Title:

Israelite community, district of Lugoj: births (1876-1885)

Alternative Title:

Geburtsprotokoll

Description:

This book records births that took place within families in and around the town of Lugoj from 1876-1885. Entries were generally completed meticulously, though sometimes messily, and record the names of the child and parents (including maiden name of mother); the birth date and place; gender; whether the birth was legitimate; information on circumcisions; midwives; and names of witnesses (to the circumcision or name-giving) or godparents. Some scribes recorded the Hebrew names of child and Hebrew date of birth. The book is printed in German and Hungarian; the initial entries are in German with addenda in Hungarian and, later, Romanian.

Creator:

Jewish community of Lugoj

Date:

1876-1885

Format:

Textual records

Extent:

36 sheets

Language:

German; Hungarian; Hebrew; Romanian

Provenance:

These registers were maintained by the respective Jewish community and/or local municipality and collected in the 1950s by the National Archives.

Call Number:

Colecția registre de stare civilă, jud. Timiș; fond nr. 4; inventar 1194; Comunitatea izraelită, Plasa Lugoj, nr. 4

Bibliographic Citation:

Colecția registre de stare civilă, jud. Timiș; fond nr. 4; inventar 1194; Comunitatea izraelită, Plasa Lugoj, nr. 4; Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcția Județeana Timiș

Repository:

Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Judeţeană Timiș, Timişoara, str. Andrei Mocioni nr. 8,cod 300038, jud. Timiş

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