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Number 1, Winter 1999 ^: IN THIS ISSUE ... THE JEWISH SETTLEMEN T IN CH^CINY 6y Marian Paulewicz, translated by Gordon McDaniel, edited by Warren Blatt 3 YIZKOR BOOK S FOR KIELCE AND RADOM GUBERNIA S gpecîaf interest Group by Warren Blatt 7 HIDDEN TREASURE S IN POLISH VITAL RECORD S cjournaf by Lauren B. Eisenberg Davis 11 EXTRACT DATA IN THIS ISSUE .... 14 • RADO M BIRTHS, 1810-182 5 by Lauren B. Eisenberg Davis ... 15 • HZ A BIRTHS, 1850-186 5 3, by Carolynne Veffer 21 • CHÇCIN Y MARRIAGES, 1868-188 4 1999 by Dolores Lee Ring 37 Orfarafo, INDEX OF PLACES, Volumes I and II, USA- Kielce-Radom SIG Journal 59 GLOSSARY, PRONUNCIATIO N GUID E 60 of CfevAsh geneafogY fvM\shcd quarterly, ...but first a word from your coordinator .. 2 covering the Guôcrrtias of ancf of the Q^ngcfom o as defined 6^ tfic 6ourufaries as tfie^ existed, 1867-1917 Kielce-Radom SIG Journal, VoL 3 No. 1 Winter 1999 ... but first a word from our coordinator I'll bet that most of you will agree that Jewish genealogy has so much more to offer than just digging up information about your long lost Speciot Cfcitcrcst Group relatives. Wha t may have started out as curiosity about the past, or wanting to hand your children a legacy of their heritage, or just trying to find something to do with your spare time... has turned into more journal than what you had originally intended. ISSN No. 1092-800 6 ©1999, all material this issue For instance, I found that in order to really chronicle the events of my ancestors, I had to learn about "Jewish geography". I also had to live published quarterly by die through the history of our people, the many pogroms, the restrictions KIELCE-RADOM and finally, the Holocaust of the 1930 s and 1940s. Special Interest Group (SIG) And there is one more plus that came with my probing the past - th e a non-profit; informal world-wide interesting and generous people I have met. S o many of them have body of individuals interested in Jewish gone out of their way help me in my personal search, or have given me genealogical research from Kidce and a different viewpoint of life in general. I have formed some lasting Radom, two gubernias in the Kingdom friendships, a great number of acquaintances and hundreds of people I of Poland as defined by the boundaries can call upon from time to time, in or outside the realm of genealogy. as they existed from 1867-1917 . ADVISORY GROUP: What brought all this to mind was the generosity so many of our SIG Warren Blatt members have shown by again contributing to our special research Lauren B. Eisenberg Davis fund. Ou r annual dues cover our normal obligations: the printing, Sid Orfus, Production Manager mailing and other expenses of this journal. Th e money in the research Gene Starn, Coordinator fund is used to help defray extracurricular research activities. I n our next issue we will list the names of those who have been so generous. VISIT OUR WEB PAGE They have truly shown their dedication to the work our SIG is trying www.jeMrishgen.org/kisig to accomplish. Subscriptions and all administrative And there are others in our group we also wish to thank... those correspondence should be directed to: members who participate in our extraction program of birth, marriage KIELCE-RADOM SIG. and death records and those who provide us with the articles and bits Gene Starn, Coordinator of interesting information you read between our covers each issue. P.O. Box 520583 They are the foundation of our organization's work. W e usually Longwood, FL 32752 U.S A acknowledge their contribution alongside their printed work in our e-mail: [email protected] Journal. Phone: (407) 788-3898 We dedicate this first issue of our third year of publication to our All matters relating to research should extract research people who have provided us with a record number of be directed to: pages of extracts, transliterated and translated from the LDS Lauren B. Eisenberg Davis (Mormon) microfilms. Carefull y look them over for the surnames you P.O. Box 784 are researching. Man y times you will find a surname showing up in an Reisterstown, MD 21136-0784 area you would least likely expect. e-mail: [email protected] Dues (US. funds) are: $26.00 for U.S. , Canada and Mexico $32.00 for all others Our policy on back issues of the Journal [add $6.00 for overseas