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===== City, Town or Village , Voivodeship/Gubernia and Powiat/Uezd Names are Key ===== | ===== City, Town or Village , Voivodeship/Gubernia and Powiat/Uezd Names are Key ===== | ||
Many times discovering where to get civil records from where your ancestors lived, in what is now the counrty of Belarus, will require you to know the name of their city, town or village, the Voivodeship or Gubernia (province) and Uezd or Powiat where their town was or is located. -With the exception of Vilna (Vilnius), Nowogrudok, Bialystok and Polesie, voivodeships were in use only through the late 1700's. | Many times discovering where to get civil records from where your ancestors lived, in what is now the counrty of Belarus, will require you to know the name of their city, town or village, the Voivodeship or Gubernia (province) and Uezd or Powiat where their town was or is located. -With the exception of Vilna (Vilnius), Nowogrudok, Bialystok and Polesie, voivodeships were in use only through the late 1700's. Gubernia was the term used to refer to a province from the late 1700's up until the 1920's. | ||
==== | ==== Voivodeships and Gubernia Names Changed Over the Years ==== | ||
Finding the correct voivodeship/Gubierna will likely not be an easy task. These provincial boundaries changed over the years right in step with the ever-changing borders of the countries of Poland, Lithuania, Russia and Belarus. | Finding the correct voivodeship/Gubierna will likely not be an easy task. These provincial boundaries changed over the years right in step with the ever-changing borders of the countries of Poland, Lithuania, Russia and Belarus. | ||
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====== Maps and Reference Material in Russian, Polish or Belarusian Languages ====== | ====== Maps and Reference Material in Russian, Polish or Belarusian Languages ====== | ||
Many times the maps and lists you will be referencing for help with will be written in Russian, Belarusian or Polish. | Many times the maps and lists you will be referencing for help with will be written in Russian, Belarusian or Polish. | ||
Use Google (or other on line) translator to translate your ancestor's town into/from Russian, Polish, Belarusian or Ukranian. Keep the translations handy as you proceed with your research. | Use Google (or other on line) translator to translate your ancestor's town into/from Russian, Polish, Belarusian or Ukranian. Keep the translations handy as you proceed with your research. | ||
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These links may help you gain a better understanding of voivodeships, poviats, gubernia, uezds and gminas. | These links may help you gain a better understanding of voivodeships, poviats, gubernia, uezds and gminas. | ||
[http://archives.gov.by/eng/index.php?id=989746 History of Administrative Districts of Belarus | [http://archives.gov.by/eng/index.php?id=989746 History of Administrative Districts of Belarus ] | ||
[http://archives.gov.by/eng/index.php?id=905573 Major Administrative Districts of Belarus] | [http://archives.gov.by/eng/index.php?id=905573 Major Administrative Districts of Belarus] | ||
[http://www.radzima.net/eng/places/#11 Administrative District Details] - | [http://www.radzima.net/eng/places/#11 Administrative District Details] - Lists of Gubernia and corresponding uezds | ||
[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Belarus_Maps Wiki Belarus Governate-Voivodeship Maps] - from FamilySearch.org | [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Belarus_Maps Wiki Belarus Governate-Voivodeship Maps] - from FamilySearch.org | ||
T[http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/borders_timeline.htm he History of the Administrative-Territorial Division of Belarus] | T[http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/borders_timeline.htm he History of the Administrative-Territorial Division of Belarus] by Nancy Holden on JewishGen.org | ||
[http://kami.net.pl/kresy/ Eastern Borderlands Places] | [http://kami.net.pl/kresy/ Eastern Borderlands Places] Government Administrative voivodeships | ||
''Steve's Genealogy'' blogs can also provide helpful information and understanding | ''Steve's Genealogy'' blogs can also provide helpful information and understanding | ||
==== 1870 Historical Administrative Districts of Vilna, Grodno, Minsk and Nowogrudok | ==== 1870 Historical Administrative Districts of Vilna, Grodno, Minsk and Nowogrudok ==== | ||
{| width="450" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" align="center" | {| width="450" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" align="center" | ||
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! scope="col" | Gubernia | ! scope="col" | Gubernia | ||
