Manasterz, Poland

Manasterz 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: Monasterz, Manasterez

Administrative District:  Lańcut  (or Przeworsk depending on time period)

Subdistrict  - Judicial / Tax District:  Kańczuga (or Przeworsk depending on time period)

Location:

• 33.7 miles SE  of Kolbuszowa
• 17.7 miles ESE of  Rzeszów 
• 3.2 miles NE of Kańczuga
• 10.0 miles NW of Lańcut
• 10.0 miles NE  of Przeworsk
• Latitude 49°57’    Longitude  22°22’  

Jewish Population before the Holocaust:   64

• In present day Poland, Manasterz is in the Podkarpackie Province  (Województwo).  County (Powiat): Przeworsk.   Rural Administrative District (Gmina):  Jawornik Polski

• Prior to 1940 Manasterz used the Kańczuga / Siedleczka Cemetery.

Maps:

• View Manasterz via MapQuest
• Topographical Map showing Manasterz

Holocaust:

Photos & Postcards:

• Photos of the Kańczuga / Siedleczka Jewish Cemetery
• Outside the Outside the Kanczuga / Siedleczka Cemetery.   Submitted by Howard Nightingale

Resources:

• The 1929 Business Directory

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 Manasterz. 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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