The first land and real estate survey was ordered by Emperor Joseph II in 1785 (hence, it is sometimes referred to as the Josephine cadastre). Thousands of communities in Galicia - along with those in other provinces of the Habsburg Monarchy - were surveyed, with the names, house numbers, and every plot of land recorded in specially prepared registers.
During the 1785-1788 survey, population data was mostly collected just before the implementation of the imperial edict that mandated the adoption of hereditary surnames by the Jews of Galicia (issued in 1787). As this was the case, Jewish male names are almost invariably recorded in this survey in a traditional patronymic format (e.g., Moszko Jankielowicz, meaning Moszko, the son of Jankiel. The survey also lists few women, namely the widows with their deceased husbands' names (e.g., Wolf's widow or Leib's widow).
The next land and real estate survey was ordered by the imperial edict of Francis I in 1817 (and referred to as the Franciscan cadastre). It now recorded Jewish names using given names and hereditary surnames.
Gesher Galicia (www.geshergalicia.org) has both indexes and imaged pages from the Dukla Josephine and Franciscan surveys. The indexes are available through Gesher Galicia's free "All Galicia Database" (just add "Dukla" into the Town, and "property" into the Type of Record, advance search boxes). The indexes contain:
Dukla Josephine Survey (1788) (222 name entries)
Dukla Josephine Survey House Register (1790) (206 name entries)
Dukla Franciscan Survey House Register (1820) (181 name entries)
Images of the actual pages from the Dukla Josephine and
Franciscan Surveys are available on the "members only" portion
of the Gesher Galicia site. Members can access the images for
the "Josephine Cadastral Survey 1786-1790 Dukla":
https://www.geshergalicia.org/members/image-viewer/?id=dukla_josephine_survey_1786-1790
],
They can also access the "Franciscan Cadastral Survey1820
Dukla":
https://www.geshergalicia.org/members/image-viewer/?id=dukla_Franciscan_survey_1820
].
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