Families: The Byk Family of Galicia

Records of the Byk family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 1701 records for the surname Byk (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:

• Hinde BIK
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Chaie BIK
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Helene BECK, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Mechel BECK, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Mechel BECK, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Mose BECK, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Wolf BECK, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Samuel BICK, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Feiga BECK
  death record from Dobromil Jewish Deaths (1915-1939)
• Herszko BYK
  1787 property record from Stanisławów Josephine Survey (1787)

Search the All Galicia Database to see the full information available for all 1701 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 Byk family in Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website

There are at least 200 search results for the surname Byk 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}
  ... was in short intervals. On the other hand the child was always in company of friends—children of his own age, and from early childhood he acquired the social habit of adaption and accommodation. The older the child became, the more strenuous his studies and the more severe the discipline. At the age of nine (9) he would rise about 6 A.M. and learn until about 8, davin, go home for breakfast and was off to school. By two (2) P.M. he was back in Cheder until four. Then he was free until after the evening services when another two hour session in Cheder followed. Somewhere in between, the child squeezed in his homework for school and Cheder and enjoyed such relaxation as was available to him. The lot of the girls was easier. They were not required to attend Cheder, neither were they subjected ...
• Baranow Yizkor Book (1964), image 244 {y32}
  ... . Punishment was severe and immediate—the sharp edge of the meter across the palms and fingers of the hands. It was considered a mark of distinction for the victim not to have screamed in pain. The boys devc-loped a method to ease the pain. The victim would run a wet tongue across the painful areas then rub his hand hard against his things to mitigate the sting then march back to his seat in a state of defiance of his teacher. If in view of these abuses the Jewish pupil nevertheless obtained consi-dcrable education it was not due to the efforts of the teacher but in spite of her. The Jewish child "had" to excel if he was to endure in this atmosphere. the cheder Baranow had three Hebrew teachers (Melamdim). One taught beginners— from Alcph-Beth to Chumosh. Another Mclamcd taught the next ...
• Berezhany Yizkor Book (1978), image 479 {y48}
  ... Brzezany Jews succeeded in avoiding the brutal hand of the executioner and fled the town but only a few returned, in torn and rotten clothes, practically dressed in rags. They entered their hometown, 13 months after they left it. Altogether. 36 people sorvived. That was all that has been left from 12.000 Jews, who resided in Brzezany. when the Germans occupied the town. We. those who have come back, lived like one family. All of us lived in one section, far from the ghetto and from those people and places where we dwelt during the rule of the Nazis. We had a strong desire to get away from the local population, a great majority of whom, gave a helping hand to the murder of the Jews. We were look-ing forward to the day when we would be able to leave that terrifying place, where our lives ...
• Berezhany Yizkor Book (1978), image 481 {y48}
  ... hiding places and the advantage of escaping from the town in time of danger. The next "action" was not late in coming. By the month of January 1943. 3 actions, each one more cruel than the other, had taken place. We were only a small group of people left in the ghetto, a mere remnant of the Jews of our town. At the be-ginning of February, the Judenrat received an order from the Gestapo to bring back to town all these Jews, who received special permission to live outside the ghetto. On the 15th February 1943 the validity of these special permits expired. This served as a sign, that in the coming days, a complete and decisive purge of the remaininq Jews would take place. We still do not know the reason, which eventually caused the Germans to postpone the last "action" for a number of months ...
• Berezhany Yizkor Book (1978), image 485 {y48}
  ... coming. With weapons in their hands they surrounded Targowice square. An order was issued: The Judenrat members should stand separately, workers should stand on the opposite side, the rest of the people, such as lawyers, tea-chers, accountants and merchants should also stand by themselves. After the assortment of the people was completed, they ordered the workers to go back to work and the members of the Judenrat were free to leave. The rest were surrounded by the Gestapo and led away to the prison. The following morning, after a meeting with the Kreishauptman. we rushed to collect golden items as ransom for the lives ofthose Jews, who were put in Jail. We collected 5 kilos of gold articles and brought It to the Kreishauptmann. He took the gold and put It in his pocket, but didn't release ...

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