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== Find the Town == | == Find the Town == | ||
In order to research your family in Moldova, it is essential that you have identified the place where they came from. It is not enough to know only 'Moldova' or 'Bessarabia;' you must know the town or shtetl that they came from. In addition to research in the records of the country | In order to research your family in Moldova, it is essential that you have identified the place where they came from. It is not enough to know only 'Moldova' or 'Bessarabia;' you must know the town or shtetl that they came from. In addition to research in the records of the country they immigrated to, you may also want to examine the following sources to help you determine possible town locations. | ||
====JewishGen Family Finder==== | ====JewishGen Family Finder==== | ||
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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 Belarus''' 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 Belarus''' for a Genealogical and Family History guide to Jewish and civil records in Eastern Europe. | ||
For information about the repositories referred to on Miriam Weiner's Archive Database, see the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/webs.shtml '''Archives in Eastern Europe'''] page which includes archival contact information. Contact/visit the respective repository for details on their holdings. For instructions on contacting archives and accessing records, see Q11 on [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/archdta11.shtml#Q10 this Routes to Roots page.] For help writing in inquiry in Russian, see the [[Russia Archives and Libraries]] page. | |||
====Jewish Roots==== | ====Jewish Roots==== | ||