Census records contain materials on the census of households (revisions), which were\r\ncarried out in the Russian Empire with the aim of registering\u00a0 poll-taxpayers. The\r\nfirst census of this kind in the Belarusian territory was carried out in 1782 (it was\r\ncarried out only in the eastern part of Belarus – in\u00a0 Vitebsk and Mogilev provinces).\r\nLater, such censuses were carried out in 1795-96, 1811, 1815-16, 1833-34, 1850, 1857-58.\r\nMoreover, censuses of the particular categories of the population were held. There were\r\ncensuses of the gentry, who had not been confirmed as representatives of the nobility of\r\nthe Russian Empire and were transferred to the lower estates (burghers, town-dwellers, small-holders). During the periods between censuses and\u00a0then after 1858, the\u00a0\r\nadditional listings were compiled to register all the people who were\r\nmissing in the last census. Starting in 1811, the census records were written separately\r\nfor each estate. Census records of the peasant householders were written in alphabetical\r\norder of the names of those to whom they belonged.\u00a0After 1816, the nobility and\r\nclergymen were not registered in the census records.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Our index will help you define the file codes of the materials which contain census\r\nrecords for a specific year and for a specific estate. The data is organized according to\r\nthe administrative division of the Russian Empire in the second half of the 19th and\r\nbeginning of the 20th centuries (the records are grouped according to the relevant districts\r\nand provinces). <\/p>\r\n
At present our website offers information relating to the former Vilno (Vilnius), Minsk and Grodno provinces (gubernia). <\/p>\r\n\r\n