Gomel Genealogy Resources & Vital Records

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Gomel Genealogical Records

Gomel 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 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

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 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 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 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 Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Gomel 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

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 Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

Gomel 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 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

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in Gomel Region
1	Ivanov	2,033	1:259	44.12%	1
2	Ivanova	1,778	1:296	39.96%	2
3	Gomelsky	1,624	1:324	86.75%	30
4	Kravchenko	1,547	1:340	37.24%	3
5	Novikova	1,272	1:413	41.02%	6
6	Bondarenko	1,234	1:426	33.00%	4
7	Novikov	1,183	1:444	44.79%	13
8	Timoshenko	1,094	1:481	45.49%	17
9	Gomelskaya	1,070	1:491	94.77%	93
10	Melnikova	1,045	1:503	38.82%	11
11	Kovalyova	1,043	1:504	41.79%	15
12	Kovalenko	1,019	1:516	35.60%	8
13	Kovalyov	1,009	1:521	43.19%	20
14	Melnikov	1,001	1:525	42.36%	19
15	Gromyko	984	1:534	60.11%	46
16	Kotova	969	1:543	35.84%	10
17	Shevchenko	962	1:546	35.79%	12
18	Marchenko	931	1:565	35.29%	14
19	Kovaleva	846	1:621	43.90%	28
20	Kovalev	831	1:633	51.68%	50
21	Gulevich	812	1:647	49.00%	45
22	Petrov	771	1:682	37.55%	24
23	Kozlov	755	1:696	31.48%	18
24	Prikhodko	752	1:699	38.43%	27
25	Gavrilenko	736	1:714	35.49%	23
26	Zaytsev	710	1:740	38.30%	32
27	Smirnova	706	1:745	40.57%	38
28	Petrova	702	1:749	44.63%	53
29	Karpenko	695	1:756	46.52%	60
29	Morozov	695	1:756	43.41%	52
31	Korotkevich	693	1:759	34.89%	26
32	Pinchuk	687	1:765	22.41%	7
32	Sidorenko	687	1:765	36.68%	29
34	Zaytseva	683	1:770	40.87%	44
35	Klimovich	672	1:782	60.32%	96
36	Savchenko	668	1:787	35.84%	31
37	Kozlova	664	1:792	26.81%	16
37	Volkova	664	1:792	33.38%	25
39	Novik	659	1:798	20.00%	5
40	Makarenko	649	1:810	37.98%	41
41	Borisenko	646	1:814	23.15%	9
42	Morozova	640	1:821	43.57%	62
43	Romanenko	627	1:838	45.90%	68
44	Kotov	619	1:849	35.23%	37
