Occupations
- The most common occupations appearing on 19th century Russian-language records for Jews from Poland include:
- арендатор (leaseholder)
- батрак (cottager)
- дубильщик (tanner)
- купец (merchant)
- мыловар (soapmaker)
- мясник (butcher)
- пекарь (baker)
- плотник (carpenter)
- поденщик (day-laborer)
- портной (tailor)
- раввин (rabbi)
- ростовщик (moneylender)
- сапожник (shoemaker)
- скорняк (furrier)
- ткач (weaver)
- торговать (peddler)
- торговец (trader)
- трактирщик (innkeeper)
- учитель (teacher)
- школьник (synagogue sexton)
- шлячник (hat-maker)
Status
- Russian-language marriage and death records may identify the marriage status of spouses, parents, or the deceased:
- холость (bachelor)
- дева (maiden)
- вдова (widow)
- вдовец (widower)