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Censuses (counts and descriptions of populations) have been taken by the various governments of Poland, primarily for population studies, taxation, or military purposes. | Censuses (counts and descriptions of populations) have been taken by the various governments of Poland, primarily for population studies, taxation, or military purposes. | ||
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*Church records of christenings, burials, and marriages. | *Church records of christenings, burials, and marriages. | ||
*Taxation records. | *Taxation records. | ||
===Census Records [''Spisy Ludnoci'']=== | |||
Research Use: These records link families together and greatly supplement the research process. Helpful for establishing family relationships and linkage of generations. | |||
Record Type: Population enumeration. There have been several different types of population counts in Polish history such as lustrums [''lustracji''], household tax registers [''rejestr podatkowy''] (1675), Prussian population surveys [przegldy] (1789, 1793, 1797), municipal revisions [''rewizja mieszka''](1619, 1765, 1792). During the period of the First Republic, and thereafter, relatively complete population records, arranged according to the place of residence, and often providing data on the financial position and the family status, were compiled at the occasion of tax collection. Tax registers are preserved within separate collections or included in, e.g. judicial or municipal records. The Russian area of Poland, called Kingdom of Poland, had a government statistical institution called the Statistical Department [''Oddzia Statystyczny przy Wydziale Administracji Ogólnej''] founded 1847 to oversee the collection of statistical reports. Austrian census counts were taken in 1770 and 1776. These lists were largely for military purposes. Specific dates of subsequent censuses up to the mid-1800s cannot be determined at this time. The first true census of Austrian territories was conducted in 1857. Afterward, censuses were taken in 1869, 1880, 1890, 1900, and 1910. | |||
Time Period: About 1650 to present | |||
Contents: The content varies according to the census and its purpose. For example the census of 1793 for the region of South Prussia includes names of adult males and widows, number of people in each household; residence, profession (no age). The census of 1790-1792 for areas of Pozna and Kraków includes school age children as well as adults with dates of birth, marriage, and death. Later census records are more standard, including names of heads of families and their children listed in chronological order, sex of individuals, their ages or dates and places of birth, civil status, occupations, duration of residency, etc. | |||
Location: State archives preserve population records from the period from the end of the 18th c. until the 20th c., as well as many censuses of the 19th and 20th centuries. These materials are usually preserved within the fonds of records of institutions that carried out the registration. Main Archives of Ancient Documents [''Archiwum Gówne Akt Dawnych - AGAD''] in Warsaw; also various district and municipal archives. Such records have been observed in the city archives of Pock and Kraków, and likely exist in many other municipal archives, generally filed under P#27. | |||
Population Coverage: 60 to 90%. Coverage in early and yearly censuses may be limited to specific areas. | |||
Reliability: Good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Poland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.</ref> | |||
=== External Links<br> === | === External Links<br> === | ||
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*http://www.cyndislist.com/poland.htm | *http://www.cyndislist.com/poland.htm | ||
*http://jri-poland.org/jhi/jri-jhi-bialapodlaska.htm | *http://jri-poland.org/jhi/jri-jhi-bialapodlaska.htm | ||
== References == | |||
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{{H-langs|en=Poland Census|pt=Censos da Polonia}} | {{H-langs|en=Poland Census|pt=Censos da Polonia}} | ||
[[Category:Poland_Census_Records]] [[Category:Census_records_in_Poland]] | [[Category:Poland_Census_Records]] [[Category:Census_records_in_Poland]] | ||