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====Archive Database==== | ====Archive Database==== | ||
Use the '''[https://www.rtrfoundation.org/search.php Archive Database]''' to locate what records exist for your ancestor's town, and where to find them. Search for the name of your ancestor's locality, and the database will provide results for known surviving records from that location, and where the records are held. (Remember to adjust the search criteria for Soundex options or spelling variations). | |||
This database contains documents such as army/recruit lists, family lists and census records, Jewish vital records (birth, marriage, death, divorce), immigration documents, voter and tax lists, property and notary records, Holocaust documents, police files, and pogrom documents, school records, occupation lists, local government and hospital records. | This database contains documents such as army/recruit lists, family lists and census records, Jewish vital records (birth, marriage, death, divorce), immigration documents, voter and tax lists, property and notary records, Holocaust documents, police files, and pogrom documents, school records, occupation lists, local government and hospital records. | ||
*See [http://www.rtrfoundation.org/ '''Routes to Roots Foundation'''] and '''hover over Poland''' for a Genealogical and Family History guide to Jewish and civil records in Eastern Europe. | *See [http://www.rtrfoundation.org/ '''Routes to Roots Foundation'''] and '''hover over Poland''' for a Genealogical and Family History guide to Jewish and civil records in Eastern Europe. | ||
==== Holocaust Lists Database ==== | ==== Holocaust Lists Database ==== | ||
Use the new Holocaust Lists Database at Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots to determine the location of Holocaust documents such as victim and survivor lists, survival testimonials and more. Holocaust Collections included in this database are from select towns in Belarus, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine. | Use the new '''[https://www.rtrfoundation.org/holocaust.php Holocaust Lists Database]''' at Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots to determine the location of Holocaust documents such as victim and survivor lists, survival testimonials and more. Holocaust Collections included in this database are from select towns in Belarus, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine. | ||
Database entries include information about archive the records are stored in and the archival file number. This information will help you locate the original record in the archive. | Database entries include information about archive the records are stored in and the archival file number. This information will help you locate the original record in the archive. | ||