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Emmigrant Briskers ended up in many parts of the world. They can be traced through burials and landsmanshaft societies.

Cemetery
A number of Briskers are buried in Waldheim Cemetery, Cook County, Illinois USA. Note: You are urged to submit family burial data to JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry Project.


Landsmanshaftn
Here is a partial list of Brisk Landsmanshaftn with links:

Group
Information
on our site
Off-site
Links
Brest-Litovsk & Province Aid Society
Brisker Aid Society
Brisker Bnai Brith K.U.V.
Brisker Branch 15 JPFO
Brisker Br. 87 (Workman's Circle Branch)    
Brisker Ciechanowcer Branch 15 IWO
Brisker D'lita Lodge #565 IOBA
Brisker Grodner, Cleveland
Brisker Independent United Verein
Brisker Ladies Benevolent Association
Brisker Revolutionary, Br. 286 (Workman's Circle Branch)    
Brisker Shul Delancey NY
Brisker Shul, Newark NJ
Brisker Shul, New York, NY
Brisker Shul Tifereth Israel
Brisker Unterstuestzungs Verein
Independent Brisk Delito Lodge #565  
Independent Brisk Young Men
Independent Brisk United Verein
Ladies Aux. of Brisker, Br. 286 (Workman's Circle Branch)    
United Brisk Benevolent Society
United Brisk Relief , NJ
United Brisk Relief, NYC
Workmen's Circle, Brisker Branch #286, NY

About Workmen's Circles
A list of U.S. landsmanshaftn
An Intelligent Layman's Guide to Viewing Landsmenshaften, Benevolent Societies, and Burial Societies

Bibliography
Hast, Adele. Our Second Home: A History of Landsmanshaften in Chicago. The Journal of American History, Vol. 77, No. 3 (Dec., 1990), pp. 955-960

Soyer, Daniel. Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939. Wayne State University Press, 2002. 242 pages ISBN 0814330320



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