Families: The Getzel Family of Galicia

Records of the Getzel family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 272 records for the surname Getzel (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:

• Joachim EICHEL, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Jojns EICHEL, spouse of Rachela , grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Rachela EICHEL, spouse of Jojns , grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Sosia EICHEL, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Szulim ICHEL
  1787 property record from Rawa Ruska Josephine Survey (1787)
• Major GIECIEL
  1787 property record from Grzymałów Josephine Survey (1787)
• Abraham GIECEL
  1787 property record from Lwów Halicz City District Josephine survey (1787)
• Nusyn ZIZELL
  1788 property record from Brody Josephine Survey (1788)
• Sore, daughter of Berel EICHEL?/EISHEL? and -
  1806 birth record from Lwów Jewish Births (1805-1872)
• Isaac, son of Ascher GOTZEL
  1806 death record from Lwów Jewish Deaths (1805-1880)

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

There are 193 search results for the surname Getzel 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.

• Chrzanow Yizkor Book (1989), image 378 {y114}
  ...  MIZRACH1 YOUTH GROUP Back row, I. to R., B. Taus, H. May, M. Kleider, Middle mo, S. Ganger, S. Mandelbaum, A. Stapler, Bottom row, S. Schnitzer, M. Siegman, H. Eisenberg, M. Klagsbrum ANSK1 DRAMA CLUB Back row, L. toR., Bornstcin, Mager, Rosenbaum, Miss Schor, M. Schindler, Miss Schor, Grajower, P. Landau, J. Lida; Front row, Getzel Fleisher, Mrs. Sternfeld, Bochner, Furer, Ch. Landau, Altman, J. Landau, Mr. Sternfeld 139
• Lancut Yizkor Book (1963), image 508 {y2}
  ... spiritual leaders. The Zionist Religious Movement in Lanzut developed under the influence of Reb Anshel Katz, an outstanding scholar and sage. In 1019 Rabbi Rapoport of Yendziyov visited Lanzut and delivered an address in the Bet Hamidrash calling on people to join the Mizrachi. His call bore fruit and the Mizrachi Movement was set up with Reb Anshel Katz as its first secretary. The chairman was Reb Getzel Drucker, while the committee members were: Elimelech Perlmutter, Hayyim Wolkenfeld, Benjamin Greizman and Moshe Halperin. In 1920 Reb Anshel Katz was elected chairman of the branch with the following committee: Reb Yehiel Nussbaum, Vice-chairman; Aaron Mushel, Secretary; the late Reb Joshua Frei; Reb Gedalia Engelberg ; rhe late Reb Leibish Melon ; the late Reb Gedalia Estlein; the late ...
• Lancut Yizkor Book (1963), image 510 {y2}
  ... to identify themselves openly as members of an organised Movement. After the First Congress the Zionist Movement commenced public propaganda. In those days there were no currents and parties, and so a general com-mittee was established headed by Zvi Hirsh Tannen-baum, son of the head of the community, David or Duzhe Tannenbaum, with a group of active members consisting of: Getzel Drucker, Joshua Tannenbaum, Getzel Glanzberg and rhe devoted and energetic Zionist Joseph Meir Rosmarin, the vital spirit of the Zionist Movement in Lanzut. Following the election of Joshua Tannenbaum as chairman of the local committee, activities ex-panded. The Zionists had to hire quarters from a Christian because no Jewish householder was pre-pared to hire them aplace. At this period the out-standing and active ...
• Lancut Yizkor Book (1963), image 522 {y2}
  IX F. CHARACTERS AND TYPES Getzel Drucker; Engineer Abraham Sparz; Zvi (Hirsh) Ramer — Nahman Ketlenbaum . 165 Comrade Shlomo Greenbaum; David Yust; Jehiel Nussbaum; Moshe Flashen (Reicher) — Anshel Katt 167 The Wolkenheld Family — Z*' Bauer.......... 170 We Were Eight... — Nahman Kettenbaum......... 170 Samuel Greisman — Dr. Nathan Kudish......... 17a Elka Puderbeitcl — Isaac Nebentahl.......... 173 Reb Velvet Lanzuter; Reb Judah Jacob Beb — ‹4ro1׳ Musbel .... 174 The Home of Reb Hillel the Shochet — Nahman Ketlenbaum .... 175 Reb Zissclc Sofcr — M. S. Geshuń........... 175 Reb Simche Melamed (Buch)............ 176 Reb Berele Melamed ...
• Brzozow Yizkor Book (1984), image 535 {y94}
  ... . He usually brought fine gifts for the whole family, graded, of course, according to the order of relationship. On the Sabbath the guest would be brought by his proud host to the synagogue where the whole congregation would shake his hand, greeting him with cries of "shalom aleikhem’' and "barukh haba", in the fashion of menfolk. The women greeted each other saying "s’katzel kummt". The American guest, for all that he was smooth-shaven, showing no mark of a beard and dressed in "deitch", was honored with an important "aliya" to the Torah. After intoning the "notten hatora" blessing he would order a "mi sheberekh" for his relatives and family. The tension of the congregation began to rise the moment the reader of the blessing stooped towards the guest, asking him "for he has pledged ...

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