Welcome to the ShtetLinks site for Kolki, Volhynia Gubernia (present day Ukraine). We hope this site will help you learn more about your ancestral shtetl, how your ancestors lived and perhaps help you discover names of ancestors or relatives. If you have photos, documents, stories or materials that you would like to contribute to this site, or if you find any errors, please email the coordinator, who will be happy to assist with the scanning of photos or other materials you may have. Remember to bookmark this page.

History and Background

• Where was Kolk?, by Alex Kolker.
• 1897 Volhynia Jewish Population List, including Kolki.
• Cossacks' Uprising,  and the impact on Jewish life. This article mentions Kolki as being effected by an outbreak of the plague during 1648-1658.

Holocaust

• Article on the United States Holocaust Museum web site describing the liquidation of the Kolki ghetto.
• Read about the Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate German-Fascist Crimes Committed on Soviet Territory on JewishGen and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum web site. This report  included Kolki. Please contact me if you would like to volunteer to obtain this material and translate it from Russian.

Visits to Kolki

• Report on a trip to Kolki (June 2004).
• Pictures from a trip to Kolki (June 2004). This link will open a new browser window.
• A Trip to Kolki, by Jimmy Kolker (1994)

Old Photographs

• Photos from Kolki.

Archival Holdings

• Search the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names on Yad Vashem.
• Search the Ellis Island database for records of immigrants from Kolki. Searching for "Kolk", without using a surname, returns 916 records. Searching for "Kolki" returns 310 records. Searching for "Kolky" returns 58 records.
• Locate records of Jewish passengers in the Ellis Island database. This is not a complete database of all Jewish immigrants through Ellis Island but may be of great assistance in locating your ancestors.
• The Auschwitz searchable database allows you to search for records of those murdered at Auschwitz by name, place of birth and last residence. You can also visit the English web site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. For information related to the Auschwitz searchable database, including tips for searching, see these records from the JewishGen newsgroup.
• Kolki holdings in Eastern European archives identified by the Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation. The RTR inventory shows holdings in the Lutsk archives. Records include birth, death, marriage and divorce.
• Chapters related to Ukraine on the RTR web site.
• JewishGen InfoFiles covering Ukraine.
• Archives of Ukraine English web site.
• Search for libraries holding the Kolki Yizkor book Fun ash aroysgerufn (Summoned from the ashes) written in 1983 by Daniel Kac.
• Minute books from the Kolker Lodge are are housed at the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center.
• Ladies Auxiliary Minute Book (1940-1972) of the Kolker Synagogue, housed at the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center.

Cemeteries

• Kolker Lodge burial plots at Montefiore Cemetery, Jenkintown, PA
• International Jewish Cemetery Project
• Hebrew Mount Carmel Cemetery, 6700 German Hill Road, Baltimore 21222, was used by Knesseth Israel Anshe Kolk, and Kolker Congregation (source)

Family Histories

• The Kolker Family Home Page
• The Kippelman / Kipilman Family from Kolki
• Deckelbaum Immigration - A History

Maps

• MapQuest map of Ukraine (red star indicates Kolki)
• JewishGen Locality Page - provides a map of the location of Kolki as well as links to location of nearby towns.

Search JewishGen Databases

• Search the JewishGen Family Finder for others researching Kolki.
• Search the JewishGen Discussion Group message archives for references to Kolki.
• Search the JewishGen Special Interest Groups message archives.
  

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Compiled by Andrew Blumberg Updated November 12, 2008 Copyright © 2008 Andrew Blumberg

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