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The title page of the 1816 Revision List
First Page 1816 Revision List
1816 Revision List, unnumbered page, families #53-59
John Pinkerton's Atlas, London 1814,
showing "Liahkhovitcha" near Kletsk and Polonka and Siniawka. After you have clicked on title to go to next image, hover cursor in lower right hand corner to enlarge further
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Thomson's New General Atlas,Edinburgh, 1817
showing Lachowicze near Nowa Mysh and Czernichow. After you have clicked on title to go to next image, hover cursor in lower right hand corner to enlarge further
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Surname Index
1816 Revision List |
# |
SURNAME |
First Name |
Father's name |
35 |
- |
Shmuilo |
Girsh |
22 |
- |
Rubin |
Girsh |
39 |
- |
Peisakh |
Meer |
71 |
- |
Itska |
Leiba |
71 |
- |
Yosel |
Khaim |
72 |
ADUKHOVSKY |
Itska |
Rubin |
72 |
ADUKHOVSKY |
Feiga |
|
74 |
ANGELYOVICH |
Rafail |
Yevel |
74 |
ANGELYOVICH |
Tsilya |
|
74 |
ANGELYOVICH |
Elya |
Rafail |
74 |
ANGELYOVICH |
Yeska |
|
74 |
ANGELYOVICH |
Berko |
Elya |
74 |
ANGELYOVICH |
Itsko |
Rafail |
74 |
ANGELYOVICH |
Mikhlya |
|
74 |
ANGELYOVICH |
Shaeina |
Itsko |
48 |
ARANOVICH |
Avigdor-Yankel |
Dovid-Mikhel |
48 |
ARANOVICH |
Rosya |
|
61 |
ARONCHIK |
Borukh |
(Faivel) |
61 |
ARONCHIK |
Khaika |
|
61 |
ARONCHIK |
Leiba |
Borukh |
61 |
ARONCHIK |
Pesya |
|
13 |
ASHKENOZ |
Yankel |
Yosel Yekhel |
13 |
ASHKENOZ |
Rokha |
|
13 |
ASHKENOZ |
Shlioma-Mordukh |
Yankel |
76 |
ASHKINOVZ |
Yekhiyel-Movsha |
Rubin-Vigdar |
76 |
ASHKINOVZ |
Malka-? |
|
2 |
BERKOVICH |
Yosel |
Kalman |
2 |
BERKOVICH |
Kesel (K?) |
|
2 |
BERKOVICH |
Leizar |
Yosel |
4 |
BERKOVICH |
Kushel Kasriel |
Mordukh |
9 |
BERKOVICH |
Azriel |
Shemshel |
11 |
BERKOVICH |
Nisen-Borukh |
Leiba |
15 |
BERKOVICH |
Movsha Sholom |
Shimshel |
15 |
BERKOVICH |
Fruma |
|
15 |
BERKOVICH |
Khayim Leiba |
Movsha Sholom |
47 |
BERKOVICH |
Avigdor |
Shimshel |
47 |
BERKOVICH |
Khana |
|
47 |
BERKOVICH |
Leya-Gadas |
Avigdor |
63 |
BERKOVICH |
Avigdor |
David |
67 |
BERKOVICH |
Leiba |
Nokhim |
68 |
BERKOVICH |
Abram |
Leiba |
72 |
BERKOVICH |
Gavriel |
Benyamin |
72 |
BERKOVICH |
Khasya |
|
72 |
BERKOVICH |
Beinas |
Isar |
72 |
BERKOVICH |
Khasya |
|
48 |
BOBROV |
Kaltsman |
Yosel-Osher |
48 |
BOBROV |
Riva-Peisa |
|
32 |
BRESLAVSKY |
Iser |
