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Reliability: Good, though the information may be incomplete due to inefficient bureaucracy and because of evasion to avoid conscription.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Turkey,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1998.</ref> | Reliability: Good, though the information may be incomplete due to inefficient bureaucracy and because of evasion to avoid conscription.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Turkey,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1998.</ref> | ||
==Ottoman Cadastral Surveys [''Tahrir Mufassal Defter'']== | |||
Research use: These records establish individual identity and residence; may sometimes establish family groups (at least partial). | |||
Record type: The Ottoman Turks conducted extensive surveys of land and population for taxation purposes as early as the 1500s. These early surveys are of great value to demographers to estimate the size and character of the population in various regions of the Ottoman empire, but they contain no names and are not of significant genealogical value. After the Crimean war a cadastral (land) survey was conducted to reestablish the tax base of the empire. This and later surveys included names of head of households. This survey was conducted in 1858-1859 in the provinces [sancaks] of Bursa and Janina, then empire wide in 1860. | |||
Time period: 1858-1914. | |||
Contents: Names of heads of households and of any other taxpayers living in the same households; occupation and income; sometimes include names of females and children. | |||
Location: Cadastral Department archives [Tapu ve Kadastro Umum Mudurlugu arivi] in Ankara and Istanbul. | |||
Population coverage: Less than 30%. Women and children are generally not listed and remote localities may not be surveyed. | |||
Reliability: Fair.<ref name="profile"/> | |||
==Turkish Council of State and Population Statistics== | ==Turkish Council of State and Population Statistics== | ||