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Pronounced Yaslo! ...This web page is devoted to the shtetl
Jaslo, which was in 
Galicia; and to all our ancestors
who had the courage and foresight to brave the new world and
emmigrate to the United States, Israel and elsewhere.
A bit of history: Galicia was a province or Kronland of Austria
from 1772 through 1919; when Austria lost the war, this province
was returned to Poland. Jaslo was in the red circle in the map
to the left; it was the county seat and a thriving community. 
If you are visiting our page because your family came from Jaslo (latitude 49° 45´ longitude 21° 28´) or one of the surrounding communities remember that often marriages were arranged between families from neighboring towns, so you may well find information on your surnames where you least expect it.
The map below shows the area of southern Poland today with
many of the area towns...each one circled has a KehilaLinks
page!
The towns around Jaslo were: Krosno
(krosno is 15 miles ESE of Jaslo), this is the master
KehilaLinks page, with stories and photographs;
Dukla
(16 miles SE),Korczyna
(16 miles E), 
Jasienica
(22 miles E),
Rymanow
(21 miles ESE, Dukla
(16 miles SE), Zmigrod
Nowy (10 miles SSE),
Frysztak (9 miles NE), Strzyzow
(17 miles ENE), and Bukowsko.
Other nearby towns included: Biecz-10 miles W, Jedlicze-9 miles
NE, Krempna-7 miles S, Osiek Jasielski-8 miles S.
This web page is our loving tribute to the memory of our ancestors who braved the trip and left a legacy for future generations. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or information to add. Just like our research, this is an evolving project!
The site was updated March 2019.
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--Report from neighbor Magda that
part of the cemetery wall is broken and strong winds
have overturned trees. Photos are here. Sept 2018 
Jan 2017 
Dec 2018 
"In 1437, district head (starost) from Biecz imposed a fine of 60 grzywna (a measure of weight of gold or silver used in medieval central Europe equal to 196.26g to 201.86g) on Jaslo's townsfolk and Jews who 'disturb the peace among themselves by word or deed'".
It was a considerable sum that would buy about 20 hectares of suburban land in those days.
In 1468 there's Jonas, a Jew residing in Jaslo, mentioned These
quotes from taken from the Polish language "Historical and
Geographical Dictionary of Medieval Poland" which you can find
at http://www.slownik.ihpan.edu.pl/search.php?id=6778
The 1891 Galician Business Directory contains a host of listings for Jaslo. You can access all the Polish Databases on JewishGen by clicking on Poland on JewishGen (but don't forget to return here after you are finished). Click here: The JewishGen Polish Databases
at
http://thestampforum.boards.net/thread/1530/letter-seals-worldwide
and recognized by Mr. Ryan Davenport of Canada. The seal shows a
sewing machine, cycle wheel spokes and a vacuum tube. These little
labels were generally used to seal the back of written
correspondence envelopes to customers...
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Let me suggest a good method to search on JRI-P for indexes to vital records. What you are seeking are records not just from your own town, but from towns in the area, as marriages were most often arranged between neighboring towns. Here are the steps:
The following list of current Galician records
was taken from the wonderful guidebook
"Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival
Inventories" by Miriam Weiner:
Jaslo, which was until recently in Krosno Province, is now in Podkarpackie Province:
You can find this list of records and other information on Miriam Weiner's Web Site, Routes to Roots,www.Rtrfoundation.org.
And this is how to contact the Sanok office: Archiwum
Panstwowe w Rzeszowie Oddzial w Sanoku, 38-500 Sanok, ul.
Sadowa 32, tel: (13) 463-19-99, fax: email:
apsanok@rzeszow.ap.gov.pl
the records you want are denomination:mojzeszowe located in
fond: 1155/0 Jasielski Izraelicki Okreg Metrykalny
Of course you will probably need a researcher to get them
for you. You might try jewishgen's infofile of
researchers... at
www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/researchers.htm.
You'll find Jaslo above the little red dot of Zmigrod on the map
An interesting map. Monika said: "I found
it online in a paper by Piotr Szmyd about Jaslo's fortified
manor house called 'Koci Zamek', which was located exactly
where the synagogue was later built. In fact some of its
foundations and walls were incorporated into the synagogue.
It is dated to the end of the 18th century." As always,
thankyou Monika!!
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Up until 2019, Phyllis Kramer (OBM) developed and maintained this KahilaLink. Phyllis did a wonderful job documenting and sharing information about this shtetl. Starting in July 2021 Jeff Alexander is trying to fill Phyllis’ shoes. Please contact Jeff Alexander for anything related to this shtetl
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