Metadata: Board of Krakiai Burghers of Kaunas County in the Governorate of Kaunas
Collection
- Country:
- Lithuania
- Holding institution:
- Kaunas Regional State Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Kauno regioninis valstybės archyvas
- Postal address:
- 44248, Maironio g. 28B, Kaunas 44249
- Phone number:
- +370 (837) 323 111
- Web address:
- https://www.archyvai.lt/lt/kaa_naujienos.html
- Email:
- kaunas@archyvai.lt
- Reference number:
- F. I-199
- Title:
- Board of Krakiai Burghers of Kaunas County in the Governorate of Kaunas
- Title (official language):
- Kauno gubernijos Kauno apskrities Krakių miestiečių valdyba (Крокская мещанская управа Ковенского уезда Ковенской губернии)
- Creator/accumulator:
- Board of Krakės burghers of Kaunas county in the governorate of Kaunas
- Date(s):
- 1887/1889
- Language:
- Russian
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The fonds contains a list of extended families in the Krakiai Jewish community in 1887.
- Archival history:
- The date the documents were received and their source is undetermined. The fonds has not been supplemented since 19 April 1956.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Jews first started settling in Krakės in the middle of the 17th century. In 1887, there were about 1090 Jews in Krakės (Krok in Yiddish). In the pre-WW1 period, there was a clash between the increased number of Haskalah adherents and Zionists. Many Jews began emigrating at this point, mostly to South Africa.
- Access points: locations:
- Krakės
- Subject terms:
- Jewish community
- Jewish community records
- Vital records
- System of arrangement:
- The collection contains one file.
- Finding aids:
- A list of files is available at the Kaunas Regional State Archives.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
- Author of the description:
- Monika Žulytė