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Census records for Armenia exist following the mass genocide of over one million Armenians between 1915 and 1921. This time period allows descendants to trace surviving ancestors from Armenia. | Census records for Armenia exist following the mass genocide of over one million Armenians between 1915 and 1921. This time period allows descendants to trace surviving ancestors from Armenia. | ||
== Overview == | |||
General: Censuses were not conducted until the 20th century. Tax and family lists were compiled in order to identify the population prior to implementation of census taking in Armenia. The census records include individual cards for genocide survivors arriving after the 1922 census. | General: Censuses were not conducted until the 20th century. Tax and family lists were compiled in order to identify the population prior to implementation of census taking in Armenia. The census records include individual cards for genocide survivors arriving after the 1922 census. | ||
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The national censuses of the Armenian Socialist Republic for 1923 and respective years are arranged by head of household and locality. Multiple localities of the same name are found listed as usual along with the rest. If there is a document where the locality differs from the heading under which it is listed, it is put in parentheses and easily detected. Soviet military units are also listed. An inventory is also contained. The text is kept in Armenian and Russian. | The national censuses of the Armenian Socialist Republic for 1923 and respective years are arranged by head of household and locality. Multiple localities of the same name are found listed as usual along with the rest. If there is a document where the locality differs from the heading under which it is listed, it is put in parentheses and easily detected. Soviet military units are also listed. An inventory is also contained. The text is kept in Armenian and Russian. | ||
== Family Lists == | == Family Lists == | ||
Research use: Identify residence, heads of household, and family size. | Research use: Identify residence, heads of household, and family size. Used in conjunction with parish registers to ensure that all family members are identified. | ||
Record type: Civil record of family members. | Record type: Civil record of family members. | ||
General: Kept in the period after tax lists were compiled to maintain an accounting of the population. | General: Kept in the period after tax lists were compiled to maintain an accounting of the population. | ||
Time period: 1886-1922. | Time period: 1886-1922. | ||
Contents: Names of family members, birth dates, nationality, religion, social class, and information on persons who married into the family or who died after the record was initially compiled. | Contents: Names of family members, birth dates, nationality, religion, social class, and information on persons who married into the family or who died after the record was initially compiled. | ||
Location: Historical Archive, Yerevan. | Location: Historical Archive, Yerevan. | ||
Percentage in Family History Library: 100% of known lists. | Percentage in Family History Library: 100% of known lists. | ||
Population coverage: 45% coverage of the population.<ref name="profile"/> | Population coverage: 45% coverage of the population.<ref name="profile" /> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||