Thank you Edgar for another amazing undertaking!
I of course did not expect to find any Wiznitzers listed in these
early records, as the name did not come into use until the mid 19th
century, when according to family lore, Littmann Buhler was given the
surname by the first Wiznitzer rebbe (the chasidic dynasty that
actually has the surname Hager). Two years ago a friend did find
Littmann listed in the 1854 property and tax registry for Waszkoutz am
Cheremosz in the archives in Suceava, which also listed Littmann's son
Mordko Leib and a Moishe Buller.
What I did find in the lists Edgar so thoroughly digitized is a family
in Wiznitz, a belt-maker (leatherworks) named Elias Buhler, his wife
Rebecca nee Simon, and their 9-year old daughter Sara. I would guess
that Littman Buhler is either a direct descendent via older children
who set out and were no longer residing with Elias and Rebecca (by
this time aged 50 and 48), or arrived later from Russia encourage by
these Buhler relatives to move to Bukovina. While this is all
circumstantial, and may never be proven, I believe this entry does
establish a very early and plausible link to Wiznitz that later may
have led to our being assigned our name.
Mark Wiznitzer
On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Edgar Hauster <bconcept_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Czernowitzers, dear friends...
>
> One of our topics for our EHPES Bukovina Summit Vancouver 2015 was the sc=
heduled disclosure of the "Jewish Taxpayers in Bukovina at the End of 18th =
Century". At that particular period of time Bukovina was divided into two d=
istricts, i. e.
>
> 1. Czernowitz, with 399 Jewish families (68 %),
> 2. Suczawa, with 190 Jewish families (32 %),
>
> as per the year 1797 according to Dr. Johann Polek's "Statistik des Juden=
thums in der Bukowina [Statistics of the Jews in Bukovina]" from the year 1=
889. While the data for the Suczawa District still remain to be retrieved, =
by courtesy of Czernowitz Regional Archives senior archivist Dragos Olar, i=
n January 2015 we have succeeded to discover the first (and main) volume ev=
idencing the taxation of 430 Jewish families with more than 2400 souls for =
the Czernowitz District at the end of 18th century:
>
> http://czernowitz.blogspot.de/2014/05/jewish-taxpayers-in-bukovina-at-end=
-of.html
>
> Were your ancestors as soon as at the end of 18th century in Czernowitz, =
Sadagora, Wiznitz or in one of the other 69 places within the Bukovinian Cz=
ernowitz District? Here are now the step-by-step-directions for your resear=
ch:
>
> a) Start your research by clicking on the above mentioned link.
> b) Download the INDEX OF NAMES (Excel), look for a particular name(s) and=
note the Family/Page No(s).
> c) Download the TRANSCRIPTION (PDF) and look for the particular Family/Pa=
ges No(s).
> d) Check in the TRANSCRIPTION the details, such as professions, genealogi=
cal relationships, etc.
> e) In case your made a find, go back zu the INDEX OF NAMES (b) and look f=
or the Image file name(s).
> f) Download the original image(s) from my OneDrive folder: http://1drv.ms=
/1Ox4lWU
>
> Fellow member Jim Wald stated a few weeks ago, that "it would be very int=
eresting to know if we could trace any
> individual families that far back." These archival find is the answer on =
both historical and genealogical questions and we wish you all success for =
your research!
>
> Edgar Hauster
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