Metadata: Birth records 1953-1955
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/C/2
- Title:
- Birth records 1953-1955
- Title (official language):
- Födelseböcker 1953-1955
- Creator/accumulator:
- Jewish community of Stockholm
- Date(s):
- 1953/1955
- 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 is a register of the birth of children to members of the Jewish community in Stockholm between 1953 and 1955. The leather-bound booklet with lined pages has alphabetical tabs, but they are not used. Instead, the booklet contains a handmade scheme, filled out in Swedish by hand in blue ink. The handwriting is easy to read. The years are noted at the top of each page, and each page is divided – by hand – into four columns. These columns detail, in order from left to right, the month of the child’s birth, the day of the child’s birth, the first name of the child, and the first names and surnames of the child’s parents. The children born each year are entered in order of birth, and each child has their own line. The dates of birth and the names of the children born between 1953 and 1955 are written by hand in blue or black ink. Some of the children are also noted by their given middle names – the children have one or two middle names each. The surnames of the parents mentioned in the registration book include: Reich, Goldensohn, Danowsky, Jacobowsky, Verständig, Feinbaum, Leitner, Kudzén, Rosenberg, Schkuj, Nathan, Epstein, Cohen, Danin, Fuchs, Israelsson, Rosenthal, Gluchowicz, Salomon, Seideman, Birnik, Szpira, Urwitz, Adler, Löllbach, Kellerman, Gorewitsch, Grünfarb, Nassur, Helmrich, Katzeff, Schönkopf, Ruben, Leninowitz, Jacobsohn, Rotschild, Mankowitz, Zylberberg, Kleineman, Koff, Arendatsik, Schlafstein, Glückman, Milestal, Hallenby, Goldberg, Rauch, Molvidsson, Tauman, Svan, Haskel, Siberg, Einhorn, Peiper, Nisell, Parsnick, Kessler, Beker, Bederoff, Bolgar, Gladnikoff, Levy, Goldmann, Gellberg, Isaksén, Pasner, Glück, Byk, Gordon, Grossman, Nathanson, Rubinstein, Scherlin, Butman, Hollander, Seiffer, Neuman, Goldberg, Staczenski, Lewensohn, Seiler, Nisell, Janowski, Naimsek, Levin, Charmicz, Friedmann and Nierenberg. Most of the booklet is empty and only six pages are used for the registration of the birth of children between 1953 and 1955, since the Mosaic Congregation apparently stopped recording the birth of children in 1955. The booklet is held at the Swedish National Archives site in Arninge in Stockholm; it can also be viewed on microfiche at the Swedish National Archives.
- 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:
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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:
- Vital records
- Vital records--Birth 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 collection 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