Stories from the records
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Articles about the Austrian-era record books of Nowy Sącz (Sanz): how this index was made, how to read the old tax journals, and the family names in them.
How 4,212 photographs became a searchable indexFrom the reading room in Nowy Sącz to a name you can search: how the index was made, and what it can and cannot tell you.Read the story
Reading an Austrian tax journalWhat the old Sanz tax books are, how their columns work, and why one family can be spelled four different ways.Read the story
Jewish family names in the Sanz tax books, 1825–1852Which Jewish family names the town clerks wrote down most often, how they spelled them, and where to find each family on this site.Read the storyNew stories are also listed in our RSS feed.
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Type a family name to see who was written down in the old record books of Sanz, then order the original page.