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Guide to '''Belarus Geography ancestry, family history and genealogy'''  
Guide to '''Belarus Geography ancestry, family history and genealogy'''  


== Regions  ==
=== Regions  ===


Belarus is divided into six regions which are named after the cities that serve as their administrative centers as stated in the wikipedia article about Belarus. <ref>Wikipedia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus</ref> The six region are:  
Belarus is divided into six regions which are named after the cities that serve as their administrative centers as stated in the wikipedia article about Belarus. <ref>Wikipedia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus</ref> The six region are:  
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[http://www.mapsofworld.com/belarus/belarus-political-map.html '''Political Map of Belarus''']  
[http://www.mapsofworld.com/belarus/belarus-political-map.html '''Political Map of Belarus''']  


== Town Finder  ==
=== Town Finder  ===


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*<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">[http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp JewishGen Gazetteer]</span>
*<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">[http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp JewishGen Gazetteer]</span>


==Maps of Regions==
=== References ===
===Brest Region (Brest)===
 
===Homel Region (Homel)===
 
===Hrodna Region (Hrodna)===
 
===Magileu Region (Magileu)===
 
===Minsk Region (Minsk)===
 
===Vitebsk===
[[File:Latvia Vitebsk Region Oblast Adm Districts English Belarusian.png|750px]]
 
== Historical Jurisdictions ==
[[File:Latvia in the Russian Empire c 1830.png|550px]]
 
 
[[File:Counties of Baltic Provinces and Vitebsk during Russian Empire.png|800px]]
 
== Finding Historical Civil Records  ==
 
=== City, Town or Village , Voivodeship/Gubernia and Powiat/Uezd Names are Key  ===
 
Many times discovering where to get civil records from where your ancestors lived, in what is now the counrty of Belarus, will require you to know the name of their city, town or village, the Voivodeship or Gubernia (province) and Uezd or Powiat where their town was or is located. -With the exception of Vilna (Vilnius), Nowogrudok, Bialystok and Polesie, voivodeships were in use only through the late 1700's. Gubernia was the term used to refer to a province from the late 1700's up until the 1920's.
 
===  Voivodeships and Gubernia Names Changed Over the Years  ===
 
Finding the correct voivodeship/Gubierna will likely not be an easy task. These provincial boundaries changed over the years right in step with the ever-changing borders of the countries of Poland, Lithuania, Russia and Belarus.
 
==== Maps and Reference Material in Russian, Polish or Belarusian Languages  ====
 
Many times the maps and lists you will be referencing for help with will be written in Russian, Belarusian or Polish. 
 
Use Google (or other on line) translator to translate your ancestor's town into/from Russian, Polish, Belarusian or Ukranian. Keep the translations handy as you proceed with your research.
 
What you are looking for are the correct Voivodeship and Uezd or the correct Gubernia, Povet (Powiat) and Gmina.
 
==== Cracking the Language of Administrative Districts  ====
 
Voivodeship,Gubernia or Governate = Province
 
Uezd or Powiat (poviat) = District
 
Gmina = Larger size town (usually where church was located)
 
Weis = Village
 
==== Online Resources  ====
 
These links may help you gain a better understanding of voivodeships, poviats, gubernia, uezds and gminas.
*[https://archives.gov.by/en/welcome-to-the-archives-of-belarus-website/genealogy-family-history/history-of-the-administrative-division-of-belarus History of Administrative Districts of Belarus]
*[http://www.radzima.net/eng/places/#11 Administrative District Details] -  Lists of Gubernia and corresponding uezds
*[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Belarus_Maps Wiki Belarus Governate-Voivodeship Maps] - from FamilySearch.org
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/borders_timeline.htm The History of the Administrative-Territorial Division of Belarus]  by Nancy Holden on JewishGen.org
*[http://kami.net.pl/kresy/ Eastern Borderlands Places] Government Administrative voivodeships
 
=== 1870 Historical Administrative Districts of Vilna, Grodno, Minsk and Nowogrudok  ===
 
{| width="450" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" align="center"
|-
! scope="col" | Gubernia 
! scope="col" | Vilna  1870  <br>
! scope="col" |  Grodno 1870 
! scope="col" |  Nowogrudok 1923 
! scope="col" |
Minsk  1870
 
|-
! scope="row" | Powiats:
| Disna<br>
| Bialystok <br>
| Baranovichi
| Bobruysk
|-
! scope="row" |
| Lida
| Belsk<br>
| Lida
| Borisov
|-
! scope="row" |
| Oshmiany
| Brest
| Nesvizh
| Igumen
|-
! scope="row" |
| Sventsiany (Zavileisk)
| Grodno
| Nowogrudok
| Minsk
|-
! scope="row" |
|
Troki
 
| Kobrin
| Slonim
| Mozyr
|-
! scope="row" |
| Vileika
| Pruzhany
| Stolbtsy
| Nowogrudok
|-
! scope="row" |
| Vilno
| Slonim
| Wolozyn<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>
| Pinsk
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Sokolka
|
| Reshita
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Volkovysk
|
| Slutsk
|-
! scope="row" |
|
|
|
|
|}
 
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=== For Gmina/Town and Weis/Village information for each Gubernia click Uyzed (sic) Links for:  ===
 
*[http://www.radzima.net/eng/guberniya/grodnenskaya.html Grodno] 
*[http://www.radzima.net/eng/guberniya/minskaya.html Minsk] 
*[http://www.radzima.net/eng/wojewodztwo/nowogrodzkie.html Nowogrudok] 1923
*[http://www.radzima.net/eng/guberniya/vilenskaya.html Vilna] 
 
=== 1870 Maps of Gubernia  ===
*[http://www.radzima.net/maps/guberniya-grodnenskaya/grodnenskaya-guberniya-1871-large.jpg Grodno]
*[http://www.radzima.net/maps/guberniya-minskaya/guberniya-minskaya-karta-1871-large.jpg Minsk]
*[http://www.radzima.net/maps/guberniya-vilenskaya/vilenskaya-guberniya-1871-karta-large.jpg Vilna]
 
 
 
== References  ==


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Regions[edit | edit source]

Belarus is divided into six regions which are named after the cities that serve as their administrative centers as stated in the wikipedia article about Belarus. [1] The six region are:

1.Brest Region (Brest)

2.Homel Region (Homel)

3.Hrodna Region (Hrodna)

4.Magileu Region (Magileu)

5.Minsk Region (Minsk)

6.Vitebsk Region (Vitebsk)

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wikipedia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus
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