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Digital Copies of Revision List Records through the Electronic Archive of the Tyumen Oblast
The Electronic Archive of the Tyumen Oblast has recently digitized revision list records, and are viewable for up to a month after you have purchased temporary access to the records. It is important to note that many of the records they have digitized are not available through FamilySearch.

Website Translation Assistance
The Electronic Archive of Tyumen is available only in Russian; however, for non-Russian speakers, you can use Google Translate to help you navigate the site.


 * If you use the Google Chrome browser, simply right click anywhere on the page and select the option Translate to English.
 * If you prefer to use another browser, just go to https://translate.google.com/, and change the language settings to translate from English to Russian. Copy and paste the URL of the website you want translated into the English box and click on the link that appears in the Russian box. This will take you to a translated version of the site. Keep in mind that Google Translate often translates Revision Lists as "Revision Tales" or "Fairy Tales."

Accessing Records
In order to view revision list records, you'll first need an account. See the instructions below. Instructions are in English with the Russian equivalents in bold/italics and parenthesis. English translations are what you would find using Google Translate and are not perfect translations.


 * 1) Go to the Tyumen Electronic Archive site.
 * 2) Register (Регистрация) for an account. It's free but requires a valid email address and it could take a few days for your account to be verified. If you already have an account, type in your username and password and select Войти. You can also use the Guest Access (Гостевой вход) to browse what records are available, but in order to place an order and access digital images of the records, you'll need an account.
 * 3) From the main page, select Funds Guide (Путеводитель по фондам).
 * 4) Next, select number four, Pre-Soviet Funds (Фонды досоветского периода).
 * 5) Then choose Economic and economic institutions, organizations, enterprises (Хозяйственно экономические учерщдения, организации, предприятия).
 * 6) Select number 6, Financial, tax and statistical institutions (Финансово-налоговые и статистические учерждения).
 * 7) Choose option 2, I154 Tobolsk treasury chamber, Tobolsk, Tobolsk province (1782-1919) (И154 Тобольская казенная палата, г. Тобольск Тобольской губернии (1782-1919 гг.)).
 * 8) From here, choose the number 8 delo, or case of permanent storage (Дела постоянного хранения).
 * 9) You'll then need to sift through the entries to find applicable revision lists. Here are a few tips to help you locate the right revision list.


 * Each revision list has title, usually beginning with Revision tales [lists] about [social class and/or location (volost, okrug, etc.)]. (Ревизские сказки о...)
 * Pay attention to the year in the deadlines column (Крайние даты).
 * To quickly locate revision lists for your town, volost, or okrug, try searching for them (in Cyrillic) in the search box at the top of the page. This will bring up all results with that search term in the title. Look for ones found in Fond 154 and Delo 8. Keep in mind that even if your search term doesn't bring up results, that doesn't mean the records don't exist, they may just be categorized under a different search term. You may wish to use a resource like the online forum at VGD to read/inquire about locations of records in the archive.

Fonds that have revision lists

и154

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