Families: The Bloch Family of Galicia

Records of the Bloch family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 1592 records for the surname Bloch (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:

• Mendel BERGER, spouse of , grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Dębica Area Holocaust-period death testimonies (1939-1944)
• Helena BLATT, née LIST, spouse of , grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Dębica Area Holocaust-period death testimonies (1939-1944)
• Chaia BLAU
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Abraham BLAU
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Bruche BLOCH
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Chaskel BLECH
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Itzig BLECH, son of Asriel BLECH
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Jenta BLAJ, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Salamita BLAJ, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Edmund BLAZT, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)

Search the All Galicia Database to see the full information available for all 1592 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 Bloch family in Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website

There are 198 search results for the surname Bloch 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 421 {y24}
  ... of togetherness, or as some all it, their sense of distinctiveness in a concrete manner, whether it be in the political, social, philanthropic or cultural sphere and whether it be in Suwałk itself or in the lands to which these Suwałk Jews emigrated. Because of the surrounding forests, the Lithuanians thought that the area would make a perfect place for a penal colony, and so, late in the Dark Ages, Suwałk was founded. In 1336 Poland assumed dominion over Suwałk as the result of the marital union of Polish and Lithuanian royalty■ In 1795 Prussia became Lord and Master of Suwałk and the Prussians ruled until 1807 when Suwałk took on a French flavor under Napoleons1 rule. It is under the enlightened reign of Napoleon that the first Jews, forty-four in all, were permitted to settle in Suwałk ...
• Baranow Yizkor Book (1964), image 241 {y32}
  ... boys who learned in the Bes Midrosh, one of them was elected as Gabai and charged with the responsibilities of this institution. He would make up a list of boys, appointing them to collect money from the Jewish merchants in town. Each boy would have his Friday assigned to him in which to make his rounds. Another list was drawn up designating one boy a week to collect the books strewn on the tables and place them in their respective shelves. The money collected was turned opcr to a treasurer, usually a merchant of good repu-tation. The money was withdrawn only when needed to buy new books or mend the old ones. The purchase of new books was a matter that required serious contempla-tion. For there were always more "necessary" books to buy than there was money with which to buy them. The Gabai ...
• Baranow Yizkor Book (1964), image 251 {y32}
  ... province or state (Wojcwodstwo) of Lvov (Lembcrg). In the center of the town was a large rectangular area called "The Marck" or market place. It was surrounded by neat rows of homes with the front sections serving as stores opening onto the "Marck." In the middle was a ... north and the south were the water pumps from which the inhabitants hand-pumped their daily supply of water. These pumps rose from wooden structures which covered the wells from which the water was pumped. When in winter the pumps froze or when, due to some mechanical malfunction, the pumps would fail to operate, ... and venturesome would risk a leisurely walk in the area. VI
• Baranow Yizkor Book (1964), image 252 {y32}
  ... in the 90's of last century. The most damaging one was that in 1898, which caused the central part of town to burn down. The townhall went up in flames and with it all documents that might have shed some light on the history of the township. Baranow was not long in rebuilding. In place of the old wooden hovels new brick structures rose. Consequently Baranow gave the appearance of a young town. The calendar was a casualty of the impact of the fires. Thus, for a long period, events in the community did not occur according to the calendar year, but so many years pre or post the conflagration. In the dismemberments of Poland, the southern part of the country known as Galicia (which included Baranow) was annexed by Austria. Under the so called benevolent Austrian regime, Baranow was a thriving ...
• Berezhany Yizkor Book (1978), image 479 {y48}
  ... , where our lives and the lives of our dear ones were brought to a premature end. Our situation after the liberation, by the Soviets became more difficult than before the Nazi occupation. The non-Jewish population, as well as the Soviet government could not forgive the fact that we remained alive. They saw in us an unwanted remnant. They, as well as we. were waiting for the day when we could leave the place forever. Finally that day arrived. According to on agreement between Poland and the Soviet Union, we were allowed to leave the town our fathers and forefathers lived in. We left it with tears in our eyes, to start our lives anew and never to forget all those, who didn't survive. We left behind a big empty synagogue, a desolate peoples center and a large cemetery, filled with massgraves ...

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