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Go to [[Jewish Genealogy Research|Jewish Genealogy Research Main Pag[[Category:Jewish records]]]<br>Go to [[Belarus|Belarus Main Pag[[Category:Jewish records]]]  

*To view present-day Belarus at Google Maps, click [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=belarus&hl=en&ll=53.709714,27.949219&spn=11.721718,33.815918&sll=40.379214,-111.733668&sspn=0.11769,0.264187&hnear=Belarus&t=m&z=6 her[[Category:Jewish records]].  

*For a map showing the percentage of Jews in the Pale of Settlement and Congress Poland, c. 1905, click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_showing_percentage_of_Jews_in_the_Pale_of_Settlement_and_Congress_Poland,_c._1905.png her[[Category:Jewish records]].  

*To view an additional historical map showing the historical percentage of Jews in governments, click [http://books.google.com/books?id=sr85AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA531&lpg=PA531&dq=%22percentage+of+jews+in+governments%22+map&source=bl&ots=BK42kcedcz&sig=Eb1EvyRT9xaaOxNAlNit1-q2_yU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PcwMU5-xMcGBogTyqYKABg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22percentage%20of%20jews%20in%20governments%22%20map&f=false her[[Category:Jewish records]].<br>Definition of "Pale of Settlement" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Settlement Wikipedia.or[[Category:Jewish records]]:<br>The Pale of Settlement (Russian: Черта́ осе́длости, chertá osédlosti, Yiddish: דער תּחום-המושבֿ, der tkhum-ha-moyshəv, Hebrew: תְּחוּם הַמּוֹשָב, tḥùm ha-mosháv‎) was the term given to a region of Imperial Russia in which permanent residency by Jews was allowed and beyond which Jewish permanent residency was generally prohibited. It extended from the eastern pale, or demarcation line, to the western Russian border with the Kingdom of Prussia (later the German Empire) and with Austria-Hungary. The English term "pale" is derived from the Latin word "palus", a stake, extended to mean the area enclosed by a fence or boundary.

Use the JewishGen Communities Database by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp her[[Category:Jewish records]].  

*Lithuanian Jews inhabited what is present-day Belarus. To learn of their history, read the Wikipedia.org article ''Lithuanian Jews'', by clicking [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_Jews her[[Category:Jewish records]]].

*More than 650,000 records from many different sources: vital records, voter lists, business directories, ghetto records. ''Requires free registration.'' To search, click [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/#Belarus her[[Category:Jewish records]].

*For ''A Genealogical and Family History guide to Jewish and civil records in Eastern Europe'', click [http://www.rtrfoundation.org/ her[[Category:Jewish records]] and '''hover over Belarus'''.

*View the Archives of Belarus home page by clicking [http://www.archives.gov.by/eng/ her[[Category:Jewish records]]. Includes a "Contacts" link.  

*Discover over 50 web pages of Jewish information available online at the Archives of Belarus by clicking [http://www.archives.gov.by/eng/index.php?id=search her[[Category:Jewish records]] to search. Follow up by starting a search for the word '''"Jewish"''' and clicking the '''"Search"''' button.

*The JewishGen Belarus Special Interest Group (SIG) includes links, helps, and other resources. Visit this page by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/resources.htm#top her[[Category:Jewish records]].

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