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==Population Registers (''Nüfūs Defter'')==
==Population Registers (''Nüfūs Defter'')==
'''Research use:''' These registers establish family groups and individual identity.<br>
'''Research use:''' These registers establish family groups and individual identity.<br>
'''Reliability:''' Good, though the information may be incomplete.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Turkey,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1998.</ref>
'''Reliability:''' Good, though the information may be incomplete.
===How to Find the Records===
===How to Find the Records===
*''[[Türkiye_Census#Online_Resources|See list of resources above.]]
*''[[Türkiye_Census#Online_Resources|See list of resources above.]]
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==Ottoman Cadastral Surveys (''Tahrir Mufassal Defter'')==
==Ottoman Cadastral Surveys (''Tahrir Mufassal Defter'')==
'''Research use:''' These records establish individual identity and residence; may sometimes establish family groups (at least partial).<br>
'''Research use:''' These records establish individual identity and residence; may sometimes establish family groups (at least partial).<br>
'''Reliability:''' Fair.<ref name="profile"/>
'''Reliability:''' Fair
===How to Find the Records===
===How to Find the Records===
===Historical Background===
===Historical Background===
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==Military Head Tax Register (''Cizye Defter'')==
==Military Head Tax Register (''Cizye Defter'')==
'''Research use:''' These records provide an early listing of names and probably age and residence of a significant portion of the male population; may provide some lineage linking information if sons are listed with fathers.<br>
'''Research use:''' These records provide an early listing of names and probably age and residence of a significant portion of the male population; may provide some lineage linking information if sons are listed with fathers.<br>
'''Reliability:''' Probably good.<ref name="profile"/>
'''Reliability:''' Probably good
===How to Find the Records===
===How to Find the Records===
===Historical Background===
===Historical Background===
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After the Crimean war a cadastral (land) survey was conducted to reestablish the tax base of the empire. This survey was conducted in 1858-1859 in the provinces (sancaks) of Bursa and Janina, then empire wide in 1860. These and later surveys definitely included names of head of households. Neverthelss, these surveys included, at best, less than 30% of the population. Women and children were rarely listed and remote localities may not have been surveyed.
After the Crimean war a cadastral (land) survey was conducted to reestablish the tax base of the empire. This survey was conducted in 1858-1859 in the provinces (sancaks) of Bursa and Janina, then empire wide in 1860. These and later surveys definitely included names of head of households. Neverthelss, these surveys included, at best, less than 30% of the population. Women and children were rarely listed and remote localities may not have been surveyed.


== References ==
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[[Category:Türkiye]]
[[Category:Türkiye]]
[[Category:Census records by country|Turkey]]
[[Category:Census records by country|Turkey]]
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