Introduction
The second Czechoslovak population census was conducted on 1 December 1930 (the first Czechoslovak census was in 1921). The statistical results of the 1930 Census were published in eight volumes, with a separate volume for housing data. This Census enumerated 136,737 Jews in Slovakia, out of a total Jewish population of 356,830 in all of Czechoslovakia. Slovakia’s Jewish population represented 4.11 percent of the total population of Slovakia.
The enumeration sheets were printed in Slovak. Sometimes the sheets were bilingual (Hungarian, Polish, Ruthenian - depending on the location where the sheets were distributed).
Enumeration sheet details
The sheet header contains:
District (A)
Town name (A)
Further identification (quarter, settlement name)
House number (B)
Street name and number
House owner
The sheets are also equipped with a QR Code attached by Slovak National Archive, identifying storage unit number and the sheet number (C).
The column headers are:
Apartment number (1a - counter for people in the house)
Surname
Maiden or birth surname
Given name
Relationship to the household's head
Sex
Date of birth
Marital status
For women only: a) date of the latest marriage and b) date when widowed or divorced
Number of children (in total)
Number of deceased children
Birthplace (a - town name, b - district, c - country)
Date of moving in to the current town
Place of previous residence
Citizenship and domicile
Nationality
Religion
Literacy level
Occupation
Occupational status
Place of work
Presence in the town (temporary, permanent)
If temporary in #21, then permanent residence
Physical disabilities
Note
Only red marked columns are transcribed in this project.
Transcription rules and examples
The transcription sheet contains the following columns:
A. Box number: SL1930_0372 - from the filename and under the QR code
B. Sheet number: 0007 - from the filename and right to the QR code
C. Page side flag: R - if the image is from rear side (filename "..._r.jpg"), leave blank if otherwise
D. House/Family #: 37/1 - from the header ("37") and the Col.1 ("1")
E. Surname: ILKOVIC - Col.3, in UPPERCASE. Note: always enter female surnames in their male form, omitting Slovak "-OVA" ending (LEFKOVICOVA --> LEFKOVIC)
F. Birth surname: same rules as above ("E"), use the column only if explicitly stated
G. Given name: Izidor - Col.4. In Proper Case.
H. Relationship to the household's head:
majitel bytu (apartment owner) = head
prednosta domácnosti (head of household) = head
manzelka = wife
syn = son
dcéra = daughter
vnuk = grandson
vnucka = granddaughter
nevesta = daughter-in-law
zat = son-in-law
svokor/test = father-in-law
svokra/testiná = mother-in-law
synovec = nephew
neter = niece
slúžka = maid, servant
sluha = servant
pomocník = helper
nocľažník, podnájomník = lodger
chovanec, chovanka = foster child or inmate
I. Date of birth - in format DD-Mmm-YYYY (e.g. 10-Nov-1863)
J. Birthplace - town name (Geca)
K. Town where the census was taken - district name (Kosice) - will be set by the project coordinator
L. District - will be set by the project coordinator
M. Land - will be set by the project coordinator (default: Slovakia)
N. Note - dates of marriage, divorce etc (Col. 8), all possible side notes (e.g. "married 01-May-1868, widowed 15-Apr-1903" or "guest" or "not present" (if enumerated in section B on rear side) or "patient in a hospital" etc).
O. Year - 1930
P. Reference - Source of the data (do not change!)
Q. Other towns - enter Hungarian name variants for the towns in Col.H and Col. I
R. Other names - any other surnames that might appear and not part of the surname field
S. Image path and filename - computed field - DO NOT CHANGE
T. Glue field (to keep the families together) - computed field - DO NOT CHANGE
Town names
In general, town names from 1930 are to be used. They could change over time so today's name doesn't have to match it. Please use the names as written in the enumeration sheets.
In addition - to keep the searches in All Hungary Database consistent - the Hungarian town name should be added to the Col. O.
Whenever in doubt, please use the following sites to cross-check the town names:
Slovakia - https://www.cisarik.com/index.html
Hungary - https://hu.wikipedia.org (start typing the town name in the search field)
Subcarpathia - http://www.hungarianvillagefinder.com/HVFIndex2/74_Zakarpatska.html
Galicia - https://www.geshergalicia.org/galician-town-locator/