This database contains information transcribed from birth records for various towns in Belarus for various years between 1837 and 1917. For a complete list of towns and years covered in this database, see below.

These records were originally created by the Jewish Congregations of the various towns where the records were recorded.

Each birth record contains the following information:

Description

LDS film number

Frame number: the frame number from the CD created by the LDS for the Belarus SIG

Record number: A letter (M for masculine, F for feminine) followed by the original act registration number

Surname: Transliterated from Russian. If you see two surnames, the second one is transliterated from Hebrew.

Give Name

Father: Father\'s given name

Paternal grandfather: Translated from Russian as father\'s "otchestvo" - father\'s given name

Mother: Mother\'s first name

Maternal grandfather: Translated from Russian as mother\'s "otchestvo" - father\'s given name

Mother\'s maiden name: mostly not shown in the records

Date of birth according to Christian and Hebrew calendars

Birthplace: Town, Uyezd (district), Guberniya (province)

Place of registration: Most births were registered in the town they occurred in. However, some births were registered in different towns than the actual birth

Comments: Mohel/rabbi names for boys circumcision, translators notes, a place different from the registration one, any other information found concerning the record.

Record/Publication: The year of the birth registration from the original registration books

Archive/Fond/List/Item: NHAB (meaning the National Historic Archives of Belarus (Minsk)), followed by the fond, list, and item numbers.

Towns and Years Included:

Locality	District (Uyezd)	Year	Number of Records
Dashkovka	Mogilev	1854	10
		1855	9
		1873	9
Kamen\'	Minsk	1891	8
		1900	6
		1901	7
		1902	4
		1906	3
		1911	2
Knyazhitsy		1874	11
		1875	5
		1883	9
		?	9
Minsk	Minsk	1882	623
		1895	1541
		1882	335
		1895	1541
		1900	2
Mogilev	Mogilev	1837	414
		1838	504
		1855	216
		1864	245
		1865 1867 1868	599
		1883	520
		1884	535
		1885	543
		1886	600
		1887	636
		1888	136
		1889	648
Rakov	Minsk	1897	74
		1909	47
		1914	38
		1917	14
Rubezhevichi	Minsk	1904	36
		1905	29
		1907	21
		1912	20
Senno	Mogilev	1861	68
		1862	26
		1863	38
		1864	36

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JewishGen Belarus SIG Volunteers, comp. Belarus: Birth Records from Select Cities, 1837-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Jewish Congregations. Metrical books, 1837-1917. Minsk, Belarus: Central State Historical Archives. These records are also available on microfilm [rolls 1920795-1920796, 1920800-1920801] through the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Specific microfilm information provided with each record. This data is provided in partnership with JewishGen.org.

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