Gomel Region Genealogy Resources & Vital Records

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Gomel Region Genealogical Records

Gomel Region Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Gomel Region Census & Population Lists

Jewish-Belorussian Census & Family Lists (1795-1890)

Transcripts of documents recording around 34,000 Jews, including family relationships and more.

Newspapers Covering Gomel Region

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

Gomel Region Military Records

Records from Ten Ghettos (1940-1945)

A database containing genealogical and biographical details of hundreds-of-thousands of Jews living in ghettos in Eastern Europe.

Gomel Region Court & Legal Records

Duma Voter Lists (1906-1907)

An index to over 200,000 names found in lists of registered voters for parts of Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and Latvia. The index lists name, voting qualification, residence, property value, age and more.

Gomel Region Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Gomel Region Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Gomel Region Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Records from Ten Ghettos (1940-1945)

A database containing genealogical and biographical details of hundreds-of-thousands of Jews living in ghettos in Eastern Europe.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Gomel Region

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Gomel Region Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

Gomel Region Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Gomel Region Reference Works

Dictionary of Jewish Surnames in Russian Empire (1500-1900)

A work which list the history and etymology of Jewish surnames found in the Ukraine, Belorussia, Bessarabia, Lithuania, and Russia.

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.

Miriam Weiner Eastern European Archival Database (1800-1960)

An index to predominantly Jewish records held in the archives of Belarus, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland and Ukraine.

