Records of the Berry family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 331 records for the surname Berry (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:

  • Perl BIRER
    death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
  • Osias BIRER
    death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
  • Branze BIRER
    death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
  • Łukasz BORY
    1787 property record from Rawa Ruska Josephine Survey (1787)
  • [no given name] BERZA
    1788 property record from Żółkiew Josephine Survey (1788)
  • Zyskind BERIS
    1788 property record from Brody Josephine Survey (1788)
  • Leywus BERIY
    1788 property record from Radziechów Josephine Survey - Jewish Rents Bakers, Shopkeepers (1788)
  • Israel BIRER and Chane SCHMARAG
    1809 marriage record from Lwów Jewish Marriages (1801-1866)
  • Breindel BIRER, spouse of Kisiel
    1809 death record from Lwów Jewish Deaths (1805-1880)
  • Herz?, son of Israel BIRER and -
    1811 birth record from Lwów Jewish Births (1805-1872)

Search the All Galicia Database to see the full information available for all 331 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 39 entries listed in the Gesher Galicia Family Finder for this surname.

Here are the 3 most recent records.

Family & Location Researcher Researcher's Location Date Added
BARER in
Podkamen, Ukraine
GG Member Jericho, NY
USA
Aug 24, 2020
BUBER in
Zhovkva, Ukraine
GG Member Jerusalem,
Israel
Jun 27, 2020
BOHRER in
Horodok , Ukraine
GG Member Rochester, NY
USA
Apr 19, 2020

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Records of the Berry family in Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website

There are 166 search results for the surname Berry 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.

  • Baligrod Yizkor Book (1964), image 422 {y24}
    ... volume is a memorial book dedicated not only to those who lived in the Suwałk vicinity, or those who grew up there, or studied there, or served their military duty there, or migrated from there or even perished there, or the descendants of all the foregoing, but it is a lxiok dedicated to World Jewry, not only of this generation but of all generations past. It is a book written with a very familiar theme and a recurring history. The story is as old as the Bible itself. The settlement of Jews in a stangc land; how they prospered and how they multiplied through the years — remaining nevertheless always strangers in a strange land no matter how long their tenure or how great the contribution to their society. Then, a time of stress and of crisis, and finally of social disorganization with ...
  • Berezhany Yizkor Book (1978), image 488 {y48}
    ... to assume Soviet citizen-ship wet* transported to Siberia. Others, who received a special "paragraph" in their papers which imposed all kinds of limitations,, particularly in the fields of employment and dwelling. Every person from the age of 18 and up had to work. If he was not employed, he was sent to the "Donbas" region. Those Jews of out town, who had no specific occupation, or those who were superfluous in their trades, tried very hard to create places of work at their own expense, so that they could remain in the town. The majority of the merchants became physical workers. Many professionals did likewise. The artisans organized themselves in "cooperatives". A Soviet official, called a "politrook", was assigned to each place of work. This official was responsible to the Government ...
  • Bobrka Yizkor Book (1964), image 233 {y80}
    ... candidate opposing the one time Prime Minister Leon Blum. When Hitler invaded France this young man had to flee and was hidden near Nice, where he caught rheumatism which could be seen on one of his hands, lie asked me for S25.00 which I gave him and he promised that lie would send me the whole story of his life in France among the so-called Monarchist of the land, which would be very much interesting for publication but he never did. and no one else ever since heard from him. From France we sailed to Palestine in order to secure my visa to Cyprus. In the meantime, while I waited in Jerusalem, the British being extremely reluctant to issue visas for the D. P. Camps in Cyprus, I visited our Boibcrkcr landsman. Dr. Shraga Kallai, or as he was known in Boiberke, Fcivcl Schlcidcr. Replying ...
  • Bobrka Yizkor Book (1964), image 235 {y80}
    ... Beril Becker, of the Kvut/a Ramath Yohanan and his younger brother Arich. of the Kibut/. Mishmar Hacrnck, arc two outstanding experts on sheep breeding. (Bcrill has written several books on that subject); Pcishc Kramer Molcho, is still with the Ruthcnbcrg Electric Company. And the late Morris or Moishc Lcib Zuch. was one of the builders of the Kibut/ Bath Alpha. All in all. I should say that it was a very considc-rablc return for the comparatively small investment. I am certain that others of that original group contributed in equal measure to Israel’s growth. From Vienna Haber and Heifer proceeded to Boibcrkc. where they met with the local committee to which they handed over the S5.000, less the money which they expended for the train tickets for the Boiberker halutzim to T ricstc ...
  • Bobrka Yizkor Book (1964), image 248 {y80}
    ... take place in Boibcrke to make adjustments. At the national census in 1765, Boibcrke, together with the other small towns and villages, had 840 Jewish adults and 68 children over one year of age. The taxes which these Jews paid to the treasury was 1680 zlotys. The Jews of Boibcrke had 71 houses and the Christians had 219 houses. According to the census, the Jews of Boibcrke were engaged in such trades as the operation of the beer brewery, small stores, import-export, as well as crafts. In these years the Sejm (Cong-ress) in Warsaw ordered the Jews not to trade in horses, oxen, skins, hides, or wine. Among the Rabbis of the period of whom there is some knowledge, an outstanding figure was Rabbi Simchc ben Yaacov, who was Rabbi in Boiberkc in the second part of the 18th century ...

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