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Record type: Population enumeration for the purpose of assessing a poll tax and identifying those for conscription into the military. | 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. | Time period: 1794-1859. | ||
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Location: Revision lists are at the central state historical archives in Minsk and Grodno. | 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 == | == References == | ||