ŚWIERZKOWCE
Svezhkovtse, Ukraine

Świerzkowce 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: Svezhkovtsy

SRRG Coordinator: Susana Leistner Bloch

Administrative District: Zaleszczyki

Judicial / Tax District (Subdistrict): Tłuste, Uścieczko, or Czortków - depending on the time period

Location:
  • Latitude-Longitude: 48°52´ - 25°28´
  • 25.8 miles SW of Suchostaw
  • 47.5 miles S of Tarnopol
  • 20.2 miles NW of Zaleszczyki
  • 12.3 miles W of Tłuste
  • 9.2 miles NW of Uścieczko
  • 18.3 miles SW of Czortków
History and Geography:
  • In present day Ukraine Swierzkowce is in the Ternopilska Oblast (Region / Province) and in Zalishchytskyi Raion (County/ District).
  • Tarnopol Yizkor Book (Jerusalem, 1955) - The entire Skalat Yizkor Book was scanned and all the pages can be viewed in the original format. With Permission of The New York Public Library, Dorot Jewish Division.
Maps:
Holocaust:
The People of Świerzkowce:
Memories, reminiscences, and anecdotes:
Links and Databases:

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 Świerzkowce. 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.

Other Links:

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Compiled by Susana Leistner Bloch and Edward Rosenbaum.

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