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  • Chana/Sara Hene Shishe (c.1848 - 1923)
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    Widower when he dies in 1928 Residence: Date: May 28 1858 Age 12 City / Town: Vieksniai Uyezd (county): Siauliai Guberniya (province): Kaunas Father Yankel Source LVIA/1262/1/99 Page # 169 Source w...

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Censuses of the Lithuanian population have been conducted since the 16th century. There have been three general censuses in independent Lithuania - in 1923, 2001, and 2011, but many censuses have taken place in the territory of Lithuania in different historical periods. The population of Lithuania was recorded and included when Lithuania was a territory within of the other countries:

  • the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (16th – 18th centuries),
  • Prussia and Russia (19th century),
  • Germany and Poland (1st half of the 20th century),
  • the Soviet Union (the 2nd half of the 20th century).

Census in the history of Lithuania:

  • 1528 Census of GDL landowners
  • 1570 Census of residents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania:
  • 1667 Census of Samogitian nobility
  • 1790 the first census of all strata of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth population
  • 1923 the first census of the population of the independent Republic of Lithuania
  • 1930 the general census of Lithuanian agriculture, its data was published in 1932 in three languages;
  • 2001 general census in accordance with the UN recommendation
  • 2011 General Population and Housing Census of the Republic of Lithuania

Censuses of Lithuania are also included in other countries' data, as Lithuania was under occupation by these countries:

  • 1795 census for purpose of taxation of newly occupied Russian Empire lands
  • 1816-1818 census for purpose of taxation of occupied Russian Empire lands
  • 1834-1842 Vilnius province and Vilnius town census
  • 1861 census-like research within Vilnius province on religious and ethnic relations among residents
  • 1878, 1888, and 1905 - agricultural censuses were conducted;
  • 1897 the first general census of the Russian Empire, occupied since 1795 lands of Lithuania are included; contains information about sex, religion, occupation, age, and other;
  • 1908 census of industrial and manufacturing enterprises was conducted;
  • 1921 Poland census part within Lithuania
  • 1931 Poland census part within Lithuania
  • 1910 Germany census part within Lithuania
  • 1939 Germany census part within Lithuania
  • 1942 a census conducted by the German occupation administration includes occupied territories of Lithuania
  • 1959 USSR census part within Lithuania
  • 1970 USSR census part within Lithuania
  • 1979 USSR census part within Lithuania
  • 1989 USSR census part within Lithuania

During the Russian Empire occupation (1795-1918) these were administrational units of the lands:

  • местечко, околица, город - settlement, village, town
  • парафия - parish
  • уезд, уѣзд - county, uyezd (pavietas - LT)
  • губерния - governorate, gubernia, province
  • воеводство - voivodeship (vaivadija - LT) - similar as gubernia

Lithuanian Vilnius gubernia/governorship (Виленская губерния) 1795-1918 was consisting of 8 counties:

Vilnius county (Виленский уезд)

Trakai county (Трокский уезд)

Švenčionys county (Свенцянский уезд)

Ašmena county (Ошмянский уезд) - now in Belarus

Lyda county (Лидский уезд) - now in Belarus

Dysna (Dzisna - PL) county (Дисненский уезд) - now in Belarus

Wilejka county (Вилейский уезд) - now in Belarus

Zawilejka county (Завилейский уезд) - now in Belarus

Lithuanian Kaunas gubernia/governorship (Ковенская губерния) 1842-1918 was consisting of 7 counties:

Kaunas county (Ковенский уезд)

Raseiniai county (Россиенский уезд)

Telšiai county (Тельшевский уезд)

Šiauliai county (Шавельский уезд)

Vilkmergė county (Вилькомирский уезд) - now Ukmergė

Panevėžys or Upytė county (Поневежский уезд)

Zarasai county (Новоалександровский уезд)

Other related to the census in Lithuania sources:

--- On E-Paveldas database ---

--- On FamilySearch database ---
DGS is also labeled as Film #
Lithuania taxation 1698-1916, all that available on FamilySearch database

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Lietuvos gyventojų surašymai buvo vykdomi nuo XVI a. Nepriklausomoje Lietuvoje buvo atlikti trys visuotiniai surašymai - 1923, 2001 ir 2011 m., tačiau Lietuvos teritorijoje įvairiais istorijos laikotarpiais vyko daug įvairių statistinių surašymų. Lietuvos gyventojų skaičius buvo fiksuojamas ir kai Lietuva buvo kitų šalių teritorijos sudėtyje:

  • Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė (XVI – XVIII a.),
  • Prūsija ir Rusija (XIX a.),
  • Vokietija ir Lenkija (XX a. I pusė),
  • Sovietų Sąjunga (XX a. II pusė).

Surašymai Lietuvos istorijoje:

  • 1528 LDK „žemininkų“ surašymas
  • 1570 Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės gyventojų surašymas:
  • 1667 Žemaičių kunigaikštystės bajorų surašymas
  • 1790 pirmasis visų Abiejų Tautų Respublikos gyventojų sluoksnių surašymas
  • 1923 pirmasis nepriklausomos Lietuvos Respublikos gyventojų surašymas
  • 1930 įvyko visuotinis Lietuvos žemės ūkio surašymas. 1932 m. jo duomenys paskelbti trimis kalbomis
  • 2001 visuotinis gyventojų surašymas pagal JTO rekomendaciją
  • 2011 Lietuvos Respublikos visuotinis gyventojų ir būstų surašymas

Į kitų šalių duomenis įtraukti Lietuvos surašymai, kai Lietuva buvo šių šalių okupuota:

Kiti su Lietuvos gyventojų surašymu susiję šaltiniai: