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 === Historical Census Resources  ===
+Research use: Excellent source for identifying family groups. Due to the difficulty in using metrical books, the revision list provides the most information for the least amount of effort. The original returns are bound in volumes that are sometimes three to four feet thick, making them very difficult to handle except on microfilm.
+Record type: Population enumerations were conducted after the revisions for the purpose of assessing a poll tax and identifying those for conscription into the military.
+General: The term supplemental revision lists was used in some areas when referring to family lists. Since there was no universal mandate as in the case of the revisions to create these records, they occur randomly at different times for different places.  Family lists were also created by conscription offices that listed all male members of a family along with their parents.
+Time period: 1860-1920.
+Contents: Head of household, family members, ages; other details vary.
+Location: Central state historical archives in Minsk and Grodno.
+Population coverage: 30% coverage because conducted randomly on a local basis and not always preserved.<ref name="profile"/>
 [http://archives.gov.by/eng/index.php?id=91857 Census Records (Revision Listings)]&nbsp;National Archives Belarus - ''Minsk and Grodno Provinces''
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 [http://www.archyvai.lt/lt/genealogine-paieska.html Lithuanian National Archives] for some ''Vilno Province''&nbsp;records - right click and translate in your browser
-=== Revision Lists ===
+=== Revision Lists  ===
-Research use: Excellent source for identifying family groups.  Due to the difficulty in using metrical books, the revision list provides the most information for the least amount of effort.  The original returns are bound in volumes that are sometimes three to four feet thick, making them very difficult to handle except on microfilm.
+Research use: Excellent source for identifying family groups. Due to the difficulty in using metrical books, the revision list provides the most information for the least amount of effort. The original returns are bound in volumes that are sometimes three to four feet thick, making them very difficult to handle except on microfilm.
 Record type: Population enumeration for the purpose of assessing a poll tax and identifying those for conscription into the military.
-General: Ten official revisions were conducted in the Russian Empire through 1859.  Enumeration began in Belarus, after it was annexed by that empire, with the fifth revision (1794-1808), and continued with the sixth (1811), seventh (1815-1825), eighth (1833-1835), ninth (1850-1852) and tenth (1857-1859).  One copy was kept in the county treasury (uezdnoe kaznacheistvo) and the other was sent to the provincial fiscal chamber (gubernskaiia kazennaia palata).  Separate lists were kept for the different social classes such as merchants (kupechestvo), townspeople (meshchane) and peasants (krestiane).  Revision lists (skazski) are filed and bound by districts and large cities.
+General: Ten official revisions were conducted in the Russian Empire through 1859. Enumeration began in Belarus, after it was annexed by that empire, with the fifth revision (1794-1808), and continued with the sixth (1811), seventh (1815-1825), eighth (1833-1835), ninth (1850-1852) and tenth (1857-1859). One copy was kept in the county treasury (uezdnoe kaznacheistvo) and the other was sent to the provincial fiscal chamber (gubernskaiia kazennaia palata). Separate lists were kept for the different social classes such as merchants (kupechestvo), townspeople (meshchane) and peasants (krestiane). Revision lists (skazski) are filed and bound by districts and large cities.
 Time period: 1794-1859.
-Contents: Revision number of household, name, parentage, age, age at time of previous revision, sex, nationality, social rank, relationship to household head, and change of status since the last revision of all those in the household.  Females were not recorded in the sixth revision.  The fifth revision included information on the parentage of the females but this was dropped as of the sixth revision.  Sometimes the lists are accompanied by supporting documentation.
+Contents: Revision number of household, name, parentage, age, age at time of previous revision, sex, nationality, social rank, relationship to household head, and change of status since the last revision of all those in the household. Females were not recorded in the sixth revision. The fifth revision included information on the parentage of the females but this was dropped as of the sixth revision. Sometimes the lists are accompanied by supporting documentation.
 Location: Revision lists are at the central state historical archives in Minsk and Grodno.
-Population coverage: 75% coverage.  This record was not compiled for non-taxed classes: the nobility, high officials, clergy, military, and foreigners.  Also, many people evaded enumeration.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Belarus,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2002.</ref>
+Population coverage: 75% coverage. This record was not compiled for non-taxed classes: the nobility, high officials, clergy, military, and foreigners. Also, many people evaded enumeration.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Belarus,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2002.</ref>
 == References  ==
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 [[Category:Belarus]] [[Category:Countries_in_Europe]]