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The Family History Library has published copies of the 1793 Jewish census (FHL INTL Book 943.71 K3s vol. 1-6). | The Family History Library has published copies of the 1793 Jewish census (FHL INTL Book 943.71 K3s vol. 1-6). | ||
1783 Jewish Census of Bohemia Published. The first | |||
portion of the Jewish Census of 1783, covering family in 6 | |||
of 16 administrative regions of Bohemia (Beroun, Boleslav, | |||
Bydzov, Caslav, Kourim, Litomerice), was published recently; | |||
the remainder of the series likely will be published | |||
by the end of 2009. (The 1793 Census of Bohemia was edited | |||
and published in seven books during the years 2002-0.6 | |||
under the supervision of Dr. Ivana Ebelova, Faculty of Phllosophy, Charles University, Prague.) | |||
Unlike the previous Jewish census of 1724, this | |||
enumeration was not conducted to help limit the Jewish | |||
population, but rather to produce data for taxation purposes. | |||
Data sheets include name of the domicile, district name of | |||
tOWn/village, name of householder, householder's profession | |||
number of children and status (whether single or married) | |||
the amount of tax paid, and notes. | |||
E:Uperor Joseph II's decree mandating that Jews adopt | |||
hereditary surnames was not promulgated unti11787, three | |||
years after this census. As a result, (unlike the 1793 census) | |||
most individuals in this enumeration use patronyms rather | |||
than family name. In the larger towns, however, such as | |||
Kolin, Mlada Boleslav, Morina, Teplice, and Votice, surnames | |||
already were being used in 1783 to distinguish between | |||
individuals (and taxpayers). Obviously, having surnames | |||
would also help the central authority to register individual | |||
families according to the Familiant Law (issued in | |||
1726). As elsewhere, the surnames reflected professions | |||
(Fleischer, Glaser, and Mautner), previous dwelling places | |||
(toponyms such as Brandeis, Raudnitz, and Wotitzky), and | |||
roles in the community (Cantor and Katz). In small villages | |||
and towns, the typical settlement pattern of Jewish | |||
families in Bohemia, (but not in Moravia), the householders | |||
used patronyms (Jakob Abraham, Joseph Herschl, and | |||
so forth). | |||
The brief editorial portion of this volume is written in | |||
Czech, but all the census text is kept in German as it was | |||
compiled in 1783. Because of the structured format, the | |||
content is easy to understand. Useful indexes of names | |||
and local places for each of the regions supplement the | |||
book. | |||
[[Category:Czech Republic]] | [[Category:Czech Republic]] | ||