Minsk Genealogy Resources & Vital Records

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Minsk Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

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

Minsk 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 Minsk

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.

Minsk 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.

Minsk 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.

Minsk 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.

Minsk Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Minsk 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 Minsk

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.

Minsk Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

Minsk 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.

Minsk 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 Minsk

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in Belarus
1	Ivanov	8,501	1:227	23.05%	1
2	Ivanova	7,527	1:256	22.24%	2
3	Petrov	4,021	1:480	25.95%	8
4	Zhuk	3,223	1:599	17.44%	4
5	Novik	3,088	1:625	16.11%	3
6	Petrova	2,974	1:649	24.14%	13
7	Kotova	2,903	1:665	18.51%	7
8	Novikova	2,840	1:680	17.73%	6
9	Volkova	2,685	1:719	19.85%	10
10	Moroz	2,498	1:773	15.51%	5
11	Smirnova	2,482	1:778	24.51%	25
12	Smirnov	2,393	1:806	23.65%	26
13	Makarevich	2,314	1:834	19.02%	14
14	Novikov	2,259	1:854	15.90%	9
15	Kotov	2,221	1:869	21.45%	21
16	Klimovich	2,089	1:924	20.44%	23
17	Volkov	2,082	1:927	19.02%	19
18	Romanova	2,077	1:929	22.10%	28
19	Karpovich	2,023	1:954	17.71%	16
20	Shevchenko	1,992	1:969	19.18%	20
21	Kravchenko	1,957	1:986	15.44%	11
22	Kovalenko	1,931	1:999	15.25%	12
23	Mironova	1,848	1:1,044	20.47%	32
24	Kot	1,824	1:1,058	21.19%	37
25	Tarasevich	1,794	1:1,076	19.85%	31
26	Morozova	1,752	1:1,101	17.11%	22
27	Petrovich	1,713	1:1,127	24.64%	55
28	Morozov	1,652	1:1,168	16.23%	24
29	Kovalchuk	1,634	1:1,181	13.52%	15
30	Korol	1,625	1:1,188	22.54%	50
31	Stankevich	1,624	1:1,188	17.78%	30
32	Borisevich	1,545	1:1,249	22.95%	60
33	Dubovik	1,543	1:1,251	27.78%	92
34	Lukashevich	1,539	1:1,254	17.71%	35
35	Romanov	1,527	1:1,264	22.68%	59
36	Andreeva	1,518	1:1,271	20.92%	49
37	Pashkevich	1,499	1:1,287	13.27%	17
38	Bondarenko	1,482	1:1,302	15.82%	29
39	Kozlov	1,469	1:1,314	13.37%	18
40	Sokolov	1,458	1:1,324	23.40%	74
41	Abramovich	1,445	1:1,336	22.45%	68
42	Zaytseva	1,442	1:1,338	16.65%	36
43	Adamovich	1,420	1:1,359	24.39%	80
