Raducaneni – Romania

Civil Records and Jewish Tombstones: Identifying and Matching Data By Marcel Glaskie

Before you can match the Jewish tombstone to a civil death record you will have to convert and compare the

Hebrew calendar to the Julian calendar:

Convert the Hebrew year to the civil year by this link: http://www.rosettacalendar.com

Some examples are shown in the chart below. The Hebrew year starts on the 1st of the month of Tishri which is

the first day of Rosh Ha’shana (Jewish New Year) that date fluctuates between August and October in the civil

calendar. When looking at civil death records the hour of death is usually given. To determine which day the

person died, take into account that the Hebrew day starts at nightfall on the previous day shown in this chart.

The chart shows the 1st of Tishri for both the Julian calendar which was used in Eastern Europe particularly in

Romania until 31st of March 1919 and the Gregorian calendar which was used in Western Europe, USA and

many other countries since around the 1750s. On the 31st of March 1919, Romania changed its calendar from

the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar the following day became the 14th

of April 1919.

The year in Hebrew letters is sometimes prefixed with a letter hey ה to indicate five thousand.

This chart indicates the relationship between the three calendars

Hebrew year Julian calendar Gregorian calendar

1st Tishri 5600 ה תר equals 28 August 1839 09 September 1839

1st Tishri 5601 תרא equals 16 September 1840 28 September 1840

1st Tishri 5602 תרב equals 04 September 1841 16 September 1841

1st Tishri 5603 תרג equals 24 August 1842 05 September 1842

1st Tishri 5604 תרד equals 13 September 1843 25 September 1843

1st Tishri 5605 תרה equals 02 September 1844 14 September 1844

1st Tishri 5606 תרו equals 20 September 1845 02 October 1845

1st Tishri 5607 תרז equals 09 September 1846 21 September 1846

1st Tishri 5608 תרח equals 30 August 1847 11 September 1847

1st Tishri 5609 תרט equals 16 September 1848 28 September 1848

1st Tishri 5610 תרי equals 05 September 1849 17 September 1849

1st Tishri 5611 תריא equals 26 August 1850 07 September 1850

1st Tishri 5612 תריב equals 15 September 1851 27 September 1851

1st Tishri 5613 תריג equals 02 September 1852 14 September 1852

1st Tishri 5614 תריד equals 21 September 1853 03 October 1853

1st Tishri 5615 תרטו equals 11 September 1854 23 September 1854

1st Tishri 1616 תרטז equals 01 September 1855 13 September 1855

1st Tishri 5617 תריז equals 18 September 1856 30 September 1856

1st Tishri 5618 תריח equals 07 September 1857 19 September 1857

1st Tishri 5619 תריט equals 28 August 1858 09 September 1858

1st Tishri 5620 תרכ equals 17 September 1859 29 September 1859

1st Tishri 5621 תרכא equals 05 September 1860 17 September 1860

1st Tishri 5622 תרכב equals 24 August 1861 05 September 1861

1st Tishri 5623 תרכג equals 13 September 1862 25 September 1862

1st Tishri 5624 תרכד equals 02 September 1863 14 September 1863

1st Tishri 5625 תרכה equals 19 September 1864 01 October 1864

Examples of tombstones and civil records

from the town of Raducaneni All the following are according to the Julian calendar.

The numbering on tombstones is very rare if not unique to Raducaneni,

it is possible that the Jewish community financed the purchase of the land

by preselling burial plots to the members of the community

giving each purchase a plot number.

The grave of a 13 year old girl

The grave of a 70 year old lady, the record gives the home address

The grave of a 75 year old man

Examples of different formats of death records from 1850 to 1912

All the record books before 1900 are in the Iasi State Archive

after 1900 they are still in the Raducaneni municipal registry office

Jewish death records 1850 in Cyrillic Jewish death records in 1866 in Romanian

In December 1865 responsibility for civil registration in the Romanian principalities was

assumed by the civil authorities

Jewish death in civil record 1872 Jewish death in civil record 1912

note signature in Yiddish

Those interested should visit my JewishGen Kehilalink:

http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/raducaneni

I will be happy to answer questions via my e-mail:

marcelg@netvision.net.il

Resident of Ra’anana Israel

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