The Synodal Office of Georgia-Imeretia

Collection

Scope and content:: Along with a variety of materials on the Georgian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox church, the collection includes a substantial corpus of Jewish vital records files. These include: birth, marriage and death records from the communities of Akhaltsikhe and Atskuri (1884-1903); birth and marriage records (almost all years between 1871 and 1921), divorce (several years between 1889 and 1914) and death records (almost all years between 1877 and 1921) from Kutaisi; birth, marriage and death records from the community of Oni (various years between 1879 and 1921); birth, marriage, divorce (both 1880-1920) and death (1880-1910) records from Tbilisi.

Archival history:: The collection was transferred to the Main Historical Archive of Georgia in 1923.

Administrative/biographical history:: The Synodal Office of Georgia-Imeretia was the chief administrative office of the Georgian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Office was established established in Tbilisi in 1814 and functioned until March 1917, when the Georgian Orthodox Church re-established its independence (autocephaly).

Subject terms:: Vital records; Vital records--Birth records; Vital records--Death records; Vital records--Marriage records

Access, restrictions:: The collection is open for reference at the Central Historical Archive of Georgia.

Finding aids:: A list of files is available at the Central Historical Archive of Georgia. A list of Jewish-related files is available at the CAHJP in Jerusalem.

Yerusha Network member:: Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People

Author of the description:: Alex Valdman (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People), 2017