Key demographic, socio-economic, family, and cultural-historical aspects of Barban‟s micro area will be highlighted in the thesis. Selected analysis material consists of records of births, marriages, and deaths from the period of 1815 to 1900, and data from the book Status animarum dating to 1882. The analysis is aimed at reconstructing the demographic picture of Barban district by means of analytic and quantitative, i.e. statistical methods. An overview of past demographic-historical research of the Istrian peninsula is brought in the Introduction – a brief historical sketch of keeping parish registers, the beginnings of historical demography, the development of “New History” in the framework of Annales school of history, and the historical framework with a brief survey of administrative structure and healthcare organization in Istria from the fall of the Venetian Republic to the establishment of second Austrian dominion, with special reference to Barban and its position. Main body of the thesis regards researching dynamics of demographic trends by applying a microresearch, interdisciplinary, and a comparative approach to establishing correlations between demographic indicators and socio-historical processes, along with economic and sanitary circumstances, weather conditions, and their implications for everyday life in the local community. Concluding remarks are drawn in comparison to results from previously published papers on demographic trends in certain districts within the borders of present-day Croatia, and are furthermore placed in a broader European context. Additionally, there is the study of birth, marriage, and death rates on a parallel monthly and yearly basis, paired with figures detailing frequencies of posthumous children, twins, out-of-wedlock children, social and age-sex makeup, names given to baptized children, the role of the baptizer and the midwives, emergency baptisms in case of mortal danger, profession, and the origin of parents and godparents. Based on wedding registers, an analysis of correlating seasonal timetable of weddings according to church rules with the extent of farm work is put forward. Charts detailing the lowest, highest, and average age of spouses, as well as age differences, and rates of remarriages, marriages among relatives, alongside shares of different professions among noted marriage witness and frequency of migratory contacts between the local community and other districts are likewise provided. An insight into the death registers provides a wealth of information with reference to death rates by sex and age ratio, in which specific attention is given to maternal and childhood mortality (groups like infants and foundlings). Data on average life expectancy, causes of death, population crisis and their scale in Barban district, and other places around Istria is also brought forward. Moreover, an assessment of household structure, death rates by age, and surnames that indicate origin or migratory patterns is made based off data in the book Status animarum.