Families: The Chirsen Family of Galicia

Records of the Chirsen family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 119 records for the surname Chirsen (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:

• Chanze GERSON
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Judko HERSZYN
  1787 property record from Jazłowiec Josephine Survey (1787)
• Isaac KERSCHEN
  1803 other record from Galicia Jewish Marriage Permissions (1803)
• Ester HERZIN
  1803 other record from Galicia Jewish Marriage Permissions (1803)
• Sara HERSCHIN, daughter of Getzel
  1809 death record from Lwów Jewish Deaths (1805-1880)
• Jone, son of Hirsch GERSON and -
  1810 birth record from Lwów Jewish Births (1805-1872)
• Jone, son of Hirsch GERSON and -
  1810 birth record from Lwów Jewish Births (1805-1872)
• Jone, son of Hersch GERSON/LANDSTRASS and -
  1810 birth record from Lwów Jewish Births (1805-1872)
• Abraham REIF and Gittel GERSON
  1811 marriage record from Lwów Jewish Marriages (1801-1866)
• Abraham REIF and Gittel GERSON
  1811 marriage record from Lwów Jewish Marriages (1801-1866)

Search the All Galicia Database to see the full information available for all 119 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 Chirsen family in Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website

There are 187 search results for the surname Chirsen 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.

• Berezhany Yizkor Book (1978), image 498 {y48}
  ... was under the authority of religious judges (Dayanim) headed by the Rabbi, and their judgments and decisions had to be ratified by the community leaders. The life of the community was centered around the synagogue. The first synagogue was already in existence in the 17th century. Near the synagogue were a school, a bathhouse, a hospital and a lodging house for poor transientes. The Rabbi was chosen by the Jewish community and had to be authorized by the rulers of the town. The community administrators col-lected taxes from the citizens of the town. They cared for the poor, the educa tion of the children and for the religious services. They had authority over the slaughter-house, they supervised the holy burial society and the great syna-gogue. The Habsburgs brought about cognizont changes ...
• Bobrka Yizkor Book (1964), image 246 {y80}
  ... Jew from Erctz Israel, by the name of Israel Abramowitch. came to Boibcrke to collect money for the Jewish settlements in Eretz Israel. Since several other such emissaries had taken money form the towns of Galicia for Israel, the authorities of Galicia wanted to have a check on such collections. They issued a order that each town was to appoint a promin-cnt to supervise the fund. In Boiberkc the man ao chosen was David Lcitcr. In all of Eastern Galicia Jews were permitted to collect only 3000 Florins annually or SI.200. In 1859 the Austrian authorities permitted Jews to live in villages and to buy farm land, and many Jews settled in the villages around the town of Boiberkc. Most of these Jews opened small stores and taverns to supply the peasants with their needs. In 1868 the Jews ...
• Brzezany Yizkor Book (1978), image 498 {y91}
  ... under the authority of religious judges (Dayanim) headed by the Rabbi, and their judgments and decisions had to be ratified by the community leaders. The life of the community was centered around the synagogue. The first synagogue was already in existence in the 17th century. Near the synagogue were a school, a bathhouse, a hospital and a lodging house for poor transientes. The Rabbi was chosen by the Jewish community and had to be authorized by the rulers of the town. The community administrators col-lected taxes from the citizens of the town. They cared for the poor, the educa-lion of the children and for the religious services. They had authority over the slaughter-house, they supervised the holy burial society and the great syna-gogue. The Habsburgs brought about cognizent changes ...
• Brzozow Yizkor Book (1984), image 405 {y94}
  ... select few realized that the sufferings of the Jews were completely unmerited and this fact increased their respect for them. Sophia Woychek who described the ,,action" in detail, is conscious of the terrible tragedy and is touched by it. No man capable of human feelings could remain indifferent to their bitter fate. Stanislav Rogovsky may also be counted among those chosen few. His sympathy and warmth towards the unhappy victims find expression in his writing, particularly so in his identification with his protago-nist, Shlomo Adler. He tries to describe the Jewish tragedy as seen through the prism of Shlomo Adler, symbol of the whole Jewish community. His helplessness in the face of his destiny is that of a cripple who, because of his disability, cannot escape his bitter ...
• Brzozow Yizkor Book (1984), image 450 {y94}
  ... defeat at Stalingrad. We heard nothing of Rommel’s defeat in Africa, nor would we have been aware 01 its importance... We could not celebrate, for the degenerates, making us a butt for their fury, picked out some victims and shot them to death inside the camp in revenge for their defeat. Some of these wretches were discarded by the overseers as unsatisfactory workers and the rest were chosen by the murderers. Two of my townsmen were among the victims of the "Stalingrad Front" : Shamai Zelig and Itchaleh Goldfinger (grandson of Koppel Tzvik), may God avenge them. From Stalingrad to Plashov it was still a long way to go and we had little to hope for. Some young men stole into Ghetto B, which was relatively easy to reach from our camp. There life was supposed to go on as usual. The first ...

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