Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Census, 1901
Census records of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany for 1900. Towns are arranged under their enumeration district. The district could be a Ritteramt (R.A.), Domänenamt (D.A.), Klosteramt (K.A.) or Stadt. Two types of forms are found for each town: The Zählkarten and the Haushaltungslisten. The Zählkarten list individuals and give the date and place of birth, occupation, residence, gender and marital status, etc. The Haushaltungslisten list the inhabitants of a given household and show relationship to the head of the household.
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Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Census, 1900
What is in This Collection?
This collection contains index & images of census records created by the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1900. Mecklenburg censuses were conducted intermittently from 1636 to 1939.
The censuses cover territory controlled by the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. For the 1900 census, takers went to each house in each of the 2,559 districts and recorded all the inhabitants as of December 1, 1900, therefore covering about 95 to 98 percent of the population living in Mecklenburg-Schwerin in December of 1900.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
These records are written in German. For help reading them see:- German Genealogical Word List
- Germany Handwriting
- Brigham Young University Script Tutorial: German
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What Can These Records Tell Me?
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Collection Details
Language
German
Location of Original Records
Landeshauptarchiv Schwerin
"Deutschland, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Volkszählung 1901." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 August 2025. Mecklenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv, Schwerin (Mecklenburg State Archives, Schwerin).
