Ėrivan Gubernia Taxation

Overview
камеральное описание and посемейные списки These records list inhabitants and their taxable possessions. They can be used to identify residence, heads of household, and family size. Used in conjunction with parish registers to ensure that all family members are identified. Records were compiled by Russian authorities after acquiring Armenia in the early 19th century to provide a basis for taxation. Records are available at the Historical Archive, Yerevan.


 * Time period: 1829-1886.
 * Contents: Names and ages of male inhabitants, the number of people in each household, extent of land, type of crops, number of livestock, home industries if any, private or state village and taxes paid.

Column descriptions
 * 1886 tax list - Russian, Armenian.

Background information The following list is a work in progress. Unless otherwise noted, the lists are камеральное описание. Some посемейные списки (family lists) are also included.

See the FamilySearch Catalog for all available lists. Tax records may be cataloged under the country, province, or district level. Keep Russian Empire jurisdictions in mind! In the FamilySearch catalog, English versions of place names referring to Armenian cities during the Russian Empire time-period were typically created based on the Russian version of the name as it appeared in the 1880 gazetteer for Ėrivan Gubernia. See the ALA-LC Romanization table for Russian.

Note: Tax lists were not created every year. Lists are usually written in Russian. Some years include parallel headings in Russian, Armenian, Azeri Turkish, or Georgian. Town names and jurisdictions in the list below were standardized to follow the 1880 gazetteer.

Video Tutorials

 * An Overview of Metrical books and Tax lists for Armenia (6:27-13:12)
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Indexed Records

 * 1817-1917 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images