1897 census surname
Potash
According to Rootera’s index, 67 people recorded as Potash or related archive spellings were found across 14 census sheets. The surname appears most frequently in Preili, Dvinsk, and Višķu Parish.
Spelling forms
This page groups spelling variants associated with the same surname. Archive forms come directly from the indexed census records; Western spellings are included to support family-history research.
About these spelling forms
Rootera’s index records this surname in Cyrillic as “Поташ”, with “potas” in the Latin transcription. Researchers using Western-language sources may also encounter “Potash” and “Potasz”. These spelling alternatives help with discovery, but each match should be checked against the original census sheet.
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Search PotashSurname spellings may vary between the handwritten census sheets and the index. Rootera’s index is continuously reviewed and corrected.