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→Revision Lists (Census or Taxation lists)"Research in Eastern Ukraine using Russian Empire Records", RootsTech 2023, https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/research-in-eastern-ukraine-using-russian-empire-records, accessed 9 March 2023.
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*Revision lists are an important resource because they list household/family groupings complete with names, relationships, and ages. They can be used to track a family throughout time and estimate vital event dates. | *Revision lists are an important resource because they list household/family groupings complete with names, relationships, and ages. They can be used to track a family throughout time and estimate vital event dates. | ||
*Revision lists were primarily recorded in Russian and many have not yet been indexed. <ref name="Ellie"/> | *Revision lists were primarily recorded in Russian and many have not yet been indexed. <ref name="Ellie"/> | ||
*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. | |||
*The first three revisions are at the '''Central Archive of Ancient Acts in Moscow'''. | |||
*Revisions four through ten are found in state archives. | |||
*Sometimes a local copy of revisions 1-3 are found in state archives. | |||
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*Females were not recorded in the first, second, and sixth revisions. The fourth and fifth revisions included information on the parentage of the females but this was dropped as of the sixth revision. | *Females were not recorded in the first, second, and sixth revisions. The fourth and fifth revisions included information on the parentage of the females but this was dropped as of the sixth revision. | ||
*Sometimes the lists are accompanied by supporting documentation. | *Sometimes the lists are accompanied by supporting documentation. | ||
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At best approximately 75% of the population coverage (less for first two because female names were excluded). This record was '''not compiled for non-taxed classes: the nobility, high officials, clergy, military, and foreigners. Also, '''many people evaded enumeration''' which reduces the reliability of the record in identifying a high percentage of the population. | At best approximately 75% of the population coverage (less for first two because female names were excluded). This record was '''not compiled for non-taxed classes: the nobility, high officials, clergy, military, and foreigners. Also, '''many people evaded enumeration''' which reduces the reliability of the record in identifying a high percentage of the population. | ||