1897 census surname
Sher
According to Rootera’s index, 83 people recorded as Sher or related archive spellings were found across 27 census sheets. The surname appears most frequently in Dvinsk, Bērzgales (Kuļņevas) Parish, and Kreslavka.
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.
Where the surname appears
- Dvinsk33
- Bērzgales (Kuļņevas) Parish23
- Kreslavka15
- Atašienes Parish8
- Baltinavas Parish3
- Rezhitsa1
About these spelling forms
Rootera’s index records this surname in Cyrillic as “Сер”, “Сэр”, “Шер”, and “Шеръ”, with “ser” in the Latin transcription. Researchers using Western-language sources may also encounter “Scher” and “Sher”. These spelling alternatives help with discovery, but each match should be checked against the original census sheet.
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Search SherSurname spellings may vary between the handwritten census sheets and the index. Rootera’s index is continuously reviewed and corrected.