ŁOSIACZ
Losyach, Ukraine

Łosiacz is included in the Suchostaw Region Research Group (SRRG).  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 SRRG 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 Suchostaw Region Research Group (SRRG).

Variant shtetl names: Losacz, Luczyce

SRRG Coordinator: Susana Leistner Bloch

Administrative District: Borszczów

Judicial / Tax District (Subdistrict): Skała

Location:
  • Latitude-Longitude: 48°55´ - 26°05´
  • Altitude: 905 feet
  • 17.9 miles SSE of Suchostaw
  • 49.2 miles SSE of Tarnopol
  • 8.2 miles N of Borszczów
  • 7.0 miles NW of Skała
Jewish Population before the Holocaust: 104

History and Geography:
  • In present day Ukraine, Losyach is in the Ternopilska Oblast (Region / Province) and in Borshchivskyi Raion (County/ District).
  • Losyacz was a shtetl, approximately 7 miles from Skala Podolskaya, and 8.2 miles from Borszczów. It was populated mostly by Ukrainians with a dozen or more Jewish families, who were all affiliated with the Jewish Community of Skala and were usually buried in the Skala cemetery. Many of those who perished are listed in the Skala Yizkor book (edited by Max Merest). In the "Black Book of localities whose Jewish Population was exterminated by the Nazis" (Avotaynu 1989, microfiche) the following appears: LOSIACZ-GM.POL TARN 104 LOSIACZ-OB. DW. POL TARN 3. The numbers refer to the Jewish population based on the Polish census of 1921. GM. means "gmina" which is a rural community (a village), and OB. DW. means "obzar dworski" which is an estate ("dwor" is a manor house). Thus there were 104 Jews in Losyach and 3 Jews in the nearby estate in 1921. [Many Thanks to Shuki Ecker of Ramat Gan, Israel, for providing the explanation of the census record.] Submitted by Mike Steinberg.
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When searching the links below, please remember that many towns in Ukraine have the same name. Make sure that the information you find refers to the shtetl you are researching.

  • the All Poland Database for Łosiacz. 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.
  • the All Poland Database for any surname or town.
  • the "Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation Eastern European Archival Database" to see where some vital records are.
  • for on the Internet.

  • the JewishGen Yizkor Book Database.

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