airmail delivery Back copies of the Journal are available for previous years (1997 instead of surface mail delivery] and 199S) , but ONLY to current members, and then only in full- year sets of four. Singl e issues are not available. Price s for each volume of back issues are $26 (U.S. & Canada), $32 (all others). Winter 1999 Kielce-Radom SIG Journal, Vot, 3, No. 1 The Jewish Settlement in Chçciny By Marian Paulewicz "Osadnictwo 2ydowskie w Chçcinach" An article from Biuletyn Zydowskiego Instytutu Historycznego w Polsce B2m, 197 5 #2, pages 25-30 Translated fro m th e Polish by Gordon McDanie l Edited by Warren Blatt Chçciny — today a small town located in the 1367, th e Jews livedjn Sandomierz. 2 Anothe r " province o f Kielce, 1 5 km fro m Kielc e and 105 - mention of Jews inthe area^f Sandomierz was in km from Krakow^-has nearly 3,000 inhabitants. SolecT A s of-1417 they could, besides Catholics arid Russians , dwel l i n th e city , trade , an d In the past, Chçcinywas, after Sandomierz , achieve freedoms. 3 Als o ver y earl y th e Jew s one o f the larges t an d most significant town s i n lived in Szydlôw. I n 149 4 [King] Jan Olbracht I Sandomierz wojewôdztwo (province). Bot h cities [1492-1501] gave the right to own property to the were importan t military , administrative , Jews i n thi s city. 4 B y 150 1 th e Jew s live d i n industrial and trade centers. Trad e routes passed Opoczno. I n this year the Jew Ozar of Opoczno through here which led from Hungary via Nowy obtained a permit o f ren t o f a lo t i n Rawa.5 I n S^cz t o Wielkopolska (Greate r Poland ) an d 1548 Kin g Zygmun t Augus t I I [1548-1572 ] Gdansk, a s well a s from Russi a to Silesia. Th e confirmed th e agreemen t entere d int o betwee n city was founded betwee n 130 7 and 1325 . the citizens of the town of Wislica and the Jews. This decree , writte n i n te n articles , described , Chçciny was one of the most important towns among other things, the number of Jewish homes in the region, a s the castle of Chçciny confirms , in Wislica, gave permission to build a synagogue, which was fortified i n order to protect its safety. describes th e order s o f behavio r o f Jew s o n The ric h an d populou s Chçciny , a t it s peak o f gentile holidays , an d justice an d jurisdiction i n development before the Swedish invasion [1655], relation t o th e Jews . I n 155 9 Jew s obtained numbered 5,000 inhabitants. Thi s figure speak s permission t o d o busines s i n Sandomierz. 7 A for itsel f i n comparison t o other towns. A t that same time: th e capita l o f Poland, Warsaw , ha d 18,000, and Krakow had 20,000 residents. Historic Poland]. (Warszawa : E . Niez , 1910) , pp . 18-22, no. 2. The purpos e o f thi s wor k i s t o sho w th e 2 Ignac y Schiper , Studia nad stosunkami process o f the movement o f the Jewish people, gospodarczymi Zydôw w Polsce podczas srednoiwiecza the growth o f their position i n the city, an d th e [Studies on the Economic Relations of the Jews in role tha t th e Jewis h populatio n playe d i n th e Poland during the Middle Ages]. (Lwôw : Fundus z community. konkursowy im. Wawelberga, 1911) , p. 65. 3 In th e provinc e o f Sandomierz , whic h Lustracja woj. sandomierskiego 1660-1664 encompassed th e provinc e o f Kielc e an d th e [Inspection of Sandomierz Province 1660-1664], edited districts of Pilzneriski and Stçzyca, also included by Henryk Oprawko and Kamila Schuster. (Krakôw : in it s territor y dozen s o f roya l towns . Thes e Panstwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, 1971) , part I, p. 206. towns, i n variou s forms , wer e availabl e fo r 4 Lustracja woj. sandomierskiego 1789 Jewish settlement . Durin g th e reig n o f Kin g [Inspection of Sandomierz Province, 1789], par t III , Casimir I V Jagiello n [1447-1492] , i n th e yea r edited by Helena Madurowicz-Urbariska. (Wroclaw : 1453, the statutes and privileges which the Jews Zaklad Narodow y im . Ossolinskich , Wydawn . had obtained in Krakôw, Sandomierz, and Lwôw Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 1968) , p. 132. were affirmed, confirmin g tha t a few Jews were 5 living there a few centurie s before.1 Alread y i n M. Bersohn , op. cit., p. 223, no. 402. 6 Ibidem, p. 258, no. 520. 1 Mathia s Bersohn , Dyplomataryusz dotyczqcy 7 Lustracja woj.
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