Rohatyn Immigrants to New York 1892-1924

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 Rohatyn. There were thousands of other Hebrew immigrants from Rohatyn, at different times, and to different ports of entry; and many names may not appear if the passenger list did not contain "Rohatyn" and "Hebrew" recognizable to the interpreter.

It is fascinating to observe the different spellings of the town and the surnames.

Just as a reminder, Rohatyn was part of the Austrian Empire (imperial crownland of Galicia) from 1776 to 1919; then it became part of Poland. In the 1940s the area was ceded to the Ukraine, where it remains today as the city of Rogatin. This might explain some of the different nationalities we find below.

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 the Steve Morse’s query at www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB . Here are the steps:

• Click on the Jewish Passengers Query.
• To see all the immigrants from one town, enter the name of the town and
• Click on "sounds like" .
• Click on Search