Thanks to Stephen Morse's wonderful Ellis Island Front End, where one can query the Hebrew
immigrants by town, I have assembled a list of over 350 Hebrew immigrants to Krosno, Jaslo,
Jasienica and neighboring
shtetls. There were thousands of other Hebrew immigrants from the Krosno area, at different times,
and to different ports of entry.
It is fascinating to observe the different spellings of the town and the surnames.
Just as a reminder, Krosno was part of the Austrian Empire (imperial crownland of Galicia) from 1776 to 1919; then it became part of Poland where it remains today. This might explain some of the different nationalities that our ancestors claimed.
Ellis Island has requested that we do not post any material from their website; thus if you wish to see the list, please email me, and i will send it to you. Phyllis Kramer
It is relatively easy to query Ellis Island passengers, but I suggest you use Steve Morse’s query at
www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB .
Here are the steps:
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