! scope="col" | Vilna | ! scope="col" | Vilna 1870 <br> | ||
! scope="col" | | ! scope="col" | Grodno 1870 | ||
! scope="col" | | ! scope="col" | Nowogrudok 1923 | ||
! scope="col" | | ! scope="col" | | ||
Minsk 1870 | |||
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| Bialystok <br> | | Bialystok <br> | ||
| Baranovichi | | Baranovichi | ||
| Bobruysk | | Bobruysk | ||
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! scope="row" | | ! scope="row" | | ||
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| Pruzhany | | Pruzhany | ||
| Stolbtsy | | Stolbtsy | ||
| Nowogrudok | | Nowogrudok | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | | ! scope="row" | | ||
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==== For Gmina/Town and Weis/Village information for each Gubernia click Uyzed (sic) Links for: ==== | ==== For Gmina/Town and Weis/Village information for each Gubernia click Uyzed (sic) Links for: ==== | ||
[http://www.radzima.net/eng/guberniya/grodnenskaya.html Grodno] | [http://www.radzima.net/eng/guberniya/grodnenskaya.html Grodno] | ||
[http://www.radzima.net/eng/guberniya/minskaya.html Minsk] | [http://www.radzima.net/eng/guberniya/minskaya.html Minsk] | ||
[http://www.radzima.net/eng/wojewodztwo/nowogrodzkie.html Nowogrudok] | [http://www.radzima.net/eng/wojewodztwo/nowogrodzkie.html Nowogrudok] 1923 | ||
[http://www.radzima.net/eng/guberniya/vilenskaya.html Vilna] | [http://www.radzima.net/eng/guberniya/vilenskaya.html Vilna] | ||
==== 1870 Maps of Gubernia ==== | ==== 1870 Maps of Gubernia ==== | ||
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Finding Historical Civil Records[edit | edit source]
City, Town or Village , Voivodeship/Gubernia and Powiat/Uezd Names are Key[edit | edit source]
Many times discovering where to get civil records from where your ancestors lived, in what is now the counrty of Belarus, will require you to know the name of their city, town or village, the Voivodeship or Gubernia (province) and Uezd or Powiat where their town was or is located. -With the exception of Vilna (Vilnius), Nowogrudok, Bialystok and Polesie, voivodeships were in use only through the late 1700's. Gubernia was the term used to refer to a province from the late 1700's up until the 1920's.
Voivodeships and Gubernia Names Changed Over the Years[edit | edit source]
Finding the correct voivodeship/Gubierna will likely not be an easy task. These provincial boundaries changed over the years right in step with the ever-changing borders of the countries of Poland, Lithuania, Russia and Belarus.
Maps and Reference Material in Russian, Polish or Belarusian Languages[edit | edit source]
Many times the maps and lists you will be referencing for help with will be written in Russian, Belarusian or Polish.
Use Google (or other on line) translator to translate your ancestor's town into/from Russian, Polish, Belarusian or Ukranian. Keep the translations handy as you proceed with your research.
What you are looking for are the correct Voivodeship and Uezd or the correct Gubernia, Povet (Powiat) and Gmina.
Cracking the Language of Administrative Districts[edit | edit source]
Voivodeship,Gubernia or Governate = Province
Uezd or Powiat (poviat) = District
Gmina = Larger size town (usually where church was located)
Weis = Village
Helpful Links[edit | edit source]
These links may help you gain a better understanding of voivodeships, poviats, gubernia, uezds and gminas.
History of Administrative Districts of Belarus
Major Administrative Districts of Belarus
Administrative District Details - Lists of Gubernia and corresponding uezds
Wiki Belarus Governate-Voivodeship Maps - from FamilySearch.org
The History of the Administrative-Territorial Division of Belarus by Nancy Holden on JewishGen.org
Eastern Borderlands Places Government Administrative voivodeships
Steve's Genealogy blogs can also provide helpful information and understanding
1870 Historical Administrative Districts of Vilna, Grodno, Minsk and Nowogrudok[edit | edit source]
| Gubernia | Vilna 1870 |
Grodno 1870 | Nowogrudok 1923 |
Minsk 1870 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powiats: | Disna |
Bialystok |
Baranovichi | Bobruysk |
| Lida | Belsk |
Lida | Borisov | |
| Oshmiany | Brest | Nesvizh | Igumen | |
| Sventsiany (Zavileisk) | Grodno | Nowogrudok | Minsk | |
|
Troki |
Kobrin | Slonim | Mozyr | |
| Vileika | Pruzhany | Stolbtsy | Nowogrudok | |
| Vilno | Slonim | Wolozyn | Pinsk | |
| Sokolka | Reshita | |||
| Volkovysk | Slutsk | |||
For Gmina/Town and Weis/Village information for each Gubernia click Uyzed (sic) Links for:[edit | edit source]
Nowogrudok 1923
1870 Maps of Gubernia[edit | edit source]
Janenowak 00:38, 3 January 2015 (UTC)