Stanovništvo Murtera u 18. stoljeću i početkom 19. stoljeća - Građa iz matičnih knjiga 1718.-1815. -
Murter population during 18th and early 19th century - registers of births, marriages and deaths from 1718-1815 period

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses registers of birth, marriages and deaths of Murter parish in the period from 1718 to 1815. Basic information on content and form of registers, as well as basic demographic data (annual and seasonal rate of born and baptized, married and dead, average age of men and women at the time of their wedding, age structure of those who died) are given. Information on given and family names is also presented and these data are important to discover connections of Murter population with other villages and towns. Registers also show the social differences among Murter population. Wealthier families obviously developed contats with nobility and merchants, because members of these families can be traced in registers as godfathers and witnesses. Members of more influential and wealthier Murter families often took part in the local administration (dux, sergente, capitanio, serdar) and clergy. The important feature of Murter population is continuity of traditional families. In the period of almost one century only three or four new families temporary appeared in Murter. Extinction of male members of the family was usually resolved through marriage and husband took his wife’s family name. Husbands from matrilineal marriages usually came from other Murter families and rarely from other villages. This article gives general information on demographical and statistic developments of the Murter population during 18th and early 19th century, but further research will surly give new important discoveries.

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