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Goal:Cooperative research of the Jewish population of Kielce and Radom gubernias, which were regions in southern Russian Poland. The SIG produces a quarterly publication, the Kielce-Radom SIG Journal, which includes articles applicable to research throughout Russian Poland, as well as research projects such as Cyrillic index transliterations from LDS microfilms and vital records extractions from our region.
Dues:$26 US per publication year for members in the U.S., $30 US in Canada, and $37 US elsewhere. See contact information below and the membership subscription form.
The Kielce-Radom SIG is a not-for-profit group. Annual membership dues are used to defray publication and mailing costs and research expenses incurred by the group. The current advisory committee for the SIG consists of Warren Blatt, Editor; Debra Braverman, Membership; and Carol Isaak, Production.
Area of
Inclusion:
The seven districts (Polish powiat, Russian uezd)
of Kielce gubernia
1867-1917 were:
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The seven districts of Radom gubernia 1867-1917 were:
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Maps:
Towns in Kielce and Radom Gubernias Historical
Background:
Radom and Kielce gubernias were two of the ten gubernias (provinces) of the Kingdom of Poland (Russian Poland), from 1867 - 1917.
This area was previously known as the Cracow and Sandomierz palatinates of Poland, which were annexed by Austria in the third partition of Poland in 1795, and became West Galicia. Austria ceded West Galicia to the Duchy of Warsaw in 1809. In 1815, the Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland) was established by the Congress of Vienna, and ruled by the Russian Empire. At this time, familiar names were re-introduced: Kraków and Sandomierz wojewodztwa (1815-1844), which became Radom gubernia in 1844. In 1867, Radom gubernia was split into Radom and Kielce gubernias, and those borders remained in place until WWI, when Poland regained independence.
Kielce and Radom gubernias were bordered on the north, east,
and west by other gubernias of the Kindgom of Poland:
— on the east by Lublin and Siedlce gubernias
— on the north by Warszawa gubernia
— on the west by Piotrków gubernia
and was bordered on the south by Galicia (Austrian Poland).
Today, the Kielce/Radom region corresponds roughly to Swietokrzyskie Province, south-central Poland, being much of the area between Warsaw and Kraków. For more information, see the article "Kielce and Radom Gubernias — Geographic History".
Note that the city of Kielce experienced numerous Jewish residence bans throughout its history. In 1535 the first ban of Jews living in Kielce was enacted. They resettled the town in 1833, only to be expelled again in 1843. The Jews returned to Kielce in 1852, but affiliated with the Jewish congregation of Chęciny until 1868, when the Kielce Jewish community and cemetery were established.
The Jewish population of Kielce gubernia in 1897 was 83,200. Radom gubernia had 112,630 Jews. For population figures for each town, see our town list.
Past Issue
Contents:The first issue of the Kielce-Radom Special Interest Group's publication, K-R SIG Journal, was published in January, 1997. With more than 250 pages of genealogical material annually, it is one of the most informative, instructional and useful publications available to Jewish genealogists, especially to those researching these two southern gubernias of the Kingdom of Poland.
Follow the links below to see the contents of past issues:
| Volume One (1997) | Volume Two (1998) |
| Volume Three (1999) | Volume Four (2000) |
| Volume Five (2001) | Volume Six (2002) |
| Volume Seven (2003) |
. . . by noted authors and researchers in the Jewish genealogical world. . .
The K-R SIG Journal is available only through membership in the KIELCE-RADOM SIG.
Other Sites
of Interest:
For membership or further information:For subscription information, contact Debra Braverman at:
Kielce-Radom SIG
Gracie Station
P. O. Box 127
New York, NY 10028
Membership in the Kielce-Radom SIG is $26 per publication year for members in the USA; $30 US for members in Canada; and $37 US elsewhere. A membership entitles you to all four annual issues of the Kielce-Radom SIG Journal for the current calendar year. To subscribe, you can use the membership subscription form.
Back issues of the Kielce-Radom SIG Journal are available to current members only, and are sold only by annual volume — four issues each:
Prices for back volumes (4 issues) are $26 for members in the USA;
$30 US for members in Canada; and $37 US elsewhere.
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