Metadata: Vital Records of the Jewish Community of Mikstat
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:
- 53/3583/0
- Title:
- Vital Records of the Jewish Community of Mikstat
- Title (official language):
- Akta stanu cywilnego gminy żydowskiej Mikstat (pow. ostrzeszowski)
- Creator/accumulator:
- Jewish Community of Mikstat
- Date(s):
- 1835/1846
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 0.04 metres, 10 folders
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection consists of materials produced by the Jewish community in Mikstat (Ostrzeszów county), and includes the vital records of Jews from Mikstat from 1835 to 1846:
Geburts-, Heiraths-, Ehescheidungs- u. Sterbeliste, 1835 (ref. no. 53/3583/0 / - / 1) - list of births, marriages, divorces and deaths. Records regarding marriages and divorces were attached to the documentation of the vital records of the Jewish community in Ostrzeszów. (11 entries on 9 pages)
Geburts-, Heiraths-, Ehescheidungs- u. Sterbeliste, 1836 (ref. no. 53/3583/0 / - / 2) - list of births, marriages, divorces and deaths. Records regarding marriages and divorces were attached to the documentation of the vital records of the Jewish community in Ostrzeszów. (8 entries on 9 pages)
Geburts-, Heiraths-, Ehescheidungs- u. Sterbeliste, 1838 (ref. no. 53/3583/0 / - / 3) - list of births, marriages, divorces and deaths. Records regarding marriages and divorces were attached to the documentation of the vital records of the Jewish community in Ostrzeszów. (10 entries on 9 pages)
Personenstandesregister (births, marriages, deaths), 1839 (ref. no. 53/3583/0 / - / 4) - list of births, marriages and deaths. Records regarding marriages and divorces were attached to the documentation of the vital records of the Jewish community in Ostrzeszów. (11 entries on 10 pages)
Personenstandesregister (births, marriages, deaths), 1840 (ref. no. 53/3583/0 / - / 5) - list of births, marriages and deaths. Records regarding marriages and divorces were attached to the documentation of the vital records of the Jewish community in Ostrzeszów. (5 entries on 4 pages)
Personenstandesregister (births, marriages, deaths), 1841 (ref. no. 53/3583/0 / - / 6) - list of births, marriages and deaths. Records regarding marriages and divorces were attached to the documentation of the vital records of the Jewish community in Ostrzeszów. (7 entries on 6 pages)
Personenstandesregister (births, marriages, deaths), 1842 (ref. no. 53/3583/0 / - / 7) - list of births, marriages and deaths. (17 entries on 12 pages)
Personenstandesregister (births, marriages, deaths), 1843 (ref. no. 53/3583/0 / - / 8) - list of births, marriages and deaths. Records regarding marriages and divorces were attached to the documentation of the vital records of the Jewish community in Ostrzeszów. (13 entries on 13 pages)
Personenstandesregister (births, marriages, deaths), 1844 (ref. no. 53/3583/0 / - / 9) - list of births, marriages and deaths. (14 entries on 11 pages)
Personenstandesregister (births, marriages, deaths), 1846 (ref. no. 53/3583/0 / - / 10) - list of births, marriages and deaths. Records regarding marriages and divorces were attached to the documentation of the vital records of the Jewish community in Ostrzeszów. (9 entries on 12 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 Mikstat (Ostrzeszów county) as documentation registering the demographics of the local Jewish community for the local authorities. Record books were kept in the Jewish community and were sent in part to the Jewish community in Ostrzeszów. The Mikstat community existed until the outbreak of World War II. Its documentation was probably sent to the Stadtarchiv Posen during the war. After the end of World War II, the vital records of the Jewish community in Mikstat 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:
- Mikstat
- System of arrangement:
- The collection consists of 10 sub-series - births for 1835–1836, 1838–1844, 1846; marriages for 1835–1836, 1838–1844, 1846; deaths for 1835–1836, 1838–1844, 1846.
- 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