Ostrowo Jewish Community Council. Records.

Title: Ostrowo Jewish Community Council

Inclusive Dates: 1824-1919

ID: RG 13

Extent Information

10'; 24 5"lgl

Arrangement

Folders arranged numerically

Biographical/Historical

The town of Ostrowo (Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poznan province, Western Poland) was under German domination from 1793 to 1918. The Jewish community which had existed there since 1724, became thoroughly Germanized in time. The community declined in size after 1918 when the province of Poznan became part of independent Poland.

Creators

Ostrowo Jewish Community Council

Subjects (links to similar collections)

Education
EDUCATION_
Elections
Ostrowo Jewish Community Council
Ostrow Wielkopolski
Ostrów
POLITICS AND POLITICAL PARTIES_
Religious Life
RELIGIOUS LIFE_

Forms of Material (links to similar genres)

Documents - Communal Records
Documents - Records

Languages of Materials

German
Hebrew

Administrative Information

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Other Note

Inventory: English, 22 pp., typed

Description: Records of communal officers include: materials on the elections of communal officers, rabbis, cantors, slaughterers and sextons; synagogue seat contracts; marriage registers; lists of the poor and petitions for aid; school and vocational apprenticeship records; tax rolls and other financial documents; government regulations and decrees; vital statistics, birth records. Records of the Community Council include minutes of election meetings, correspondence with the government, communal decisions and protests, rolls of community members listing profession and citizenship status.

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