On behalf of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, it is with great pleasure=
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that I am able to announce that all 17,200 entries in the 1878-1897 Plock=
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Books of Residents project are now searchable online in the JRI-Poland=20
database _www.jri-poland.org_ (http://www.jri-poland.org) . =20

We are indebted to the project leader Tony Hausner, and the many =20
researchers, the Gombin Jewish Historical & Genealogical Society and the=
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Young Men's Independent Association, all of whom gave their generous supp=
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to the project.
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As researchers may be aware, the data was released in phases as funds were=
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raised. Until recently only entries for families living on streets with=
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names starting with the letters A to P were available. Since there are =
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streets with the letter "S" the increase in online data is substantial.
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Here is an overview of the Plock Books of Residents project:
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The entries have detailed information on 17,200 individuals, a remarkable=
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resource for those researching ancestors living in Plock who were born as=
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early as 1786. There are more than 4400 different surnames (and spelling=
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variations) and more than 700 other towns mentioned in the database.
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Thus, if your family lived anywhere near Plock, you should be checking to=
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see if any relatives appear in this data.
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Books of Residents are a house-by-house census of the families living in=
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the town. Town officials updated the information for each family on an=20
ongoing basis over time and recorded all the people living in the house=
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moving in and out.
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Each entry includes Name, Surname, Father=E2=80=99s Name, Mother=E2=80=99s=
Name, =20
Occupation, Date and Place of Birth or previous place of residence. In =
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Dates of Death, Marriage, and Draft Status or other informative notes are=
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included.=20
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For a full description of Books of Residents, go to=20
http://jri-poland.net/bor.htm

Stanley Diamond
Executive Director
For the Board of JRI-Poland