Belarus Compiled Genealogies: Difference between revisions

<u></u>If you are starting out with very little family information, you may definitely be in for a challenge as you seek genealogical records for your ancestors that were from Belarus. As you begin your search, below are some tips that you may find helpful.  

Belarus has areas that were once a part of Poland, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine. So, create a key to use that has the name of towns and villages that you are seeking written in Belarusian, Russian, Polish and English.-An online translator that will translate from and to cyrillic text will help with Belarusian and Russian translaions.  

If you are a shtetl seeker, translate your towns into Yiddish.  

===== Maps =====

Many maps that you will need for your research will be in Belarusian or Russian  

===== Reference Texts =====

Helpful reference text will likely ''not'' be found in English. The most helpful texts that I found were written in Polish, Russian and Belarusian. An online translator and a lot of patience is essential. Also, several references were availabe in a pdf or djvu format which allowed text searches.