Families: The Ellowitz Family of Galicia

Records of the Ellowitz family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 100 records for the surname Ellowitz (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:

• Eyzyk ELOWICZ
  1787 property record from Tłumacz Josephine Survey (1787)
• Samer vel aba EZYK vel ELOWICZ
  1787 property record from Kuty Josephine Survey (1787)
• Rachmil ELOWICZ
  1787 property record from Kuty Josephine Survey (1787)
• Moszko ELOWICZ
  1787 property record from Kuty Josephine Survey (1787)
• Oron ELOWICZ
  1787 property record from Stanisławów Josephine Survey (1787)
• Hawner ELOWICZ
  1787 property record from Stanisławów Josephine Survey (1787)
• Smul ELIOWICZ
  1787 property record from Nadwórna Josephine Survey (1787)
• Aisik EILOWICZ
  1787 property record from Nadwórna Josephine Survey (1787)
• Layb HEYLOWICZ
  1787 property record from Lwów Krakow District No. 2 Josephine Survey (1787)
• Mortko ELOWICZ
  1787 property record from Bóbrka Josephine Survey (1787)

Search the All Galicia Database to see the full information available for all 100 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 Ellowitz family in Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website

There are 195 search results for the surname Ellowitz 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.

• Brzozow Yizkor Book (1984), image 487 {y94}
  ... , I go to the camp commander, knock on his door, and subserviently go into his room. He immediately grabs me, gives me a blow with his fist, throws me out and says "If a Jew wants to talk to me, then only from outside, a distance of three paces from my window". I do as he orders, and stand and beg him to allow me and two helpers, to take the four sick men to the hospital in the Jewish ghetto in Krakow. (The Ghetto in Krakow still existed. It was completely destroyed in March of 1943). He allows me this, on condition that we bear the costs of the necessary transportation. He assigns a guard who escorts me to a farmer who lives nearby. There I
• Baligrod Yizkor Book (1964), image 420 {y24}
  ... . And so, this chronicle of events is written, not as a replacement for the millions of burned books, but as a pledge to those who have gone before us that their suffering, their ideals and their martyrdom will not be forgotten. It is written as a guide to us, the pre-sent, to be wary with regard to our rights and liberties as free men in a free land — lest we be once more snared by the destiny of history- And, finally, it is written to serve as a reminder to all of us. That no matter what the future may have in store for us, we are certain of one thing; there will always be Jews and therefore there will always be some-one who will remember.
• Baligrod Yizkor Book (1964), image 422 {y24}
  ... 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 its accompanying stages of humiliation, degradation and annihilation. The story varies only in degree. So was it in Kgypt, so was it in Persia, so was it in Spain, so was it in Germany and so it was in Suwałk, Fortunately ...
• Baranow Yizkor Book (1964), image 241 {y32}
  ... 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 and the older boys with whom he consulted in such matters, would have to be discriminating in their sc-lection. To the credit of "Kinian Sefarim" it should be noted here that though it was run by mere boys, it was administered efficiently and with integrity. There was never a shadow of scandal associated ...
• Baranow Yizkor Book (1964), image 243 {y32}
  ... were to be distributed among the classmates and on the Sabbath neighbors and family were invited to share in the celebration. The child sat in Cheder all day. Contrary to supposition, it was not too strenuous on the child. The studies weren't difficult and the time spent over the Sidur (prayer book—primers were not available in Baranow) 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 ...

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