# Łęczna — *Miasto Łęczna, vol. II* (administrative affairs) 1813–1819 — Jewish extraction **Companion data file:** `Sheets/Łęczna - 1813-1819 - Miasto Łęczna vol II.xlsx` — 31-column extraction (23 person-mentions of ~21 individuals, with Akt/subject/relation). **Source.** *Miasto Łęczna, vol. II.* **AGAD**, fond **Komisja Rządowa Spraw Wewnętrznych**, reference **1/191/0/-/3642**, **jednostka [17742779](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779)**, 256 scans, 1813–1819. Exact-page template: `…/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=<scan>`. **What this book is.** The continuation of [[Łęczna - 1811-1812 - Miasto Łęczna vol I]] — a **town-administration correspondence volume**, not a notarial register. Dominated by the multi-year **investigation of Mayor (Burmistrz) Mikołaj Śmielski** of Łęczna (embezzlement, theft-complicity, misconduct; escalated to the Prefect, the Council of State's Investigative Commission, and Namiestnik Zajączek) and by **municipal budgets** (Etaty Kasy Ekonomicznej, 1813–1820) for Łęczna and neighbouring Chełm-district towns. All 256 scans read (12 readers). Jews appear largely as an aggregate (the *Rada Gminna Starozakonna*, "Czynsz z Kletek Żydowskich," levy contributions), **but two clusters name real individuals**: witnesses in the Śmielski criminal case, and — most valuably — the **1819 kahał/synagogue administrative inquiries.** ## Łęczna Jewish community roster (1819 inquiries) — the substance A run of *burmistrz*-chancery inquiries of **March–April 1819** documents the Łęczna kahał's economy and names its officials: - **Synagogue weights** (*Wywód Sławny*, Lit. F, 30 Mar 1819, [sc.216](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=216)–218): **Abraham Kwater**, keeper of the synagogue's public weights (*wagi*), with Kahał signatories **Berek Jakowicz** and **Lipa Bereszkowicz** confirming. - **Candle manufacture** (Lit. H, Apr 1819, [sc.222](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=222)–223, 236): **Jankiel Nuszynowicz**, a **szkolnik**, ran candle-making (*fabrykacja świec*) under a Kahał arrangement; Kahał elders **Lewel Ehrlich**, **Lija Wonszkiewicz** and **Manes Zyberewicz** confirmed his testimony under oath. - **Bath-house** (3 Apr 1819, [sc.224](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=224)–225): **Zełman Josefowicz**, the *łaziennik* (bath-house keeper) resident in the *łaźnia* and member of the Jewish confraternity (*Bractwo Starozakonnych*) — bath-keeper for **34 years** — corroborated by fellow confraternity member **Ela Szmulowicz**. - **Bridge toll** ([sc.213](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=213)): a **1752** lease copied into the book — the town leased its bridge and toll to **Mortka Josełowicz Lewita**, "Arendarz Łęczyński" (a Levite family). - **Butcher-stalls** ([sc.234](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=234)): budget item 14 records that the Starozakonny **Janel (Jankiel) Rubinowicz**, a Łęczna resident, collects the rent (*czynsz*, ~300 złp/yr) from the *jatki* (butcher-stalls). ## Śmielski criminal case — Jewish venue-keepers & witnesses - **Jankiel Chaimowicz**, a Łęczna Jewish **mead-house/tavern keeper** ("u żyda Jańcia"), where the mayor's party drank the night of the 1813 incident (Zamość court verdict, 1814, [sc.19](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=19)). - **Pinkas Pinkasowicz** (Pinkusiewicz), a Łęczna **innkeeper** at whose house a suspect was lodged/guarded ([sc.89](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=89), 121); **Herszek Milecienski**, from whose house a fugitive was brought (sc.121); **Leybuś Krawiec** (Leybuś the tailor), a witness (sc.123). ## Out-of-town Jewish representatives (Chełm-district budget correspondence) Community reps who signed 1815 *burmistrz*-maintenance protocols for **other** towns (not Łęczna): **Jankiel Klang** (Wojsławice); **Fraim Judkowicz** + **Elo Mendlowicz** (Siedliska); **Rafael Insenberg** + **Fraim Srulowicz** (Świerże); **Leyzor Szmulowicz** (Bujawa). ## Vault cross-check **No confident vault (Bernstein-cohort) match.** Every named Jew is a Łęczna (or Chełm-district) communal figure with no era-plausible + corroborated tie to the vault. Two coincidences were tested and rejected: *Jankiel Chaimowicz* vs [[Elo Jankiel Bergierman (b.1771)]] (a weak "Jankiel son of Chaim" namesake, different family/trade); *Zełman Josefowicz* vs [[Zelman Nuchym Tuchsznajder (b.1803)]] (rejected — the bath-keeper had served 34 years by 1819, so is far older than b.1803). **Cross-book identities (community continuity, not vault):** - **Jankiel Nuszynowicz** szkolnik (1819) ≈ **Janchiel Nysonowicz**, szkolnik of Łęczna (1801, [[Łęczna - 1779-1810 - Akta Miasta]]) — same office, *Jankiel son of Nyson*. - **Ela Szmulowicz** (1819) ≈ **Iła/Ela Szmulowicz** (1801, same book). - **Lewel Ehrlich** (1819) — the **Erlich/Ehrlich** family already seen in 1809 (Szmul Zanwel Leyzorowicz Erlich, book 1779-1810). ## All names found (23 mentions; relations in the Akt·Subject column) > **In vault?