Jewish Gem's Genealogy: Mining for Your Elusive Ancestors

Sunday, August 3, 2025

From a "Collection of Documents from WWII": PLOCK-FRAGMENT OF THE JEWISH POPULATION CENSUS

https://skanoteka.genealodzy.pl/id4608-sy264-se

For the files, click on 001 or 002. This will bring you to lists of names (first & last), addresses, birthdates, occupations. These are original documents.

NOTE: on my computer I need to "zoom out" & scroll down to see the lists.

Top left corner you can click on "previous" or "next" photo to move forward or back; or zoom out to make image smaller.

Monday, June 30, 2025

JEWS IN THE MILITARY: Alleged Draft Evasion, Russo-Japanese War, Military Trials

https://personalhistory.ru/papers/01003786129.htm#p_107

The article, available from "Personal History of the Russian-Speaking World" (2020, Boris Alekseev), in addition to statistical information, in its appendices, it offers:

10. "Cases of Alleged Evasion of Jews from Military Service" [pp. 79-106] Podolsk, Vinnitsia, Kamenets-Podolsk, Novo-Ushitsky, Kremenchug, Uman, Grodno, Vitebsk, Drissen, Rugitsky, Balta, Bessarabia, Minsk, Bobruisk, Slutsk, Volyn, Kiev, Tauride, Dvinsk, Brest, Kherson, Slutsk, Volkovysk, Kaunas, Lublin, Bykhov, Dvinsk, Nevel, Zaslavl, Slonim, Zhitimir, Radomysl, Kaunas, Elizavetgrad, Rivne, Vilna, and more.

11. 1904-1905. "List of Jewish Soldiers Killed, Wounded and Missing in the War with Japan" [2900+ names]

12. "Military Trials". [1883, 1888, 1890, 1893, 1894, 1898]

To access the above information, click on the number following each title. The data is written in Russian. Use your favorite online translator as needed.

Sunday, June 29, 2025

1874-1905 KRAKOW WILLS: LISTS OF NAMES

OTHER "WILLS" POSTS:

TARNOW: https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2025/06/1860-1868-tarnow-wills-original.html

From: Nat'l Archives in Krakow:"Files of Wiktor Brzeski in Krakow":

https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/zespol?p_p_id=Zespol&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_Zespol_javax.portlet.action=zmienWidok&_Zespol_nameofjsp=jednostki&_Zespol_id_zespolu=32770

This list, found in Notary Wiktor Brzeski's [854/Files of Notary Wiktor Brzeski in Krakow] notary office materials, serves as a finding aid for locating specific wills in Brzeski's collection.

https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/id3773 Office files descriptions

https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/id3773-sy46-se2 List of Wills

The headings read as follows:

#1 Numer pozycji (Item #s)

# 2 Notarial repertory book #--corresponds to where notarial acts were recorded

# 3 Date--when will was executed or registered

#4 Name of Testator (person who created will)

#5 Residence--Testator's home

# 6 Notes/Remarks--references to related docs., file #s for related docs., regist. #s for inheritance proceedings, refs. to other notarial acts (for same testator), cross-references to Repertorium A (main repertory for all notarial acts) etc. The LR number is the document number that will be used to find the document in the repertory book.

Some of the names mentioned:

4. Jakob Mandel & Chana nee Lauferowa

https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=pg&id=3773&se=2&sy=46&kt=&plik=002.jpg&zoom=1.25

14. Mojzesz Samnel Gangel

https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=pg&id=3773&se=2&sy=46&kt=&plik=003.jpg&zoom=1.25

16.Mojzesz Koshes. [same as 14]

21. Eisig Wolfsmann & Jachet Wolfsmann

https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=pg&id=3773&se=2&sy=46&kt=&plik=004.jpg&zoom=1.25

22. Scheindla Perl ?iasecka [same]

24. Emilia Hirschberg [same]

25. Chaim Beer; Sperling

33. Izak vel Edward Eichner [same]

36. Scheindla Perla [same]

39. Simche & Chana Ungerowie [same]

42. Rebeka Wachel

https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=pg&id=3773&se=2&sy=46&kt=&plik=005.jpg&x=81&y=229&zoom=1.25

46. Izrael Dawid Rosenzweig [same]

52. Freindel Weil Marguliesowa [same]

53. Jakob Freylich [same]

57.Chaja Nache Freimannow Wetzler

https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=pg&id=3773&se=2&sy=46&kt=&plik=006.jpg&zoom=1.25

69. Chaim Wolkner/Volkner? [same]

75. Samuel Leib Hochschuler [same]

81. Kaile Race Gallero_ Friedmanowa

https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=pg&id=3773&se=2&sy=46&kt=&plik=007.jpg&zoom=1.25

