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Project to index genealogical collections at the Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw
in cooperation with
The Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. (New York)
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Kraków Jewish Community Marriage and Banns Registers 1877 - 1939 |
Full extracts of the more than 23,000 Kraków marriage and banns records from the Progressive Synagogue were
uploaded to the JRI-Poland database on May 20, 2001.
The on-line search results include bride and groom, father and mother's names, mother's maiden name
(where available), and town of birth. Search Results also include notes indicating when handwriting was
impossible to read. In such cases, researchers may want to order copies of the records and do their own
investigation. Copies of records found in JRI-Poland searches may be ordered directly from the Jewish
Genealogy & Family Heritage Center at The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute. Click
here (familyheritage@jhi.pl) to email them.
PLEASE NOTE: The Marriage records (fonds 998 -1010) contain more information than the Banns (fonds 991
to 997). To see if additional information might be available, refer to the fond tables below.
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Kraków Bann Registers: Fonds 991 to 997 |
Main Column # |
Main Column Headings |
Subsidiary Column # |
Subsidiary Column Headings |
1 |
Sequential number (Akt/Record#) |
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2 |
Relating to GROOM and his parents |
a |
First and family name, birth place, status and occupation |
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b |
Residence Location |
3 |
Relating to BRIDE and her parents |
a |
First and family name, birth place, status and occupation |
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b |
Residence Location |
4 |
Location and time of the Bann announcements |
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5 |
Remarks |
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Kraków Marriage Registers: Fonds 998 to 1010 |
Main Column # |
Main Column Headings |
Subsidiary Column # |
Subsidiary Column Headings |
Minor Column # |
Minor Column Headings |
1 |
Sequential number (Akt/Record#) |
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2 |
Relating to the GROOM |
A |
First and family name, birth place, occupation, residence location and house number; no less than (first) names, occupation, and residence location of his parents. |
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B |
Age |
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years |
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b |
months |
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C |
Status |
a |
free |
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b |
widower |
3 |
Relating to the BRIDE |
A |
First and family name, birth place; no less than (first) names, occupation, residence location, and house number of her parents. |
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B |
Age |
a |
years |
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b |
months |
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C |
Status |
a |
free |
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b |
widow |
4 |
Relating to the MARRIAGE |
A |
Day |
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B |
Month |
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C |
Year |
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D |
Location |
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5 and 6 |
Authentic (with own hand) Signature |
A |
Rabbinical functionary (religion pointer, rabbinical clerk?) |
a |
with reference to residence location |
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B |
Witnesses and their occupations |
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7 |
Remarks |
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Surname List from Kraków Marriage & Banns Registers |
A list of 8843 SURNAMES extracted from these records can be viewed by clicking
here. This will enable you to see if your family names
are included or if there are other spellings that might not be identified in a soundalike search. Note,
where there are two names together separated by an "f" or "r" or "z", it
indicates the SURNAMES of both the father and mother under which the bride or groom was originally registered.
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Fond Details |
JHI Fond # |
Year |
Type of Entries |
Size of Volume, Notes |
991 |
1897, 1898, 1899 |
Kraków (banns) |
24cm / 39cm |
992 |
1901, 1902 |
Kraków (banns) |
24cm / 39cm |
993 |
1892, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907 |
Kraków (banns) |
24cm / 39cm |
994 |
1908, 1909, 1910 |
Kraków (banns) |
24cm / 39cm |
995 |
1912 |
Kraków (banns) |
24cm / 39cm |
996 |
1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919 |
Kraków (banns) |
24cm / 39cm |
997 |
1920, 1921, 1922 |
Kraków (banns) |
24cm / 39cm |
998 |
1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882 |
Kraków (marriages) |
24cm / 39cm, 6 pages only |
999 |
1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 |
Kraków (marriages) |
42cm / 53cm |
1000 |
1904 |
Kraków (marriages) |
42cm / 53cm, 50 marriages only |
1001 |
1905 |
Kraków (marriages) |
42cm / 53cm |
1002 |
1906 |
Kraków (marriages) |
42cm / 53cm |
1003 |
1909 |
Kraków (marriages) |
42cm / 53cm |
1004 |
1913 |
Kraków (marriages) |
42cm / 53cm |
1005 |
1919 |
Kraków (marriages) |
42cm / 53cm |
1006 |
1921 |
Kraków (marriages) |
42cm / 53cm |
1007 |
1924 |
Kraków (marriages) |
42cm / 53cm |
1008 |
1929 |
Kraków (marriages) |
42cm / 53cm |
1009 |
1919 - 1928 |
Kraków (marriages of progressive (reformed) Israelites) |
42cm / 53cm |
1009 |
1928 - 1939 |
Kraków (marriages of progressive (reformed) Israelites) |
42cm / 53cm |
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Thank You |
A debt of gratitude is owed to many who made this valuable resource possible
- starting with the Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. (New York) whose generosity enabled JRI-Poland to
launch the project to index records of genealogical value at the Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw and JRI-Poland Town Leader Judy Wolkovitch who led the fund-raising campaign.
The oversize Krakow marriage and banns registers (24 x 39 cm and 42 x 53 cm, respectively) presented
unusual handling and set-up problems for the data entry. Special thanks goes to Adriana Choros,
JRI-Poland's transliterator who labored so intently to transcribe the data and to ensure that it would be
as accurate as possible.
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Adriana Choros Transcribes the Banns
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Bann Samples
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We also would like to thank others who played important roles in this project;
Professor Feliks Tych z"l, former Director of the Jewish Historical Research Institute, Yale Reisner and
associate Ania Przybyszewska Drozd who provided their knowledge and guidance during the project. Our appreciation
also goes to Howard Fink who did the extensive database manipulation to prepare the file for uploading.
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