(from previous column)
Cattle Dealers
Brickyard
Carpenters
Confectioner
Hat Makers
(this column)
Poultry
Forwarding Agent
Photographic Studios
Hairdressers
Fancy Goods
Tanner
Tea Rooms
Hotel - A. Balda
Shoe Pegs
Stone Quarry
Saving and Lending Bank - Kasa Spoldzielcza Ltd.
Groceries (Colonial Goods)
Cooperatives - Rolnik and others.
Smiths
Tailors
Book Dealers
Forester
Flax
Flax Combing
Fabrics
Mechanical Plant
Mill - Byk Steam Threshing Mill, Eidelson
Seeds - Rolnik Coop
Footware
Oils - Rolnik Coop.
Some of the Places Around Slobodka Noted in the 1929 Business Directory
The Entry for Braslav for 1929
Braslaw
Small town, District Capital, Seat of Sad Pok - Justice of Peace, Sad Okregowy - District Court in Wilno, 1587 inhabitants, on railway line between Dukezty to Druja, Post Office, Telegram and Telephone service, Starostie - Mayoral Office, District Police Commander, Taxation Office, Cash Office of the Treasury, Public Works Department, Education Inspectorate, Municipality, District Council Office, Catholic Church, Orthodox Church, Synagogue, District Hospital and Sick Fund, Commercial Association, Agricultural Union for Braslaw District. Market days - Wednesday and Friday. Fairs - 2/2, 23/4, 1/10. Industry - Combing and Spinning of Flax, Steam Mill.
Mayor - Zelislaw Januszkiewicz
Volunteer Fire Brigade Commander - R. Nowocki
Doctors
Dentists
Veterinarians
Advocats
Notaries
Baliffs
Midwives
Pharmacies
Banks - Jewish Popular Bank Ltd.
Braziers
Small town, District Capital, Seat of Sad Pok - Justice of Peace, Sad Okregowy - District Court in Wilno, 1587 inhabitants, on railway line between Dukezty to Druja, Post Office, Telegram and Telephone service, Starostie - Mayoral Office, District Police Commander, Taxation Office, Cash Office of the Treasury, Public Works Department, Education Inspectorate, Municipality, District Council Office, Catholic Church, Orthodox Church, Synagogue, District Hospital and Sick Fund, Commercial Association, Agricultural Union for Braslaw District. Market days - Wednesday and Friday. Fairs - 2/2, 23/4, 1/10. Industry - Combing and Spinning of Flax, Steam Mill.
Mayor - Zelislaw Januszkiewicz
Volunteer Fire Brigade Commander - R. Nowocki
Doctors
Dentists
Veterinarians
Advocats
Notaries
Baliffs
Midwives
Pharmacies
Banks - Jewish Popular Bank Ltd.
Braziers
Bakers
Beer Restaurants
Petition and Translation Services
Restaurants
General Store
Fishing
Saddler and Leather Cutter
Butchers
Leather
Tar Manufacturer
Salt (Wholesale)
Articles of Food
Cabinet Makers
Shoemakers
Locksmith
Insurance Company - Polska Dyr. Ubezpieczen Wzajemn. oodz.
Ready Made Suits
Wine and Vodka
Hostel (Auberges)
Clockmakers
Ironmongers
Braslaw Rural District
Commune (Gmina wiejska) - seat of commune offices in small town of Braslaw, comprising of the hamlets of: Achremowce, Belmont, Buzany, Krasnosielce, Kruki, Lanowka, Polesie, Puszkaryszki, Rozeta, Ukolsk, Usiany, Zaracze, Zwirbliszki. Manufacture of Cardboard, bricks, mills.
Property Owners
Brick Manufactures
Potter
Basket Maker
Smiths
Tailors
Foresters
Mills (all water mills)
Fishing
Cabinet Makers
Shoemaker
Windmill
Some of the Places Around Braslav Noted in the 1929 Business Directory
Copyright © 2008 Jon Seligman. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2008 Jon Seligman. All Rights Reserved.
