Metadata: Congregation Records 1848-1849
Collection
- Country:
- Hungary
- Holding institution:
- National Archives of Hungary, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Archives, Szolnok
- Holding institution (official language):
- Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Levéltára, Szolnok
- Postal address:
- 5000 Szolnok, Pozsonyi út 40-42
- Phone number:
- +36 56 421 404
- Web address:
- https://mnl.gov.hu/jnszml
- Email:
- jnszml@mnl.gov.hu
- Reference number:
- IV.B.101.a
- Title:
- Congregation Records 1848-1849
- Title (official language):
- Közgyűlési jegyzőkönyvek 1848-1849
- Creator/accumulator:
- Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county
- Date(s):
- 1848/1849
- Language:
- Hungarian
- Extent:
- 0.18 linear metres (3 volumes)
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection 'Congregation Records 1848-1849' comprises the records of Committee of the Jászkun District. The collection is part of the extensive collection of ‘Documents of the Committee of the Jászkun District 1848-1849’.
The document collection in the Jászkun district archives differs from the collections of other county archives. Due to the privilege of the local inhabitants, the Jazygians and the Cumans, the members of the General Assembly did not come from the ranks of the nobility and represented instead the wealthy landowners. However, the administrative and legislative powers of the district provided the same right to represent interests as in other counties. The Committee of the Jászkun District became the successor of the congregation in 1848. The trial and enforcement of all the administrative cases were within its jurisdiction.
The nature of the collection is diverse: petitions submitted to the congregations, examinations, notifications, reports, orders of emissaries, lists of tax assessments, correspondence with other counties, regulations issued by the Royal Council of Governor-General and the Chancellery and traffic-related information. The subjects of the cases heard by the members of the Committee reflect the era: commercial issues, bankruptcy proceedings, farming leases, auctions, taverns, quarantine implemented by the judge, disrespect, emigration and immigration, runaways, their descriptions, meat sales, school, matters of horses, the military, recruits, felonies, beatings, manslaughter, swearing, tax arrears, thieves, factories, naturalisation, agriculture, invalidation of debts, wildfire, wood sales, military uniforms, travel documents, Jewish-related matters, re-acquisition of ownership rights, obligations of feudal tenants, religious issues, cemetery and books. The records were written in Latin and Hungarian.
The Jewish-related record entries were recorded according to the session dates. There are about 39 entries in the collection (although only for 1848). The date of the first one is 21 February 1848 (No .135.), which deals with the bankruptcy case of Ferenc Kann. Similarly to the general records, the entries comprise petitions, examinations, notifications and reports submitted to the Committee. Compared to the subjects of general records, the Jewish-related ones are rather one-dimensional: the majority of them are bankruptcy cases (in 23 cases). In addition, there are personal descriptions, dissolution of associations, trade agreements, bills of exchange, silk production, horse issues, arrest warrants for fugitives, bond annulment, application for dismissal from the immigrant's homeland.
The records refer to individuals. They include communications for both national and local cases. The records highlight mostly the social relationships of the male members of society and their roles in economic matters. The lawsuit of Fülöp and Abrahám Fai appears in the records, which can also be found in the material of several counties (for example, in the material of the Békés County Archives) due to the complicated nature of economic relations. However, in some cases, the personal description or economic activity of women also emerges, e.g. bankruptcy proceedings against Anna Oppenheimer (04 04 1848, No. 830). Each individual appears on the pages of the records only once. The record entries are brief. The documents were written in Hungarian.
- Archival history:
-
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county was founded in 1876 with its seat in Szolnok. The county includes the Jászkun District, and Külső-Szolnok part of Heves and Külső-Szolnok counties. The establishment of the county archives was ordered by Queen Maria Theresa. The legal predecessor of the archive was established in 1751 at the headquarters of the Jászkun District in Jászberény. The county records were collected here. The well-organised collection was transferred to the Szolnok county archives in 1878. The document collection was moved to the building of the Szolnok Financial Administration under the name Szolnok County Public Archives in 1950. Later the county court building was designated as the maintenance site for the archival materials in 1917. The construction of a new building was decided in 1952 and it was completed by 1980. The building - explicitly for the maintenance of archival materials - is located at 40-42 Pozsonyi Street.
The collection contains very few documents from the period before Mohács. However, it became extensive from the 18th century. (As a result of territorial reclassification in the Heves county archives, documents related to Szolnok county can also be found.) The composition of the documents maintained in Szolnok county is closely related to the changes in the administrative boundaries from period to period. Deaccessioning in 1914 and 1928 and ‘paper collection’ in 1946 and 1947 caused irreparable deficiencies in the case files.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Jászkun District Committee was established in 1848 after the civil revolution as the successor of the congregation of nobilities. The authority of territorial administration ensured the representation of wider parts of the population. The Committee ceased to exist after the end of the Revolution and the War of Independence.
- Access points: locations:
- Halas
- Access points: persons/families:
- Fai, Abraham
- Fai, Fülöp
- Kann, Ferenc
- Oppenheimer, Anna
- Subject terms:
- Crime
- Financial matters--Debt
- Legal matters
- Trade and commerce
- System of arrangement:
- The collection comprises two records bound together annually. The third volume of the collection is the index book.
- Finding aids:
- One index book exists.
- Yerusha Network member:
- University of Szeged
- Author of the description:
- Dr. Tibor Almási and Dr. Erzsébet Mislovics, University of Szeged, 2020
