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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. | 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 and Grodno. | Belarus was created from five imperial provinces: Minsk, Vilno, Vitebsk, Mogilev and Grodno. | ||
Gazetteers were published for all of these except Grodno: | === <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.<br>A searchable version is available at [http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_I/ Domena Internetowych Repozytoriów Wiedzy] | |||
Belarus was created from five imperial provinces: Minsk, Vilno, Vitebsk, Mogilev and Grodno. | |||
Gazetteers were published for all of these provinces except Grodno. The references are below: | |||
Minsk. Yarmolovich, V. S. '''Spisok naselennykh mest Minskoi gubernii''' [Populated places in Minsk Province]. Minsk, 1909. (Film 1,923,576 item 1) | Minsk. Yarmolovich, V. S. '''Spisok naselennykh mest Minskoi gubernii''' [Populated places in Minsk Province]. Minsk, 1909. (Film 1,923,576 item 1) | ||
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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> | ==== <u>Additional Geographic Resources</u><br> ==== | ||
[http://www.polishroots.org/GeographyMaps/tabid/56/Default.aspx Gazetteers for Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania] links to many villages | [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] | More information about how to access and use the Słownik is available from [http://stephendanko.com/blog/1587 Steve's Genealogy Blog] | ||
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[[User:Janenowak|Janenowak]] 01:31, 3 January 2015 (UTC) | |||
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[[Category:Belarus]] [[Category:Countries_in_Europe]] | [[Category:Belarus]] [[Category:Countries_in_Europe]] | ||