Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database
Lódz Registration Cards 1916-1921. [Internet resource] (ID: 43113)
Authorship or Source:
- Jewish Records Indexing - Poland.
- JewishGen.
Year:
[2016?-]
Title or Main Description:
Lódz Registration Cards 1916-1921. [Internet resource]
Description:
Number of Names or Other Entries-- Approx. 20,000 Names
Type of Work:
HTML documents with links to browseable images
Alternate or Series Title:
- Lódz Personenblatt - Karta Meldunkowa [Registration Cards] (Lódz Archives Fond 221).
- Lodz Registration Cards 1916-1921. [Internet resource]
Provenance:
Compiled and published online by the 'Lodz Registration Cards Extraction Project' of JRI-Poland based on records held by the Archiwum Panstwowe w Lodzi [= Polish State Archives in Lodz] as the collection, 'Lódz Personenblatt - Karta Meldunkowa [= Registration Cards]' (Lódz Archives Fond 221).
Keywords:
World War, 1914-1918 --Poland --Lodz --Registers.
Jews --Poland --Lodz --Registers.
Jews --Poland --Lodz --Census.
Jews --Poland --Lodz --Registers.
Jews --Poland --Lodz --Census.
Abstract:
Web portal to browseable census-style registration forms for Jewish residents of Lodz, Poland, 1916-1921, arranged by surname of head of household with information concerning other household residents. PLEASE NOTE: Some surname sections are not yet available as of October 2016.
"In Congress Poland and Galicia, each community was required to maintain an ongoing census-like record of all legal residents of the community. The information was recorded in huge volumes called Ksiegi Ludnosci [Books of Residents]. Individual Registration Cards were first filled out, and the information was later copied into these books. Until around 1932, the Books of Residents contained only those whose legal residence was in that community. During World War I, from 1916–1918, Lódz was controlled by the Germans, and they began registering all residents of the city, not only those who had their legal residence there. This is a collection of these cards, which exist for the years 1916–21.
Notes:
Spelling of surnames in these cards may be different than other records for the family as these were often Germanized [e.g., Bursztajn to Burstein].
A child reaching 18 years of age was registered under her/his own card. (This is important to remember if you know the name of a younger person and not the parent. )
[...]
The Lodz Registration Cards may include previously unknown family members who were victims of the [Holocaust]."
Information contained on Registration Cards:
Head of Household:
-- Surname
-- Given Name
-- Father Name
-- Occupation
-- Date or Year Born
-- Town (and District) where Born
-- Nationality
-- Religion
-- Permanent Resident of (town)
Family Members:
-- Given Name
-- Date or Year Born
-- Place Born
-- Religion
Other Information:
-- Date of Arrival (in Lodz)
-- Street and House Number
-- Tax District
"In Congress Poland and Galicia, each community was required to maintain an ongoing census-like record of all legal residents of the community. The information was recorded in huge volumes called Ksiegi Ludnosci [Books of Residents]. Individual Registration Cards were first filled out, and the information was later copied into these books. Until around 1932, the Books of Residents contained only those whose legal residence was in that community. During World War I, from 1916–1918, Lódz was controlled by the Germans, and they began registering all residents of the city, not only those who had their legal residence there. This is a collection of these cards, which exist for the years 1916–21.
Notes:
Spelling of surnames in these cards may be different than other records for the family as these were often Germanized [e.g., Bursztajn to Burstein].
A child reaching 18 years of age was registered under her/his own card. (This is important to remember if you know the name of a younger person and not the parent. )
[...]
The Lodz Registration Cards may include previously unknown family members who were victims of the [Holocaust]."
Information contained on Registration Cards:
Head of Household:
-- Surname
-- Given Name
-- Father Name
-- Occupation
-- Date or Year Born
-- Town (and District) where Born
-- Nationality
-- Religion
-- Permanent Resident of (town)
Family Members:
-- Given Name
-- Date or Year Born
-- Place Born
-- Religion
Other Information:
-- Date of Arrival (in Lodz)
-- Street and House Number
-- Tax District
Language and Other Notes:
- Website in English with Polish sectional descriptions (e.g., "Spis ludnosci Lodzi" [= "The Lodz Census]), with text of documents in parallel German and Polish.
Some unsupported Polish diacritics and special characters replaced with nearest supported equivalents in this catalog record.
Last accessed: 3 October 2016. - You will need to first create a free account with JRI before accessing the index. https://jri-poland.org/
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