Information extracted from census data
READ MOREConnection between South-Central Belarus and Northern Ukraine
READ MOREPopulation statistics derived from vital records.
READ MOREPopulation statistics derived from vital records.
READ MOREAn attempt to uncover details about early 19th century Jewish community of Minsk.
READ MOREDecipher last name indexing lists and find more clues.
READ MOREJewish residents in Novogrudok district villages. Includes map.
READ MOREFamily lists, as census substitutes.
READ MOREUncover the reasons for additional censuses with nuances of intergovernmental communications.
READ MOREFrom beginner to expert in 15 minutes.
READ MORENot everyone had last names recorded in the census.
Could this be why your last name is not found in the census?
Posted: 6/5/2018
What can we learn from the rural census?
READ MOREPosted: 1/1/2017
The story of common name origins.
READ MOREPosted: 8/17/2016
As the center of governorate, Mogilev precided over the territory roughly equivalent to eastern third of the modern day Belarus. In addition to locals, many out of towners chose this town to marry, give birth to their children and some as their final resting place. Was your relative one of them?
READ MOREPosted: 7/5/2016
Untold story of Jewish migrations
READ MOREPosted: 6/2/2016
TBD.
READ MOREPosted: 5/22/16
The picture worth two thousand words.
READ MOREPosted: 8/17/2014
Knowing your geography
READ MOREPosted: 8/17/2014
Knowing Where before When.
READ MOREPosted: 11/2/2013
Welcome Litvaks!
READ MOREPosted: 10/31/2013
Did our ancestors lived in the same district?
READ MOREPosted: 10/31/2013
How?
READ MOREPosted: 10/30/2013
Solving the unknown.
READ MOREPosted: 10/27/2013
The importance of geography in every-day research.
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