Yankel-Girsh |
32 |
BRESLAVSKY |
Khaika |
|
32 |
BRESLAVSKY |
Yakiel |
Iser |
32 |
BRESLAVSKY |
Sora |
|
20 |
BREVDA |
Aron |
Shemshel |
20 |
BREVDA |
Blyuma |
|
20 |
BREVDA |
Shlyoma-Girsh |
Aron |
20 |
BREVDA |
Keilya |
|
30 |
BREVDA |
Itska |
Yosel |
30 |
BREVDA |
Zlata |
|
30 |
BREVDA |
Itsko Leiba |
Abram-Berka |
71 |
BREVDA |
Aron |
Lemel |
71 |
BREVDA |
Khana |
|
71 |
BREVDA |
Malka |
[dtr of Aron Brevda] |
71 |
BREVDA |
Slova |
[dtr of Aron Brevda] |
71 |
BREVDA |
Lemel |
Aron |
71 |
BREVDA |
Esterka? |
|
71 |
BREVDA |
Sora |
Itska |
75 |
BREZINA |
Leizar |
Girsh-Yosel |
75 |
BREZINA |
Feiga |
|
23 |
BUDOVLYA |
Ovzer |
Leiba |
23 |
BUDOVLYA |
Ita |
|
54 |
BUDOVLYA |
Yevel |
Shmuilo-Abram |
54 |
BUDOVLYA |
Leya |
|
26 |
BUGBINDER |
Leizer |
Yankel-Zailik |
26 |
BUGBINDER |
Malka |
|
22 |
BURSHTEIN |
Shmuilo |
Ovsey |
22 |
BURSHTEIN |
Mordukh Leizer |
Leiba |
22 |
BURSHTEIN |
Ovsey-Aron |
Smuilo |
24 |
BURSHTEIN |
Sholom |
Khaim |
24 |
BURSHTEIN |
Khaim |
Sholom |
24 |
BURSHTEIN |
Pesya |
|
1 |
BUSEL |
Leiba |
Nokhim |
1 |
BUSEL |
Libka |
|
1 |
BUSEL |
Beilya Riva |
Leiba |
4 |
BUSEL |
Mikhel |
Yosel |
16 |
BUSEL |
Yankel Movsha |
Yosel |
16 |
BUSEL |
Yosel |
Yankel |
18 |
BUSEL |
Ovzer Mendel |
Yosel |
18 |
BUSEL |
Freida |
|
70 |
BUSEL |
Iser |
Zamvel |
70 |
BUSEL |
Zlata |
|
70 |
BUSEL |
Leya |
Iser |
70 |
BUSEL |
Yudel-Khaim |
Iser |
70 |
BUSEL |
Yenta |
|
70 |
BUSEL |
Reizya |
Udel-Khaim |
72 |
DAREVSKY |
Yankel |
Borukh |
38 |
DAVIDKOVICH |
Itsko |
Mordukh |
38 |
DAVIDKOVICH |
Ester |
|
53 |
DUBINCHIK |
Sholomo |
Dovid |
53 |
DUBINCHIK |
Bluma |
|
53 |
DUBINCHIK |
Yankel-Dovid |
Sholomo |
53 |
DUBINCHIK |
Perl |
|
53 |
DUBINCHIK |
Azik-Movsha |
Sholomo |
53 |
DUBINCHIK |
Sora |
|
53 |
DUBINCHIK |
Risya |
Azik-Movsha |
21 |
ELINA |
Gdalya |
Vulf |
21 |
ELINA |
Gitlya |
|
21 |
ELINA |
Movsha Navtoli |
Gdalya |
7 |
ELKONA |
Abram |
Ozer |
7 |
ELKONA |
Khrisya |
|
7 |
ELKONA |
Tsivya |
Abram |
6 |
EPSHTEIN |
Dovid |
Meyer Shlyoma |
6 |
EPSHTEIN |
Leya |
|
11 |
EPSHTEIN |
Shlioma |
Movsha |
11 |
EPSHTEIN |
Khaika |
|
11 |
EPSHTEIN |
Berko |
Shlioma |
11 |
EPSHTEIN |
Sora |
|
11 |
EPSHTEIN |
Movsha-Yosel |
Berko |
11 |
EPSHTEIN |
Yosel-Itsko |
Berko |
11 |
EPSHTEIN |
Movsha |
Vulf |
11 |
EPSHTEIN |
Sora |
|
69 |
EPSHTEIN |
Oser-Lemel |
Abram |
69 |
EPSHTEIN |
Sheina |
|
11 |
EPSHTEIN? |
Yankel-Movsha |
Itska |
26 |
EPSHTEL |
Meyer |
Ovsey |
