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View many more pictures of
Wizna and its residents
at the Photo Section |
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Please contact me if you have
connections to Wizna, and I don't already know about you.
I have a lot more material and information about Wizna families that is
not online.
If your family was from Wizna or you had branches in this town,
I will surely have additional data and actual records for many of your
ancestors and relatives. |
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Geography: |
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Location: In the former Lomza Gubernia,
near the northeastern border of Poland |
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Distance from important shtetls in the area: |
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6.7 miles SSE of Jedwabne; 7.2 miles NNW of Rutki;
12.5 miles E of Lomza;
13.8 miles S of Radzilow;
15.0 miles SE of Stawiski; 15.4 miles SW of Trzcianne;
15.9 miles NNE of Zambrow; 16.5 miles W of Tykocin;
19.6 miles NE of Sniadowo;
25.5 miles S of Szczuczyn |
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Coordinates: 53° 12'N / 22° 23'E |
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Latitude: 53.2000 Longitude: 22.3833 |
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Altitude: 393 feet (119 meters) |
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Currently in Podlaskie Province, Lomzynski District
(which includes 9 counties: Jedwabne, Lomza, Miastkowo,
Nowogrod, Piatnica, Przytuly, Sniadowo, Wizna and Zbojna) |
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Other Information: |
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The town had a population of 714 Jewish residents in 1921. |
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Spellings include Wisneh, Visna; Pronounced: Vizhna |
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Some information from: Where
Once We Walked. A Guide to the Destroyed Communities of the
Holocaust, by Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack. Published by
Avotaynu, Inc., Teaneck, New Jersey, 1991. |
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Population Statistics:
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Percentage of Jews: |
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From: Pinkas Hakehilot: Poland - Vol. IV, Warszawa and its Region; Yad Vashem |
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Total Population |
Number of Jews |
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| 1765 |
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75 |
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| 1857 |
1,861 |
492 |
26% |
| 1808 |
1,241 |
205 |
17% |
| 1827 |
1,766 |
390 |
22% |
| 1857 |
1,861 |
492 |
26% |
| 1890 |
2,984 |
567 |
19% |
| 1921 |
2,670 |
714 |
27% |
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Cemetery: |
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| It is located on top of a hill, in a heavily-wooded area,
along a path behind some farmhouses. Heavy brush covers the
few remaining gravestones. |
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Wizna Gmina:
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Information About Wizna Gmina |
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The administrative unit governing Wizna and the surrounding area |
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Current Statistics About the Wizna Rural District: |
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Population: 5,150 |
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Area: 137 square kilometers |
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Population Density: 38 people per square kilometer |
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Current Chief Officer of Wizna Gmina: Jan Olszewski |
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Current Council Chairman: Kazimierz Ptaszynski |
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Current Chief Councillor: Krzysztof Dobronski |
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Contact me for addresses and phone numbers |
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Other Sources of Information About Wizna:
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CAHJP |
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GUM 3, GUM4, GUM5, GUM6 (Guide to Unpublished Materials of the Holocaust Period;
Yad Vashem Archival Material) |
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JGFF (Jewish Genealogical Family Finder) |
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LDS (Latter-day Saints Family History Library Locality Catalog) |
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PHP4 (Pinkas Hakehillot: Poland - Vol. IV, Warszawa and its Region) |
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SF (Shtetl Finder) |
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From: Where Once We Walked. A Guide to the Destroyed Communities of
the Holocaust, by Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack. Published
by Avotaynu, Inc.,
Teaneck, New Jersey, 1991. |
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Last updated: July 28, 2023 |
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