Records of the Fischzang family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 6 records for the surname Fischzang (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, daughter of Jankel FISCHZANG and Ruchel KATZ
    1868 birth record from Lwów Jewish Births (1805-1872)
  • [no given name] FISCHGANG
    1871 death record from Lwów Jewish Deaths (1805-1880)
  • [no given name] FISCHGANG
    1871 death record from Lwów Jewish Deaths (1805-1880)
  • Chaim Mos. FISCHZANK
    1873 death record from Lwów Jewish Deaths (1805-1880)
  • [no given name] FISCHZANK
    1879 death record from Lwów Jewish Deaths (1805-1880)
  • Rachel FISCHGANG
    1879 death record from Lwów Jewish Deaths (1805-1880)

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

There are 181 search results for the surname Fischzang 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.

  • Bobrka Yizkor Book (1964), image 229 {y80}
    ... fallen in the midst of the battle; Jonathan upon thy high place is slain; I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; Very pleasant hast thou been unto me; Wonderful was thy love to me Passing the love of women. How arc the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished; Reaching Mount Gilboa. we met Bcril and his flock of sheep, and in the course of our conversation, we discovered ... subject in Israel. We returned to Beth Alpha to pick up our car and left for Tiberias. We stayed there overnight being anxious to return to Haifa the same day for the Friday eve services, and wishing also to visit the same day the Northern part of Palestine the Moshav or village of Mctulla, we rose very early and started out. En route. Julius expressed the desire to visit at the Shrine of ...
  • Brzozow Yizkor Book (1984), image 420 {y94}
    ... knew all the offi-c'als and magistrates in the shtetl. When a Jew had a problem he would bring it to Reb Israel Freund to see if he could help. Mother and the five daughters were very proud of him. Our house was a haven of love and tranquility. Today I am still proud of being Israel Freund’s daughter. The above are the facts I wanted to see included in Brzozow’s memorial book. Wishing you all health and success. 10.12.82 Celia Kaplan Dear Friends and fellow-townsmen, I would like to have the names of the Freund family included in the memorial book for Brzozow — those of my dear parents and sisters. It is true that my parents appear in the memorial book of "Yad Vashem" but your book commemorates the shtetl where my dear ones and their ...
  • Brzozow Yizkor Book (1984), image 440 {y94}
    ... rights hands and find their redemption. AVRAHAM LEVITE (Published in Yiddish in the "I.W.O. Blotter", New York, spring of 1946. Translated by Herzlia Dobkin) radio and the press mourn for us. The Archbishop of Canterbury holds a prayer for the dead, and ,,Radish" is said in the churches. Smug, complacent little men raise a glass to each other, wishing good luck to the souls gone to heaven, "and life and sal* vation for us..." The rope is on the neck. The hangman is generous, he has plenty of time and so he plays with his victim. From time to time he downs a mug of beer or smokes a cigarette, smiling with pleasure the while. Let us exploit the short respite while the hangman ...
  • Brzozow Yizkor Book (1984), image 521 {y94}
    ... head, lights the candles, tears flowing from her eyes. Double-sized "soul candles’ (in me-mory of the dead) are lighted for all the deceased in the family, a candle at home and one at the syna-gogue. Father, placing his hands on the children’s heads which are bowed in submission and fear, blesses them one by one, also weeping. Then hand-shakes are ex-changed "Beit dir ois gut yor" (Wishing a good year) With this blessing the family separates before going Avraham Levite / THE PASSOVER "table" cannot be said to be "set", are meticulously prescribed. The next step, after knowing just what is needed to arrange the "Seder", is obtaining the wherewithal for buying all the expensive commodities. A special fund — "Ma’ot Hittim" or "Kim’ha depas’ha" is set up for the needy families ...
  • Brzozow Yizkor Book (1984), image 522 {y94}
    ... quartets" are organized, with three members acting as a court-of-law' and the fourth as the appelant: "Hear me. masters, judges, experts !" he turns to them, begging to be released from his vows and promises of the past year. It is a kind of personal "mini Kol Nidrei", made in accordance with legal procedure. After the service the congregation of the Cloises partakes of brandy and cake, with everybody wishing his neighbour "Hatima Tova" (a Favorable Signature) Minha, said before the final meal, is gone to on foot, earlier than usual, and the festive clothes are worn in its honor. Though it is still quite early, the Yom Kippur atmosphere is palpable. When "Shmo-neh-esreh" is said, though it is still just an ordinary week day, the people confess and say "A1 Het", just in case they might ...

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