Ukraine, Odessa, Census, 1897

What is in This Collection?

This collection includes Odessa census records for 1897. Records are from the All-Russian 1897 Census, of which only portions survived. There is currently no index available. The collection is organized by volume or Том (volume).

Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third largest city in Ukraine. Located on the shore of the Black Sea, the city is a major seaport and transportation hub. Odessa is also a government center of the Odessa Oblast or province. The All-Russian 1897 census was also known as the Russian Imperial census and census takers collected statistics as of January 28, 1897. At the time, Odessa was listed as the third largest city in the Russian Empire.

Without a record index, the best advice for researchers is to identify an address or area of the city where ancestors lived at the time of the Census and start browsing records in that area. JewishGen.org, an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, has published a guide to understanding and translating the census. It contains other information about the census in Latvia. See this link JewishGen.org, Museum of Jewish Heritage.

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Reading These Records

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• Russian Genealogical Word List
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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

The census forms ask the following questions:

Column	Column Heading - Russian	Column Heading - English
1	Фамилія (прозвище), Имя и отчество или имена, если ихъ нѢсколько	Last Name (Surname), Name and patronymic or given names, if there are several
2	Полъ. М-мужской, Ж-женскій	Gender M-Male. F- Female
3	Какъ записанный приходится главѢ хозяйства и главѢ своейсемьи?	As recorded account for the head of the household and the head of his family
4	Сколько минуло лет или месяцев от роду?	How many years or months have passed since birth?
5	Холост, женатъ, вдовъ, разведенъ	Single, married, widowed, divorced
6	Сословїе, состояніе или званіе	Estate, status or rank
7	Здѣсь-ли родился, а если не здѣсь, то гдѢ именно? (губрнія, уѣздъ, городъ)	Was he born here, and if not here, then where exactly? (province, county, city)
8	Приписанъ, а если не здѣсь, то гдѣ именно?	Assigned, and if not here, then where exactly?
9	Гдѣ обыкновенно проживаетъ: Здѣсь-ли а еслиине здѣсь, то гдѣименно? (губрнія, уѣздъ, городъ)	Where does he usually live: Is it here, and if not here, then where exactly?
10	Отмѣтка объ отсутствіи, отлучкѣ и о временномъ здѣсь пребываніи	Mark of absence, absence and temporary stay here
11	Вѣроисповѣданіе	Confession
12	Родной языкъ	Mother tongue
13	Грамотость	Literacy
13a	Умѣетъ-ли читать?	Can he read?
13b	Гдѣобучается, обучался или кончилъ курсъ образованія?	Where is he studying, studied or completed his education?
14	Занятіе, ремесло, промыселъ, домжность или служба	Occupation, trade, craft, home or service
14a	Главное, то есть то, которое, доставляетъ главныя средства къ существованію	Mainly the one that provides the main means of subsistence
14b. 1	Побочое или вспомогательное	Side or auxiliary work
14b. 2	Положеніе по воинской повинности	Regulations on military service

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  Census, f. 2, o. 8, d. 110, 1897