In 1799 Zabludow was ruled by New East Prussia, as was the rest of the Bialystok area. The Prussians acquired this area in the third partition of Poland in 1795, and they lost it to the Russians with the Treaty of Tilsit in 1807. The Prussians required Jews to take permanent surnames in New East Prussia in April of 1797. However, many Jews ignored this law, and did not assume permanent surnames. When the Russians took over the area, they did not intitially require Jews to take surnames, so when they later did require Jews to do so, many Jews assumed different surnames than they had under the East Prussians. The surnames on this list appear not to be genuine. Rather, they are simply patronymics, the convention of the time -- the father's given name plus the Polish Patronymic suffix, "wicz", e.g., Abramowicz, Herskowicz, Mosziewicz, etc.

Name                       Occupation              Occupation

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