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Background
15th Century
Earliest indications of genealogy appear in nobility transactions
16th Century
Appearance of pedigrees and genealogical registers
1540s ─ appearance of the родословные книги
1555 ─ publication of the Государев Родословец (Tsar’s Directory)
17th Century
1682 ─ Палата родословных дел established to compile родословные книги for entire Russian nobility
1687 ─ Бархатная Книга (Velvet book) published
First scientific genealogy constructed in Russia
Background (cont.)
18th Century
1787 ─ Pedigree Book of Russian and Émigré Princes and Nobles
19th Century
1886-1887 ─ The Pedigree Collection of Noble Russian Family Names
1895 ─ formation of the Russian Genealogical Society
20th Century
1904 ─ Historical Pedigree Society established
1920 ─ establishment of the Russian Eugenics Society
Short List of Sources
Metrical registration (1722-19170
Revision lists (1719-1915)
Family lists (1860-1915)
National census (1897)
Revision Lists подушная подат (podushnaya podat)
generated lists known as ревизские сказки (revizskiye skazki)
1st revision: 1719-1721, corrected through 1727. Conducted by military
2nd revision: 1743-1747, with returns as late as 1757
3rd revision: 1761-1767, conducted by territorial governments and included females
4th revision: 1781-1782, conducted by казенная палата (kazennaya palata), and local land courts responsible for уездь (uyezd) administration
5th revision: 1794-1795, with some returns as late as 1808
6th revision: 1811, not completed due to war
7th revision: 1815-1817, undertaken to complete abortive 6th revision
8th revision: 1833-1835, for first time data were verified by comparison to метрические книги (metricheskiye knigi)
9th revision: 1850-1851
10th revision: 1857-1859, used to distribute land after emancipation. 10th revision listed a serf population of 11,244,913 males and a total population of 23,069,631. This figure represented about one third of the actual population count.
Revision Lists
Document Analysis: ревизские сказки
8th Revision, 25 April 1834
Perm province, Osinsk county, Verkhnaya Ershevka
Gender: Male (мужескій) Female (женскій)
Age at last revision
Date of revision
Age at current revision
Andrey Fedorov Korotnov (+) ─ ?
Ivan (+) ─ Katerina (54)
Dmitrey (27) ─ Avdot’ya (30) Aver’yan (25) ─ ? Avdot’ya (30)
Stepan (8)
Ivan (3)
Paraskhov’ya (1)
Sergin (+)
Nikolaĭ (5)
Andreĭ (2)
Metrical Registers
1722 ― Peter the Great order recording of births, marriage and deaths by the Orthodox Church
1737 ― Confession list format established
1806 ― Printed format adopted
1826 ― Roman Catholic Church required to keep metrical registration
1832 ― Lutheran Church required to keep metrical registration
1832-1835 ― Jewish ecclesiastical leader required to keep metrical registration
Document Analysis: Метрическии Книги
Копія съ метрическихъ книгъ Пинского Деканата приходскихъ костеловъ …
Часть 1ая Новорожденныхъ за 1859, 1860 і 1861 года
Archive Title Label
Оглавленіе
Пинского Костела отъ стра— 1 до 75
. . . .
. . . .
Давидгородецкого отъ 139 до 156
Roman Catholic Birth Records, Pinsk, Russia
Часть Первая о Новорожденныхъ - Part One concerning New Births
Headings
Копія съ метрической шнуровой книги Пинского Приходского Римско-Каθолического косела Минскои Губерніи въ Пинскомъ
уезде и деканатъ состоящаго за 1859 года
Column Headings
N = No.
-- Числа = Date
-- Рожденія = birth
-- Крещенія = christening
Name = Syl’vester-Julian Tyshkovskii
Detail
Когда? где? кто? и кем? Обноли водого: или совеъми
об рядами таинства окрещенъ?
1859го Года
Іенваря Месяца
Тысяча восемьсот пятьдесятъ девятой года, Іенваря третьяга дня въ Оховской филіяльной къ Пинской приходской Римско-Каθолической церкви, принадлжащей Ќаплице, окрещенъ младенецъ … Сыльвестеръ Юльянъ …
Какихъ родителей когда и где т. с. въ какомъ приходе
родился крещаемвій
Благородныхъ Ивана и Маріянны урожденной
Комаровой Тышковскихъ законныхъ супруговъ сынъ
родилися сего же года и мца 1ого числа въ сего Пинской
прихода
Кто были по имяни и прозваніи воспріемниками при Св.
крещеніи? и кто присудствоваль
воспріемниками были дворянъа Петпъ Еруцка съ
Евелиною Еруцкою
Summary Example
Тысяча восемьсот пятьдесять девятого года. Іенварь шестого дня въ Оховской филияльной къ Пинской приходской Р.К. церкви принадлежащей Каплицъе окрещенъ младенецъ по имяни Дорота преподоб. отц. орд. Св. францигика
агустиномъ Еогумемсъ совершеніемъ всехъ обрядовъ таинства
No
* ~
Summary Example
Дворянъ Ивана и Маріянны урожденной Матруковой Ленкевичевь законныхъ супруговъ дочь родившаяся сего же года и Мца 5 числа въ околице Подболотіи
сего Пинского прихода
No
* ~
~*No
Summary Example
Восприемниками были Варфоломой Леневичъ …
1897 Census
Family tax lists посемейные списки (posemeynyye spiski)
1st (and last) census перепись населения (perepis naseleniya)
Form А (A) peasant households residing on agricultural land
Form Б (B) for landed estates
Form В (V) for urban populations
воинская перечневая ведомость for the military population
общая перечневая ведомость for boarding students, clergy, wards of charitable organizations, etc.
Census Форма В (V), Analysis (cont.)
Total population present
Population living here permanently
Of those present, the number of persons not of the peasant estate
Number of the peasant population assigned here
The Census Return
The Census Return (cont.)
Surname, given name and patronymic or given names if there are several. Note those blind in both eyes, mute, deaf
and dumb, or insane
Volkov, Ivan Sidarov
The Census Return (cont.)
Head of Household
M.
Gender
M - Male
Zh - Female
How is the enumerated related to the head of the household and the
head of his family
The Census Return (cont.)
How many years or months from birth
66
Single,
married,
widowed,
divorced
Zh. [married]
The Census Return (cont.)
Estate, position or occupation
State peasant
Born here, or is not here, where
Province, county, city
Viatka province,
No county
The Census Return (cont.)
Registered here, or is not here, where
(for those required to register
Here Here
Where does he usually live. Here,
an if not here, where
Province, county, city
The Census Return (cont.)
Native
TongueReligion
R.Russian Orthodox
Memos concerning absence and temporary reisdence
The Census Return (cont.)
Education
Can he read?
No
Where is he studying, studied, or completed a
course of study
The Census Return (cont.)
Profession, craft, business, office or service
Chief profession, that
is the main source of income
Secondary business
Military statusLanded
homeowner
