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==Additional Records and Finding Aids/Record Inventories== | ==Additional Records and Finding Aids/Record Inventories== | ||
Additional records such as city directories, school records, additional tax records, etc. may exist for your locality. Use some of the sources listed below to help you locate those records. Many of these records may be located in an archive. To learn more about archives in Eastern Europe, read the YIVO article, '''[https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Archives Archives]''', by Miriam Weiner. | |||
====Genealogy Indexer==== | ====Genealogy Indexer==== | ||
'''[https://genealogyindexer.org/ Genealogy Indexer]''' is a free database that provides access to thousands of records including city directories from the former Russian Empire, Yizkor books, WWI casualty lists and other military records, as well as school records. Links to the original records are often included. | '''[https://genealogyindexer.org/ Genealogy Indexer]''' is a free database that provides access to thousands of records including city directories from the former Russian Empire, Yizkor books, WWI casualty lists and other military records, as well as school records. Links to the original records are often included. | ||
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*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 '''here'''] to search. Follow up by starting a search for the word '''"Jewish"''' and clicking the '''"Search"''' button. | *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 '''here'''] to search. Follow up by starting a search for the word '''"Jewish"''' and clicking the '''"Search"''' button. | ||
==== Ancestry ==== | |||
The following are relevant indexed collections on Ancestry.com.<br> | |||
*'''1795-1890''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3131/ Belarus, Census & Family Lists from Various Districts, 1795-1890] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
*'''1837-1917''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1476/ Belarus, Birth Records from Select Cities, 1837-1917] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
*'''1857-1891, 1921''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1525/ Belarus, Marriage Records from Minsk (1921) and Mogilev (1857-1891)] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
*'''1862-1893''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1464/ Mogilev, Belarus, Male Birth Index, 1862-1893] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
*'''1889, 1911''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1475/ Belarus, Minsk City Homeowners Lists, 1889 and 1911] at Ancestry - index ($); contains both Jews and non-Jews | |||
*'''1889''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1526/ Belarus, Minsk, List of Deaths, 1889] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
*'''1906-1907''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1460/ Russia, Duma Voter Lists, 1906-1907] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
*'''1912''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1415/ Russian Empire, Grodno Gubernia Voters List, 1912] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
*'''1928-1939''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6051/ Belarus, Jewish Conscripts from Polesie, Poland, 1928-1939] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
*'''1939-1945''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6214/ Poland, Jewish Prisoners of War Registration Cards, 1939-1945] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
*'''1941-1944''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5509/ Belarus, Jewish Partisans, 1941-1944] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
*'''1941-1945''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1456/ Brest, Belarus, Ghetto Passport Collection from the Soviet Archives, 1941-1945] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1467/ Belarus, Jewish Surnames in Minsk Vital Record Collections] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
==Reading Records== | ==Reading Records== | ||
Belarusian Jewish records are most commonly written in Russian or Hebrew. Use the resources in this list to help you learn how to read the records. You may also consider using a free translation service such as the [https://community.familysearch.org/s/ '''FamilySearch Community'''] (Be sure to post in the Russian Empire Genealogy Research group or tag ''@RussianEmpireGenealogyResearch'' in your question) or [https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ '''JewishGen View Mate.'''] | Belarusian Jewish records are most commonly written in Russian or Hebrew. Use the resources in this list to help you learn how to read the records. You may also consider using a free translation service such as the [https://community.familysearch.org/s/ '''FamilySearch Community'''] (Be sure to post in the Russian Empire Genealogy Research group or tag ''@RussianEmpireGenealogyResearch'' in your question) or [https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ '''JewishGen View Mate.'''] | ||