26 |
EPSHTEL |
Nisyn |
Meyer |
35 |
FANSHTEIN |
Movsha |
Shmerko |
35 |
FANSHTEIN |
Khaika |
|
35 |
FANSHTEIN |
Rivka-Gitl |
[Movsha] |
35 |
FANSHTEIN |
Ziskint-Shmerko |
Movsha |
35 |
FANSHTEIN |
Rokhlya |
Movsha |
35 |
FANSHTEIN |
Mendel |
Movsha |
66 |
FARBOTNIK |
Yosel |
Leiba |
22 |
GAEZA |
Gerts |
Yosel |
22 |
GAEZA |
Yakhna |
|
22 |
GAEZA |
Rivka |
Gerts |
73 |
GALEMBO |
Itska |
Abram |
73 |
GALEMBO |
Khana |
|
73 |
GALEMBO |
Berko |
Itska |
28 |
GAVZA |
Leiba |
Shaya |
28 |
GAVZA |
Slova |
|
28 |
GAVZA |
Khiel |
Leiba |
28 |
GAVZA |
Ester |
|
28 |
GAVZA |
Shaya |
Leiba |
28 |
GAVZA |
Masya |
|
28 |
GAVZA |
Khaika |
[Shaya] |
28 |
GAVZA |
Leya |
[Khiel] |
28 |
GAVZA |
Dovid |
Leiba |
38 |
GAVZA |
Movsha |
Azriel |
38 |
GAVZA |
Shaya |
Azriel |
41 |
GAVZA |
Avigdor |
Shaya |
41 |
GAVZA |
Ester-Yokhvit |
Avigdor |
41 |
GAVZA |
Movsha |
Avigdor |
41 |
GAVZA |
Yudis |
|
57 |
GELFANT |
Mordukh-Eylya |
Todris-Yosel |
7 |
GLINA |
Aron |
Vulf |
7 |
GLINA |
Faibish |
Vulf |
7 |
GLINA |
Beilya |
|
7 |
GLINA |
Girsh |
Vulf |
7 |
GLINA |
Khana |
|
7 |
GLINA |
Kreina |
Girsh |
67 |
GLINA |
Vulf |
Yosel |
66 |
GLUKHOVSKY |
Mordukh-Khaim |
Shmuilo |
46 |
GRABINA |
Meer |
Abram |
46 |
GRABINA |
Khasya |
|
67 |
GRABINA |
Mordukh |
Kalman |
63 |
GRAVELNIK |
Aron-Faibish |
Movsha |
63 |
GRAVELNIK |
Sheina |
|
50 |
GRINSHPAN |
Itsko-Mordukh |
Meer |
34 |
GRUSKO |
Beinomin-Itsko |
Iser |
34 |
GRUSKO |
Ita |
|
34 |
GRUSKO |
Izroel |
Beinomin-Itsko |
34 |
GRUSKO |
Genya |
|
34 |
GRUSKO |
Beilya |
Izrael |
42 |
GRUSKO |
Shloyma |
Mordukh |
42 |
GRUSKO |
Rokhlya |
|
42 |
GRUSKO |
Shprintsa |
Shloyma |
42 |
GRUSKO |
Mordukh |
Shloyma |
33 |
KACHER |
Leizer |
Shmuil-Perets |
33 |
KACHER |
Fruma |
|
46 |
KACHER |
Nakhmen |
Perts |
73 |
KACHER |
Leizar |
Perts |
50 |
KAPLAN |
Berko |
Rubin |
51 |
KAPLAN |
Berko |
Rubin-Shmuil |
51 |
KAPLAN |
Gruna-Feigel |
|
40 |
KHARLIP |
Itsko |
Idel |
40 |
KHARLIP |
Basya |
|
40 |
KHARLIP |
Yudel-Khaim |
Itsko |
47 |
KHAVZA |
Khiel |
Vigdor |
46 |
KIPISH |
Nakhman-Shmerko |
Leiba |
46 |
KIPISH |
Basya |
|
46 |
KIPISH |
Khaya-Ginda |
Nakhman-Shmerko |
66 |
KLEYMAISTER |
Shmuilo-Itsko |
David |
32 |
KOMAR |
Izroel |
Abram-Yeliv |
32 |
KOMAR |
Sora |
|
56 |
KOTLAR |
Meshel |
Berko |
56 |
KOTLAR |
Khaya |
|
59 |
KUSHNER |
Yavkhim-Yankel |
Idel |
63 |
KUSHNER |
Yankel |
Yosel [or Nosel?] |
69 |
LEIZAROVICH? |
Gershen-Vulf |
Abram |
69 |