44	Vasilevskaya	1,401	1:1,377	22.18%	71
45	Bogdanovich	1,400	1:1,378	16.61%	40
46	Pavlovich	1,397	1:1,381	19.73%	54
47	Sokolova	1,391	1:1,387	22.15%	72
48	Murashko	1,376	1:1,402	26.35%	110
49	Matusevich	1,375	1:1,403	28.87%	134
50	Orlova	1,367	1:1,412	24.72%	95
51	Malinovskaya	1,364	1:1,415	27.11%	123
52	Kazak	1,350	1:1,429	19.81%	57
53	Gurinovich	1,344	1:1,436	30.08%	156
54	Savchenko	1,336	1:1,444	15.62%	38
54	Savitskaya	1,336	1:1,444	17.25%	44
56	Kozlova	1,332	1:1,449	13.60%	27
57	Sergeeva	1,328	1:1,453	22.06%	77
58	Kuznetsova	1,317	1:1,465	17.74%	47
58	Rusak	1,317	1:1,465	22.21%	78
60	Pinchuk	1,306	1:1,478	16.36%	41
61	Boyko	1,297	1:1,488	16.72%	43
62	Orlov	1,292	1:1,494	24.61%	108
63	Kuznetsov	1,275	1:1,514	19.78%	67
64	Melnik	1,273	1:1,516	17.29%	48
65	Mironov	1,269	1:1,521	24.17%	107
66	Belov	1,262	1:1,529	28.33%	157
67	Zaytsev	1,256	1:1,536	14.37%	34
68	Yurkevich	1,243	1:1,553	26.99%	143
69	Korzun	1,224	1:1,577	32.83%	228
70	Sergeev	1,222	1:1,579	27.49%	161
71	Matskevich	1,212	1:1,592	17.01%	51
72	Vashkevich	1,207	1:1,599	23.54%	118
73	Bondar	1,204	1:1,603	16.99%	53
73	Frolova	1,204	1:1,603	22.42%	103
75	Zayats	1,203	1:1,604	18.54%	66
75	Zhdanovich	1,203	1:1,604	24.39%	131
77	Akulich	1,193	1:1,618	21.54%	94
78	Drozd	1,182	1:1,633	20.46%	82
79	Frolov	1,177	1:1,640	21.47%	100
80	Lebedeva	1,174	1:1,644	23.27%	122
81	Vasilevsky	1,169	1:1,651	21.06%	93
82	Poznyak	1,165	1:1,656	20.08%	81
83	Pavlov	1,159	1:1,665	22.44%	113
84	Marchenko	1,146	1:1,684	12.90%	33
85	Pavlova	1,144	1:1,687	20.71%	96
86	Gerasimovich	1,135	1:1,700	23.88%	135
87	Vishnevskaya	1,130	1:1,708	25.12%	153
88	Melnikova	1,125	1:1,715	14.87%	45
89	Makarov	1,108	1:1,742	22.05%	124
90	Kasperovich	1,106	1:1,745	26.21%	176
91	Dashkevich	1,100	1:1,754	17.21%	70
91	Kozlovsky	1,100	1:1,754	16.72%	65
91	Zhukovskaya	1,100	1:1,754	25.44%	165
94	Melnikov	1,093	1:1,766	15.94%	56
95	Kovalyova	1,091	1:1,769	12.80%	39
96	Kuzmich	1,090	1:1,770	14.57%	46
97	Davidovich	1,080	1:1,787	27.55%	202
98	Nesterovich	1,077	1:1,792	25.16%	170
99	Belova	1,072	1:1,800	25.27%	173
100	Sinkevich	1,069	1:1,805	15.08%	52
101	Yushkevich	1,064	1:1,814	15.97%	63
102	Bely	1,055	1:1,829	23.04%	145
103	Kozlovskaya	1,047	1:1,843	19.06%	98
103	Makarova	1,047	1:1,843	23.37%	155
105	Kholod	1,046	1:1,845	21.43%	132
106	Andreev	1,040	1:1,856	20.24%	117
107	Sokolovskaya	1,037	1:1,861	20.73%	125
108	Belaya	1,033	1:1,868	22.40%	141
108	Filatova	1,033	1:1,868	24.29%	172

