Geschichte der Wolgadeutschen

BRENT ALAN MAI

1798 CENSUS
OF THE GERMAN COLONIES ALONG THE VOLGA

ECONOMY, POPULATION, AND AGRICULTUREL

Mai, Brent Alan: 1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture. 2 vols. – Lincoln, Nebraska: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999. – 1587 P.

Translation of 1798 Census information, including narrative of economic, religious, educational and structural makeup, colony movement, agricultural information. Lists 38,800 individuals by name (including maiden), age, colony of original settlement, and household. Complete with indexes, including surname, colony, movement by surname and movement by colony.

Contents
Volume I

Foreward
V

Introduction
 
     History of the Russian Census 1
     Translation and Transliteration 1
     Numbering of Households 3
     Relationship Codes 4
     Standard Spellings for Given Names 5
     Measurements 6
     “Colonists” and “Free Foreigners” 6
     The Kontora 8
     Inconsistencies and Discrepancies 8
     General Notes 10

Gazetteer
11

Census of the Economy
33

Census of Population (Anton – Ober-Monjou)
245

Volume II

Census of Population (Orlovskaya – Zürich)
803

Census of Population – Movement Tables
1063

Census of Agriculture
1169

Indices
 
     Population Census – Surname Index 1493
     Population Census – Colony Index 1537
     Cross-Index Between Population Census and Movement Tables 1545
     Movement Tables – Surname Index 1559
     Movement Tables – Colony Index 1579