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Location: Volga
> Genealogical Records > Census Lists
Census Lists or Revision Lists
The most widely available records for Volga
Germans are the Census Lists, called Revision Lists by the
Russian government. These records form the genealogical
backbone for each village. Many censuses were taken from the
1760's to 1857. What censuses are available for which village
vary widely. This is due to the fact than some censuses have
been lost or destroyed. Besides the Original Settler List
(1767 census), censuses were taken in the years of 1769, 1775,
1798, 1816, 1834, 1850, and 1857. Perhaps censuses were taken
for other years. Fortunately AHSGR has acquired the 1798
census for all original villages and they are available for
purchase in 2 formats.
All villages are published in
1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga
Economy, Population, and Agriculture by Brent Mai. All
38,800 individuals living in 101 Volga German villages are
listed and indexed in this 2-volume book set. Individual list
of Volga villages are also sold separately along with an
index.
Both of these products have
been published by the American
Historical Society of Germans From Russia (AHSGR), and is
available in their online store. The American Historical
Society of Germans From Russia (AHSGR) web site is located at:
http://www.ahsgr.org/.
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The information in the censuses usually
included the name and age of head of household and other
members of the family, and relationship to the head of
household. For males only their age at the last census was
listed. For any male deaths, the death year was noted. When a
women disappeared from a census it was not know if she married
or died. Some censuses included the maiden name (gebouren) of
the wife and some did not. Also some censuses included the
full baptismal name of the males and some did not.
From the censuses, the exact birth year of the person
was not known because the only information provided was their
age. So depending on when the census was taken in the year and
that person's birth month, their age could vary. Generally the
censuses were taken late in the year. Also the 1798 census
appears to actually be a 1799 census for the village of
Yagodnaya Polyana so perhaps that is true in some other
villages.
A complete list of the 204 heads of
households for the Shcherbakovka
/ Tcherbakovka (aka Muehlberg) in the 1850 Census can be
found here.
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