Families: The Knapp Family of Galicia

Records of the Knapp family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 525 records for the surname Knapp (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:

• Wolf KNAPP
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• [infant] KNOPF
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Taube KNAP
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Mirze KNAPP
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Abraham KNAP
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Perl KNAPP
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Mortko KNOPF
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Irre KNOPF, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Ryfka KNOPF, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Jan KNAP
  1787 property record from Stanisławów Josephine Survey (1787)

Search the All Galicia Database to see the full information available for all 525 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 Knapp family in Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website

There are 182 search results for the surname Knapp 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 164 {y76}
  - 150 - Turnlehrer Herr Klimecki und für die Damenriege Herr Laskovcki engagiert. Diese Einteilung bestand dann bis knapp vor dem ersten Weltkrieg 1914-1918. Wie eingangs erwähnt, bin ich als erster Zögling im Jahre 1912 zum Herrenturnen zugelassen worden, nachdem man meine turntechnischen Qualitäten wie auch Sporttalent erkannt hatte. Dies geschah jedoch ganz inoffiziell, denn laut den bestehenden Schulvorschriften war es strengstens verboten, dass Schüler Mit-glied eines Vereines sein durften. Die Professoren der Mittel-schule, Werner und Fink, die selbst aktive Turner waren, mus-sten daher beide Augen zudrücken (und sie taten es ...
• Baranow Yizkor Book (1964), image 242 {y32}
  ... made. The Baale batim sauntered into the Bes Midrosh. Some would pull out a book from the shelf to suit his mood and degree of learn-ing, settle down at the table and enjoy its contents. Soon another would join him and together they would indulge in relaxed conversation. The "Farein" occasionally produced a short play of skit for the enjoy-meat of its followers. To those of the opposing camp, this merited excom-munication. During the summer the town was visited by a touring carousel and the youngsters would be busy riding it. The more sturdy youngsters who helped turn the wheel for nine rides, would gel the tenth one free. Also in summer, swimming in the clear waters of the Krzemenice was a daily occupation of the youth but on Fridays almost every able bodied per-son went bathing. In order ...
• Baranow Yizkor Book (1964), image 246 {y32}
  BARANOW Shcchita etc. It derived its income from Shechita, moderate taxation, dona-tions, burial fees and financial assistance from the "landsleit" in America. THE RABBINATE Son succeeded father to the office of Rabbi in Baranow. The first of whom we know to have assumed the rabbinical position was Reb Srultche, son of Reb Lezerel of Dzikov and grandson of Reb Naftolie, founder of the Rop-chicer Hassidic following. Upon the death of Reb Srultche there was a feud between his son, Reb Simcho the Yerushalmi (so named because at an advanced age he migrated to Eretz Isroel to end his days there) and his son-in-law Reb Yankiv, It was said that the ...
• Baranow Yizkor Book (1964), image 249 {y32}
  ... the Bes Midrosh (Synagogue) was the center of social and political activity. The Bes Midrosh also had an imposing array of religious books. The morn-ing and evening hours found the boys poring over them absorbently. During the Sabbath and holidays the long tables were occupied by the baale batim (citizenry) leisurely learning from the various tomes. There was no overt deviation from the accepted norms of traditional Judaism. Yiddish was the spoken language. With few exceptions, the Jews knew Polish—though few spoke it sufficiendy well to pass for native Poles—but used it only in their business intercourse with the non-Jewish population. vii [
• Baranow Yizkor Book (1964), image 254 {y32}
  ... that tragic day when every thing was angulfcd in the calamity that overwhelmed European Jewry. We, a handful, have survived the Catastrophe and by a supreme effort we have begun to weave the strands that bind us to our ravished community. The years arc passing and a new generation has grown to maturity. This new generation, children and grandchildren of the men and women of Barniv in Israel and other countries, know very little about the community from which their parents hail, while the number of townsmen and townswomen of Barniv is steadily growing smaller. It is for these reasons that we regard the establishment of this memorial to the martyrs who died in the crematoria of Belzec as a sacred duty. The resources at our disposal are too small to perpetuate their name in some more imposing ...

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