LEIZAROVICH? |
Sora |
|
38 |
LEV |
Leiba |
Peisakh |
38 |
LEV |
Leya |
|
38 |
LEV |
Dvora |
Leiba |
68 |
LEV |
Abram |
Leiba |
68 |
LIBOSHEVSKY |
Itska |
Notka |
68 |
LIBOSHEVSKY |
Feiga |
|
17 |
LIS |
Yosel |
Yankel Gets |
17 |
LIS |
Sora |
|
50 |
LIS |
Yosel |
Girsh |
50 |
LIS |
Leya |
|
60 |
LIS |
Khayim |
Yevna |
60 |
LIS |
Dvora |
|
60 |
LIS |
Khana |
Khayim |
68 |
MALINA |
Yosel |
Yekhraim |
64 |
MALINKI |
Khaim |
Yosel |
31 |
MALOVICH |
Nevakh |
Mardukh |
31 |
MALOVICH |
Blyuma |
|
31 |
MALOVICH |
Shlyoma |
Mardukh |
31 |
MALOVICH |
Yentlya |
|
31 |
MALOVICH |
Movsha-Mordukh |
Berka |
31 |
MALOVICH |
Yedlya-Freidlya |
[Nevach’s dtr?] |
31 |
MALOVICH |
Movsha-Aron |
Shmuilo |
10 |
MALOVITSKY |
Meyer |
Yankel |
10 |
MALOVITSKY |
Sora |
|
10 |
MALOVITSKY |
Yosel |
Meyer |
10 |
MALOVITSKY |
Ester |
|
10 |
MALOVITSKY |
Itsko |
Meyer |
10 |
MALOVITSKY |
Aron-Yankel |
Meyer |
13 |
MALOVITSKY |
Itsko |
Aron |
19 |
MALOVITSKY |
Osher |
Mordukh |
33 |
MALOVITSKY |
Mordukh |
Yefraim |
33 |
MALOVITSKY |
Draizya |
|
33 |
MALOVITSKY |
Leizer-Afroim |
Mordukh |
37 |
MALOVITSKY |
Girsh |
Leib |
37 |
MALOVITSKY |
Dvosya |
|
37 |
MALOVITSKY |
Leya-Risya |
Girsh |
37 |
MALOVITSKY |
Itska-Volf |
Girsh |
37 |
MALOVITSKY |
Pesya-Yenta |
Girsh |
41 |
MALOVITSKY |
Leiba |
Itska |
43 |
MALOVITSKY |
Mikhel |
Shimon |
43 |
MALOVITSKY |
Odlya |
|
43 |
MALOVITSKY |
Nevakh |
Shlioma |
43 |
MALOVITSKY |
Freida |
|
43 |
MALOVITSKY |
Odvora (Dvora?) |
Mikhel |
76 |
MALOVITSKY |
Yosel |
Leiba-Udel |
76 |
MALOVITSKY |
Rakhlya-Beika |
|
59 |
MANDL |
Izroel |
Girshev-Movsha |
59 |
MANDL |
Dylya |
|
54 |
MLODINOV |
Nota |
Itsko |
54 |
MLODINOV |
Zlata |
|
56 |
MUKASEY |
Todoris |
Itsko |
68 |
MUKASEY |
Movsha |
Itsko |
27 |
MURKES |
Aron Shlyoma |
Azriel |
27 |
MURKES |
Azriel |
Nisen |
27 |
MURKES |
Blyuma |
|
27 |
MURKES |
Nisen |
Nison |
27 |
MURKES |
Liba |
|
14 |
MYKASEY |
Izroel-Aizik |
Zimel |
14 |
MYKASEY |
Zimel |
Itska |
25 |
ODUKHOVSKY |
Khaim |
Yefraim |
25 |
ODUKHOVSKY |
Ester |
|
25 |
ODUKHOVSKY |
Mordulh-Mikhel |
Khaim |
25 |
ODUKHOVSKY |
Leizer |
Zailik |
3 |
OGINSKY |
Aron |
Abram |
3 |
OGINSKY |
Yeidlya |
|
3 |
OGINSKY |
Leya |
|
3 |
OGINSKY |
Nevakh Nekhmya |
Abram |
8 |
OGINSKY |
Nakhman |
Izreel |
8 |
OGINSKY |
Gnesya |
|
8 |
OGINSKY |
Izreel Yuda |
Khayim |
8 |
OGINSKY |
Khayim |
Manus |
8 |
OGINSKY |
Khaika |
|
57 |
OGINSKY |
Mordukh-Movsha |
Yankel |