** — the vault profile this person most likely corresponds to: **✅** = carries a vault surname (strong); **~** = patronymic-only candidate (verify); blank = no cohort match. Auto-generated from [[Łęczna Akta Miasta — vault-match backsweep]]. | In vault? | Scan | Year | Name | Occupation / role | Subj·Rel | Cf | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | ~ [[Elo Jankiel Bergierman (b.1771)]] | [19](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=19) | 1813 | **Jankiel** | tavern/inn-keeper (arendarz szynku), seller of mead | subject 1 | hig | | | [61](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=61) | 1815 | **Jankiel Klang** | Jewish community representative attending the Wojsła | subject 1 | hig | | | [64](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=64) | 1815 | **Jankiel Klang** | signatory of the Wojsławice mayor-maintenance protoc | subject 1 | hig | | | [70](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=70) | 1815 | **Fraim** | kahal elder / Jewish community representative (Kahal | subject 1 | hig | | ~ [[Elo Lejb Mendelsberg (b.1804)]] | [70](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=70) | 1815 | **Elo** | kahal elder / Jewish community representative (Kahal | subject 2 — co-signatory / fellow kahal elder with subje | hig | | | [73](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=73) | 1815 | **Rafael Insenberg** | Jewish inhabitant / community representative of mias | subject 1 | hig | | | [73](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=73) | 1815 | **Fraim** | Jewish inhabitant / community representative of mias | subject 2 — co-signatory / fellow Jewish representative | hig | | | [75](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=75) | 1815 | **Leyzor** | Jewish inhabitant / community representative of mias | subject 1 | hig | | | [89](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=89) | 1815 | **Pinkusiewicz** | innkeeper / householder (karczmarz/gospodarz) | subject 1 | med | | | [121](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=121) | 1815-1817 | **Pinkas Pinkasowicz** | companion/associate of Mayor Śmielski named in inves | subject 1 | hig | | | [121](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=121) | 1815-1817 | **Herszek Milecienski** | Jew from whose custody/house the fugitive Antoszek w | subject 2 — Jew from whose house the fugitive Antoszek w | med | | | [123](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=123) | 1815-1817 | **Leybuś Krawiec** | tailor (krawiec) | subject 3 — Jewish witness in the same Śmielski investig | hig | | | [213](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=213) | 1752 | **Mortka Lewita** | arendarz (lessee of the Łęczna town bridge / mostowe | subject 1 | hig | | | [216](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=216) | 1819 | **Abraham Kwater** | keeper of the synagogue weights (utrzymuiący wagi pr | subject 1 | med | | | [218](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=218) | 1819 | **Berek** | Kahał member / elder (representative of the Łęczna K | subject 2 — Kahał representative; co-signatory with subj | med | | | [218](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=218) | 1819 | **Lipa** | Kahał member / elder (representative of the Łęczna K | subject 3 — Kahał representative; co-signatory with subj | med | | | [222](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=222) | 1819 | **Jankiel** | szkolnik (kahał/synagogue functionary); fabrykant/wy | subject 1 | hig | | | [223](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=223) | 1819 | **Lewel Ehrlich** | Kahał elder / member of Łęczna Kahał | subject 2 — Kahał elder confirming testimony of subject | med | | | [223](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=223) | 1819 | **Lija Wonszkiewicz** | Kahał elder / member of Łęczna Kahał | subject 3 — Kahał elder confirming testimony of subject | low | | | [223](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=223) | 1819 | **Manes Zyberewicz** | Kahał elder / member of Łęczna Kahał | subject 4 — Kahał elder confirming testimony of subject | low | | ~ [[Zelman Nuchym Tuchsznajder (b.1803)]] | [224](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=224) | 1819 | **Zełman** | łaziennik (bath-house keeper of the Jewish ritual ba | subject 1 | hig | | | [225](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=225) | 1819 | **Ela** | member of Bractwo Starozakonnych (Jewish confraterni | subject 2 — confraternity member corroborating testimony | hig | | | [234](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742779?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=234) | 1819 | **Janel** | Jewish resident (mieszkaniec) of Łęczna; leaseholder | subject 1 | med | ## Related - [[Łęczna - 1811-1812 - Miasto Łęczna vol I]] — vol I of this AGAD administrative series. - [[Łęczna - 1779-1810 - Akta Miasta]] — the notarial book where Janchiel Nysonowicz (szkolnik) and Iła Szmulowicz also appear. - Part of the **WORKING Leczna Akta Miasta Project**, master tab "1813-1819". ## Open questions - **Janel / Jankiel Rubinowicz** collects the Łęczna *jatki* (butcher-stall) rent in 1819 (sc.234). The jatki/*szlachtuz* had been held by [[Rubin Edelsztajn (b.1744)]] (butcher & slaughterhouse-holder, d.1817); a *"Jankiel son of Rubin"* drawing the jatki rent two years after Rubin's death is a **lead toward a possible son/heir of Rubin Edelsztajn**, though "Jankiel" is not among his five recorded children (Pejsach, Chaja, Chaim, Frajda, Sanel). Unproven — needs the user's eyes and further records. - The 1819 Łęczna kahał roster (Abraham Kwater, Berek Jakowicz, Lipa Bereszkowicz, Jankiel Nuszynowicz szkolnik, Lewel Ehrlich, Zełman Josefowicz łaziennik, Ela Szmulowicz) — surnames to screen against later Łęczna vital records as the community moves into the fixed-surname era. - Low-confidence court-hand surnames to verify: Wonszkiewicz, Zyberewicz (possibly Zylber-), Milecienski.