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''[[Europe]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] ''[[Belarus]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Belarus Gazetteers | ''[[Europe]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] ''[[Belarus]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Belarus Gazetteers | ||
Gazetters are invaluable resources for finding out about your ancestor's town/village. Often, this is '''''the''''' place to find out the name of the church deaney/deaconate. -You need the deanry/deaconate name to find church records. | |||
Belarus was created from five imperial provinces: Minsk, Vilno, Vitebsk, Mogilev | Belarus was created from five imperial provinces: Minsk, Vilno, Vitebsk, Mogilev and Grodno. | ||
Gazetteers were published for all of these except Grodno: | Gazetteers were published for all of these except Grodno: | ||
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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. | ||
<u>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. | '''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. | ||
A searchable version is available at [http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_I/ Domena Internetowych Repozytoriów Wiedzy] | A searchable version is available at [http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_I/ Domena Internetowych Repozytoriów Wiedzy] | ||
[http://www.polishroots.org/GeographyMaps/tabid/56/Default.aspx Gazetteers for Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania] links to many villages | |||
More information about how to access and use the Słownik is available from [http://stephendanko.com/blog/1587 Steve's Genealogy Blog] | |||
[[User:Janenowak|Janenowak]] 01:31, 3 January 2015 (UTC) | |||
[[Category:Belarus]] [[Category:Countries_in_Europe]] | [[Category:Belarus]] [[Category:Countries_in_Europe]] | ||