57 |
OGINSKY |
Leya |
|
57 |
OGINSKY |
Yankel |
Zelman |
68 |
OGINSKY |
Abram |
Nevikh |
65 |
OLKHA |
Khaim |
Yosel-Yudel |
65 |
OLKHA |
Fraida |
|
65 |
OLKHA |
Shimen-Yudel |
Khaim |
58 |
PARTNOY |
Meer |
Mordukh-Itsko |
58 |
PARTNOY |
Rokhlya |
|
63 |
PARTNOY |
Mikhel |
Faika |
63 |
PARTNOY |
Vasya(?) |
|
49 |
PINCHUK |
Dovid-Itsko |
Berko |
49 |
PINCHUK |
Risya |
|
49 |
PINCHUK |
Pesya |
Dovid-Itsko |
55 |
RIBNIK |
Shaya-Gevsha |
Khaim-Berko |
31 |
ROZH |
Mordukh |
Khanan |
55 |
ROZHANSKY |
Abram |
Itsko |
75 |
ROZIN |
Aron? |
Barukh |
75 |
ROZIN |
Khaya-Riva |
|
54 |
RUNIK |
Leiba-Aron |
Borukh |
34 |
SHALIMOVICH |
Leiba-Leizer |
Shalim |
34 |
SHALIMOVICH |
Riva-Nakhama |
|
34 |
SHALIMOVICH |
Golda |
Leiba-Leizer |
57 |
SHKLAR |
Bysya |
|
57 |
SHKLYAR |
Abram-Berko |
Aron |
45 |
SHKOLNIK |
Sholom |
Movsha |
45 |
SHKOLNIK |
Livsha |
|
45 |
SHKOLNIK |
Gersh-Leib |
Sholom |
45 |
SHKOLNIK |
Khenka |
Sholom |
45 |
SHKOLNIK |
Fishel-Girsh |
Anshel |
62 |
SHLEFER |
Abram |
Benyamin |
63 |
SHMUKHLER |
Movsha |
Khonon |
58 |
SHVETS |
Movsha |
Leiba |
38 |
SLUCHAK |
Ovsey |
Abram |
38 |
SLUCHAK |
Murka |
|
38 |
SLUCHAK |
Sora |
Ovsey |
47 |
SNOVSKY |
Beinas |
Aron |
38 |
SYSUN |
Tsalka |
Leizer |
38 |
SYSUN |
Beilya |
|
62 |
TKACH |
Benyamin-Leibo |
Mordukh-Shlioma |
52 |
VALOKHOYANSKY |
Yevel |
Movsha-Itsko |
52 |
VALOKHOYANSKY |
Risya |
|
52 |
VALOKHOYANSKY |
Sosya |
Yevel |
52 |
VALOKHOYANSKY |
Mordukh-Menko |
Yevel |
47 |
VALTSMAN |
Yankel-Vulf |
David |
65 |
VATNEMAYSTER |
Ovsey |
Movsha |
39 |
VINGER |
Berko |
Shimon |
39 |
VINGER |
Basya |
|
39 |
VINGER |
Dvosya |
Berko |
39 |
VINGER |
Girsh |
Shimon |
67 |
VINGER |
Shimen |
Girsh |
76 |
VINGER |
Girsh-Geshel |
Shimen-Yankel |
76 |
VINGER |
Basya |
|
5 |
VINOGRAD |
Movsha |
Faibish |
5 |
VINOGRAD |
Dovid |
Meyer |
5 |
VINOGRAD |
Shmuilo Yelya |
Movsha |
5 |
VINOGRAD |
Godes |
|
27 |
VINOGRAD |
Itska |
Izrael |
27 |
VINOGRAD |
Sora |
|
27 |
VINOGRAD |
Yakhna-Golda |
Itska |
64 |
VINOGRAD |
Elya |
Vulf-Nokhim |
64 |
VINOGRAD |
Mirl |
|
68 |
VINOGRAD |
Izroel |
Zimen |
68 |
VINOGRAD |
Dvora |
|
29 |
VISHNYA |
Yankel |
Movsha |
29 |
VISHNYA |
Azriel |
Yankel |
29 |
VISHNYA |
Ester |
|
29 |
VISHNYA |
Risya |
[Azriel] |
12 |
VTIKOTSINSKY |
Shevel |
Girsh |
12 |
VTIKOTSINSKY |
Sora |
|
12 |
VTIKOTSINSKY |
Navtolya-Girsh |
Shevel |
12 |
VTIKOTSINSKY |
Liba |
|
12 |
VTIKOTSINSKY |
Ester |
Navtolya-Girsh |
