Wampierzów, Poland

Wampierzów is included in the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG).  Shtetlach were interwoven together like a tapestry and the Jewish people of neighboring shtetlach linked by marriages, trade and marketing. They shared schools, cemeteries, kosher butchers, bakers and more.  Smaller shtetlach registered their birth, marriages and death in a nearby larger shtetl.  One should research the neighboring area as well as an individual shtetl.  The KRRG web site has resources and information that is relevant to many shtetlach. To search for family links and learn more about neighboring shtetlach, please visit the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG).

 

Shtetl Variant names:  Wampierzów Miasteczko, Wies Wampierzów,

Administrative District:  Mielec 

Subdistrict  - Judicial / Tax District:  Radomysl Wielki

Location:

• 25.0 miles ESE of Kolbuszowa
• 14.3 miles NE of  Rzeszów  
• 6.7 miles W of Mielec 
• 6.9 miles N of Radomysl Wielki
• 2.4 miles NNW of Wadowice Górne
• Latitude  50°18´  Longitude 22°16´

History / Geography:

• In present day Poland Wampierzów is in the Podkarpackie Province (Województwo).  County (Powiat): Mielec.   Rural Administrative District (Gmina): Wadowice Górne

• Pinkas Hakehillot entry for Wampierzów. Translated and submitted to the Yizkor Book Project by Lancy Spalter for KRRG

Jewish Population before the Holocaust:  569

Maps:

• View Wampierzów via MapQuest 

Resources:

• The 1929 Business Directory

The People of Wampierzów:

   1) Faces:

• The Spalter-Grunhut family

   2) Biographies, Family Histories:

   3) Memories, Reminiscences and Anecdotes:

• The Lioness. Written and submitted by Lancy Spalter

Links and Databases: When searching the links below, please remember that many towns in Poland have the same name. Make sure that the information you find refers to the shtetl you are researching.

Search for Wampierzów. The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen "All Poland Database" is a multiple database search facility, which incorporates all of the following databases: JRI -Poland,  Yizkor Book Necrologies, JewishGen Family Finder )JGFF), JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR), 1891 Galicia Business Directory, 1929 Polish Business Directory, 1890-1891 New York Immigrants from Poland, Austria and Galicia, JG Discussion Group Archives, SIG Mailing List Archives and much much more. Search for any surname and /or town. the "Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation Eastern European Archival Database" to see where some vital records are.

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