National Historical Archives of Belarus [NIAB]: Jewish PopulationF. 2640, op. 1#399. Classification of an Ilyino-Velizhsky district resident. YESELSON Dovid Zalmanov, Velizhsky resident, to the family of his father, Zalman Erakhmielev, a resident of the Illyinsky Jewish community.#403 Regarding the enrollment of the Polotsk resident, GERSHITZ Israel Dovidov [aka Alexander, & according ..read more

 BACKGROUND:"The Mir yeshiva's escape..."--An articlehttps://judaicaused.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-mir-yeshivas-escape-to-shanghai-new.htmlA 10-page list of yeshiva escapees is available at:  https://search.archives.jdc.org/multimedia/Documents/Names%20Databank/Japan%20Emigration%20Lists/Set%20II%20Yeshiva/Additional%20Links/Complete_AR33-44_00053_00858.pdfThe list includes Names ..read more

WHO ARE THEY?: ARE THESE YOUR RELATIVES?  (#23+)Others in the “Who Are They” Series [new info. is below these links]:http://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2017/05/who-are-they-relatives-friends-neighbors.html http://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2017/05/more-passports-id-cards-etc-1a.html http://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2017/06/who-are-they-2.html http://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com ..read more

 APPLICATIONS FOR OBTAINING PASSPORTS BY JEWISH RESIDENTS[US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM]: Identifier: irn34982 or Accession Number: 2008.12, RG Number: RG-31.064M. F. 6, O. 3https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn34982Languages: Polish, German, English, Russian, Czech116,398 JPEG Images; 11 microfilm digitized reelsFrom Archive: Derzhavnyi Arkhiv Ivano-Frankivskoi ..read more

 WHO ARE THEY?: Are These Your Relatives? (#22+)Others in the “Who Are They” Series:http://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2017/05/who-are-they-relatives-friends-neighbors.html http://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2017/05/more-passports-id-cards-etc-1a.html http://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2017/06/who-are-they-2.html http://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2017/07/who-are-they-3_15.html& ..read more

 GARF: F. 124, Inv. 12, Case 1193a: Case regarding detainees who attended a Dvinsk Bund meeting on February 28, 1903 [ proceedings were in March 1905]"A Bund meeting was held at Lyak's house on Kuznechnaya St., Dvinsk".    **note: no other information is available!!**Included below are the names & ages for the individuals:1. Schneerson Rebekkah Yakovlevna, 222. Schneerson ..read more

1900 KIEV PROVINCE: APPLICATIONS FOR ISSUANCE OF MARITAL STATUS CERTIFICATES State Archives of the Kiev Region [F. 1260, inv. 3, file 342, from Alex Krakokvsky]https://tinyurl.com/y623b34jThe following names were mentioned in the above archival document. NOTE: This is a partial list.It appears that marital status certificates were needed by conscriptees in order to be eligible to collect ..read more

 https://archives.jdc.org/our-collections/names-index/lists-in-the-names-index/This extensive collection of material related to Jews is not to be missed. It offers to the researcher many original lists & documents. It also includes a search box into which you may search by last name or first & last name.Some of the lists presently available are:--Early Remittance Lists [1915-1917]--Relatives were ..read more

 1892-1893 LITHUANIAN JEWISH CONVERSIONS TO RUSSIAN ORTHODOXY[1893 Lithuanian Diocesan Bulletin  #4]1. 1892 Mordukh KOVARSKIY from Sventsyansky2. 1892 Rokha Abramovna AIZENSHTAT, Minsk3. 1892 Shimel-Khaim Itskov VISMANSKIY, Lida4. 1892 Mendel Yankelev PAVLOVITSKY, Senninsk community, Mogilev Province5. 1892 Zalka Yuselev BUDNYATSKIY, Gorodok, Vitebsk6. 1892 Itske Girshov BURDES, Vilenski7& 8 ..read more

OTHER LISTS#1. https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2018/09/1905-ukraine-kiev-other-towns-some.html#2. https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2018/09/1905-ukraine-kiev-other-townssome.html AUGUST 1905 SECRET DOCUMENT # 814: To KIEV GOVERNOR[Alex Krakovsky]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/1905_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4._%D0%A3%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0 ..read more