Michael A. Stecker
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Galicia
Home to both my paternal grand parents (Sambor/Sambir) and my maternal Weiss grandfather's family (Szczawne & Turzansk).

Sambor, home of Stecher & Albert families, lies north of the Carpathian Mountains and is presently part of western Ukraine (see history at: Book of Sambor).

Szczawne and nearby Turzansk is home to the Weiss families -- south of the city of Sanok in today's southeast Poland near the Slovakia border.

The area of Galicia is named after the medieval city of Halych, first mentioned in Hungarian historic chronicles in the year 1206 as Galiciæ.  Following the Congress of Vienna in 1772, Galicia was annexed by Austria.  It ruled to 1918, when it then became part of Poland.  Beginning in the 1880s, a mass migration of the Galician peasantry occurred. The emigration started as a seasonal one to Germany and then later across the Atlantic to the United States, Canada and South America.

Galicia map circa 1897
modified from: http://the-richeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Galicia_1897_1.jpeg
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Galicia map circa 1882
modified from: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/suchostaw/TheTailorShop/chapter4_continued.html
(click mouse twice over image for an enlargement)
Sambor (red dot) is the home of Stecher/Stecker/Albert families and Turzansk (green dot) is thought to be the home of the
Solomon Weiss family

Galicia, aka: Galitsiya (Yiddish), Galizia, Galizien; Galitsiya, Galitsie, Halychyna, Halics (Halychyna), is a historical region in Eastern Europe named after the medieval city of Halych.  In the 19th century it was located between the Russian Empire to the north and the remainder of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the south.  Currently, it is divided between Poland and West Ukraine.
 
 
 

Closer map view of two hometownes of the Weiss family -- Szczawne &Turzansk.
Turzansk (ref) is today in Sanok County of southeast Poland. It lies approximately 4 miles east of Komańcza, south of Szczawne and 13 miles south of Sanok,  just north of the Slovakia border at Lat: 49 deg, 22 min North.  Long: 22 deg, 08 min East
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Sambir Ukraine (formerly Sambor, Galicia) was home to the Stecher family.  Not shown on this map, it lies to the east-notheast at:
 Latitude 49 deg, 31 min North.  Longitude 23 deg, 12 min East.
 
 
 

Here is a modern map of the former home (small green solid square) of the Weiss family in eastern Europe.
 
 

Galicia references
about Galicia   Drohobycz Administrative District   about Drohobych   old Sambor   Sambir today   Sambir slide show   about Lviv   Lviv travel  
Stecker Family Photo Page   Weiss Family Photo Page
 
Photos of Sanok County, Poland
formerly Galicia Austria, home to Weiss family
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Photos of Sambir, Ukraine
formerly Galicia Austria, home to Stecher and Albert families
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Photos of Lviv, Ukraine
(aka: Lemberg, Austria 1772-1918)
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