Metadata: Senno Synagogue
Collection
- Country:
- Belarus
- Holding institution:
- National Historical Archive of Belarus
- Holding institution (official language):
- Национальный исторический архив Беларуси
- Postal address:
- ul. Kropotkina, 55, Minsk, 220002, Belarus
- Phone number:
- + 375 (17) 286 75 23; 286 76 92
- Web address:
- https://niab.by/newsite/
- Email:
- niab@niab.by
- Reference number:
- F. 3374
- Title:
- Senno Synagogue
- Title (official language):
- СЕННЕНСКАЯ СИНАГОГА
- Creator/accumulator:
- Senno Synagogue
- Date(s):
- 1861/1869
- Language:
- Russian
- Hebrew
- Extent:
- 6 storage units
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Scope and content:
- Housed in the fond are vital records that had been kept at the Senno synagogue; these include records (with some gaps) on Jewish births 1861/1869.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The city of Senno was the administrative center of the Mogilev province’s Senno county. In the latter half of the 19th century, the city’s population numbered approximately 5,700 people, of whom about 2,000 were Jews. The city had a synagogue and several Jewish houses of worship. In accordance with the Statute of 1835, rabbis were charged with the responsibility of keeping vital records on Jews. Vital records were usually housed in synagogues.
- Access points: locations:
- Syanno
- Subject terms:
- Synagogues
- Vital records
- Vital records--Birth records
- System of arrangement:
- The fond includes a single inventory systematized chronologically.
- Finding aids:
- An inventory is available.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Theological Seminary
