. Any
information on descendants or ancestors would be appreciated. Please respond
privately unless useful to a broader audience. Thanks in advance.

Fred

Fred Half
Palo Alto, CA USA
fredhalf@stanfordalumni.org
New von Schlieben Maps: Przemysl, Rzeszow, Sanok, Tarnow, Bochnia, Wadowice, Nowy Sacz, Jaslo circles added to GG Map Room #general

Pamela Weisberger
 

There are two new von Schlieben maps just uploaded to the Gesher Galicia
Cadastral Map Room.

These lithographed black and white maps with dashed kreis (administrative
circle) boundaries are >from an atlas of Europe published by Goschen of
Leipzig about 1828 and lithographed by Wilhelm Ernst August von Schlieben
(1781~1839). The paper maps detail all major and many minor towns (mostly
with Polish spelling), key roads, rivers and lakes, kreis boundaries, and a
scale bar in miles. Gesher Galicia currently has four of the five maps in
the series. These maps are an excellent resource for discovering tiny
villages adjacent to larger shtetls or towns.

New additions:

The Five Galician Kreise map covers five adjacent "circles" of Galicia,
numbered here with head cities of 6: Tarnow (Tarnau, Tarnow), including
Ropczyce; 7: Bochnia, including Wojnicz and Wieliczka; 8: Wadowice (Wadowice),
including Zywiec and Oswiecim; 9: Nowy Sacz (Sandecz), including Nowy Targ;
10: Jaslo (Jaslo), including Biecz and Kolaczyce.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-4/

The next new map covers three (numbered) "circles" - 4: Przemysl, including
Jaroslaw and Mosciska; 5: Rzeszow, including Lancut and Lezajsk; 11: Sanok,
including Dobromil and Rymanow.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-3/

These maps join the other von Schlieben maps already on our site:

Kreise 1, 2, 3 - 1: Lemberg (Lwow, Lviv, Lvov); 2: Zloczow (Zolochiv),
including Brody and Busk; 3: Zo³kiew (Zhovkva, Zholkva), including Belz and
Rawa Ruska.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-1/

Kreise 12, 13, 17 - 12: Sambor (Sambir), including Drohobycz; 13: Stryj
(Stryi, Stry), including Kalush and Bukachivtsi; 17: Stanislawow
(Ivano-Frankivsk, Stanyslaviv, Stanislau), including Monastyryska.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-2/

Thanks to Jay Osborn for the postings and Alex Feller who researched
and acquired the maps at public auction. (We hope to complete the set
with the missing fifth one soon.)

Pamela Weisberger
President, Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@gmail.com
http://maps.geshergalicia.org
www.geshergalicia.org
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen New von Schlieben Maps: Przemysl, Rzeszow, Sanok, Tarnow, Bochnia, Wadowice, Nowy Sacz, Jaslo circles added to GG Map Room #general

Pamela Weisberger
 

There are two new von Schlieben maps just uploaded to the Gesher Galicia
Cadastral Map Room.

These lithographed black and white maps with dashed kreis (administrative
circle) boundaries are >from an atlas of Europe published by Goschen of
Leipzig about 1828 and lithographed by Wilhelm Ernst August von Schlieben
(1781~1839). The paper maps detail all major and many minor towns (mostly
with Polish spelling), key roads, rivers and lakes, kreis boundaries, and a
scale bar in miles. Gesher Galicia currently has four of the five maps in
the series. These maps are an excellent resource for discovering tiny
villages adjacent to larger shtetls or towns.

New additions:

The Five Galician Kreise map covers five adjacent "circles" of Galicia,
numbered here with head cities of 6: Tarnow (Tarnau, Tarnow), including
Ropczyce; 7: Bochnia, including Wojnicz and Wieliczka; 8: Wadowice (Wadowice),
including Zywiec and Oswiecim; 9: Nowy Sacz (Sandecz), including Nowy Targ;
10: Jaslo (Jaslo), including Biecz and Kolaczyce.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-4/

The next new map covers three (numbered) "circles" - 4: Przemysl, including
Jaroslaw and Mosciska; 5: Rzeszow, including Lancut and Lezajsk; 11: Sanok,
including Dobromil and Rymanow.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-3/

These maps join the other von Schlieben maps already on our site:

Kreise 1, 2, 3 - 1: Lemberg (Lwow, Lviv, Lvov); 2: Zloczow (Zolochiv),
including Brody and Busk; 3: Zo³kiew (Zhovkva, Zholkva), including Belz and
Rawa Ruska.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-1/

Kreise 12, 13, 17 - 12: Sambor (Sambir), including Drohobycz; 13: Stryj
(Stryi, Stry), including Kalush and Bukachivtsi; 17: Stanislawow
(Ivano-Frankivsk, Stanyslaviv, Stanislau), including Monastyryska.

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-kreis-1828-2/

Thanks to Jay Osborn for the postings and Alex Feller who researched
and acquired the maps at public auction. (We hope to complete the set
with the missing fifth one soon.)

Pamela Weisberger
President, Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@gmail.com
http://maps.geshergalicia.org
www.geshergalicia.org
Amkha? #general

Martin Jacobs
 

What is Amkha,(ayin, mem, final khaf) in pre-Holocaust usage? I know
that today it refers to a right-wing Zionist organization or to an
organization in Israel that assists Holocaust survivors, but what did
this term refer to before WW II, and why would anyone write personal
letters for it? (In the Goworowo yizkor book a local teacher is
represented as writing "private briv" for it.)

Martin Jacobs
Brooklyn, NY
duomundi@gmail.com
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Amkha? #general

Martin Jacobs
 

What is Amkha,(ayin, mem, final khaf) in pre-Holocaust usage? I know
that today it refers to a right-wing Zionist organization or to an
organization in Israel that assists Holocaust survivors, but what did
this term refer to before WW II, and why would anyone write personal
letters for it? (In the Goworowo yizkor book a local teacher is
represented as writing "private briv" for it.)

Martin Jacobs
Brooklyn, NY
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