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Report on the Prospects of Genealogical Research for peasants. Example

Updated: May 15





Report on the Prospects of Genealogical Research. Peasants

1

SUBJECT OF SEARCH:

Documents related to the genealogy of the KASYANCHIK family.

2

 CLIENT'S INFORMATION


 

Name, dates, and places of birth of ancestors:


 

Grandfather:

Ivan Terentyevich Kasyanchik, born in 1920 in the village of Bereznyaki, Kalinkovichi district, Gomel region.

 

Great-grandfather:

Terentiy Denisovich Kasyanchik (lifespan unknown).

 

Great-grandmother:

Ulita Mikhaylovna Kasyanchik (lifespan unknown).

 

Grandfather's sisters:

 

older – Nina, Olga; younger – Ulyana, Varvara (lifespan of the sisters unknown).

 

Great-grandfather's brother:

Sidor (lifespan unknown).

 

Ancestors' religion:

Orthodox Christianity

3.

RESULTS:


3.1.

Geographic, confessional, and property identification of the settlement:


3.1.1.

Administrative-territorial attachment of the settlement during the Soviet era:

Village Bereznyaki in Kryukovichi village council of Ozarichi district (1924-1931),

Mozyr district (1931-1935),

Domanovichi district (1935-1960),

Kalinkovichi district (1960-1991).

3.1.2.

Administrative-territorial attachment of the settlement before 1917:

Village Bereznyaki in Kryukovichi volost’ of Rechitsa conty, Minsk governorate.

3.1.3.

Church parish the settlement belonged to before 1917:

Kolkovichi, Nativity of the Virgin Orthodox Church (from the 1880s); Peretrutovichi, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (before the 1880s); Peretrutovichi, Uniate /Greek-Catholic/ Church (before the 1840s)

3.1.4

Estate that included the peasant population before the abolition of serfdom:

Vishansky estate in Rechitsa county, Minsk governorate.

3.1.5

Owner of the estate that included the peasant population before the abolition of serfdom:

 

Konstantin Semyonovich Gatovsky, military engineer-captain.

3.2.

Preservation of Relevant Documentation in State Archives of the Republic of Belarus:


 

Lists of Households of Kryukovichi Village Council:

Zonal State Archives in Mozyr National Archives of Republic of Belarus. Fond 1237 (Kryukovichi Village Council and its executive committee).

Lists of Households for the years 1944–1966 are available.

 

Settlement Lists of Housholds Owners from the All-Union Census of 1926

Held at the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus. F. 30. Inventory 2. Document 6322. Census lists of household owners in the Ozarichi district of the Mozyr district for the year 1926.

 

Lists of Households as of January 1, 1925

Preserved at the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus. F. 30. Inv. 2. D 1513. Lists of households and information about their status in the Ozarichi district of the Mozyr district as of January 1, 1925.

 

Lists of Household Owners of Kryukovichi Volost, Rechitsa County, from the All-Russian Agricultural Census of 1916:

Not preserved

 

Census Sheets from the First General Census of the Russian Empire in 1897:

Not preserved

3.2.6.

Direct Genealogical Sources (National Historical Archive of Belarus):


 

Metric Books of Kolkovskaya Uniate/Orthodox Church:

1797–1878 (Birth, Marriage, Death)

 

Metric Books of Peretrutovichi Uniate/Orthodox Church

1798–1876 (Birth, Marriage, Death).

 

Confessional Records of Peretrutovichi Uniate Church:

1823 (F. 1654. Inv. 1. D. 1. Pp. 2–9).

 

Family Lists of Peasants from Kryukovichi Volost, Rechitsa County:

Not Preserved.

 

Revision Lists (Census) of Peasants of Vishansky Estate, Rechitsa County, under the Gatovsky Landowners:


 

Revision 1795:

Not Preserved.

 

Revision 1811:

F. 333. Inv. 9. D. 261. Revision lists of estate, house, and Jewish peasants of Rechitsa County for 1811 (landowners with initials A–R).

