Metadata: Vital Records of the Jewish Community of Trzcianka
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:
- 53/3593/0
- Title:
- Vital Records of the Jewish Community of Trzcianka
- Title (official language):
- Akta stanu cywilnego gminy żydowskiej Trzcianka
- Creator/accumulator:
- Jewish Community of Trzcianka
- Date(s):
- 1816/1908
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 0.11 metres, 7 folders
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection consists of materials produced by the Jewish community in Trzcianka (Poznań county). It includes the registration records of Jews from Trzcianka from 1816-1908:
Liste von den Todesfällen, 1816-1834 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / - / 1) - list of deaths, by year;
Geburtsregister, 1835-1847 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / - / 2) - list of births, by year;
Heiratsregister, 1835-1847 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / - / 3) - list of marriages;
Register der Ehescheidungen, 1835-1847 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / -4) - list of divorces, by year;
Sterberegister, 1835-1847 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / -5) - list of deaths, by year;
Heirats, Geburts, Sterbe und Ehenscheidungsregister, 1835-1841 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / - / 6) - lists of births, marriages, divorces and deaths by year
Verzeichniss der Gestorbenen, 1855-1908 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / - / 7) - list of deaths, by year.
The registers have a tabular layout and contain the following information:
Birth registers - name and surname of the parents, occupation of the father, name of the infant, date of birth, names and signatures of witnesses.
Marriage registers - name and surname of the bride and groom, their place of origin, the groom's profession, information about witnesses, their origin and profession, date of the marriage.
Divorce registers - name and surname of the spouses, profession held by the groom, date of obtaining the divorce document, entry in the files.
Death registers - name and surname of the deceased, day of death, age and, optionally, cause of death.
- Archival history:
- The material in this collection was produced and collected by the Jewish community in Trzcianka as documentation registering the demographics of the local Jewish community for the needs of local authorities. Record books were kept in the Jewish community. When the community in Trzcianka was dissolved in the late 1930s, its materials were sent to the Jewish community in Poznań. During World War II, the archives were transferred to Stadtarchiv Posen. After World War II, the files of the civil status of the Jewish community in Trzcianka 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:
- Trzcianka
- System of arrangement:
-
The collection consists of 7 sub-series - births in 1835-1847, marriages in 1835-1847, deaths in 1816-1847, 1855-1908 (index only for the years 1855-1908):
1. Liste von den Todesfällen, 1816–1834 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / - / 1) - the sub-series consists of 1 book, contains 336 entries and has a total of 43 pages;
2. Geburtsregister, 1835–1847 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / - / 2) - the sub-series consists of 13 books, contains 373 entries and has a total of 190 pages ;
3. Heiratsregister, 1835–1847 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / - / 3) - the sub-series consists of 13 books, 74 entries and a total of 95 pages;
4. Register der Ehescheidungen, 1835–1847 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / -4) - the sub-series consists of 8 books, contains 9 entries and has a total of 38 pages;
5. Sterberegister, 1835–1847 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / -5) - the sub-series consists of 12 books, 139 entries and a total of 87 pages;
6. Heirats-, Geburts-, Sterbe- und Ehescheidungsregister, 1835–1841 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / - / 6) - the sub-series consists of 10 books, contains 20 entries and a total of 38 pages;
7. Verzeichniss der Gestorbenen, 1855–1908 (ref. no. 53/3593/0 / - / 7) - the sub-series consists of one book, 479 entries and a total of 42 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