Ukraine, Odesa Census Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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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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