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Genealogy in the 21st Century.

Progress update for the year 2019

As we look forward to next year, I would like to share the summary of projects accomplished in 2019.

Ukrainian census indexes this year came from the Kiev governorate and covered wide range of years in the 19th century. This includes the following districts:

  • Chigirin 1858 farmers, 1875 name list and rural census
  • Cherkasy Additional census for 1816, 1834, main and additional census of 1858
  • Kanev Misc. records 1806, 1830s and partial 1875 rural census
  • Kiev Census records from 1816, 1850, 1875, additional census records for 1850-1851 and 1834-1850, new village residents 1888
  • Lipovets1835 name list, 1911 list of rural inhabitants
  • Radomysl Main census records for 1815-1816, 1834, 1850 and intermediate censuses records for 1834-1848, 1851
  • Skvira Additional census of 1816-1817 and 1850-1851. Main census of 1850
  • Tarashcha 1795 (partial census), list of army recruits 1834, rural census 1882.
  • Umantown residents in 1800-1805, main census from 1858
  • Vasilkov 1850 main census, add. census records for 1834-1849 and 1850-1851, Belaya Tserkov residents in 1835, 1909 rural list.
  • Zvenigorodka partial 1795-1800 census, 1834, additional census records 1834-1850, 1858 and main census from 1858

Additionally there are a few special projects related to these towns:

  • Elisavetgrad - town residents in 1811, 1831
  • Nikolaev - new residents in 1824

Records from the Minsk governorate, Belarus this year included various additional censuses and a rare treasure of vital records, which are otherwise mostly non-existent in this region.

  • Borisov additional census records from 1818 and 1872-1874
  • Igumen1811 Census (including villages), vital records for Mogilno, Uzda, Misc. census records from 1840s.
  • MinskOstroshitskiy Gorodok death indexes 1911-1917. Minsk dist census 1811 (includes villages), additional census from 1834 and 1858
  • MozyrAdded indexed David-Gorodok birth records 1901-1910.
  • NovogrudokTown residents in 1795, census from 1809, 1811 and 1818 rural census.
  • Pinsk deaths: 1925-1927, 1931, births 1888; Karolin births: 1861-1871

This year a total of 467 articles were posted as a result of many thousands of hours of background work. This blog continues to be operated by one person. If you find this work useful please consider donating to this blog.