Metadata: Vital records of the Jewish Community of Kwieciszewo
Collection
- Country:
- Poland
- Holding institution:
- State Archives in Bydgoszcz (Inowrocław branch)
- Holding institution (official language):
- Archiwum Państwowe w Bydgoszczy Oddział w Inowrocławiu
- Postal address:
- ul. Narutowicza 58, 88-100 Inowrocław
- Phone number:
- +48 52 357 64 44
- Email:
- apinowroclaw@op.pl
- Reference number:
- 7/112/0
- Title:
- Vital records of the Jewish Community of Kwieciszewo
- Title (official language):
- Akta metrykalne żydowskiej gminy wyznaniowej w Kwieciszewie (pow. Mogilno)
- Creator/accumulator:
- Jewish Community of Kwieciszewo
- Date(s):
- 1832/1873
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 0.03 metres, 2 folders
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection consists of material produced by the Jewish community in Kwieciszewo (Mogilno county), including registers of the births, marriages and deaths of Jews from Kwieciszewo from 1832-1873: Duplicate of Civil-Standes-Bücher der Juden-Gemeinde zu Kwieciszewo, 1832-1843 (ref. no. 7/112/0 / - / 1); Duplicate of Personen-Standes-Register der Juden-Gemeinde zu Kwieciszewo, 1832-1873 (ref. no. 7/112/0 / - / 2)
The registers 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 Jewish community in Kwieciszewo as documentation registering the demographics of the Jewish community for the needs of local authorities. Each marital status record was recorded in two books - one copy remained in place (originals), and the other was transferred to the district court's mortgage archive (duplicate). In the case of the collection at hand, the preserved record books are duplicates. The community in Kwieciszewo was dissolved in 1933 and incorporated into the Jewish community in Inowrocław. It is highly probable that the materials were sent to the newly created (1953) County State Archives in Inowrocław, which since 1983 has been a branch of the State Archives in Bydgoszcz.
- 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.
- Access points: locations:
- Kwieciszewo
- System of arrangement:
-
The collection consists of 2 sub-series:
1. Duplicate of Civil-Standes-Bücher der Juden-Gemeinde zu Kwieciszewo, 1832–1848 (ref. no. 7/112/0 / - / 1) - the sub-series contains 139 pages;
2. Duplicate of Personen-Standes-Register der Juden-Gemeinde zu Kwieciszewo, 1832–1873 (ref. no. 7/112/0 / - / - the sub-series contains 83 pages.
- Finding aids:
- A printed inventory is available in the Archive. A digital catalogue entry also exists.
- 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