Metadata: Vital Records of the Jewish Community of Krzywin
Collection
- Country:
- Poland
- Holding institution:
- State Archives in Poznan
- Holding institution (official language):
- Archiwum Państwowe w Poznaniu
- Postal address:
- ul. 23 Lutego 41/43, 60-967 Poznań
- Phone number:
- +48 61 852 46 01
- Email:
- archiwum@poznan.ap.gov.pl
- Reference number:
- 53/3581/0
- Title:
- Vital Records of the Jewish Community of Krzywin
- Title (official language):
- Akta stanu cywilnego gminy żydowskiej Krzywiń (pow. kościański)
- Creator/accumulator:
- Jewish Community of Krzywin
- Date(s):
- 1835/1847
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 0.06 metres, 38 folders
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection consists of materials produced by the Jewish community in Krzywin (Kościan county), and includes the vital record registers for Jews from Krzywin from 1835-1847:
Geburtsregister, 1835 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 1) - birth register (1 entry on 1 page);
Heiratsregister, 1835 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 2) - marriage register (1 entry on 1 page);
Sterberegister, 1835 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 3) - death register (1 entry on 1 page);
Geburtsregister, 1836 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 4) - birth register (7 entries on 2 pages);
Heiratsregister, 1836 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 5) - marriage register (1 entry on 1 page);
Geburtsregister, 1837 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 6) - birth register (2 entries on 1 page);
Heiratsregister, 1837 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 7) - marriage register (1 entry on 1 page);
Sterberegister, 1837 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 8) - death register (1 entry on 1 page);
Geburtsregister, 1838 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 9) - birth register (6 entries on 2 pages);
Heiratsregister, 1838 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 10) - marriage register (5 entries on 2 pages);
Sterberegister, 1838 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 11) - death register (4 entries on 1 page);
Geburtsregister, 1839 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 12) - birth register (1 entry on 1 page);
Heiratsregister, 1839 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 13) - marriage register (2 entries on 1 page);
Sterberegister, 1839 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 14) - death register (1 entry on 1 page);
Geburtsregister, 1840 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 15) - birth register (3 entries on 1 page);
Heiratsregister, 1840 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 16) - marriage register (2 entries on 1 page);
Sterberegister, 1840 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 17) - death register (4 entries on 2 pages);
Geburtsregister, 1841 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 18) - birth register (3 entries on 1 page);
Heiratsregister, 1841 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 19) - marriage register (no entries, the records were merged into the documentation of the Jewish community in Kościan);
Sterberegister, 1841 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 20) - death register (4 entries on 2 pages);
Geburtsregister, 1842 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 21) - birth register (2 entries on 1 page);
Heiratsregister, 1842 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 22) - marriage register (1 entry on 1 page);
Sterberegister, 1842 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 23) - death register (4 entries on 2 pages);
Geburtsregister, 1843 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 24) - birth register (2 entries on 1 page);
Heiratsregister, 1843 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 25) - marriage register (1 entry on 1 page);
Sterberegister, 1843 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 26) - death register (2 entries on 1 page);
Geburtsregister, 1844 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 27) - birth register (4 entries on 2 pages);
Heiratsregister, 1844 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 28) - marriage register (2 entries on 1 page);
Sterberegister, 1844 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 29) - death register (2 entries on 1 page);
Geburtsregister, 1845 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 30) - birth register (2 entries on 1 page);
Heiratsregister, 1845 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 31) - marriage register (1 entry on 1 page);
Sterberegister, 1845 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 32) - death register (no entries, the records were merged into the documentation of the Jewish community in Kościan);
Geburtsregister, 1846 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 33) - birth register (5 entries on 4 pages);
Heiratsregister, 1846 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 34) - marriage register (2 entries on 2 pages);
Sterberegister, 1846 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 35) - death register (4 entries on 4 pages);
Geburtsregister, 1847 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 36) - birth register (3 entries on 1 page);
Heiratsregister, 1847 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 37) - marriage register (2 entries on 2 pages);
Sterberegister, 1847 (ref. no. 53/3581/0 / - / 38) - death register (4 entries on 4 pages).
The registers in the book have a tabular structure and 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 material in this collection was produced and collected by the Jewish community in Krzywin (Kościan county) as documentation registering the demographics of the local Jewish community for the needs of local authorities. Record books were kept in the Jewish community. The Jewish community in Krzywin was dissolved in the 1930s. Its documentation was first sent to the Leszno community, and after its dissolution to the Poznań community. During World War II, the documents became part of the archives of Stadtarchiv Posen. After the end of hostilities, the files of the civil status of the Jewish community in Krzywin were included in the State Archives in Poznań, the successor of the war-time Stadtarchiv Posen.
- 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.
From 1849, these functions were taken over by county courts. In the Prussian partition, until 1874, record books for each denomination were kept by the appropriate parish, while Jewish registers were kept by magistrates, town police authorities and county heads. Copies of the registers were sent to the county courts. In 1874, registry offices were established in Prussia. The civil status clerks were the mayors or village heads (“metrykanci” or keepers of royal records). They prepared three types of registers: births, marriages and deaths. Each registry office kept two registers simultaneously: the main register and the secondary register.
- Access points: locations:
- Krzywin
- System of arrangement:
- The collection consists of 38 sub-series - births in 1835-1837, marriages in 1835-1847, deaths in 1835-1847.
- 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
