Surnames
Aharonson, Ajnbinder, Aronson, Aylavka, Babbesh, Baraks, Bashe, Berensztejn, Berman, Bernstein, Bialystok, Billig, Bliskovski, Blyskowski, Borowski, Botwinski, Brinsky, Callahan, Cash, Cemnic, Cemnik, Chalalowicz, Chemnic, Chemnik, Cohen, Czemnik, Czemnink, D'Ambrosio, Drezels, Eggenberger, Einbinder, Ferdman, Fiebach, Fisher, Fishkin, Fogel, Fortune, Franklin, Furie, Gajdemak, Gastelum, Geller, Gilbert, Glaser, Goldfarb, Golub, Grabinski, Grodek, Grodno, Gruzbein, Haimowitz, Halpern, Hoberman, Hoffenberg, Isacovich, Jaalowka, Jalajka, Jalouka, Jalowka, Jalowski, Janiuk, Jaschunowski, Jasem, Jewish, Jjalowka, Joszpa, Kagen, Kaplan, Kaplanienu, Karacelnik, Karpiej, Katz, Kernis, Killian, Kimball, Klecki, Kornyanski, Koslowsky, Kowalska, Koziol, Kozlovski, Kozlowska, Kozlowski, Krapiwka, Krapiwki, Krynki, Levin, Levine, Lewkowicz, Lipman, Lisitzky, Listzki, Malka, Margolit, Markarewicz, Mcgraw, Michalowo, Minick, Muskat, Narewka, Rozko, Rozkok, Ruda, Rudy, Scheinborg, Semnick, Semnicki, Serlin, Shamberg, Shanberg, Sislevitsh, Svislach, Svisloch, Swislocz, Tsemnik, Tzemnic, Tzemnik, Tzmnik, Ulofka, Wojciechowski, Yaalofka, Yallofka, Yaloffka, Yalorka, Yalovka, Yalovski, Yalufka, Yaluvka, Yellin, Zabludow
Background
Families from Jałówka, Poland and surrounding shtetls have scattered around the world. This project helps them reconnect. Recommended tests for males to follow father's straight male line: Y-DNA37 or Y-DNA67. Recommended tests for females or males to follow mother's straight female line: mtDNAPlus or mtFull Sequence.<br><br> and also the Family Finder which is used for comparing people who descend from a common unknown ancestor--good for 4-5 generations back.
There are many surnames associated with the Jalowka area in indexes used for genealogy research. Alternate town names: Jałówka [Pol], Yaluvka [Rus, Yid], Jałouka, Russian: Ялувка. יאלובקה- Hebrew. <br><br>. The town's location is 53°01' N, 23°54' E, 40 miles ESE of Białystok, on the border with Belarus and 8km from its sister village Swislocz (Swisloch,Sislevich).
http://www.avotaynu.com/jalowka/Jalowka.html
In addition, there are surrounding shetetl that are included: Narewka 14 miles SSW; Svislach, Belarus 8 miles E; Michalowo 13 miles W; Grodek 11 miles WNW; Krynki 18 miles NNW; Zabludow 23 miles W; to name a few.
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~community~-504803
http://www.jewishgen.org/belarus/shtetls/shtetl_detail.php?filename=sjalowkag
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol8_00368.html
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/BialyGen/PIP_Jalowka.htm
http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/webinfofiles/info%20files%20-%20revision%20lists/abdrevision_Jalowka.html
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Svisloch/family_villages.htm