1765 CENSUS OF JEWS OF VILNIUS VOIVODESHIP AND CITY

1765 Census of Jews of Vilnius and Surrounding Areas

(F. Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania: LVIA_F11_ap1_b1014)

 This digitized document can be downloaded from the Lithuanian Historical State Archive. It is handwritten in Polish. As a reminder, Russian names found at this point in Ashkenazy Jewish history are first & patronymic names only. Surnames were not yet required by Jews.

First, click on the following link in order to access the census.

https://iaps-pub.archyvai.lt/en/web/guest/aprasu-paieska;jsessionid=B4032D3F460F1BEC698B3293B916B6CF?p_p_id=inventorysearchportlet_WAR_iapsext2&_facesViewIdRender=%2Fforms%2FinventoryView.xhtml?invType=FILE&invId=797668

or

https://tinyurl.com/yynucbvc

Next, on the resulting page, click on & download the following:

LVIA_F11_ap1_b1014.pdf

NOTE: If you click on the title of the page (before downloading the pdf), "Treasury Commission of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania", you will arrive at another page, where there will be links to additional registers: 

Click on "11/1 Circulation of acts, decrees, protocols and registers" to bring you to the next page.

Under "Child records" there are several more census reports about Jews, which you can click on and download. They cover the following years & areas: 

1764-65 Samogitian Duchy & part of Vilnius & Trakai Voivodeships, Kaunas, Ukmerge, & Upyte counties; 

1765 Kaunas County; 

1765 Upyte County; 

1765 Trakai Voivodeship (also Karaites).