Databases
Ellis Island
Lists the Schlissels/Schlussels who entered the U.S via Ellis Island between 1890 and 1920.
Almost all the entries were downloaded from Ellis Island database. About 6 were found at the jewishgen.org site, located by researchers who studies ship manifest.
A word about the spelling of the family name. It appears that most of us have converged on Schlussel or Schlissel. But at Ellis Island a variety of spellings were used for people who are almost certainly family members. These include: Schlusel, Schleussel, Schluesel, Schliesel Schlossel In this data base, all the above were "converted" to Schlussel.
Jewish Records Indexing
Jewish Records Indexing - JRI is a large scale project which locates and translates Polish archival material. Records that pertain to our family have been extracted and are presented here. You may also wish to view the JRI-Poland web site directly.
Social Security Death Index
The Social Security Death Index was obtained from Ancestry.com.
Tarnobrzeg births
Gayle Schlissel Riley provided two lists containing translations of portions of Tarnobrzeg birth records from Polish archival sources. One relates to the last decade of the 19th century. The other was labeled "Delayed E - S birth records." (Gayle's other interest is the Eder Family.) When entering into Excel format every effort was made to preserve the spelling of names used by the person(s) who compiled the lists. The lists are proving extremely reliable.
Tarnobrzeg Census
Partial information from the census taken in 1880.
