Dear Marc,
The H-SIG website is looking real snazzy. thanks for all
of your hard work and mazel tov, somewhat belatedly, on your new
baby.
Sorry that you missed the NY conference. As you may have
heard from Louis, we spent quite a bit of time at the H-SIG meeting
talking about projects and additions to the website. there was
a consensus that there is a considerable abount of info in the H-SIG
archives that might be useful for researchers and easier to access if
listed on the data page.
I'm sending you two items that were previously posted to the
list but might be worth including on the data page. The first
is a list of names from the 1828 Census for Sziget, Maramaros, that I
posted. This is followed by a list of names from the 1828
Census for Karacsonfalva aka Tiszakaracsonfalva ( now Craciunesti,
Rom.) that Dolph Klein provided.
Although this info might be easier to use in spreadsheet form,
as Dolph suggests in his message, I think it will still be of
interest to folks researching these places.
Do you mind if I send along items like this or will it just make
your life more complicated??
Best wishes and l'shana tovah!
Vivian Kahn
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The 1828 Land
Census for Sziget, Maramarosmegye, lists 620 households including the
following Jewish heads of household. The names are in
alphabetical order, not in the order they appear in this
record. Names are listed as they appear in the records, which
usually gives surnames before given names. In some cases the
censustaker has obviously transposed the first and last names (e.g.
Smil Veisz should be Veisz Smil).
Jozif Kahan, who is identified as "Rabbonim Judaeus" and Nachman
Kahan were both sons of Rabbi Yehuda Kahan (1740-1819), the first
rabbi of Sziget.
This information can be found on FHL International Film # 623056.
Ajzik Lempert
Amosel Sprizel
Ber Kovis Elias
Chaimovis Mendel
David Lazar
Davidovics Abraham
Fehsinger Abraham
Fisa (?) Majer
Fojzik(?) Kahan
Jakob Taub
Joszif Berl
Joszef Smula
Joszef Veiner
Joszif Kahan
Joszip ?
Juda Svarcz
Lajos Salamon Majer
Lazari Veiner
Leib Saul
Leib Smuli
? Lejb
Lejb
Lejb Veisz
Malek Jacob
Mayer ?
Mayer Sruller
Mayer Taub
Mechel Kahan
Mendel?
Mendele Jocaim
Monis Sruller
Mosko Sruller
Motya Lempert
Nachman Kahan
Salamon Mallek
Samuel Kahan
Schulmaiser Monis
Sloma Lejb
Smil Kahan
Smil Smilovis
Smil Zsmuk
Smil Veisz
Smul L.
Veiser Chaim
Veiser Josel
Zisza Leib Adler
----------------------------------Subject: Census data from Karacsonfalva, 1828.
From: Dolph Klein <kledolph@acpub.duke.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 21:30:46 -0400
X-Message-Number: 5
I have ordered a number of microfilm reels through my local FHC,
particularly on the 1928 Hungarian Land Census from the counties of
Pozsony
and parts of Nyitra, Trencsen, and Maramaros.
The data from Karacsonfalva below were copied from FHL's
International
film, catalogue 0623055, listing the communities of Maramaros
County
(Megye) from Desze to Korosmezo.
Karacsonfalva, Hungary, later known as Tiszakaracsonyfalva, is now
called
Craciunesti, Romania and located about 8 km NW from Sighet. Each
census
taker seems to have his/her quirks. In this case, the surname of Jews
were
written in the second position while those of non-Jews were written
in the
first position. In accordance to the amount of space available for
names,
the word for Jew would be written right after the name of the head
of
household as Judaed, Judae, Juda, Jud and even the letter, J,
if space was
limited. No names of members of a household other than the head
were
included in the 1828 Census.
Of the 145 households, I counted 61 to be headed by a Jew. There were
two
entries that did not have the written designation of Jud, but were
written
as if they were Jewish. I noted these two entries with parentheses.
One of
them, Abraham Feig is a possible ancestor on my maternal side of the
family.
As for the handwritten script, I have to apologize if I did not read
the
fancy and oft times difficult letter structures correctly.
Please contact
me privately if you wish me to correct the spellings. Eventually, I
will
transfer these names to a database or spreadsheet for inclusion in
H-SIG's
data webpage.
The number that precede each name corresponds with the sequence of
names in
the census and serves as a reference for you to find the entry should
you
wish to view the microfilm for yourself. Be advised that there are
additional information beyond the number and name given for each
entry. For
details see Louis Schonfeld's article on the 1828 census
schedules:
http://www.jewishgen.org/hungary/Articles/Mormon_microfilms_1828_property_ce
nsus.txt
On this microfilm, Karacsonfalva is listed as community number 58.
Keep in
mind that s in Hungarian is pronounced sh as in shul, while sz has a
pure s
sound.
24 Kratz Hunig
25 Hers Lieberman
27 Tobi
Sire?
28 Abraham Hunos
44 Hers Tobszkus
52 Hers Perler
57 Slomo Berlevics
59 Markus Polak
70 Fajbis Lugar
71 Lazar Abraham
74 Berko Lebovicz
89 Nomi
Abra
91 Michel Rozenthal
92 Mindel Haim
93 Jankil Rozh
94 Itzig Kopl?
95 Berko Zelman
96 Moske Rosh
97 Moske Rozh
98 Zismon Tesler
99 (Abraham Liberman)
100 (Abraham Feig)
101 Marko Feig
102 Aizik Lieberman
103 Michel Firszel
104 Jung
Lieberman
105 Chaim Vizel
106 Ruvin? Jogiben?
107 Marko Moskovits
108 Chaim Feig
109 Iszig Konig
110 Beniamin Chaim vidua Abraham Luzer
111 David Viper
112 Tissel Moskovics
113 Judka Schuszez?
114 Abraham Drot?
115 Lazar
Hadl
116 Zelik Drosh
117 Kracz Mihdel
118 Markovits Josef (inverted name?)
119 Joszef Deics
120 Lazar Ramar?
121 Iszig Szabo
122 David Haniz
123 Hers Slyemovits?
124 Gauzilla Davidovic
125 Mani Markovits vidua Beniamin
Ceiszig?
126 Felik
Majerovits
127 Zeul Gortz?
128 Sloma Faig
129 Jankis Hantz
130 Kamajda? Haszkel
131 Lechman Dros
132 Schmaja David (inverted name?)
133 Auram
Pinkas
134 Simka Leb
135 Felik Perli
136 Chamajada Sulem
137 Mosko Kojel?
138 Chaim Szul
144 Jankil Rozenthal