Most Common Surnames in Gomel Region

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in Belarus
1	Ivanov	4,608	1:302	12.49%	1
2	Ivanova	4,449	1:313	13.15%	2
3	Kravchenko	4,154	1:335	32.77%	11
4	Bondarenko	3,739	1:372	39.92%	29
5	Novik	3,295	1:423	17.19%	3
6	Novikova	3,101	1:449	19.35%	6
7	Pinchuk	3,065	1:454	38.39%	41
8	Kovalenko	2,862	1:487	22.60%	12
9	Borisenko	2,790	1:499	45.81%	75
10	Kotova	2,704	1:515	17.24%	7
11	Melnikova	2,692	1:517	35.59%	45
12	Shevchenko	2,688	1:518	25.88%	20
13	Novikov	2,641	1:527	18.58%	9
14	Marchenko	2,638	1:528	29.69%	33
15	Kovalyova	2,496	1:558	29.28%	39
16	Kozlova	2,477	1:562	25.29%	27
17	Timoshenko	2,405	1:579	46.94%	119
18	Kozlov	2,398	1:581	21.82%	18
19	Melnikov	2,363	1:589	34.45%	56
20	Kovalyov	2,336	1:596	29.88%	42
21	Makarevich	2,119	1:657	17.42%	14
22	Kovalchuk	2,115	1:659	17.50%	15
23	Gavrilenko	2,074	1:672	40.33%	116
24	Petrov	2,053	1:678	13.25%	8
25	Volkova	1,989	1:700	14.70%	10
26	Korotkevich	1,986	1:701	47.52%	180
27	Prikhodko	1,957	1:712	45.94%	171
28	Kovaleva	1,927	1:723	28.72%	61
29	Sidorenko	1,873	1:744	28.02%	62
30	Gomelsky	1,872	1:744	97.50%	633
31	Savchenko	1,864	1:747	21.80%	38
32	Zaytsev	1,854	1:751	21.21%	34
33	Moroz	1,834	1:759	11.38%	5
34	Zmushko	1,809	1:770	87.99%	572
35	Romanova	1,807	1:771	19.23%	28
36	Bondar	1,802	1:773	25.43%	53
37	Kotov	1,757	1:793	16.97%	21
38	Smirnova	1,740	1:800	17.18%	25
39	Yurchenko	1,732	1:804	27.67%	73
40	Prokopenko	1,728	1:806	42.30%	187
41	Makarenko	1,709	1:815	29.21%	79
42	Astapenko	1,688	1:825	49.40%	260
43	Parkhomenko	1,680	1:829	57.26%	346
44	Zaytseva	1,671	1:833	19.30%	36
45	Gulevich	1,657	1:841	52.77%	299
46	Gromyko	1,637	1:851	48.01%	262
47	Volkov	1,625	1:857	14.84%	19
48	Dashkevich	1,615	1:862	25.26%	70
49	Akulich	1,610	1:865	29.07%	94
50	Kovalev	1,608	1:866	26.67%	76
51	Ermolenko	1,606	1:867	43.69%	235
52	Morozov	1,601	1:870	15.73%	24
53	Petrova	1,573	1:885	12.77%	13
54	Potapenko	1,555	1:896	39.86%	209
55	Naumenko	1,553	1:897	34.88%	158
56	Bogdanovich	1,550	1:899	18.39%	40
57	Nikitenko	1,534	1:908	38.81%	198
58	Ignatenko	1,514	1:920	37.06%	187
59	Zakharenko	1,507	1:924	32.91%	144
60	Karpenko	1,494	1:932	40.63%	234
61	Kravtsova	1,481	1:940	28.40%	111
62	Morozova	1,469	1:948	14.35%	22
63	Belaya	1,462	1:953	31.70%	141
64	Nazarenko	1,460	1:954	49.27%	334
65	Vasilenko	1,432	1:973	28.11%	120
66	Mironova	1,420	1:981	15.73%	32
67	Kuzmenko	1,389	1:1,003	53.65%	410
68	Romanenko	1,366	1:1,020	21.23%	69
69	Tsalko	1,361	1:1,023	80.06%	756
70	Smirnov	1,357	1:1,026	13.41%	26
71	Melnik	1,356	1:1,027	18.42%	48
72	Maximenko	1,337	1:1,042	55.36%	457
73	Brel	1,316	1:1,058	79.42%	782
74	Koval	1,281	1:1,087	29.39%	162
74	Vorobey	1,281	1:1,087	22.55%	86
76	Gaponenko	1,255	1:1,110	64.82%	626
77	Demidenko	1,229	1:1,133	47.56%	412
78	Gerasimenko	1,220	1:1,142	47.00%	407
79	Martinovich	1,201	1:1,160	36.94%	281
80	Romanov	1,194	1:1,166	17.73%	59
81	Baranov	1,191	1:1,169	21.29%	90
82	Kravtsov	1,187	1:1,173	24.00%	129
83	Goncharov	1,185	1:1,175	22.34%	105
84	Markevich	1,181	1:1,179	17.43%	58
85	Bely	1,178	1:1,182	25.73%	145
85	Kondratenko	1,178	1:1,182	33.36%	249
87	Denisenko	1,158	1:1,203	33.73%	258
88	Zhukov	1,153	1:1,208	24.52%	138
89	Tarasenko	1,151	1:1,210	31.25%	233
90	Savitskaya	1,146	1:1,215	14.80%	44
91	Romanyuk	1,145	1:1,216	20.47%	89
92	Shevtsov	1,130	1:1,233	33.80%	269
93	Gomelskaya	1,129	1:1,234	96.83%	1,173
94	Davydenko	1,128	1:1,235	39.80%	363
94	Kuznetsova	1,128	1:1,235	15.19%	47
96	Klimovich	1,114	1:1,250	10.90%	23
97	Zhukova	1,083	1:1,286	25.20%	169
98	Muzychenko	1,082	1:1,287	70.86%	859
99	Andreeva	1,072	1:1,299	14.78%	49
100	Dayneko	1,062	1:1,311	38.05%	369
101	Zayats	1,058	1:1,316	16.31%	66
102	Medvedeva	1,052	1:1,324	24.20%	163
103	Starovoytov	1,048	1:1,329	33.71%	308
104	Yarets	1,035	1:1,346	82.08%	1,075
105	Goncharova	1,022	1:1,363	18.07%	87
106	Frolov	1,019	1:1,367	18.59%	100
107	Kot	1,015	1:1,372	11.79%	37
108	Savenok	1,013	1:1,375	66.82%	869
108	Turovets	1,013	1:1,375	45.22%	501

