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Belarus was created from five imperial provinces: Minsk, Vilno, Vitebsk, Mogilev and Grodno.  
Belarus was created from five imperial provinces: Minsk, Vilno, Vitebsk, Mogilev and Grodno.  


=== <u>Słownik Geograficzny Available Online</u>  ===
== <u>Słownik Geograficzny Available Online</u>  ==


'''The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavonic Countries''' (in Polish) ''Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich'' is available by book, microfilm, CD and now online. It is very useful resource for the period 1864-1918. The Slownik includes descriptions of villages,towns and cities in what is now Belarus and Lithuania as well as Poland.<br>A searchable version is available at [http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_I/ Domena Internetowych Repozytoriów Wiedzy]  
'''The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavonic Countries''' (in Polish) ''Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich'' is available by book, microfilm, CD and now online. It is very useful resource for the period 1864-1918. The Slownik includes descriptions of villages,towns and cities in what is now Belarus and Lithuania as well as Poland.<br>A searchable version is available at [http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_I/ Domena Internetowych Repozytoriów Wiedzy]  
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Tsentral'noe Statisticheskoe Biuro B.S.S.R. '''Spisok naselennykh miest B.S.S.R.''' (b. Minskoi gubernii). FHL INTL film 2044163, item 1.  
Tsentral'noe Statisticheskoe Biuro B.S.S.R. '''Spisok naselennykh miest B.S.S.R.''' (b. Minskoi gubernii). FHL INTL film 2044163, item 1.  
==Belarusian Gazetteer==
Belarus is divided into six provinces called oblasts.  A series оf gazetteers, with a volume for each oblast, was published between 2003 and 2010 and called '''''Назвы населеных пунктаў рэспублiкi Беларусь''''' [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1910262&disp=Nazvy+naselenykh+punkta%26%23x16d%3B+R%252%20%20 (Nazvy naselenykh punktaŭ Rėspubliki Belarus' : (Name of oblast) voblasts').] (Names of inhabited places of the Republic of Belarus: Name of oblast)
::Brest - Бресцкая вобласць (Intl. Ref. Area 947.89 5En)
::Gomel - Гомельская вобласць (Intl. Ref. Area 947.81 E2n)
::Grodno - Гродзенская вобласць (Intl. Ref. Area 947.88 E5n)
::Minsk - Мінкская вобласць (Intl. Ref. Area 947.8 E5pma)
::Mogilev - Магилёўская вобласць (Intl. Ref. Area 947.82 E2n)
::Vitebsk - Віцебская вобласць (Intl. Ref. Area 947.84 E2h)
These volumes can only be used at the Family History Library while they are recently published and covered by copyright and cannot be filmed and circulated.  Each volume has<br>
*a foreword in both Belarusian (Прадмова) and Russian (Предисловие),
*a list of abbreviations (see below),
*and the Belarusian Cyrillic alphabet with transliterations and examples. <br>
The main body of the text, written in Belarusian, presents the locality names in order of:
* province (oblast, область),
*district (raion, раён) and
*village council (selsovet, сельсавет) (generally not listed in genealogical documents),
*and then the various locality names (nazva, назва). <br>
At the end of each volume there are four comprehensive locality lists with reference to page numbers; 
#in Belarusian (Паказальнiк назваў населеных пунктаў на беларускай мове)
#in Latin writing (Паказальнiк назваў населеных пунктаў лацiнцкай графiкай)
#in Russian (Паказальнiк назваў населеных пунктаў на рускай мове)
#old locality names (Паказальнiк страчаных назваў населеных пунктаў)
===Abbreviations: ===
аг. – аграгарадок  --  agricultural town<br>
ак. – аколiца  --  surroundings<br>
в.  -  вёска  --  village<br>
выс. – выселак  --  settlement<br>
г.  -  горад  --  town, city<br>
г.п. – гарадскі пасёлак  --  settlement<br>
ж. – жаночы род  --  feminine gender<br>
з.  – засценак  --  jail<br>
к.п. – курортны посёлак  --  resort<br>
м.  – мужчынскі род  --  masculine gender<br>
мн.- множны лік  --  plural<br>
м-к –маёнтак  --  manor<br>
мяст. –мястэчка  --  Jewish settlement<br>
н.  – ніякі род  --  neutral gender<br>
п.  – пасёлак  --  settlement<br>
п/с – пасялковы савет  --  settlement council<br>
п-ча – паселішча  --  settlement<br>
рзд – раз’езд  --  road fork<br>
с. – сяло  --  bigger village<br>
р.п. – рабочы пасёлак  --  industrial settlement<br>
с/с – сельсавет  --  village council<br>
ст. – станцыя  --  station<br>
ф. – фальварак  --  manor farm<br>
х.  – хутар  --  single outlying agricultural dwelling<br>
ц. вобл. – центр вобласці  --  provincial capital<br>
ц. п/с – центер пасялковага савета  --  village center<br>
ц. р-на – центр раёна  -- district center<br>
ц. с/с – центер сельскага савета  -- settlement center<br>
чыг. ст. – чыгуначная станцыя  --  railroad station<br>
чыг. р-д – чыгуначны раз'езд--  railroad  fork<br>
===Column Headings===
<center>'''ЯЗНЕНСКИ СЕЛЬСАВЕТ'''<br>
'''JAZNENSKI VILLAGE COUNCIL'''
Центр   ---   в. Язна
Center  --  village Jazna
'''Назвы населеных пунктаў і парадыгмы іх скланения'''
'''Locality names and examples of their declensions'''
{| class="wikitable"
|Тып
населiшча
|Назва на беларыскай
мове
|Род
(лик)
|Парадыгма скланеня
|Транслитарацыя на лацiнку
|Назва на   рускай    мове
|-
|Type of settlement
|Locality name in Belarusian
|Gender
(number)
|Example of Declensions
|Locality name in Latin Letters
|Locality Name in Russian
|}
'''Варыянты назваў населеных пунктаў'''
'''Variations of locality names'''
{| class="wikitable"
|Тып
населiшча
|Асноўная назва
|Варыянты
|-
|Type of settlement
|Basic  locality name
|Variations
|}
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'''СТРАЧАНЫЯ НАЗВЫ'''
'''LOCALITY NAMES NO LONGER IN USE'''
Назвы, якия ўжываюцца да  цяперашняга часу
Locality names which are still used
{| class="wikitable"
|No  п/п
|Назва на рускай мове
|Адмiнiстрацыйнае падпарадкаванне
(пасялковы або сельскi Савет дэпутатаў)
|-
|Running
number
|Locality name in Russian
|Administrative jurisdiction
(settlement or village council)
|}
</center>


==== <u>Additional Geographic Resources</u><br>  ====
==== <u>Additional Geographic Resources</u><br>  ====
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