Census 1863

The books “Census 1863” I-II cover Karanovac and the Karanovac District (Book I) and villages outside the Karanovac District, today part of the City of Kraljevo (Book II), and were published by the National Museum Kraljevo, and were prepared by Bojana Miljković Katić, PhD and Nemanja Trifunović. These are prepared historical sources of the first order – a census of people, real estate and income from 1863, for the territory of today’s City of Kraljevo, which is one of the most important historical sources for the demographic, economic and social history of Serbia in the 19th century.

Given that this census is an indispensable document in the reconstruction of family genealogies and the origins of families, there is great interest in its publication in society, and over the past decades a significant number of census books have been published for numerous towns and rural areas in Serbia. These two books are the first to publish census books for the entire territory of the City of Kraljevo, which will allow many residents of Kraljevo and its surroundings, as well as those whose origins are in the Kraljevo region, to find information about their ancestors. The prepared material is stored in the State Archives of Serbia, in the Fund of the Ministry of Finance – Department of Foresight. Due to the volume of the prepared material, it was divided into two books. The first book includes a census of the town of Karanovac (today’s Kraljevo) and rural settlements that belonged to the then Karanovac District. The second book covers settlements that today administratively and territorially belong to the City of Kraljevo, and in 1863 were located outside the Karanovački district. These are villages in the Gružanski, Jošanički, Moravski, Dragačevo, Studenica and Trnava districts. For easier overview, the census data are presented in tabular form with nine columns: serial number, name and surname of household members, state of health of the person, age, real estate, monthly income, class by property, class by income and notes.

The program is attended by: editor Ljubodrag P. Ristić, PhD, reviewers Aleksandra Vuletić, PhD and Radomir J. Popović, PhD and editors Bojana Miljković Katić, PhD and Nemanja Trifunović.