110	Popov	1,027	1:1,879	19.50%	106
111	Kovaleva	1,025	1:1,883	15.28%	61
112	Nikitina	1,023	1:1,886	19.83%	115
113	Vorobey	1,021	1:1,890	17.98%	86
114	Khomich	1,018	1:1,896	17.70%	85
114	Lis	1,018	1:1,896	20.59%	130
116	Dovnar	1,009	1:1,913	38.08%	396
117	Nikitin	1,008	1:1,914	21.32%	136
118	Romanovich	1,006	1:1,918	18.36%	101
118	Vasilevich	1,006	1:1,918	20.12%	126
120	Solovey	1,002	1:1,926	19.74%	121
121	Vysotskaya	983	1:1,963	21.31%	141
122	Golub	980	1:1,969	18.83%	112
122	Mikhaylova	980	1:1,969	17.76%	97
124	Grinkevich	974	1:1,981	33.45%	353
125	Vasileva	973	1:1,983	21.45%	149
126	Malinovsky	968	1:1,994	27.87%	255
126	Yaroshevich	968	1:1,994	20.70%	139
128	Aleksandrova	962	1:2,006	26.69%	241
129	Zhukovsky	961	1:2,008	21.43%	154
130	Demidovich	954	1:2,023	20.99%	148
131	Makarenko	952	1:2,027	16.27%	79
131	Markevich	952	1:2,027	14.05%	58
131	Novitskaya	952	1:2,027	20.84%	147
131	Volk	952	1:2,027	21.09%	151
135	Aleksandrovich	946	1:2,040	24.23%	206
136	Ignatovich	943	1:2,046	16.37%	84
137	Mikhaylov	940	1:2,053	20.25%	140
138	Sheleg	933	1:2,068	39.75%	472
139	Sidorenko	927	1:2,082	13.87%	62
140	Kruk	924	1:2,089	24.47%	222
140	Sakovich	924	1:2,089	17.24%	104
142	Kulik	921	1:2,095	17.62%	109
142	Nikolaeva	921	1:2,095	22.47%	184
144	Kovalyov	920	1:2,098	11.77%	42
145	Kovalev	901	1:2,142	14.94%	76
145	Radkevich	901	1:2,142	22.02%	186
147	Kisel	899	1:2,147	16.38%	99
148	Belyy	898	1:2,149	25.22%	246
149	Mitskevich	895	1:2,156	20.76%	167
150	Goncharova	886	1:2,178	15.66%	87
150	Romanenko	886	1:2,178	13.77%	69
152	Nikolaev	882	1:2,188	22.58%	205
153	Savich	877	1:2,200	21.63%	191
154	Vasilev	873	1:2,211	24.36%	244
155	Sokolovsky	864	1:2,234	22.14%	208
156	Zhukov	861	1:2,241	18.31%	138
157	Alexandrovich	860	1:2,244	20.73%	181
158	Fedorovich	851	1:2,268	17.52%	133
159	Titova	848	1:2,276	18.75%	150
160	Lebedev	841	1:2,295	20.31%	182
160	Sergeevich	841	1:2,295	20.97%	194
162	Kovalevskaya	839	1:2,300	17.77%	137
163	Filatov	838	1:2,303	30.29%	373
163	Popova	838	1:2,303	20.04%	179
165	Burak	833	1:2,317	18.21%	146
166	Baranov	827	1:2,334	14.79%	90
167	Sokol	823	1:2,345	22.39%	236
168	Shevchuk	820	1:2,353	14.71%	91
169	Shpak	819	1:2,356	18.41%	160
170	Titov	817	1:2,362	19.97%	185
171	Volchek	816	1:2,365	32.77%	434
172	Leonovich	813	1:2,374	22.93%	248
173	Romanovskaya	807	1:2,391	20.17%	197
174	Lyubimova	804	1:2,400	25.19%	285
175	Gromov	798	1:2,418	31.77%	430
175	Kovalevich	798	1:2,418	12.10%	64
177	Romanovsky	797	1:2,421	22.15%	242
178	Antonov	794	1:2,430	21.76%	238
179	Prokopovich	792	1:2,437	15.99%	128
180	Koval	782	1:2,468	17.94%	162
181	Medvedev	772	1:2,500	18.20%	173
182	Kachan	770	1:2,506	19.11%	193
182	Tsvirko	770	1:2,506	28.43%	385
184	Petrovskaya	769	1:2,510	24.17%	289
185	Yaskevich	766	1:2,519	19.59%	203
186	Loyko	764	1:2,526	21.10%	240
187	German	763	1:2,529	23.98%	288
188	Krasovskaya	756	1:2,553	27.63%	378
189	Filipovich	753	1:2,563	24.75%	312
190	Stepanov	751	1:2,570	17.87%	177
191	Gayduk	747	1:2,583	19.52%	219
192	Petrovsky	745	1:2,590	22.05%	264
193	Egorov	744	1:2,594	19.26%	216
194	Chernyavskaya	741	1:2,604	19.15%	214
195	Mikhalevich	739	1:2,611	25.21%	347
196	Senkevich	736	1:2,622	24.20%	314
197	Zhukova	735	1:2,626	17.10%	169
198	Nikolaevich	734	1:2,629	19.64%	226
198	Vasilenko	734	1:2,629	14.41%	120
200	Yakimovich	732	1:2,636	18.11%	192

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