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Census Records.   Head of household censuses were conducted in 1815, 1824, and 1834. The earliest census listing family members was taken in 1863.  Serbia Census Records

Civil Registration.    Civil registration was first instituted in Vojvodina in 1895 when it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Elsewhere in Serbia & Montenegro, it was instituted in 1946.  Serbia Civil Registration