1869 Brezova pod Bradlom Census

Here is a list of names of people who lived in the area of Brezova pod Bradlom in western Slovakia in 1869. The records are at the Nitra Archive, Statny Oblastny Archiv v Nitre. They come from Nitrianska Zupa, Okres Nove Mesto nad Vahom. Title of the record: Supis Obyvatelstva, 1869.

Notes:

• You can find the complete families (over 6000 names in all) listed in the following FHL films:
  • Buildings 1 - 293, Film #2185567
  • Buildings 294 - 642a, Film #2185568
  • Buildings 643 - 969, Film #2185569
  • Buildings 970 - 1175 and 1184, Film #2185570
    The last film includes Horne Kosariska and Dolne Kosariska.

• The mark after an S or a C ~ indicates a diacritic. The census takers were not consistent in their use of them; hence, you'll see both Stefan and S~tefan.

• Maiden names of women were given for buildings 200-300 and 400-611. In some other households, maiden names can be deduced.

• Person #1 in each family was usually a widowed parent or a married man. If you see a person whose number is 2 or more, that person could be a servant, an inlaw, a student, a wife whose maiden name was given, or, in the case of the (no last name) listings at the bottom of the list, children who were born in Vienna between 1864 and 1869 (as yet I have no explanation of how these children, all Roman Catholic, came to be placed in a mostly Lutheran town.)

• In addition to names, the census has a description of the house, and a complete accounting of all farm animals. Birthdate, occupation, marital status and literacy level are listed for each person; in some cases there are notes about military service and health. Bill Tarkulich has photos of census pages here. Bill's example shows the Hungarian language; however, the Brezova census was all written in Slovak.