110	Karpovich	1,007	1:1,383	8.82%	16
111	Medvedev	996	1:1,398	23.48%	173
112	Fedorovich	985	1:1,414	20.28%	133
113	Nesterenko	982	1:1,418	28.17%	252
114	Kuznetsov	974	1:1,430	15.11%	67
115	Vlasenko	971	1:1,434	34.90%	370
116	Kotsur	959	1:1,452	75.27%	1,059
117	Petrenko	939	1:1,483	32.05%	348
118	Shulga	933	1:1,493	21.61%	166
119	Rudenko	932	1:1,494	31.33%	331
120	Danilenko	930	1:1,498	34.68%	391
121	Ermakova	928	1:1,501	28.20%	273
121	Frolova	928	1:1,501	17.28%	103
121	Kolesnik	928	1:1,501	25.16%	232
124	Klimenko	921	1:1,512	37.89%	455
124	Titova	921	1:1,512	20.36%	150
126	Lis	910	1:1,531	18.40%	130
127	Starovoytova	905	1:1,539	27.51%	274
128	Baranova	898	1:1,551	20.18%	159
129	Budnik	897	1:1,553	32.32%	372
130	Boyko	894	1:1,558	11.53%	43
131	Pavlov	884	1:1,576	17.11%	113
131	Stepanenko	884	1:1,576	32.99%	392
131	Sych	884	1:1,576	47.50%	669
134	Antonenko	876	1:1,590	28.98%	317
135	Polyakova	875	1:1,592	22.16%	199
136	Drozdov	874	1:1,594	23.29%	224
137	Sokolov	866	1:1,608	13.90%	74
138	Shevtsova	861	1:1,618	27.62%	306
139	Malashenko	858	1:1,623	38.74%	512
140	Zhuk	853	1:1,633	4.62%	4
141	Pyrkh	844	1:1,650	91.24%	1,542
142	Avramenko	843	1:1,652	35.52%	468
143	Bondareva	842	1:1,654	28.55%	339
144	Govor	841	1:1,656	64.49%	1,021
145	Piskun	839	1:1,660	38.22%	518
146	Maksimenko	837	1:1,664	38.61%	527
147	Leonenko	836	1:1,666	37.73%	511
148	Zhukovets	835	1:1,668	31.12%	389
149	Fedorenko	834	1:1,670	27.99%	328
150	Ivanenko	831	1:1,676	41.61%	596
151	Pilipenko	830	1:1,678	47.95%	735
152	Nikitina	827	1:1,684	16.03%	115
153	Afanasenko	822	1:1,694	43.10%	645
153	Lebedeva	822	1:1,694	16.29%	122
155	Sergeevich	820	1:1,698	20.45%	194
156	Kirilenko	816	1:1,707	43.50%	661
157	Sokolova	814	1:1,711	12.96%	72
158	Drozdova	810	1:1,719	24.87%	280
159	Vezhnovets	803	1:1,734	54.92%	901
160	Mironov	799	1:1,743	15.22%	107
161	Lapitskaya	797	1:1,748	44.01%	694
162	Gvozd	785	1:1,774	49.37%	824
163	Matyushenko	781	1:1,783	55.99%	952
164	Titov	775	1:1,797	18.94%	185
165	Pavlova	769	1:1,811	13.92%	96
166	Evseenko	767	1:1,816	45.09%	754
166	Lukashevich	767	1:1,816	8.82%	35
166	Nikitin	767	1:1,816	16.22%	136
169	Efimenko	766	1:1,818	37.55%	577
170	Shapovalova	765	1:1,821	47.75%	820
171	Kazak	761	1:1,830	11.17%	57
172	Golub	758	1:1,837	14.56%	112
173	Kupratsevich	751	1:1,855	63.81%	1,163
173	Pavlenko	751	1:1,855	35.93%	560
175	Golovach	750	1:1,857	17.30%	164
176	Kostyuchenko	749	1:1,860	38.16%	617
176	Lashkevich	749	1:1,860	44.35%	762
178	Sergeenko	742	1:1,877	39.85%	668
179	Mikhaylova	741	1:1,880	13.43%	97
180	Malinovskaya	740	1:1,882	14.71%	123
180	Osipenko	740	1:1,882	24.32%	312
182	Astapovich	734	1:1,898	39.31%	665
182	Konovalova	734	1:1,898	32.84%	504
184	Danchenko	733	1:1,900	41.13%	705
184	Korol	733	1:1,900	10.17%	50
186	Davydov	731	1:1,905	26.79%	380
186	Radchenko	731	1:1,905	31.85%	487
188	Lukyanenko	729	1:1,911	49.16%	891
188	Reut	729	1:1,911	23.22%	299
190	Bondarev	726	1:1,918	20.59%	250
191	Melnichenko	721	1:1,932	49.66%	909
191	Nekrashevich	721	1:1,932	28.49%	428
191	Vladimirovich	721	1:1,932	20.87%	256
194	Popov	711	1:1,959	13.50%	106
195	Karas	708	1:1,967	36.20%	620
196	Korzh	707	1:1,970	25.63%	374
196	Martynenko	707	1:1,970	32.54%	523
196	Titovets	707	1:1,970	36.94%	638
199	Drobyshevskaya	706	1:1,973	73.54%	1,489
200	Orlova	705	1:1,976	12.75%	95

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