Belarus is formed from former Russian Empire guberniyas of Minsk, Mogilev, southern Vitebsk, South-East Vilna, and East Grodno. Western portions of Belarus (Grodno, Vilna, western Minsk) were in Poland 1919-39.

Please refer to the Russian Empire gallery for record-keeping details.

Central State Historical Archive of Belarus
u. Kozlova 26
220038 Minsk
Belarus

National Historical Archives of Belarus
55, Kropotkina str.
Minsk 220002
Belarus

'Byelorussian Archival Holdings', by Harry Boonin, Avotaynu VI:3 (Fall 1990), pp. 10-15

'What We Know about Genealogical Records in Belarus', by Harry Boonin, Avotaynu IX:4 (Winter 1993), pp. 6-8.

'Belorussian Archives Revisited', by Vladislav E. Soshnikov, Avotaynu X:3 (Fall 1994), pp. 12-14

'Sources for Jewish Genealogy in Belarussian Archives', by Vladislav Soshnikov, Avotaynu XI:3 (Fall 1995), pp. 31-32

'Jewish Genealogical Research in Belarus', by Vlad Soshnikov, Avotaynu , XVI:3 (Fall 2000), pp. 19-21

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