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(Zhitomir), Mogilev, Vilnius (Vilno), Kaunus (Kovno).
(Zhitomir), Mogilev, Vilnius (Vilno), Kaunus (Kovno).


===Old Believer Records===
=== Old Believer Church Records ===


Dissenters from orthodoxy who refused to accept alterations of religious rituals and prayers. Civilian registration of birth and marriage by police mandated in
Dissenters from orthodoxy who refused to accept alterations of religious rituals and prayers. Civilian registration of birth and marriage by police mandated in 1874 for those who were born into old believer families. One copy made. Kept in the provincial administration (gubernskoye pravleniye).
1874 for those who were born into old believer families. One copy made. Kept in the provincial administration (gubernskoye pravleniye).


=== Baptist Church Records  ===
=== Baptist Church Records  ===
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