Vital records of the Jewish Community of Rynarzewo

Collection

Title (official language):: Akta metrykalne żydowskiej gminy wyznaniowej w Rynarzewie (pow. Szubin)

Scope and content:: The collection consists of material produced by the Jewish community in Rynarzew (Szubin county), including registration records of Jews from Rynarzew from 1823-1852:

Birth records, 1823–1828 (ref. no. 6/385/0 / - / 1) - contains a tabular list and annotations on the entries;

Files of marriages, deaths, 1824–1832, 1834 (ref. no. 6/385/0 / - / 2);

Birth records, 1830–1834 (ref. no. 6/385/0 / - / 3);

Birth records, 1835–1843 (ref. no. 6/385/0 / - / 4);

Birth, marriage, and death records, 1844–1852 (ref. no. 6/385/0 / - / 5).

The records in this collection contain the following information:

Birth records - name and surname of the parents, occupation of the father, name of the infant, date of birth, names and signatures of witnesses.

Marriage records - name and surname of the bride and groom, their places of origin, the groom's profession, information about witnesses, their origin and profession, date of the marriage.

Death records - name and surname of the deceased, date of death, age and, optionally, cause of death.

Archival history:: The materials were produced and collected by the Rynarzewo Jewish community as documentation recording the demographics of the Jewish community for the local authorities. Registers were kept in the municipal archives. During the period when smaller kahals were being dissolved, including Rynarzewo, their documentation was sent to the nearest largest Jewish community - in this case Bydgoszcz.

It is highly probable that the entire documentation, including the records of the Rynarzewo commune, was included in the Bydgoszcz archives during the dissolution of the local communities. After the end of World War II, the records of the Jewish community in Rynarzew were included in the independent State Archives in Bydgoszcz, established in 1947 (previously, from 1923, a branch of the State Archives in Poznań).

Administrative/biographical history:: From 1794 to 1812 the magistrates were responsible for registering the births, marriages, and deaths of Jews. The registration was conducted mainly for identification purposes. Pursuant to the edict of 11 March 1812 on the civil status of Jews, they were divided into two groups: naturalised and non-naturalised. The first group consisted of holders of a specific property status, with permanent occupation and place of residence and determined to adopt an inherited surname. These persons were entered on the list of state "citizens". From 1812, these Jews were obliged to register births, marriages, divorces and deaths with the city police authorities or with the landrat (district authorities) in the case of village inhabitants. This civil registration was limited to naturalised Jews only. On 30 March 1847, a decree was issued on the civil certification of births, marriages and deaths of Jews and religious dissidents. Pursuant to the Act of 23 July 1847 on the registration of the marital status of Jews, these functions were taken over by district courts (from 1849). Universal civil registration was introduced in Prussia in 1874. Its management was entrusted to special civil status officials appointed by the administrative authorities.

Subject terms:: Jewish community records; Vital records; Vital records--Birth records; Vital records--Death records; Vital records--Marriage records

System of arrangement:: The collection consists of 5 sub-series:

1. Birth records, 1823–1828 (ref. no. 6/385/0 / - / 1) - the sub-series contains 9 entries (4 pages)

2. Marriage and death records, 1824–1832, 1834 (ref. no. 6/385/0 / - / 2) - the sub-series contains a total of 17 entries (16 pages)

3. Birth records, 1830–1834 (ref. no. 6/385/0 / - / 3) - the sub-series contains 12 entries (7 pages)

4. Birth records, 1835–1843 (ref. no. 6/385/0 / - / 4) - the sub-series contains 63 entries (21 pages)

5. Birth, marriage, and death records, 1844–1852 (ref. no. 6/385/0 / - / 5) - the sub-series contains a total of 57 entries (57 pages).

Finding aids:: A printed inventory is available in the Archive. A digital catalogue entry also exists.

Links to finding aids:: https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/strona_glowna

Yerusha Network member:: The Taube Department of Jewish Studies of the University of Wrocław

Author of the description:: Mikołaj Wojciechowski, Taube Department of Jewish Studies, University of Wrocław