Doctor - Dr. Jerzy Vogel (Internal Medicine)
Property Owners - Hahna Bartholemew Edmund Sukc. (Budziszcze 3102 ha; Chroly 135 ha; Groble and Plintowka 253 ha; Horodziszcze 388 ha; Obabie 244 ha; Podsisna 272 ha; Puszcza 138 ha; Zascianek 52 ha; Zawierz 1300 ha.), Marja Platt (Budziszcze 133 ha.), Wladislav Wasilewski (Alchimce 52 ha.), Stanislav Wawer (Glebowszczyzna 54 ha.), Ignacy Wororonowicz (Kozaryn 85 ha.), Juljian Zaba (Ojra 67 ha.), Olga & Marja Zaba (Drujka 300 ha.), Roman Zaba (Druiki 70 ha.), Zygmunt Zaba (Obabie 55)
Banks - Zydowski Bank Ludowy Sp.z.o.o. - Jewish Popular Bank Ltd. (Drujsk)
Fabrics - S. Aron (Drujsk); Chaim Berkman (Drujsk); S. Berkman & B. Gamerow (Drujsk); Israel Zelikman (Slobodka)
Medic (or barber?) - J. Giedrojc
Tanneries - H. Cypuk (Drujsk); P. Dragun & W. Dalecki; B. Skop (Slobodka)
Potter - A. Kisiel
Groceries (Colonial Goods) - M. Basiuk (Drujsk); Mordachai Chazin (Slobodka); D. Dagowicz (Drujsk); Sz. Dejcz (Drujsk); I. Fajnsztejn (Drujsk); L. Gamerow (Slobodka); Leibe Zelikman (Slobodka); R. Zarzawska (Drujsk); Szachno Zelikman (Slobodka)
Cooperatives - Spoldzielnia Spoz. 28 Baonu Strazy Granicznej Ltd; Spoldzielnia Spoz. 19 Baonu KOP (The cooperatives are connected to the Korpus Ochrony Pogranicza - Border Protection Police)
Smiths - F. Atroszko (Slobodka); A. Baganowicz (Drujka); J, Korenik (Czerniowo); M. Liff (Slobodka); A. Miszkiewicz (Czerniowo); S. Muraszko (Budzily); J. Pruszynski (Slobodka); L. Szlapin (Drujsk)
Tailors - Z. Amdur (Slobodka); Chaim Gens (Drujsk); L. Frumin (Zablociszki)
Flax Combing Works - Sz. Dejcz (Drujsk), L. Frumin (Zablociszki)
Mills - L. Gajlewicz (fluvial) (Pustoszka); A Koreszkow, J.T., T. and A. Sysojew (fluvial) (Pustoszka)
Masons (Journeymen) - S. Rychter (Slobodka), W. Rychter (Slobodka)
Oils - J. Han (Slobodka)
General Goods - H. Rusonik (Drujsk)
Fisherman - A. Szejner (Slobodka)
Leather - M. Gamerow (Drujsk)
Cabinet Maker - A. Bury (Slobodka)
Shoemakers - J. Dragun (slobodka); D. Hendles (Slobodka); J. Lawrynowicz (Slobodka); J. Niemkowicz (Slobodka)
Wool Combing - M. Berkman (Drujsk)
Licenced Public House - C. Nowakowski (Slobodka)
Ksiega Adresowa Polski (Wraz z w.m. Gdanskiem dla Handlu, Przemyslu Rzemiosl I Rolnictwa) - ‘The Directory of Poland, including Gdansk, for Trade, Industry, Handicraft and Agriculture’, published in Warsaw during the 1920s and 1930s, is a superb source to the economic and social life of Poland. Data is provided for all areas of pre-war Poland, including the eastern borderlands (Kresy), areas now in Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine.
