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If you do not know where records would be kept for the specific town the ancestor lived in, use the following tools to find out more about the location (be sure to try spelling variations for the town name if you don’t find what you need at first!): <br><br> | If you do not know where records would be kept for the specific town the ancestor lived in, use the following tools to find out more about the location (be sure to try spelling variations for the town name if you don’t find what you need at first!): <br><br> | ||
:'''1) Spiski Gazetteer''' | :'''1) Spiski Gazetteer''' [[File:FS purple question mark.jpg|20px|link=https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/img_auth.php/f/fc/1-Spiski_Gazetteer-Instruction.pdf]] | ||
This place name dictionary is organized by province, so you must know which province the town was part of to find it in the gazetteer. The following volumes apply to areas now in Belarus: | |||
* Grodno - [https://dapamoznik.blogspot.com/p/1900.html Гродненской г.] | |||
* Minsk - [http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/25877#mode/grid/page/1/zoom/1 Минская г.] | |||
* Mogilev - [https://rusneb.ru/catalog/000200_000018_v19_rc_1885859/ Могилевская г.] | |||
* Vilna - [http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/25845-spisok-volostey-i-selskih-obschestv-po-mirovym-uchastkam-vilenskoy-gubernii-1874-goda-vilna-1874 Виленская г.] *this is an alternate gazetteer* | |||
* Vitebsk - [https://docviewer.yandex.com/view/0/?*=ni35de20CqizjAY%2BD0nsAEZR5GF7InVybCI6InlhLWRpc2stcHVibGljOi8vRTNGNlBycDF4Tk8rQVNwVTNwaU5GdndoV2MrYzR4bEZtOTQzU2Y2bDBHZz0iLCJ0aXRsZSI6ItCS0LjRgtC10LHRgdC60LDRjyDQs9GD0LHQtdGA0L3QuNGPXzE5MDYucGRmIiwibm9pZnJhbWUiOmZhbHNlLCJ1aWQiOiIwIiwidHMiOjE1NjcxNzI2NTYyNjEsInl1IjoiOTExNzQwNTM2MTU2NjQ4MDM4MyJ9 Витебская г.] | |||
Towns listed nearby within its pages were geographically close to the town, so finding an ancestor's hometown on the same page as a town with a church in it might suggest that the ancestor attended that church. Many volumes include alphabetical indexes in the back of the books.<Br><Br> | |||
:'''2) RGN Gazetteer''' (if you do not know the historical province) | :'''2) RGN Gazetteer''' (if you do not know the historical province) | ||