Families from Jałówka, Poland, Swislocz/Svisloch, Belarus 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 125 years or abou 4-5 generations.

There are many surnames associated with this 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

There is also the Museum of the Jews of Bialystok and the Region that Tomek Wisniewski has put on line with a list of the surrounding shtetl. It is in English EN or Polish PL.
(click on the map to see the list on this link) http://www.jewishbialystok.pl/

In addition, there are many surrounding shtetl to name just a few where our ancestors traveled and a spouse was found for them by a matchmaker in this tightly organized Orthodox world:  Narewka 14 miles SSW;  Swislocz/Svislach, Belarus 8 miles E; Michalowo 13 miles W; Grodek 11 miles WNW; Krynki 18 miles NNW;  Porozovo 20 miles ESE, and Zabludow 23 miles W.

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://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Svisloch/family_villages.htm

http://porozow.net/index.htm