An S asked:
I have Jewish relatives that were kicked out of Russia at the turn of the century. I have actually traced them to a town in the Ukraine that was at times considered Russian and at times considered part of Belarus. I am told that there are mass graves in the area from WWII. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jill
I have Jewish relatives that were kicked out of Russia at the turn of the century. I have actually traced them to a town in the Ukraine that was at times considered Russian and at times considered part of Belarus. I am told that there are mass graves in the area from WWII. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jill
Tags: Russia, Turn Of The Century, Wwii
This is the most comprehensive set of resources on Jewish genealogy. There are a handful of other sites not cited, but start here.
JewishGen.org has databases arranged according to geographical location and there’s quite a good one for the Ukraine. I have traced several of my lines to the Ukraine too - they moved over to Galicia at the end of the nineteenth century. You will also want to check JRI-Poland, which you can access through JewishGen, which is the Polish Records Indexing project. Unfortunately it has come to a standstill due to policy changes in Poland - hopefully this can be resolved in the future - but they have a ton of indexed records on there right now. You may find relatives who were born in the Ukraine who moved a little ways into Poland, on this Index. And you can post queries on JewishGen too. Good luck!
Probably the synagogue was destroyed due to the Holocaust. But I understand in many countries, Jews were required to register their vital information with the parish priest. So possibly church records can be helpful.
Definately Iresearched my6 family on it from Galicias (now Ukraine) Easy to use
Bob