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Name change records

Research use: These records must be consulted to determine the old names in order to research parish registers before the 1830s.

Record type: Card file and application forms.

General: All Estonians between 1830-1836 received Estonian names. Prior to that time, the names were German, Russian, Swedish, etc.

Time period: 1830-1836.

Contents: Record lists old and new names.

Location: Central Civil Registration Archive, Tallinn.

Population coverage: 80% for a brief time period.

Reliability: High.^[1]

↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Estonia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1994-2002.