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The National Archives of Belarus and Poland

Belarus has gathered most genealogical sources into two federal archives located in Minsk and Grodno.

The National Archives of Belarus - Genealogy Research

Polish National Archives - Genealogy Research

Archival Finding Aids

• The Archives of Belarus has a finding aid available on their website. It is organized by record type, and then by region.

• The Metrics site has a finding aid available for Russian Orthodox metrical books. It is organized by gubernia (province) and then by uyezd (county/district).
• Paid subscribers to Radzima can see metrical books available (fond, opis, delo, and respective archive) for various parishes.