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== | ==Cadastral Surveys (''Tahrir'')== | ||
Research use: These records establish individual identity and residence; may sometimes establish family groups. | |||
Record type: The Ottoman Turks conducted extensive surveys of land and population for tax purposes. Some of the early surveys listed only the number of household members with no names. | |||
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Time period: 1835-1870. | |||
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: National Archives in Tunis and at local government archives. | |||
Population coverage: Less than 10%. Women and children are generally not listed and remote localities may not be surveyed. | |||
Reliability: Good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Tunisia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1991-2001.</ref> | |||
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Cadastral Surveys (Tahrir)[edit | edit source]
Research use: These records establish individual identity and residence; may sometimes establish family groups.
Record type: The Ottoman Turks conducted extensive surveys of land and population for tax purposes. Some of the early surveys listed only the number of household members with no names.
Time period: 1835-1870.
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: National Archives in Tunis and at local government archives.
Population coverage: Less than 10%. Women and children are generally not listed and remote localities may not be surveyed.
Reliability: Good.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Tunisia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1991-2001.