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Cities, Gubernias, Provinces, and Oblasts
Countries, Kingdoms, and Regions, past and present

Cities, Gubernias, Provinces, and Oblasts

---Augustow--- see The Yizkor Book of Augustow on the Yizkor book page
Bialystok (Poland), Jewish - ordering information of the first book designed exclusively for travel to Bialystok and Tykocin and surrounding towns in Eastern Poland. Includes photographs and maps of Jewish sites and cemeteries in Bialystok, Tykocin, and 30 nearby towns and villages.
Bielsko-Biala (Poland) - includes many photos
Bobruisk (Belarus) Shtetl Links - history, special interest group, and yizkor book of this shtetl
Chelmno (Poland), the Testimonies of the Last Prisoners in the Death Camp of - touching stories of the last wishes of these prisoners, provides some background of the possesions and thoughts of these people
Czernowitz (Ukraine) - includes photographs and bibliographies of books relating to this town
Debica (Poland) - maps, general information, and photogrpahs of this shtetl near Krakow, also known as Dembica-Dembitz
Galicia Jewish Genealogy Special Interest Group - provides info on researching roots in this Polish and Ukrainian province (once part of Austria)
Gombin (Poland) - information on Gombin's Jewish cemeteries and the Holocaust in Gombin
Grodno (Belarus) Genealogy Group - researching Jewish Family Histories in Grodno
Grodno (Belarus) Gubernia 1912 Voters List Database - this database contains the names of over 26,000 men of Grodno Gubernia who were eligible to vote in the Russian parliamentary elections in 1912
Hrubieszow (Poland) Genealogy Group - good history, also includes a mailing list
Ivanik (Russia), Jewish Agricultural Colony - a brief history of this Russian agricultural colony. Text taken from a Yizkor book
Ivanik (Russia), a Jewish Colony: a Colonist's Memoirs - a first-hand account of daily life
Lodz (Poland) and its Region, Jewish - information about a book published about this Polish town
Lomza-Suwalk (Poland) Interest Group for Jewish Genealogists - publishes a quaterly journal called Landsmen
Lomza (Poland) Yizkor Book Index - this yizkor book is online and searchable
Keidan (Lithuania) - a collection of stories, documents, and images
Keidan (Lithuania) Jewish Genealogy Special Interest Group - scroll down to bottom of page and click on "subscribe"
Mariampol (Lithuania) ShtetLinks Page - good background
Mlawa (Poland) Remembrance Initiative - a memorial page of this shtetl, includes the online version of the book "My Mwala" by Dr. Ishak Ze'ev Yunis
Moscow: Jewish Hertiage Society - an independent scholarly institution for the development and coordination of research in history and culture of the Jewish people in the Russian Empire and the USSR, and documenting the Jewish historical legacy. Includes links to professional researches in Moscow - also in Russian
Nowy Zmigród (Poland) - photos and genealogical resources
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel (Netherlands), Beth Haim Sephardi Cemetery at - a nice portrayel of a tiny cemetery
---Paris--- see Etsi on the JGS page
Priluki (Ukraine) - lots of valuable information pertaining to this town
Radomyshl (Ukraine) - history and links to other sites regarding this Ukrainian shtetl
Rhodes Jewish Museum - information regarding the historical exhibition (which is located in the rooms formerly used as the women's prayer rooms at the "Kahal Shalom" synagogue)
Skidel (Belarus) - very good background and genealogical information including photographs and maps
Sniatyn (Ukraine) - good background and history
Suwalk-Lomza (Poland) Interest Group for Jewish Genealogists - publishes a quaterly journal called Landsmen
Toledo (Spain), Surnames of Jews in - a list of surnames of Jews residing in Toledo prior to the expulsion edict. The owner of this site has documentation regarding all of the names
Volhynia (Ukraine) Jewish Genealogy Special Interest Group - scroll down to bottom of page and click on "subscribe"

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Countries, Kindoms, and Regions, past and present

Belarus Jewish Genealogy Special Interest Group - aiding researchers searching Jewish Belarussian ancestry
---Czechoslovakia--- see Slovakia
Dutch Jewish Genealogy Homepage the author of this page will do free vital records lookups - Dutch version
Dutch Jewry, Center for Research on - page created by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
---England--- see Jewish Naming practices in Angevin England on the Naming Practices page
England, Anglo-Jewish Miscellanies - historical and genealogical information about the Jewish Community of England
France: Germans, Swiss and Austrians Deported from - the 825 names in this database were taken from much larger lists of persons deported from France, published intermittently by the French government in the Journal officiel from 1987 through 1994
Galicia Jewish Genealogy Special Interest Group - provides info on researching roots in this Polish and Ukrainian province (once part of Austria)
Germany, Central Archives for Research on the History of the Jews in - short home page showing their mission statement and a few holdings...the German version is more complete
Germany, Jewish Families of Northern - a database containing information on over 20,000 Jews who came from northern Germany
German Jewish Genealogy Speical Interest Group - includes all German-speaking areas such as Austria, parts of Switzerland, Alsace, Lorraine, Bohemia and Moravia
---Germany (including German-speaking countries)--- see Stammbaum on the Periodicals page
The Jews of Greece - the history, demography, an culture of the Jews of Greece
---Greece--- see Rhodes (in the cities section)
Hungary Jewish Genealogy Special Interest Group - mailing list pertaining to "Greater Hungary" (all areas that were predominantly Hungarian-speaking at any point in time)
Khazaria Info Center - information pertaining to the near-eastern kingdom of Khazaria, which was ruled by Jewish kings
Latvian Jewish Genealogy Special Interest Group - a forum for researchers of Jewish families of Latvian descent
Lithuania Jewish Genealogy Special Interest Group - encourages preservation and computerization of primary sources of genealogical data, for the descendants of the Lithuanian Jewish community
---Lithuania--- see Bruce Kahn's Photgraph index on the Miscellaneous page
Moldova, Virtual - includes a few links to Jewish Moldovian/Romanian sites
Netherlands Society for Jewish Genealogy - includes a good list of links to research pages concerning specific regions of the Netherlands
---Netherlands--- see Dutch
---Poland--- see Jewish Records Indexing Poland
Polish-Jewish Heritage - don't be fooled by the top of this page...scroll down and you'll find information on synagogues in and the Jewish history of Poland
Poland, Shtetls in - links to the "homepages" of several Polish shtetls
Poland, Survey of Jewish Historic Monuments in - a lengthy report regarding the condition of cemeteries, synagogues, and other monuments
---Portugal--- see also Sephardic Resources
Romanian Jewish Genealogy Special Interest Group - the Special Interest Group (SIG) for those with Jewish roots in the following areas, all of which are located in present-day Romania, Moldova and southwestern Ukraine: the Banat, Bessarabia, Bukovina, Dobruja, the Maramures, Moldavia, Transylvania, Wallachia
Romania, Jewish Roots in - aiding research in Romania
Russia, History of the Jews in - a comprehensive history of the Jewish people in Russian - also written in Russian
Russia: Jewish Hertiage Society - an independent scholarly institution for the development and coordination of research in history and culture of the Jewish people in the Russian Empire and the USSR, and documenting the Jewish historical legacy. Includes links to professional researches in Moscow - also in Russian
Russia, Religious Personnel in - searchable database (of mostly Rabbis) of religious personnel in Russia from 1853-1854
---Spain--- see also Sephardic Resources
Slovakia, Jewish Genealogy from - help with Jewish roots from Slovakia
Turkish Jews, the History of - the history and current community of this unique group
All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress - includes lists of Ukrainian Jewish communities, synagogues, cemeteries, and libraries

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