Families: The Bett Family of Galicia

Records of the Bett family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 1063 records for the surname Bett (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:

• Rifke BEER
  census record from Brody Jewish Census (1850-1857)
• Jacob BEER
  census record from Brody Jewish Census (1850-1857)
• Chaim Wolf BEER
  census record from Brody Jewish Census (1850-1857)
• Naftali Mendel BEER
  census record from Brody Jewish Census (1850-1857)
• Israel BEER
  census record from Brody Jewish Census (1850-1857)
• Simon BEER
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Czarne BEER
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Hersch BEER
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Cila NADLER, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Abraham BEER, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)

Search the All Galicia Database to see the full information available for all 1063 records. The AGD is updated with new records every few months, so check back often to see the latest results.

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

There are 61 search results for the surname Bett 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.

• Baranow Yizkor Book (1964), image 243 {y32}
  ... his own dingy apartment which often consisted only of a kitchen and bedroom. The two higher classes were conducted in the women's section of the Syna-goguc. At the age of three (3) the child got his first haircut. Then the mother took him to Cheder. The Melamcd would seat the child at the table and start teaching him Aleph Beth. This was a mere formality. The mother would distribute candies among the children. Several months later (some would wait a year or more) the child was put in Cheder in earnest. At the age of five (5) or thereabout the child would begin to learn Chumosh (Bible). The traditional starting was "Vayikro" (Leviticus). The child's beginning to learn Chumosh was an occasion for celebration. Candies and cookies were to be distributed among the classmates and on the Sabbath ...
• Berezhany Yizkor Book (1978), image 222 {y48}
  ב־ז־זיני רבבנירב בדדב־ז תדביד רב רדי הבנדדרנ 1 — THE BIG SYNAGOGUE 2 — BEIT HAMIORASH "HABANUI" 3 — STRETINER KLOIB 4 — ROZLOWER KLOIS 5 — BEIT HAMIORASH OF THE "HAZAN" 6 — TSCHORTKOWER KLOIS T — BEIT HAMIORASH — RABI JUDEL S — POTIKER KLOIS B — JAD-CHARUZIM — SVNAGOGLE 10 — RABI MENOELE — SVNAGOGUE 11 — JAIfl'S KLOIB — בית הכגסת הגדול — בית המדרש ״הבנוי״ — ססיסינר קלויז — יוזלובר קלויז — בית המדרש מל "תחון״ — צ׳ורטקובר קלויז — בית המדרש •ל רבי יודל — 0וטיקר קלויז — בית הכנסת ׳׳יד הרמים״ — בית הכנסת של רבי מנדלה — בית הכנסת יאיר 10 ...
• Brzozow Yizkor Book (1984), image 401 {y94}
  ... My father was well-known as a "Baal-Tzdakah" (Charity man) and also as a supporter of the local merchants with 44Gemilath Chessed" (a loan without interest. My mother had her favorite "Tzdakah" (charity) which was the "Pushke" (poor-box) of Reb. Meyer Baal Haness. There my father made many friends among the elder 44Talmideh Chachamim" (scholars) as well as among the younger Talmudic generation. Since my father was a steady worshipper in the Beyt Hamidrash it was clear that we children would fol-low him. My father adapted very quickly to life in the 44Shtetl", making many friends in all walks of life among the Jewish population. Also many Christians showed a very friendly attitude towards him, particularly those of the Christian 44Intelligensia" for whom conducting a conversation ...
• Brzozow Yizkor Book (1984), image 421 {y94}
  ... upon for help, informed on them and the whole family was killed. I also lost my brother. Hcrsch-Zvi Stiglitz and his wife in the shtetl of Kolbashov. A total of one hundred members of my family were lost in the Holocaust. It is my wish to thank Mr. Ha’im Bank for taking upon himself the great task of perpetuating the me-mory of our martyrs. New York. 19.10.81 Betty Berglass My name is Betty Berglass, formerly Bluma Stiglitz. I was born in Brzozow and was the youngest of seven children in my family. My father’s name was Ephraim Stiglitz and dur-ing the last few years he lived in Reishe. He and my step-mother were killed together with my sister Hanna and her husband Ravhun, as well as their six children and my sister Esther. Those ...
• Berezhany Yizkor Book (1978), image 490 {y48}
  ... the protection of these children was organized. In 1920 it changed its name from The Organization of Jewish Women for the Supervision of Orphans to The Socieiy for the Protection of Jewish Orphans. This worthy cause was sup-ported by Brzezany emigrants to the U.S.A. and particularly by the family of Isaac and Rosalie Feld from Philadelphia. Thanks to this aid an Orphans-home was built on Strazhacka street. The majority of the 32 orphans, of both sexes, were taken in and brought up in this home. They received a thorough basic education and in addition an occupational training, so that they could later take care of themselves. This Orphans-home ceased to function when Second World War broke out. The destiny of these orphans was part and parcel of the destiny of the Jews in Brzezany. THE HOLY ...

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