Records of the Helft family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 454 records for the surname Helft (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:

  • Jacob Samuel GELB
    death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
  • [stillborn], daughter of Abraham GELB
    death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
  • Józef Juda HILF, son of and Chane HILF
    and Fanny MAUER, daughter of and Zofija MAUER
    marriage record from Tarnopol Jewish Marriage Banns, Marriage Certificates (1916, 1920-1939)
  • Leib GELB, grandchild of , , ,
    Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
  • Lola GELB, grandchild of , , ,
    Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
  • Mendel GELB, grandchild of , , ,
    Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
  • Ester ELF
    1787 property record from Rawa Ruska Josephine Survey (1787)
  • Tille ELB, spouse of Hersch
    1809 death record from Lwów Jewish Deaths (1805-1880)
  • Meier Elkone, son of Meier CHILF and -
    1810 birth record from Lwów Jewish Births (1805-1872)
  • Chaim El[.], son of Mayer CHILF and -
    1810 birth record from Lwów Jewish Births (1805-1872)

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

There are 169 search results for the surname Helft 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.

  • Bielsko-Biala Yizkor Book (1973), image 196 {y76}
     ־ 180 - ZUR FRÜHGESCHICHTE DER JUDEN VON BIELITZ 1677 - 1816 Nach den Akten der Breslauer staatlichen und städtischen Archive lässt sich die erste Ansiedlung der Juden in Bielitz in der zweiten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts nachweisen, als es noch eine Standesherrschaft Bielitz gab, die zum Herzogtum Teschen gehörte. Nach diesen Aufzeichnungen werden Juden zum ersten Male im Jahre 1677 in Bielitz erwähnt. Am 8.XII.1677 beschwerte sich die Breslauer Kaufmannschaft beim schlesischen Obermat über den Zoll zu Teschen und erwähnte ...
  • Horodenka Yizkor Book (1963), image 51 {y190}
    ... /« / (^י׳/י־ ‹Jj›i /ן%' )A›* fa ׳י* *0/1/1 jC ר^/י׳י׳./ »/ ,›T,r /9‹/-#,‹^,., ׳?// }׳י ** mfrbQ*l klft 4 ‹›.e,M*› י4ל4י* ׳י׳^/7 * ^׳^״א /«/ ** fj-’i (»0 t,yd /ה^ו־.^ ״י׳^ י׳לץײ- ־בו יױ־ם לגיר, ד0«* ביי. 5״ײ־ לו בי הל יב:םי־." .ירזירזו ...
  • Lwow Yizkor Book (1956), image 185 {y308}
    ... IV T 4 26077/2817 17 November 1817. **בן *יג) בזו-ח מ־8ו במאי 1809 שהוגש לקיסר פוג־ן 1 על-ייי הגוברגיון בעניו תקגוךהיהודיפ החוש נאמר: ,,Die Galizischen Juden zahlen an den Staat, wie es gleich Eingangs erwiesen wurde eine wirklich betraechliche und kaum unerschwingliche Stenerlast. und wenn jeder andere Untertan nur die H-'elfte dessen, was der Jude, an Steuern zu tragen hat. leisten muesste. so wuerden die Einkuenfte G-hzicns ohne den Ertrag der Regalien mit in Anschlag zu bringen auf ungefaehr 25 Millionen Gulden bcLufeu" (Archiv d. Min. d. Innern. IV T II Carton 2659 II Nr. 466 ad 18 Mai 18091. !Wiener St. A. Kabinettsarchiv !818 Nr. 3321. l" בקסע שי דו-ח הסשסרה בלביב בענין הירידה הכלכלית ...
  • Mosty-Wielkie Yizkor Book (1975), image 288 {y347}
    ... התקוה״. מספר הקרבנות של אותה ״אקציה״ אומד בלמעלה מאלף איש. גם הרבה גברים מצאו את מותם באותה ״אקציה״, ביניהם רבים 1» Karfreitag, 24.M&rz 1967 WESER-KURIER Nr. 71 Seite 15 י-----------------------י BREMER TAGESZEITUNG - —....................... „Hildebrand leitete Aktionen einu Einstiger Lagerleiter yon Mosty Wielkie sagte gestern vor dem Schwurgericht aus sdirecklichen Aktion, bei der die Halfte der Lagerbelegschaft ermordet wurde, sciion ein- mal einen Inspektionsbesuch gemacht. Bei seinem zweiten Eintreffen habe er dann die Liquidierung angekundigt. Das furchtbare Unternehmen sei, so hatte es der Zeuge im Gedaditnis, xnit voller Harte durchgetiihrt worden, als die das Lager bisher mit Essen versorgende Wehrmadit die Hilfe der Juden nicht mehr benotigt hatte ...
  • Baligrod Yizkor Book (1964), image 420 {y24}
    ... community to actually send envoys to Pa-lestine to purchase land. It should also be remembered that the immigrants from Suwałk were in the forefront in the migration from Rastern Europe and that it was as a result of their influence and aid that the orientation of the Jews in the New World changed from a German and Scphardic influence to one of East European domination. The sons of Suwałk helped start a Jewish press in New York, aided in the formation of the Hias, underwrote and founded New York's Beth El Hospital and Su-walker Schules and were responsible for countless other civic and community projects such as the establishmerit of a Suwałk Relief Committe of New York, now in existence for more than 40 years, which continues to be dedicated to the proposition of aiding Suwałk Jews caught ...

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