Collection of commercial registers (Sibiu)

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Judeţeană Sibiu

Postal address:: Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Judeţeană Sibiu, Strada Arhivelor nr. 3, cod 550164, jud. Sibiu, România

Scope and content:: This collection consists of various account ledger books for different businesses and organisations in Sibiu's jurisdiction. There is no clear relationship between the ledgers and often very little information about their creators or context. Since many of the ledgers date to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period before substantial Jewish settlement in the region, archivists only selectively surveyed this collection. A single mention of a Jew was found in one ledger, although it is possible that other ledgers in the collection could contain more information on local Jewish history. The aforementioned ledger (număr curent 35), ascribed to Johann Roth, consists of an alphabetical index of client names with accounts payable and receivable entries for these individual and corporate clients. In a shorter section between the index and accounts sections, entitled “Month of October”, there is an entry for Israel Löwy in Alba Iulia (Carlsburg) in the matter of an inheritance – see p27 (p7 in the book's original numbering).

Archival history:: No information is provided as to when these papers were acquired by the National Archives.