Metadata: Vital Records of the Jewish Community of Pleszew
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:
- 53/3587/0
- Title:
- Vital Records of the Jewish Community of Pleszew
- Title (official language):
- Akta stanu cywilnego gminy żydowskiej Pleszew
- Creator/accumulator:
- Jewish Community of Pleszew
- Date(s):
- 1835/1847
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 1.6 metres, 11 folders
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection consists of material produced by the Jewish community in Pleszew (Poznań county), including registration records of Jews from Pleszew from 1835-1847:
Geburtsregister, 1835–1841 (ref. no. 53/3587/0/-/1) – 6 birth registers with a total of 223 entries. Each volume ends with an alphabetical list of registered newborns.
Geburtsregister, 1841 (ref. no. 53/3587/0/-/2) – birth register with 41 entries and an alphabetical list of registered newborns.
Geburtsregister, 1842 (ref. no. 53/3587/0/-/3) – birth register with 47 entries and an alphabetical list of registered newborns.
Geburtsregister, 1843 (ref. no. 53/3587/0/-4) – birth register with 58 entries and an alphabetical list of registered newborns.
Geburtsregister, 1844 (ref. no. 53/3587/0/-/5) – birth register with 51 entries and an alphabetical list of registered newborns.
Geburtsregister, 1845 (ref. no. 53/3587/0/-6) – birth register with 68 entries and an alphabetical list of registered newborns.
Geburtsregister, 1846 (ref. no. 53/3587/0/-/7) – birth register with 44 entries and an alphabetical list of registered newborns.
Geburtsregister, 1847 (ref. no. 53/3587/0/-/8) – birth register with 49 entries and an alphabetical list of registered newborns.
Heiratsregister, 1835–1847 (ref. no. 53/3587/0/-/9) – consists of 12 volumes of marriage registers and contains a total of 79 entries and an alphabetical list of registered married couples.
Ehescheidungsregister, 1835–1847 (ref. no. 53/3587/0/-/10) – consists of 14 volumes of divorce registers and contains a total of 15 entries and an alphabetical list of registered divorces.
Sterberegister, 1835–1847 (ref. no. 53/3587/0/-/11) – consists of 11 volumes of death registers and contains a total of 227 entries and an alphabetical list of registered deaths.
The registers have a tabular layout 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.
Divorce records - name and surname of the spouses, profession held by the groom, date of obtaining the divorce document, entry in the files.
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 Pleszew as documentation recording the demographics of the local Jewish community for the needs of local authorities. Registers were kept in the Jewish community archives. When the Pleszew Jewish community was dissolved in the 1930s, its materials were sent to the Jewish community in Poznań. During World War II, the archives were transferred to Stadtarchiv Posen. After the end of hostilities, the vital records of the Jewish community in Pleszew 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:
- Pleszew
- System of arrangement:
- The collection consists of 11 sub-series divided into three categories of births, marriages and deaths.
- 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