44	Smirnov	619	1:849	45.62%	70
44	Volkov	619	1:849	38.09%	47
47	Goncharov	596	1:882	50.30%	83
48	Romanova	568	1:926	31.43%	35
49	Prokopenko	564	1:932	32.64%	40
50	Parkhomenko	562	1:935	33.45%	43
51	Kravtsova	536	1:981	36.19%	61
52	Nikitenko	534	1:984	34.81%	57
53	Goncharova	528	1:996	51.66%	105
53	Yurchenko	528	1:996	30.48%	39
55	Vasilenko	519	1:1,013	36.24%	65
56	Gerasimenko	494	1:1,064	40.49%	78
57	Mironova	488	1:1,077	34.37%	66
58	Lapitskaya	477	1:1,102	59.85%	161
58	Naumenko	477	1:1,102	30.71%	55
60	Kravtsov	475	1:1,107	40.02%	82
61	Potapenko	471	1:1,116	30.29%	54
62	Astapenko	469	1:1,121	27.78%	42
63	Ignatenko	468	1:1,123	30.91%	58
64	Drobyshevsky	447	1:1,176	69.73%	233
65	Tarasenko	441	1:1,192	38.31%	89
66	Ermakova	437	1:1,203	47.09%	121
67	Frolov	435	1:1,208	42.69%	106
67	Kovalchuk	435	1:1,208	20.57%	22
67	Petrenko	435	1:1,208	46.33%	117
70	Drobyshevskaya	434	1:1,211	61.47%	199
71	Gomel	430	1:1,223	99.54%	453
72	Ermolenko	428	1:1,228	26.65%	51
73	Moiseenko	424	1:1,240	64.73%	227
74	Kuznetsov	415	1:1,267	42.61%	114
74	Zhukov	415	1:1,267	35.99%	88
76	Kondratenko	413	1:1,273	35.06%	85
77	Osipenko	405	1:1,298	54.73%	180
78	Sokolov	403	1:1,304	46.54%	137
79	Baranov	399	1:1,318	33.50%	81
80	Danilenko	398	1:1,321	42.80%	120
81	Koval	396	1:1,327	30.91%	74
81	Kuznetsova	396	1:1,327	35.11%	94
83	Romanov	394	1:1,334	33.00%	80
84	Zakharenko	392	1:1,341	26.01%	59
85	Bondarev	390	1:1,348	53.72%	190
85	Sokolova	390	1:1,348	47.91%	157
87	Frolova	386	1:1,362	41.59%	121
88	Ermakov	384	1:1,369	57.92%	223
89	Andreeva	382	1:1,376	35.63%	99
90	Shevtsov	379	1:1,387	33.54%	92
91	Moroz	377	1:1,394	20.56%	33
92	Zhukova	373	1:1,409	34.44%	97
93	Medvedev	362	1:1,452	36.35%	111
94	Nazarenko	360	1:1,460	24.66%	64
94	Starovoytova	360	1:1,460	39.78%	127
96	Medvedeva	358	1:1,468	34.03%	102
97	Antonenko	354	1:1,485	40.41%	134
98	Andreev	352	1:1,493	50.36%	207
98	Lashkevich	352	1:1,493	47.00%	176
100	Bondareva	350	1:1,502	41.57%	143
100	Starovoytov	350	1:1,502	33.40%	103
102	Davydenko	348	1:1,511	30.85%	94
103	Bondar	345	1:1,524	19.15%	36
103	Titov	345	1:1,524	44.52%	164
105	Stepanenko	341	1:1,542	38.57%	131
106	Litvinova	339	1:1,551	50.67%	222
106	Makarevich	339	1:1,551	16.00%	21
108	Polyakova	337	1:1,560	38.51%	135
109	Orlov	335	1:1,569	50.68%	226

