Records of the Amsterdam family in the All Galicia Database
There are currently 45 records for the surname Amsterdam (including soundalike names and spelling variants) in the All Galicia Database (the AGD), Gesher Galicia's free searchable collection of genealogical and historical records from the former Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, which is now eastern Poland and western Ukraine. Here is a sampling of some of the results you can find there:
- Joel Isaak JAKUBOWICZ, son of Jakób JAKUBOWICZ and Jenta ASCHKENARG
and Hanna AMSTERDAM, daughter of Simon ERNST and Róża
marriage record from Nowy Targ Jewish Marriages (1924-1927, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1937) - Rachmiel AMSTERDAM
1825 death record from Brody Jewish Deaths (1815-1861) - Hennie, daughter of Luser AMSTERDAM
1826 death record from Brody Jewish Deaths (1815-1861) - Saul AMSTERDAM
1859 property record from Nowy Sącz Franciscan Survey (1859) - Moses AMSTERDAM, son of Schmaia and Hene Rose HOSENKOPF
1859 birth record from Rzeszów Jewish Births (1842-1866) - Feige AMSTERDAM, daughter of Schmaya and Hene HASENKOPF
1860 birth record from Rzeszów Jewish Births (1842-1866) - Sara AMSTERDAM, daughter of Schmaje and Rosa HASENKOP
1862 birth record from Rzeszów Jewish Births (1842-1866) - Lea Beile TURKOWICZ, daughter of Simon TURKOWICZ and Freile AMSTERDAM
1865 birth record from Rzeszów Jewish Births (1842-1866) - Eisig AMSTERDAM
1872 death record from Lwów Jewish Deaths (1805-1880) - [stillborn] SALZMAN, daughter of Samuel AMSTERDAM and Eidel SALZMAN
1889 death record from Tyczyn Jewish Deaths (1877-1921, 1936-1937)
Search the All Galicia Database to see the full information available for all 45 records. The AGD is updated with new records every few months, so check back often to see the latest results.
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There are 6 entries listed in the Gesher Galicia Family Finder for this surname.
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| Family & Location | Researcher | Researcher's Location | Date Added |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMSTERDAM in Dabrowa Tarnowska, Poland |
GG Member | Dix Hills, NY USA |
Aug 26, 2019 |
| AMSTERDAM in Tarnow, Poland |
GG Member | Dix Hills, NY USA |
Aug 26, 2019 |
| AMSTERDAM in Dabrowa Tarnowska, Poland |
GG Member | San Francisco, CA USA |
Dec 12, 2017 |
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Records of the Amsterdam family in Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website
There are 132 search results for the surname Amsterdam at Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website, a few of which are listed below. Note that results listed below are limited to purely Galician sources, such as telephone and business directories from Galician cities, or school records, but they do not include the many other sources available on his website that span all of pre-war Poland. You may need the free .DjVu web browser plugin to view these files.
- Husiatyn Yizkor Book (1968), image 278 {y198}
... In the important Jewish communities of Turkey, Constan-tinople and Salonika, active projects to ransom the captives were organized. David Caracassani, an emissary of the Jews of Con-stantinople, visited many Jewish communities in Italy and Hoi-land between 1650 and 1652 in order to raise funds for that pur-pose. The Jewish community of Livorno pledged 25% of its budget in 1655 to help the captives. Large sums were likewise collected in Venice, Amsterdam and Hamburg. The Jews of Po-land themselves began to contribute as soon as they started to recover from the "flood" that had engulfed them. The Jews of Posen (Germany) sent a representative to Turkey twice. The Lithuanian Jewish community took an active part in this cam-paign and raised considerable sums to alleviate the captives’ suffering ... - Krakow Yizkor Book (1959), image 119 {y259}
... וחבריו המשכילים. 53 1833—1911. יליד קראקא. למד שם בכית המדרש אצל ו׳ אברהם יעגנער ור״ משה יעקב רמביצר. למד באיניברסימאות שנכון ובהירלברג בשנת 1862 הוזמן לכהן כמנהל בסמינר לרבנים באמשטרראם. בשנת 1874 נתמנה רב כאמשסרואם ובהולאנר הצפונית. היה רב חרר. זכר. לאותות הצסיינות מן השלסונות. בחב : Die Teorien iiber Wcscn und Ursprung dcr Tosefta (1874 5 Kritisch dargcstcllt (Amsterdam כרכי הגהות ל־»1 מסכתות התלמוד (פראגקפורם 1896—41905 אחר מותו הוציא בגו הערותיו למשנה תורה : *Adnoutiones Giticaead Mosi ־ (1929) "Maimonidcs codicem Mischne Tora. 54 1836—1887. יליד קראקא. שם למד באמיבדסיסה רפואה, השתלם בצרפת. עבר בסומאשוב. בנו — המוסיקאי זדנ־יסלב בירגבויס ... - Rzeszow Yizkor Book (1967), image 642 {y74}
... the years of the 1920’s and 1930’s. It is an outstanding little volume which gives the history of the Cleveland Jewish community. Many events and momentous developments are discussed succinctly and lucidly, with a critical eye that is not devoid of humor and irony. At the same time tl*c authoris warm Jewishness and humanity are reflected in that book. His wife, Esther, nee Amsterdam, has been Leon’s faithful and stimulating companion through-out his life, and is a fitting and complementary influence to his own dynamic personality. Esther is an individual in her own right. While still in Reisha she served as chairman of the local Hakoah Sports Club and as Vice-Chairman of the "Poalei Zion" organization. She was active in every organization where site could be of assistance to the poor ... - Rzeszow Yizkor Book (1967), image 690 {y74}
... strung upon the gallows, Calf-like, naked. Their children — Oh God, those little graves! Oh, nor Warsaw, not Lodz, not Brody, But the spilt blood of our dead kinsmen; Abraham, Solomon, Moses, Zebulun... Not Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin, But... chaste daughters of the Covenant... God! Their cry for mercy unto You Still gleams from their glazed eyes! Millenia hence, on our Lord’s eternal earth Nothing will endure ... - Rzeszow Yizkor Book (1967), image 728 {y74}
... jail by order of the Elders of the Community for creating disturban-ces. Of the Rabbis who followed him we know: 1) In 1648 the Rabbi was Reb Hertz. 2) In 1653 the book "Petah Teshuva" (The Gateway to Rcpentence) by Reb Gabriel Ben Ychu-da of Reisha, was published in Amsterdam. It descri-bes the distress caused by the Cossaks in 1648. 3) In Reisha Reb Aaron Samuel Kaidenower, author of "Birchat Hazevah" (Blessing of the Sa-crifice) became rabbi. He was subsequently rabbi in Frankfort on the Main and in Amsterdam. 4) After him Reb Mordcchai served as rabbi, following a term as Rabbi of Podhcitze. 5) In 1685 the Rabbi was Reb Moshe, who wrote an Approbation to the work : "Zechor L’Abra-ham". 6) He was followed as Rabbi by Reb Shneur bc:1 Hanoch, who wrote ...
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