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=== Russian Jewish Records === | === Russian Jewish Records === | ||
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62195/ Free Access: USC Shoah Foundation, Holocaust – Jewish Survivor Interviews], index | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62195/ Free Access: USC Shoah Foundation, Holocaust – Jewish Survivor Interviews], index | ||
*'''1943''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60835/ Israel, Tehran Children, 1943] at Ancestry - index ($) | |||
*In 1835 Russia mandated the keeping of Jewish records. Two copies were made. The official copy was turned into the government usually the city council - ''gorodskaia duma''. Beginning in 1857, a Crown rabbi, paid by the state, kept the registers. | *In 1835 Russia mandated the keeping of Jewish records. Two copies were made. The official copy was turned into the government usually the city council - ''gorodskaia duma''. Beginning in 1857, a Crown rabbi, paid by the state, kept the registers. | ||
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