84. Michal Selig Wetzler [same]

89. Freindel Weil Margulisova

https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=pg&id=3773&se=2&sy=46&kt=&plik=008.jpg&zoom=1.25

96. Chaim Mollener? [same]

97. Scheindla Perla ?iasecka [same]

98. Jakb Piaske?ewicz [same]

You can continue through the pages using "next photo" or "previous photo" on top left corner of the pages. Or, you can use the "office files descriptions numbers (link is above)

NOTE:

The scans of the original, complete wills ARE NOT available for viewing yet. But when they are, you will be able to use these pages to locate the scans by matching the number in the last row of the names' list to the correct notarial akts. ranges listed here: https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/zespol?p_p_id=Zespol&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_Zespol_javax.portlet.action=zmienWidok&_Zespol_nameofjsp=jednostki&_Zespol_id_zespolu=32770

There is a partial alphabetical index beginning at: https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=pg&id=3773&se=2&sy=46&kt=&plik=016.jpg&zoom=1.25

At the end of the register there were names, dates, and identifying information added, but it is difficult to read.

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

1860-1868 TARNOW WILLS: ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

Go to: https://notariaty.genealodzy.pl/id3438-sy6-se [115. Notary Files of Bronislaw Ramult in Tarnow]

NOTE: You can find some of the names listed below on JRI-Poland. Be sure to look at parents' names and alternate spellings.

Click on Numbers: 2 (Index-"Testament of Samuel Bernstein"), 13, 14.

Some of the names that appear in this will are the following:

BERNSTEIN: Samuel, Rifke, Herz, Schie

KURZ: Israel

VIRESZ (?): Israel

KEHLMANN Lieb

Click on Numbers: 2 (Index- "Testament of Freide Frisch"), 15-17.

FRISCH: Freude, Lea, Lieber, Wolf & Hinde, Josef

GLASSCHEIB: Feiwel

KNOBLAUCH: Berl

SCHRABER: Sara

VOGEL: Hawe

DAVID: Simon

LION: David, Leja

GARTNER: Israel

KATZ: Mendel

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

ULANOW: 1875-1876 NOTARIAL ACTS [1-146] AND LISTS OF NAMES

From: "105/ Files of the Imperial-Royal Notary Filip Jendel in Ulanow". https://skanoteka.genealodzy.pl/id4553

The Polish notaries performed official acts, such as drawing up notarial deeds, witnessing signatures, providing safety for important documents, making official copies, taking declarations, etc.

In Poland, the law requires that a notary be used for: residential sales, making property agreements, starting certain businesses, making wills, etc.

A Polish notarial act is an official paper proving a legal agreement or action.

Notarial records often contain biographical information: Family relationships, property descriptions, others involved in transactions (business partners, witnesses, family members), dates & locations, cross-references to other documents or legal proceedings.) Historical notarial documents often reference previous agreements or transactions, which might lead to additional records about the same person that weren't immediately obvious in the alphabetical index.

Once you've examined all the deeds associated with the numbers you found: organize the info. chronologically to create a timeline of the person's documented legal activities. this will help to understand the person's life story as told thru official legal records. Note gaps that might point you toward other types of records or different notaries who might have additional information about this person.

The link for this particular file shows two parts: Index (to the deeds) and Notarial Deeds (the actual documents related to the names in the Index).

To locate documents affiliated with a particular person:

A. Click on "Index". https://skanoteka.genealodzy.pl/id4553

Use the alphabetical index (written by last name then first name) to find a person of interest---click on the numbers, https://skanoteka.genealodzy.pl/id4553-sy2-se

or move page by page (upper left corner: "next" or "previous").

(it will be in Polish unless you used a translator)

Sample Page:

Notice the number (s) next to each person's name. Sometimes there are multiple numbers for a person because they might have had different types of legal transactions, conducted business over several years, or were involved in family matters requiring multiple documents.

These numbers are the document numbers. Each number from the index list corresponds to a deed with the identical number, which usually appears in the top left corner of the deed's first page:

The same person may also appear in the index more than once because the name was spelled in various ways.

B. When you have found a name of interest go to the "Notarial deeds marked with numbers 1-146" register & click on it:

https://skanoteka.genealodzy.pl/id4553

Click on any number (unfortunately, for this particular notary file, the numbers do not match the numbers next to a person's name) then move forward/back, as necessary [use "next photo] or "previous photo", top left corner of document], to find the desired document, matching the the number, following a person's name' to the document number on the documents first page. [NOTE: the document number usually has the letters, L.R, in front of it. The other number at the top of pages are page numbers belonging to a particular document]