The listings, given by town and by trade group, provide detailed information about the way the people of Poland earned their living. Typical entries provide a short description of the town, its population, local government, communications and a categorised register of businesses including the type of establishment, the name of the proprietor, and the address. In rural districts land owners are noted together with a number noting the size of their holding in hectares.
Because of the quality and importance of the data to genealogists and historians alike, some of these directories have been made available on-line and they provide us with a rare insight into the day to day lives of the shtetlach in Poland in the years between the two World Wars. It is truly exciting to find close relatives listed in the directory, providing us rare opportunity to touch their lives.
The listings, given by town and by trade group, provide detailed information about the way the people of Poland earned their living. Typical entries provide a short description of the town, its population, local government, communications and a categorised register of businesses including the type of establishment, the name of the proprietor, and the address. In rural districts land owners are noted together with a number noting the size of their holding in hectares.
Because of the quality and importance of the data to genealogists and historians alike, some of these directories have been made available on-line and they provide us with a rare insight into the day to day lives of the shtetlach in Poland in the years between the two World Wars. It is truly exciting to find close relatives listed in the directory, providing us rare opportunity to touch their lives.
The Entry for Slobodka for 1929
(Family members are shown in bold and underlined in blue in the cutting)
Township (Miasteczko) and Commune (Gmina Wiejska) including the hamlets of Budzily, Czerniowo, Dabrowa, Drujka, Drujsk, Gawrylowicze, Glinowka, Glebowszczyzna, Lunie, Pustoszka, Rejkowszczyzna), in the District of (Powiat) Braslaw, in the Province (Voivodeship - wojewodztwo) of Wilno (Vilna), Sad Pok - Justice of Peace in Braslaw, Sad Okregowy - District Court in Wilno, 592 inhabitants, limited railway service on the Dukszty-Waskie-Druja line, Slobodka-Wakie Station, Post Office at Slobodka Zawierska, Telegraph and Telephone service in Braslaw, 1 Catholic Church, tanneries, mills.
Township (Miasteczko) and Commune (Gmina Wiejska) including the hamlets of Budzily, Czerniowo, Dabrowa, Drujka, Drujsk, Gawrylowicze, Glinowka, Glebowszczyzna, Lunie, Pustoszka, Rejkowszczyzna), in the District of (Powiat) Braslaw, in the Province (Voivodeship - wojewodztwo) of Wilno (Vilna), Sad Pok - Justice of Peace in Braslaw, Sad Okregowy - District Court in Wilno, 592 inhabitants, limited railway service on the Dukszty-Waskie-Druja line, Slobodka-Wakie Station, Post Office at Slobodka Zawierska, Telegraph and Telephone service in Braslaw, 1 Catholic Church, tanneries, mills.
The Shtetl of the Seligman Family
Business Directory - 1929
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The Polish Business Directory for Slobodka and Braslav
Bakers
Beer Restaurants
Petition and Translation Services
Restaurants
General Store
Fishing
Saddler and Leather Cutter
Butchers
Leather
Tar Manufacturer
Salt (Wholesale)
Articles of Food
Cabinet Makers
Shoemakers
Locksmith
Insurance Company - Polska Dyr. Ubezpieczen Wzajemn. oodz.
Ready Made Suits
Wine and Vodka
Hostel (Auberges)
Clockmakers
Ironmongers
(from previous column)
Cattle Dealers
Brickyard
Carpenters
Confectioner
Hat Makers
(this column)
Poultry
Forwarding Agent
Photographic Studios
Hairdressers
Fancy Goods
Tanner
Tea Rooms
Hotel - A. Balda
Shoe Pegs
Stone Quarry
Saving and Lending Bank - Kasa Spoldzielcza Ltd.
Groceries (Colonial Goods)
Cooperatives - Rolnik and others.
Smiths
Tailors
Book Dealers
Forester
Flax
Flax Combing
Fabrics
Mechanical Plant
Mill - Byk Steam Threshing Mill, Eidelson
Seeds - Rolnik Coop
Footware
Oils - Rolnik Coop.