Hello!
Walachia is Region of Romania, but "Vilok" or "Vylok" is a Village near
the Ukrainian/Hungarian border.
You find a map of that area here:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=&city=Vilok&state=Zakarpats%27ka%20Oblast%27&zipcode=&country=UA&title=%3cb%3eVilok%2c%20Zakarpats%27ka%20Oblast%27%20UA%3c%2fb%3e&cid=lfmaplink2&name=&dtype=s
You mentioned that you also search after some families. I looked in our
database here at the Austrian Heritage Collection at the Leo Baeck
Institute and found some people with this names. If any of them sounds
familiar I can send you more information...
GREIF
Edith Greif (born in 1925 in Vienna, Austria, emigrated to the US)
Anna Greif (lived in Lemberg, was killed in the Death Camp Maly Trostinec
- "Minsk" in 1943)
Edward Greif (born 1916 in Zurich, Switzerland, lived in Vienna, was also
arested in Vienna in 1938, emigrated to England and later to the US)
LECHNER
Hans Henry Lechner (born in 1908 in Vienna)
Hermine Lechner Tupler (deceased in 1939)
SEGAL
Lore Segal (born in Vienna in 1928, but her prewarname was Grossmann)
Paula Segal (incomplete file)
I unfortunately found no Schiesel and Leibovitz in my database.
Greetings,
Emil
Emil Isaak Rennert
Austrian Heritage Collection
Leo Baeck Institute
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tel: (+1) 212-744-6400 ext. 8415
Fax: 212-988-1305
[ mailto:Bubylu_at_aol.com ]Bubylu_at_aol.com writes:
Hello all,
I have been following the Czernowitz list since it began, but I haven't
been
very active. Now, I have a BIG question and I hoping that some of you
can
be of help to me.
My grandparents came from Wallachia (Vilok) which in 1900 was part of
Austria Hungary but is now part of Romania. It is not far from
Czernowitz. Now,
my plight. Is Wallachia a town, region, or what?
In my grandparents papers (Ellis Island) it shows that they came from
Wallachia but I'm now finding out that it isn't a town or village at all.
SO WHERE DO MY GRANDPARENTS COME FROM? How can I find out where exactly
they came from?
I thank you in advance for all of your help.
Sincerely,
Lois Friedman
Searching: GREIF, LECHNER, SCHIESEL, SEGAL, LEIBOVITZ
Received on 2006-10-17 13:40:38
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