Nowy Sącz · צאנז · Galicia · 1780s-1880

Find your family in the old records of Sanz

The Austrian tax journals and town records of Nowy Sącz, read name by name. Search a family name, see who is there, and order the original page.

Not sure how the name was spelled? Browse all family names A-Z · ייִדיש א-ת

How it works

From a family name to the page itself

Three steps to a page that was written in Sanz close to two hundred years ago.

1
Search a family name

By default you get that spelling plus names one letter different (Blech, Bleich, Bleck). Choose Exact for the spelling only, or Wide to also see names that sound alike.
2
See the names in the books

Each result shows the name as it was read from the book: family name and first name. Not sure of the spelling? Browse the family names.
3
Order the original page

A digital copy of the page for $20, less in bulk. After payment you get a download link and the record details: archive signature, year and page. Only need the written details? Choose "Data only" (no picture, $5 less).

From the reading room

Photographed page by page in the archive of Nowy Sącz

These are the Austrian tax journals and town records of Nowy Sącz (Sanz), Galicia, from the 1780s to 1880 (most of them tax journals of 1825-1852). The books are held by the Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie, Oddział w Nowym Sączu. Every page was photographed in the reading room, and the names on each page were read into this index.

Search for a family name. If you find your family, you can order a digital copy of the original page.

Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie, Oddział w Nowym Sączu. The names were read from old handwriting with the help of AI and can be wrong; the page itself is the record.

43,143names read

26record books

3,021page photos with names

1780s-1880the years they cover

Stories

Stories from the records

How the old books of Sanz were kept, how to read them, and the families who appear in them.

12 October 20265 min readHow 4,212 photographs became a searchable indexFrom the reading room in Nowy Sącz to a name you can search: how the index was made, and what it can and cannot tell you.Read the story

12 October 20265 min readReading an Austrian tax journalWhat the old Sanz tax books are, how their columns work, and why one family can be spelled four different ways.Read the story

12 October 20264 min readJewish family names in the Sanz tax books, 1825–1852Which Jewish family names the town clerks wrote down most often, how they spelled them, and where to find each family on this site.Read the story

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Family names, A to Z

Not sure how the name was spelled? Every Jewish family name read from the books, with its spellings grouped together. Pick a letter.

Or by the Yiddish spelling, א-ת

א ב ג ד ה ו ז ט י ל מ נ ס ע פ צ ק ר ש

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Prices

Clear prices, less in bulk

Pay for the pages you want, nothing else. The page photo or only the written details, record by record.

One page$20a digital copy of the whole page the name is on

3 or more$15each, with 3 or more in your cart

Lowest price5 or more$12each, with 5 or more in your cart

Data only$5 lessthe written details of a record, no picture (never below $1)

Several names on the same page are one page: you get it once and pay for it once. A page with a Halberstam record on it costs $40 (no bulk discount, but it counts toward the number in your cart). Two or more Halberstam records with the same first name: $20 each.

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