[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] What citizenship does Bürger imply?

[Paul Rakow]

  Dana,
       As Frank says:

       "Bürger" will be a citizen of the town - usually someone
 of "middle-class" status, for example a master in one of the
 craft-guilds. For some towns the records of the town council
 have survived, and you can find out when your ancestor took
 the oath to become a Bürger, but in the books I've seen, it
 hasn't included any extra information about where the new
 citizens came from.

               Paul Rakow

On Mon, September 26, 2016 01:39, Frank Schultz wrote:
> Hello Dana,
>
>
> "Bürger" is actually an old medieval term and referred to people who
> lived in a stronghold, a "Burg". Nowadays the term means basically being
> a citizen. In the context you mentioned my guess would be that it means
> men who lived in a town since country people would have their profession
> listed. I do not believe that it will help with identifying where
> somebody came from. That said, I hope to see some of the other responses.
>
>
> Regards,
> Frank
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> 25, 2016 6:08:03 PM
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> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] What citizenship does Bürger imply?
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>
> Hello,
>
>
> Before any of the Partitions of Poland, Lutheran records from Zduny,
> Krotoszyn refer to some, but not all, of the men as Bürger.
>
>
> What does Bürger mean in this context?   Town citizen, without regard to
> nationality?   Prussian citizen living in Poland?   Courtesy title?  Does
> it imply where someone came from?
>
> Kind regards,
> Dana Parker
>
>
>
> Dana Parker
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