Families: The Schor Family of Galicia

Records of the Schor family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 2484 records for the surname Schor (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:

• Ruchel Hene SCHORR
  census record from Brody Jewish Census (1850-1857)
• Pesche Sprinze SCHORR
  census record from Brody Jewish Census (1850-1857)
• Ester Neche SCHORR
  census record from Brody Jewish Census (1850-1857)
• Pesie SCHÄR
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• [infant] SCHOR
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Estera SCHOR, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Emilia SCHORR, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Isaak SCHORR, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Klara SCHORR, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)
• Lea SCHORR, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)

Search the All Galicia Database to see the full information available for all 2484 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 Schor family in Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website

There are 189 search results for the surname Schor 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
• Chrzanow Yizkor Book (1989), image 513 {y114}
  ... some kind of indescribable joy? I will never forget the winter nights when, still a child, I went to cheder to my first teacher, the unforgettable Royte Lume. He was such a good, holy Jew! And years later I walked one dark night with careful tread through the slippery marketplace and through a certain long, large courtyard, to a teacher of more advanced students, Volvele Schor. He was such a scholar, such a pedant, and an ill-tempered man—may he forgive me! 1 can still feel the pain of the pinches he dealt me. But I remember both of them here with profound respect. The poetry of that walk to cheder still lies in my heart, and as I write these lines, I once again hold the little lamp, bearing a bit of oil and a wick, that fitfully illuminated my way and drove away the darkness, so that ...
• Jaroslaw Yizkor Book (1978), image 384 {y206}
  the Mizrachi) as Vice-Chairman; when the latter went to Eretz-Israel he was replaced by Adolf Ragger, representing the "Yad Harutzim" faction. The complete roster of the Executive and Council, until the outbreak of the Second World War, consisted of Dr. Shmuel Schor, Chairman of the Executive; Eliezer Berish Goldman, Vice-Chairman; members: Moshe Hass, Leib Metz-ger, Max Folkman, Elimelech Reich, Dr. Wilhelm Schwarzer, Mendl Schloefrig, and Rabbi Yitzhak Steinberg (Virilist); the Council: Max Salik, Chairman; Adolf Ragger, Vice-Chair-man; members: Yona Evert, Mordechai Orenbach, Abraham Glatt, Shimon Licht, Yeshaya Lang, Dr. Moritz ...
• Jaroslaw Yizkor Book (1978), image 386 {y206}
  ... for Chief Rabbi. A joint session of all the community members elected Rabbi Yitzhak Halevy Steinberg to this important post. The election was held on May 25, 1921, and Rabbi Steinberg served as Chief Rabbi of Jaroslav till the outbreak of the Second World War and the destruction of the community. As provided by the by-laws of the community, elections to the Commuity Executive and the Council were held in 1934. Advocate Dr. Shmuel Schor became Chairman; Eliezer Berish Goldman (the representative of "Agudas Yisroel") was elected Vice-Chairman. The Zionists elected Max Salik to-head their Council and Shimon Spiegel (representative of 18
• Krakow Yizkor Book (1959), image 50 {y259}
  ... Fug.: 2ydzi w Krakowic w drugicj pol. XIV w., KrakAw 1907. Mojccki: Zydowskic okucicAstwa. Mordy i zabobony. Kra- k6w 1636. MiczyAski Seb.: Zwicrciadlo Korony polskiej. Krakdw 1618. Piekosinski: Kodeks dyplomatyczny m. Krakowa, 2 tomy. KrakAw 1879—82. Piekosinski: Prawa, przywilcje i statuta m. Krakowa, Krakdw 1909. Schor M.: Krakowskij swod statuAw i prywiligii, Jewrcis- kaja Starina, Pctcrspurg 1909. Jchippcr I.: Studia nad stosunkami gospodarczymi ZydAw w Polscc podczas frcdniowiecza, Lw6w 1911. Wettstcin F. H.: Noch cin Wort ubcr die jijngst in Krakau aufgefundenem Grabschriften, MGWJ, 1901.

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