Town overview
| Modern town name: | Biecz, Poland |
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| Latitude and Longitude: | 49.7388, 21.2691 49°44' N , 21°15' E |
| Galician (Austro-Hungarian) Administrative District: | Gorlice |
| Galician (Austro-Hungarian) Judicial District: | Biecz |
| Jewish Kehilla (Community) District: | Biecz |
| Interwar (Polish) District: | Gorlice |
| Interwar (Polish) Province: | Kraków |
| Modern District (county or raion): | Gorlice county (powiat gorlicki) |
| Modern Province (voivodeship or oblast): | Małopolska voivodeship (województwo małopolskie) |
Map of Biecz
Families from Biecz
There are 3 members of Gesher Galicia researching 7 surnames from Biecz:
Here are the 3 most recent records.
| Family name | Researcher | Researcher's Location | Date Added |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEIT | GG Member | Miami, FL USA |
May 13, 2019 |
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Cadastral Maps and Landowner Records from Biecz
The following is a list of records and maps that Gesher Galicia has cataloged at the archives in Lviv, Ukraine. In some cases, copies of these files have been obtained, transcribed, and put online in our All-Galicia Database (AGD).
| Place | Admin. District | Item Type | Year | Description | Archive Info | Status |
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| Biecz | Text | 1903-1913 | Case concerning construction of the sidewalks | Lviv Archives: 146-23-75 |
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| Biecz | Dukla/Jaslo |
Text | 1785-1788 | Josephinian Survey | Lviv Archives: 19-2-220 |
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| Biecz | Dukla/Jaslo |
Text | 1820 | Franciscan Survey | Lviv Archives: 20-2-9 |
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| Biecz | Gorlice |
Text | Notes on history fo the town Biecz | Lviv Archives: 137-1-11 |
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| Biecz | Gorlice |
Text | 1917-1919 | List of town residents who suffered losses during the war | Lviv Archives: 146-48-44 |
Books about Biecz
Yizkor books for Biecz
There is at least one known Yizkor book about Biecz: "Memorial book of the martyrs of Bieca" ("Sefer zikaron le-kedoshei ayaratenu Biecz") , published in 1960 in Ramat Gan.
The JewishGen website has an English translation of this book available online. You can read the original book online at the New York Public Library website, or you can find a copy in a library near you through the free library search website WorldCat.
There may also be other Yizkor books published that cover , or larger nearby towns, or the region in which it was located; check JewishGen's Yizkor Books database for the latest details.
About Yizkor books
A Yizkor book is a "book of remembrance" about a Jewish community that was destroyed in the Holocaust. Each book documents the town's history and usually gives a necrology (list of the murdered) at the back of the book. Most of the books were written by survivors from the town, or people from the town who had immigrated before the war, and were mostly published between 1945 and 1975, and usually written in Hebrew or Yiddish. Some large towns may have had more than one Yizkor book published at different times.
The non-profit Jewish genealogy organization JewishGen has a comprehensive online database of Yizkor books and the towns that they document. They also host English language translations of much of the content of the books, sponsored by the website's donors and volunteers.
Many of these books have been scanned and put online for free reading at the New York Public Library's Yizkor Book website. The Yiddish Book Center also offers reprints of Yizkor Books which you can buy on their website.