Парафіяльна документація про шлюбно-станові особливості українського населення першої половини ХІХ століття (на прикладі с. Миколаївка Роменського повіту Полтавської губернії)

In an article on the materials of the register, church searches and confessionals in the village of Mykolaivka, Romensky uyezd, Poltava province in the first half of the 19th century marriage-estate registration features of the population have been analyzed. Church documentation allowed us to show changes in the social stratification of the rural community over a century of history, list the main social strata in different eras, to strengthen the historical and comparative analysis of quantitative indicators indicated in the table, compare with the class differences of the Poltava region; explain the peculiarities of records by the registrars of individual social groups; point out possible advantages and disadvantages in the designation of the estate categorical apparatus; explain individual gender and class differences; specify examples by matrimonial unions; pay attention to the presence of certain social groups; highlight special cases of interestate mobility, the possible mobilization of families, the evolution of the nobility, and etc.