12 |
VTIKOTSINSKY |
Mordukh |
Shevel |
12 |
VTIKOTSINSKY |
Feigel |
|
12 |
VTIKOTSINSKY |
Liba |
Mordukh |
12 |
VTIKOTSINSKY |
Leiba-Shabsa |
Mordukh |
33 |
YABLONA |
Leizer |
Shmuil |
33 |
YABLONA |
Shmuilo |
Leizer |
44 |
YELINA |
Yevna |
Azriel |
44 |
YELINA |
Khaika |
|
44 |
YELINA |
Gnesya |
Yevna |
50 |
YOSILOVICH |
Gershon-Girsh |
Gerts |
32 |
YUDELYOVICH |
Yosel |
Berko |
46 |
ZADVORSKY |
Vulf |
Meer |
55 |
ZAYETS |
Benyamin-Itsko |
Yosel |
60 |
ZAYETS |
Abram |
Yosel |
60 |
ZAYETS |
Ester |
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36 |
ZHMUDYAK |
Falya |
Abram |
36 |
ZHMUDYAK |
Zislya |
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36 |
ZHMUDYAK |
Abram |
Falya |
76 |
ZHMUIDZAK |
Abram |
Falya-Yevna |
76 |
ZHMUIDZAK |
Yeska-Mirl |
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The three images previously on this page, for the 1850 Revision List (2)
and the 1874 Revision List (1), showing what Revision Lists looked like later
in this same century, have been moved to our new page
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Documents of Lyakhovichi History:
The 1816 Revision List
These images of the cover of the 1816 Revision List and the first page of the same enumeration, are from the Family History Library Microfilm # . Dr. Neville Lamdan shares the information that the cover sheet simply contains a standard formula, indicating that in August 1816 a "Revision" was taken of the Jewish community in the small town of Lyakhovichi, in the Slutsk Powiat [Polish term for the Russian Uyezd, a district) in the Minsk Gubernya ("Governate", or province). The first page, he tells us, includes An abbreviated form of the formula on the cover page appears at the head of this page. Family groups are listed sequentially but not alphabetically. You will see that page 1 includes families #1-#8 and that a sample page from the interior showing families registered as #53 through #59, is also posted. We can see looking at the images that these pages are divided the way the Revision Lists would be in the 1830s and 1850s, into a male side of the page and a female side of the page. That is that men appeared on the left side of a folio and women appeared on the right side. Each of these samples is from the male side and we will be going back to the original for an upcoming update to get samples of the women's records as well.
