Metadata: Index for the community book 1891-1936
Collection
- Country:
- Sweden
- Holding institution:
- Swedish National Archives in Täby
- Holding institution (official language):
- Riksarkivet Täby
- Postal address:
- Box 12541, 102 29 Stockholm
- Phone number:
- 010-476 70 00
- Web address:
- https://riksarkivet.se/startpage
- Email:
- riksarkivet@riksarkivet.se
- Reference number:
- SE/RA/730128/02/A_1/8
- Title:
- Index for the community book 1891-1936
- Title (official language):
- Register till församlingsbok 1891-1936
- Creator/accumulator:
- Jewish community of Stockholm
- Date(s):
- 1891/1936
- Language:
- Swedish
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
This collection is part of the Jewish community in Stockholm’s records on their population between 1822 and 2000 (SE/RA730128/02), including collections on members, non-members, births, confirmations, marriages, deaths, funerals, and people moving in or out of Stockholm. The records often include information on nationality, family members and professions as well. This specific collection concerns members of the Jewish community in Stockholm between 1891 and 1936. Membership in the umbrella organisation Mosaiska församlingen (Mosaic Congregation) was only granted to Jews with Swedish citizenship, which means that every individual listed in this collection was also a Swedish citizen.
The community divided their population lists into members and non-members, and this one includes only members of the Mosaic Congregation. It is a register listing all individual entrances in the community book from 1891 to 1936. The collection is written in Swedish. The names are listed in alphabetical order according to surnames. The register includes information on surname, first name, married surname, children and page of entry in the community book. Men’s employment is sometimes also noted. The register is written by hand. A few pages are damaged, but this does not affect its legibility. The collection comprises 86 pages and is available at the Swedish National Archives’ site in Arninge in Stockholm, but can also be consulted digitally on the archive’s website. This collection thus helps research on the community books, which inform on Jewish individuals’ names, employment, date and place of birth, name of midwife, date of circumcision, date of inoculation, date of engagement, date of marriage, date of death, cause of death, date of funeral, and the individual’s connection to other entries in the community book. The community books also hold some information on religious affiliation, change of names, geographical relocations outside the city of Stockholm, wives’ maiden surnames, original nationality and family relationships. While the list of all surnames mentioned in this register is too long to fit into this description, it is clear that the list includes more Eastern European-sounding surnames than the former register, used until 1916 (SE/RA/730128/02/A_I/3). The two decades between 1916 and 1936, therefore, show that a bigger number of individuals from Eastern Europe managed to obtain Swedish citizenship and could, thereafter, become members in the Mosaic Congregation. It can also be deduced from the register list that some of these members Swedishised their names, for example, changing Asch to Aschberg or Jundelsky to Jundell, respectively.
- Archival history:
- The material in this collection was created by the Jewish community of Stockholm and transferred to the Swedish National Archives in 1979.
- Administrative/biographical history:
-
This collection was created by the Jewish community council in Stockholm, which was led by communally elected board members of the umbrella organisation Mosaiska församlingen (Mosaic Congregation). These board members were often individuals of high socio-economic rank, both within the Jewish community itself and the larger Swedish society.
The population records date from 1822 to 2000. They include information on members, non-members, births, confirmations, marriages, deaths, funerals, and people moving in or out of Stockholm. The population lists were drafted, and names were added over time. In some cases, they were rewritten to allow for better representation and ease of reading.
- Access points: locations:
- Stockholm
- Subject terms:
- Jewish community records
- Vital records
- Access, restrictions:
- Access to the collection is restricted to researchers. Permission is required and should be obtained in advance. Applications are made to the Swedish National Archives, which reviews them on behalf of the Jewish community of Stockholm, which makes the decision. The form and instructions can be accessed on the homepage of the Jewish Community of Stockholm: https://jfst.se/fler-tjaenster/oevriga-tjaenster/slaekt-och-personforskning/
- Finding aids:
- The archive that this collection is a part of has been indexed by the archivists Lars Hallberg and Mikaela Nybohm of the Swedish National Archives. The index can be found in a folder at the archive and in the archive’s database NAD (Nationell Arkivdatabas).
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum in Stockholm
- Author of the description:
- Maja Hultman; Jewish Museum of Stockholm; June 2020
