Kańczuga, Poland

Kańczuga is included in the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG). Shtetlach were interwoven together like a tapestry and the Jewish people of neighboring shtetlach linked by marriages, trade and marketing. They shared schools, cemeteries, kosher butchers, bakers and more. Smaller shtetlach registered their birth, marriages and death in a nearby larger shtetl. One should research the neighboring area as well as an individual shtetl. The KRRG web site has resources and information that is relevant to many shtetlach. To search for family links and learn more about neighboring shtetlach, please visit the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group (KRRG).

Shtetl Variant names:  Kantchika, Kontchuga

Administrative District: Lańcut 

Subdistrict - Judicial / Tax District:  Kańczuga

Location:

• 34.2 miles ESE  of Kolbuszowa
• 19.1 miles ESE  of Rzeszów
• Latitude  49°59´  Longitude:, 22°25´

History/Geography:

• In present day Poland Kańczuga is in the Podkarpackie Province (Województwo).  County (Powiat):  Przeworsk.  Rural Administrative District (Gmina): Kańczuga
• Kańczuga / Siedleczka Cemetery.

Maps:

• Topographical Map of Kańczuga and nearby shtetlach

Holocaust:

• Stefan Swietek - Righteous Gentile.  Submitted by Howard Nightingale
• Stephan and Regina Swiatek.  Submitted by Howard Nightingale
• The Pacula family - Righteous Gentiles.  Submitted by Howard Nightingale

Resources:

• 1929 Business Directory
• The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.  Type in the name of your town.
• Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen “All Poland Database”.This is a multiple database search facility, The “All Poland Database” enables researchers to find indices to vital and  related records from the independent JRI-Poland database as  well as entries from other databases.  The combined databases have more than 6.75 million entries for individuals living in areas now or formerly in Poland.  The database is a work in progress, and new entries are being added regularly.  http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/ 

• Logan J. Kleinwaks Galicia Genealogy Indexer

Photos & Postcards:

• Photos of Kańczuga (including Kańczuga / Siedleczka Cemetery) .by Robert Bernheim.
• Photo of Kańczuga / Siedleczka Cemetery.  Submitted by Howard Nightingale.
• Outside the Kańczuga / Siedleczka Cemetery. Submitted by Howard Nightingale
• Road Sign / Entrance to Kańczuga.. Submitted by Howard Nightingale

Travelogues: 

• A visit to a shtetl in Poland: Kańczuga  by Robert Bernheim
• Journey In Search Of My Roots  By Howard Nightingale

Links and Databases: When searching the links below, please remember that many towns in Poland have the same name. Make sure that the information you find refers to the shtetl you are researching.

Search for Kanczuga. The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen "All Poland Database" is a multiple database search facility, which incorporates all of the following databases: JRI -Poland,  Yizkor Book Necrologies, JewishGen Family Finder )JGFF), JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR), 1891 Galicia Business Directory, 1929 Polish Business Directory, 1890-1891 New York Immigrants from Poland, Austria and Galicia, JG Discussion Group Archives, SIG Mailing List Archives and much much more. Search for any surname and /or town. the "Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation Eastern European Archival Database" to see where some vital records are.