The specific date of the Revision in August 1816 has not yet been determined, but a look at the conversion of Julian dates to Gregorian and to Hebrew calendars, show that even the first of August on the Russian calendar, had already past the Jewish mourning holy day of July-August, on the Hebrew date of the 9th of Av. August 1 on the Julian calendar corresponded with August 13, Gregorian, and Av 19 on the Hebrew calendar. When we know a specific date we will know whether the census takers found it more convenient to use a general market day or a Torah-reading day in synagogue (where more men would come to the synagogue on that day).
The 1816 Revision List
contributed by the Lyakhovichi Research Group
Introduction by Deborah G. Glassman
The Lyakhovichi researchers led by the indomitable Gary Palgon and Dr. Neville Lamdan, provided this list to Jewish Gen researchers almost a decade ago. When I created the first shtetl webpage two years ago, I made small changes for table clarity but the webmaster's main contribution was html coding and layout. I missed a key point about this list and that misunderstanding affected the way I used the data for my own genealogy research. So clearing up the confusion may help your research as well.
This is not a compiled list created in two different time periods of 1811 and 1816, though Revision Lists were in fact created in both of those years. It is not a list first created in 1811 and then further annotated in 1816, with a person checked off if dead or missing since the last tally. It does note each person's age in the two "census" periods, it does note whether they had died or moved away in that interval, but it does not do it for each person at different dates. Instead, this is the 1816 Revision List (not the 1811/1816 Revision List which I have previously titled it). In 1816 each family entry listed the name of the head of the family, the name of his wife and his children, and the relation of other males in the household to the head of family. It lists for all males their ages in 1816 and the age reported in the last revision list in 1811. It lists for all females their age in 1816. There is a "notes" column which reflects the handwritten annotations found in the 1816 Revision List, most relating to the reason that a householder who was found previously in Lyakhovichi, is not present for this Revision in 1816. So the most common notes are "dead." "missing," or "run away." All information from this document, can be tied to a particular date in August 1816.
Still, even though the appearance of having been compiled in two different years is illusory, its use of a current and previous time frame is useful to the researcher. It notes each person's age at the two census dates, and whether they had died or moved away in the interval. You can see when siblings share a home and when they have separate households, and you can see the names of wives and daughters carefully enumerated down to very small children: all this in a period 35 years before a US census named anyone but the head of household!
There is a great deal more work that can be done with this Revision List which has been a valued resource for almost a decade. In the 4 pages of our site titled Fathers of Lyakhovichi (see right hand column for divisions by the first letter of the first name) we have collected information on those listed in the patronymic column. We can begin a list of those who are listed as "died, skipped, ran away," etc. in the comments column and see which correspond to others found in the 1819 list of those previously missed. We can use the ages of children born between 1811 and 1816 to begin reconstructing a preliminary birth list for Lyakhovichi. We can compare the information found in this record with others both earlier and later.
