STROPKOV, SLOVAKIA

                          FURTHER RESEARCH

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Amsel, Melody. Between Galicia and Hungary: The Jews of Stropkov .
Bergenfield, NJ:Avotaynu, 2002.
Finally published! And if you are interested, see http://www.avotaynu.com/books/stropkov.htm

Izrael, Avraham Meir. Toldot Ish Chai. Brooklyn, 1961/62 (in Hebrew). Reprinted in Sefer ha-Yachas (Jerusalem: Irgun Mishpechot Tze’etza’ei ha-Gaon ha-Kadosh mi-Stropkov, Rabbenu Chaim Yosef Yeshiva, 1985/86).

Kurzweill, Arthur. From Generation to Generation. New York: Schocken Books, 1982

Weinstein, Avraham Avish Hacohen. Sefer Zichron Stropkov. Brooklyn: Deutsch Publishing and Printing Company, 1968 (in Yiddish). Available in Hebrew and English translation at  the Yad Vashem Library, Jerusalem, ref. no. 365; in Hebrew and English translation at the New York Public Library, 42nd St. Branch, Jewish Division; and in Yiddish at  Center for the Survival of Hungarian Jewry, Beit Chug Chatam Sofer, 11 Beit Yosef Street, Bnei Brak, Israel. See below for details of the online English edition.

INTERNET  SITES

The book Sefer Zichron Stropkov by Avraham Avish Weinstein (see above) is  online  in English translation at:
https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Stropkov/Stropkov.html
 

For general cultural and historical backgound on Eastern Slovakia, see:
http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/index.html

Explore the rich resources of the Hungarian Special Interest Group (Vivian Kahn, Coordinator) at:
https://www.jewishgen.org/Hungary
 

ARCHIVES

Stropkov Archives
Main Square, Hlavna Ulica
Stropkov
Slovak Republic

Original birth, marriage, and death records of local residents  dating  from c1898 through the present are archived here.  (Jewish records stop abruptly in the spring of 1942, of course.)  It is possible,  for a nominal fee,  to order official copies of this material, either by mail or in person. And be sure to ask for a copy of the signature of the person who filed the information--it may be your great-grandfather!

The Presov Archives contain primary documents, copies of which  which can be ordered by mail,  for a fee.  Genealogical searches can also be requested, for a fee.
The records include:
Birth records, Jews of Stropkov, Book M-1186: 1851–1885
Birth records, Jews of Stropkov, Book M-1187: 1886–1890
Birth records, Jews of Stropkov, Book M-1189: 1870–1900
Birth, marriage, and death records, Jews of Stropkov, Book A-1186: various years
Birth and death records, Jews of Stropkov, Book 1190: 1851–1899
Marriage records, Jews of Stropkov, Book M-1188: 1886–1895
Tax records, Stropkov

National Archives of Slovakia
Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic
Department of Archives
Slovensky Narodny Archiv
Drotarska cesta 42
817 01 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
 

The National Archives of Slovakia contain extensive primary documents  of Stropkov and the vicinity, including military  and  land (tax) records, the 1940 Stropkov census,and  possibly the 1941 and 1942 Jewish censuses.  They also house a wide variety of  Holocaust documents, including the 1942 transport lists, Jewish passports--and more.

The LDS Library has photocopied much material  on Zemplen County, Slovakia.  Reels are  available (on order) at LDS libraries in the US and throughout the world for a nominal fee. The material has been filmed from primary documents in the Presov Archives (see above). Here is a sampling:
 

Stropkov, Slovakia—Sztropko, Hungary, Zemplen
Jewish births, 1851–1885, 1886–1890
Jewish deaths, 1851–1885
Languages: German, Hungarian; two reels
Microfilm no. 1793861, items 3–4

Stropkov, Slovakia—Sztropko, Hungary, Zemplen
Jewish births, 1890–1901
Jewish marriages, 1886–1895
Jewish deaths, 1886–1899
Language: Hungarian; one reel
Microfilm no. 1793862

Stropkov, Slovakia—Sztropko, Hungary, Zemplen
Jewish births, 1875–1895
Jewish marriages, 1875–1876, 1878–1895
Jewish deaths, 1875–1891, 1892–1895
Language: Hungarian; one reel
Microfilm no. 1793863, item 1

Vysny Svidnik (Stropkov), Slovakia—Felsoszvidnik, Zemplen; Svidnick, Hungary
Jewish births, marriages, and deaths, 1862–1895 (incomplete)
Languages: German, Hungarian; two reels
Microfilm no. 1793877, item 4; no. 1793878, item 1

Stropkov, Slovakia—Sztropko, Hungary, Zemplen
1928 land and tax census
Microfim no. 062319

Stropkov, Slovakia—Sztropko, Hungary, Zemplen
1869 census
Microfilm no. 719795

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