 

Revision 1816:

F. 333. Inv. 9. D. 72. Revision lists of estate peasants of Rechitsa County for 1816 (landowners with initials A–M).

 

Revision 1834:

F. 333. Inv. 9. D. 347. Revision lists of estate and house peasants of Rechitsa County for 1834 (landowners with initials G–O).

 

Revision 1850:

F. 333. Inv. 9. D. 703. Revision lists of house peasants and estate peasants of Rechitsa County for 1850 (landowners with initials G–Z).

 

Revision 1858:

F. 333. Inv. 9. D. 1150. Revision lists of peasants and householders of Rechitsa County for 1858 (landowners with initials A–G).

3.2.6.5.

Inventory of the Estate for the Year 1844:

F. 142. Inv. 1. D. 1395. Inventory of Vish and Bereznyakovo Estates, Rechitsa County, under the Landowner Gatovsky (13.09.1844). 32 pages.

3.2.7.

Additional Archive Funds (National Historical Archive of Belarus):


3.2.7.1.

Local Level:

F. 167. Rechitsa District Court.

F. 527. Rechitsa County Administration for Agricultural Affairs.

F. 707. Rechitsa County Police Administration.

F. 770. Rechitsa County Recruitment Attendance.

F. 918. Rechitsa County Zemstvo Administration.

F. 971. Rechitsa County Land Management Commission.

F. 1043. Rechitsa County Marshall of Nobility.

F. 1189. Congress of Justices of the Peace of the Rechitsa-Mozyr Judicial District.

F. 1456. Judicial Investigator of the 1st Section of the Minsk Regional Court for the Rechitsa County.

F. 1627. Kryukovichi Volost Administration.


3.2.7.2.

Regional Level:

F. 47. Minsk Governorate Land Management Commission.

F. 136. Minsk Spiritual Orthodox Consistory.

F. 147. Minsk United Chamber of Criminal and Civil Court.

F. 183. Minsk Regional Court.

F. 242. Minsk Governorate Attendance for Peasant Affairs.

F. 295. Office of the Minsk Governor.

F. 299. Minsk Governorate Administration.

F. 308. Minsk Governorate Military Obligation Attendance.

F. 325. Minsk Governorate Zemstvo Administration.

F. 333. Minsk Treasury Chamber.

F. 1595. Minsk Governorate Attendance.


 

CONCLUSION:

The genealogical research on the Kasyanchiks family proves to be promising, with the lower chronological boundary extending to the second half of the 18th century. The lists of households as of January 1, 1925, and the settlement lists of household owners for the year 1926 in the Ozarichi district of the Mozyr region will provide insights into the prevalence of the surname "Kasyanchik" within the village of Bereznyaki and may help refine the patronymic of Kasyanchik Terenty Denisovich. The preservation of the set of metric books of Kolkovskaya Nativity of the Virgin Orthodox Church from 1858 to 1878 allows for a social identification of the Kasyanchik family, followed by establishing kinship ties between known and unknown family members through direct genealogical sources (metric books and revision lists). In the event of identifying direct or indirect indications suggesting a peasant (serf) origin of the Kasyanchik family, in-depth genealogical research is advisable based on the 1811–1858 census materials (revision lists), the 1844 inventory, as well as metric books from 1798 to 1876 and confession records from 1823 for the Peretrutovichi Uniate/Orthodox Church.


 

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Based on the results of the present expert analysis, we recommend the following course of action:

1.     Commence the genealogical research by focusing on the metric books of the Peretrutovichi Orthodox Church regarding births from 1858 to 1878 (specifically searching for the birth record of Kasyanchik Denis).

2.     Simultaneously, investigate the 1858 census records of peasants in the Rechitsa district (search for families with the surname "Kasyanchik" in the village of Bereznyaki).

Continue the search using the other sources mentioned in the conclusion above.


 

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