In 1897, Russia recorded an All-Empire Census. Where are these census records stored?
The LVIA (A) has a limited number of 1897 census records for various towns and villages. It is possible that additional 1897 census records for Lithuania are stored in the Moscow and/or St. Petersburg archives. The entire existing 1897 Lithuania census, translated into English, is at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. The FHL re-produced the census data on microfiche. You can order in a copy of the microfiche through your local Family History Center (Church of the Latter Day Saints). The title on the microfiche is, “1897 census extracts from Lithuania”. The description is, 459 exposures on 10 microfiches (105 mm.), GS6001828. All you need to do is provide the film number 6001828. Any FHC can then order the fiches. They all have the same film number and then are arranged by parts. The reason why the FHL titled the census as “extracts from Lithuania” is simply this. When the 1897 census of the Russian Empire was recorded, it was not done separately by religion. The censu
