Hi All: I have been trying to trace a Jewish family who where born in the 1860-1890 timeframe in Beuthen, now Bytom, Prussia/Poland. Church records would obviously not work. Anyone has any thoughts how to obtain pertinent data? Thanks! Ed Spaans Grand Rapids, MI.

My ancestors came from East Prussia and were all catholic, though East Prussia was a very protestant state in Prussia. I have been told that births, deaths, marriages, etc. were required by law to be registered and without a governmental registry, it was necessary for them to be registered through the churches. Due to the fact that many Catholics might be much closer to a protestant church, it was not unheard of that they did their registration at protestant churches rather than traveling to a Catholic church. I have also read that the same is true for Jews--it is not unheard of that their births and deaths were registered at protestant or Catholic churches in order to meet the government requirements. -----Original Message----- From: prussia-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:prussia-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of spaans_ed@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 6:00 PM To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Jews from Beuthen/Byrom Poland Hi All: I have been trying to trace a Jewish family who where born in the 1860-1890 timeframe in Beuthen, now Bytom, Prussia/Poland. Church records would obviously not work. Anyone has any thoughts how to obtain pertinent data? Thanks! Ed Spaans Grand Rapids, MI. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Exactly! Eventually, another place of registry was opened by the Prussian Government, and that was civil registration. Not sure of the date though... Regards, Rollo+~~ =================== Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Jews from Beuthen/Byrom Poland > My ancestors came from East Prussia and were all catholic, though East > Prussia was a very protestant state in Prussia. I have been told that > births, deaths, marriages, etc. were required by law to be registered and > without a governmental registry, it was necessary for them to be > registered > through the churches. Due to the fact that many Catholics might be much > closer to a protestant church, it was not unheard of that they did their > registration at protestant churches rather than traveling to a Catholic > church. I have also read that the same is true for Jews--it is not > unheard > of that their births and deaths were registered at protestant or Catholic > churches in order to meet the government requirements. >

Ed Spaans There are Jewish records in the LDS FHC library films. Check out http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,180,0 Enter just the towns name of Beuthen in the place name window ONLY The records are in the first two locations . You need to order the films at a FHC library Karl Roussin =================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: <spaans_ed@comcast.net> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 5:59 PM Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Jews from Beuthen/Byrom Poland > Hi All: > > I have been trying to trace a Jewish family who where born in the 1860-1890 timeframe in Beuthen, now Bytom, Prussia/Poland. Church records would obviously not work. Anyone has any thoughts how to obtain pertinent data? > > Thanks! > > Ed Spaans > Grand Rapids, MI. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message