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What determined the places where Jewish people lived and their movements? If individual family members have gone on ahead, there was the natural tendency of other family members to follow. For those who eventually settled in Croatia, records suggest that the usual route was from Bohemia and Moravia into the western counties of old Hungary (now in Slovakia and the Austrian Burgenland) and then through southern Hungary into Croatia and Slavonia. | What determined the places where Jewish people lived and their movements? If individual family members have gone on ahead, there was the natural tendency of other family members to follow. For those who eventually settled in Croatia, records suggest that the usual route was from Bohemia and Moravia into the western counties of old Hungary (now in Slovakia and the Austrian Burgenland) and then through southern Hungary into Croatia and Slavonia. | ||
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Number of Jewish registers include ''Konskription'', which meant census or enrollment. They are similar to the 1848 census but give actual dates of birth instead of age. | Number of Jewish registers include ''Konskription'', which meant census or enrollment. They are similar to the 1848 census but give actual dates of birth instead of age. | ||
'''Additional Reading''' | |||
For more information on this topic see an excellent article ''Researching Jewish Family History in Croatia, Slavonia and Hungary'' by Malcolm Scott Hardy published in AVOTAYNU (Volume XVII, Number 3, Fall 2001). | For more information on this topic see an excellent article ''Researching Jewish Family History in Croatia, Slavonia and Hungary'' by Malcolm Scott Hardy published in AVOTAYNU (Volume XVII, Number 3, Fall 2001). | ||
[[Category:Croatia]] | [[Category:Croatia]] | ||