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Confession List - Pärnu, Estonia - 1896

Below is an example of an Orthodox confession list. This document is from the city of Pärnu, which is located in the Pärnu county of Estonia today.

The red numbers on the left-hand side of the record have been added to simplify your reading of the document's transcription and translation.

Russian/1896 Confession List.png — "Metrical books : Ekaterininskai︠a︡ Church, 1765-1926," database with images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 23 March 2023), page no. 1, household no. 1, Pernov, Riga, Livonia, Russian Empire, 1896, DGS no. 7792213, image no. 270 of 902.

The following transcription shows the column headings of the document translated into English, followed by each row from the original document in typed Russian and translated into English. The document has been broken into a table for each entry with the headings in English accompanying each one for easier reading (to see the headings in modernized Russian, go to the Confession Lists Overview page of this tutorial). Use the numerals in the far left column to keep track of which row is being transcribed or translated.

Here is the introductory information from the document, first transcribed (with typed Russian modernized for easier reading) and then translated into English:

ведомость Рижской Епархiи, Лифляндской Губернiи
Перновско-Городской свято Екатерининской Церкви
Священно и Церковно Служителямъ

обретаюшымся при оной церкви в приходе нижеявленных чинов людям, со изявлением
против коегождо имени о бытии их в святую четыредесятинцу у исповеди и святых
таин причастия и ктож исповедался токмо а не причастился, и ктож не исповедался.

Register of the Riga eparchy, Livonia gubernia of
Pernov city's St. Katerinina's church
[pertaining to] priestly and church servants

the below-indicated classes of people belonging to this church, with a declaration
opposite each name about their presence at the holy forty days of confession and the holy
sacrament of communion and also who only confessed and did not receive communion, and also who did not confess.

Each of the following tables refers to a person in the document. Use the red numbers on the document image to determine which person is being described in each section of the transcription.

Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
1	1	1		Настоятель Михаилъ Ми- хаиловъ Суйгусаръ.	56		былъ
		1		Abbot Mikhail Mi- khailov Suigusar	56		was [present]

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
2			1	Жена его Марiя Константи- нова.		44	была
			1	Wife of him [Mikhail] Maria Constanti- nova.		44	was [present]

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
3			2	Дѣти ихъ: Александра		19	была
			2	Children of them [Mikhail and Maria]: Aleksandra		19	was [present]

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
4		2		Димитрiй	10		былъ
		2		Dimitry	10		was [present]

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
5		3		Владимiръ	9		былъ
		3		Vladimir	9		was [present]

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
6			3	Лидiя		5	——-	——-	——-
			3	Lidiya		5	——-	——-	——-

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
7		4		Священникъ Николай Николаевъ Цвѣтковъ	41		былъ
		4		Priest Nikolay Nikolaev Tsvetkov	41		was [present]

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
8			4	Жена его Надежда Констан- тинова		39	была
			4	Wife of him [Nikolay] Nadezhda Constan- tinova		39	was [present]

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
9			5	Дѣти ихъ: Варвара		13	была
			5	Children of them [Nikolay and Nadezhda]: Varvara		13	was [present]

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
10		5		Сергiй	12		былъ
		5		Sergiy	12		was [present]

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
11			6	Александра		10	была
			6	Aleksandra		10	was [present]

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
12			7	Лидiя		5	——-	——-	——-
			7	Lidiya		5	——-	——-	——-

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
13		6		Алексiй	4		——-	——-	——-
		6		Aleksiy	4		——-	——-	——-

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
14		7		Николай	2		——-	——-	——-
		7		Nikolay	2		——-	——-	——-

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
15		8		Дiаконъ Илья Семенов Покровскiй	62		былъ		къ сей**
		8		Deacon Ilya Semyonov* Pokrovsky	62		was [present]		[see note below]

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
16			8	Жена его Анна Андреева		52	была
			8	Wife of him [Ilya] Anna Andreeva		52	was [present]

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Person No. (added for easier reading)	Number			Souls and their households	Age from birth		Registration of actions
	of Homes or buildings	of People			of Males	of Females	Who was at the confession of Holy Communion	Who confessed only, and did not partake of Communion	Who was not at confession
		of Males	of Females
17			9	Дѣти ихъ: Марiя		26	была		къ сей**
			9	Children of them [Ilya and Anna]: Maria		26	was [present]		[see note below]

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*This name is generally spelled with the letter ё and has been transliterated that way, despite the fact that the two dots were omitted from above the corresponding letter. See this tutorial's description of the letter ё for more information.
**К сей is written here five times as part of an ongoing notation continued in the following pages of the record book. It does not refer to any of the people listed in the confession list itself.