We can also start asking new questions.
1) The numbers living in Lyakhovichi in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1784 and the numbers living there in the 1819 Revision List, show clear correlations. There are over two hundred family units reported in 1819 but only seventy-six in 1816. The need for the supplementary Revision List of 1819 was clear but is the 1816 Revision Lists are so much smaller because of the Wars with Napoleon that marched through here? Where did our people go during that time period then? How far was a safe enough margin? What kind of documentation might have been created in their flight and return?
2) When I thought that this was a combined census, I didn't understand why wives were not reported in 1811, why there were 73 reported in 76 households in 1816, and why the number then dropped to a miniscule 12 wives noted in 217 households in the 1819 Revision. Straightening out the misunderstanding about 1811 cleared up the first part of that. Women were reported in 1816 but the earlier ages of women and their presence in the previous Revision List was not reported. Mystery resolved, and that left the question of why only twelve wives noted in 1819? Where are the others? This update cleared up that mystery too. The supplementary nature of the revision list led to some shortcuts in notation. Neither men nor women were regularly listed with their relation to the head of household in 1819. Men were listed on one half of a folio page, women on the other half, and the fact of the woman's presence across from the man's name was considered sufficient indication of their relation. Though a previous survey showed twelve women listed as wives, this newer look at the materials showed that there were actually ___ not reported. For a look at what we can learn about individual women who were wives, daughters, and sisters in the 1816 and 1819 Revision Lists go to our page Tracing Women in Lyakhovichi Revision Lists and to see what new information can be learned about the Family Groups listed in 1819, go to our 1819 Revision Lists
3) How was the census conducted? Did an official of the crown go door to door in some kind of order we can reconstruct? Did the Jewish population gather in a single place to be enumerated such as the town hall or the synagogue? Have you seen a diary entry, a report to the governor, a painting of a Russian census taker "in action," et al, that could shed some light?
We have solved this one - Go To our page Imperial Russian Revision Lists for a new way to use the placement in the Revision List for genealogical purposes!
In the last posting of this material we mentioned that the webmaster has done a preliminary examination of individuals on the Revision List on this page to to determine if they had also been included in the 1784 Grand Duchy of Lithuania Census. We will be posting the individual names on the earlier census in an update already scheduled, but we can share some preliminary findings. The Grand Duchy Census does not include any surnames but lists family groups with the head of family's patronymic commonly included for those who were resident in Lyakhovichi proper. (It seems that the town of residence was considered sufficient to identify the head of household in the small towns with just one to three Jewish families living there.) So the search of the webmaster was for people who could be exactly matched between the 1816 Revision Lists to families which were not yet using surnames in the 1780s. The search methodology was very straight-forward. The 1784 Grand Duchy of Lithuania Census and the 1816 Revision Lists were studied side by side. If a male who was an adult past the age of fifty in the 1811 Census, matched the first name and patronymic, of only one person who was also a head of family in the 1784 census, then it was considered a match. If there was more than one person to whom he could be paired, it was not considered a match, as no conclusions could be drawn. If a male who, according to his reported age in 1811, would have been under twenty in 1784 was exactly matched by first name and patronymic to a dependent listed in 1784, then that was considered a match. There are 76 households listed in the 1816 lists. There are 137 households within the town of Lyakhovichi and an additional 114 families in small towns around Lyakhovichi, in the 1784 GDL census. Of the 42 Men who were aged 40 or older in 1811, and so easiest to use this process with, 27 had matches to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania census. An additional ten had matches to the 1805 Taverners list, which had given reasons why many of those would not have appeared in the 1784 list. So at least fifty percent of the older adult men in 1816, had much older ties to Lyakhovichi. Meaning that if your family who was living in Lyakhovichi at the end of the nineteenth century can be tied to a Lyakhovichi family of the early part of the century, you can most likely keep moving well into the seventeen hundreds.
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