110	Melnik	333	1:1,579	24.56%	71
110	Vlasenko	333	1:1,579	34.29%	115
112	Maksimenko	331	1:1,588	39.55%	146
112	Malashenko	331	1:1,588	38.58%	139
114	Mironov	329	1:1,598	41.18%	160
115	Konovalov	326	1:1,613	47.11%	210
115	Kot	326	1:1,613	32.12%	107
117	Konovalova	322	1:1,633	43.87%	182
117	Nesterenko	322	1:1,633	32.79%	113
117	Prokhorenko	322	1:1,633	50.39%	235
120	Gaponenko	320	1:1,643	25.50%	76
121	Baranova	318	1:1,653	35.41%	128
121	Bogdanovich	318	1:1,653	20.52%	56
121	Brel	318	1:1,653	24.16%	73
121	Shevtsova	318	1:1,653	36.93%	138
125	Orlova	316	1:1,664	44.82%	200
126	Klimenko	314	1:1,674	34.09%	124
127	Belaya	312	1:1,685	21.34%	63
127	Denisenko	312	1:1,685	26.94%	87
127	Pavlov	312	1:1,685	35.29%	131
130	Titova	310	1:1,696	33.66%	124
131	Fedorenko	309	1:1,701	37.05%	149
131	Maximenko	309	1:1,701	23.11%	72
131	Pavlova	309	1:1,701	40.18%	165
134	Khomchenko	307	1:1,712	51.51%	253
135	Drozdov	305	1:1,724	34.90%	136
136	Evseenko	303	1:1,735	39.50%	166
137	Kuzmenko	301	1:1,746	21.67%	67
137	Martynenko	301	1:1,746	42.57%	196
139	Lebedeva	299	1:1,758	36.37%	153
139	Pavlenko	299	1:1,758	39.81%	173
139	Sergeenko	299	1:1,758	40.30%	178
142	Danchenko	297	1:1,770	40.52%	184
143	Ivanenko	292	1:1,800	35.14%	150
144	Malinovskaya	290	1:1,813	39.19%	180
144	Savenok	290	1:1,813	28.63%	108
146	Avramenko	288	1:1,825	34.16%	142
146	Mikhaylova	288	1:1,825	38.87%	179
148	Popov	286	1:1,838	40.23%	194
149	Boyko	282	1:1,864	31.54%	130
150	Adamenko	280	1:1,877	46.13%	248
150	Demidenko	280	1:1,877	22.78%	77
150	Nikitina	280	1:1,877	33.86%	152
153	Belov	278	1:1,891	48.52%	273
153	Vasileva	278	1:1,891	45.57%	246
153	Zayats	278	1:1,891	26.28%	101
156	Filatova	276	1:1,905	40.41%	215
157	Mikhaylov	275	1:1,912	47.74%	271
158	Karpovich	273	1:1,926	27.11%	110
158	Kirilenko	273	1:1,926	33.46%	156
160	Nikitin	271	1:1,940	35.33%	166
160	Osipov	271	1:1,940	49.27%	299
160	Samusenko	271	1:1,940	62.73%	453
163	Drozdova	269	1:1,954	33.21%	158
163	Isachenko	269	1:1,954	59.25%	407
165	Kalinina	267	1:1,969	37.93%	201
165	Shapovalova	267	1:1,969	34.90%	170
167	Filipenko	265	1:1,984	47.75%	291
167	Polyakov	265	1:1,984	43.37%	245
167	Vasilev	265	1:1,984	53.75%	361
170	Lukyanenko	263	1:1,999	36.08%	188
171	Klimova	261	1:2,014	45.71%	277
171	Misochenko	261	1:2,014	87.58%	762
173	Davydova	257	1:2,045	50.69%	344
173	Katsubo	257	1:2,045	65.73%	533
173	Litvinov	257	1:2,045	51.71%	355
176	Efimenko	256	1:2,053	33.42%	169
176	Radchenko	256	1:2,053	35.02%	186
176	Sergeeva	256	1:2,053	39.14%	228
176	Tereshchenko	256	1:2,053	46.89%	305
180	Akulich	254	1:2,070	15.78%	49
180	Nikolaenko	254	1:2,070	43.42%	261
182	Bely	252	1:2,086	21.39%	85
182	Kalinin	252	1:2,086	50.70%	355
182	Karpov	252	1:2,086	43.00%	259
182	Muzychenko	252	1:2,086	23.29%	98
186	Makarov	250	1:2,103	39.00%	233
187	Barsukov	248	1:2,120	46.62%	314
187	Shapovalov	248	1:2,120	41.89%	256
187	Yarets	248	1:2,120	23.96%	104
187	Zhuk	248	1:2,120	29.07%	140
191	Kontsevoy	246	1:2,137	63.40%	541
191	Nikolaev	246	1:2,137	48.05%	337
191	Sviridenko	246	1:2,137	46.15%	313
194	Abramovich	244	1:2,154	34.86%	204
194	Kotsur	244	1:2,154	25.44%	116
194	Silchenko	244	1:2,154	43.42%	288
197	Mironenko	242	1:2,172	50.42%	376
197	Popkov	242	1:2,172	67.22%	602
197	Sergeevich	242	1:2,172	29.51%	155
200	Klimov	240	1:2,190	38.90%	242

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