Jewish Agricultural Colonies in Russia

• 2 Apr 2008. Mezherich revision list, 1858. Donated by Michoel Ronn, New York
• 28 Aug 2006. An article about cantonists on http://www.jewish-history.com web site.
  This article gives background for one of the reasons our ancestors fled
  Lithuania/Latvia to settle on the Ukrainian colonies and also later fled
  Europe for the USA/Canada/Australia/S.Africa
  /England etc.
• 28 Aug 2006. Yakov Pasik's created english pages on his excellent website:
• The Jewish national administrative units of South Ukraine (1931)
• Maps of Jewish Agricultural Colonies in Kherson and Ekaterinoslav Guberniyas
• 25 Apr 2006. Yakov Pasik's site was updated with 2 new pages:
• The Jewish settlements in Crimea (1922-1926)
• The Jewish settlements in Crimea up to 1941
  
• History of Lvovo by Albert Kaganovitch was added to the Lvovo page.
• Jewish agricultural colonies site in russian, created by Yakov Pasik.
• 25 Oct 2005. Duma voters list from Melitopol uyezd contributed by Victor Kumok. See
  Documents online page.
• 30 Aug 2005. People who moved from Kovno Gubernia to Grafskoy (1850-1852). All pages scanned.
• 28 Aug 2005. Ukrainian pogroms page completely rewritten.
• 28 Aug 2005. Colonists who moved from Vitebsk Gubernia to Novozlatopol (1850-1852). All pages scanned.
• 26 July 2005. Family Histories and Memoirs: "The Progress Of My Migration". Jacob Leib Mendelson (formerly Komesarook), Melbourne, Australia, 1919
• 1 June 2005. Holocaust page completely updated.
• 24 May 2005. Colonists lists:
• People who moved from Kovno Gubernia to Grafskoy (1850-1852)
• People who moved from Vitebsk Gubernia to Novozlatopol (1850-1852).
• List 1 (selected families)
• List 2 (surnames list)
• 24 May 2005. On the Photography/Places page - 2 pictures from Yad VaShem valley of communities.
• 24 May 2005. The Interlocking Melbourne Russians. Published in Roots-Key, Newsletter of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los
  Angeles, with the permission of the editor Nancy Holden.
• 10 May 2005. A bread dish presented to Nicholas II by jewish farmers. A story from http://www.romanovrussia.com website.
• 9 May 2005. Mass grave in Trudolyubovka. 1919.
• 5 May 2005. Report about trip to city of Ekaterinoslav and colonies of Guliaipole district in the period November 24 – December 3 1924. Obtained by Mel Comisarow, translated by Joseph Komissarouk.
• 5 May 2005. Holocaust victims, killed in Novozlatopol and region.
• 5 May 2005. Archival records page was updated.
• 5 May 2005. A link to Efingar colony page in russian was added to the shtetllinks Efingar page.
• Voters lists: Shultz and Beizitzer election for Ekaterinoslav Gub. colonies (1861-1869), including partially translation.
• Grafskoy colony census (1858) - original document and translated surnames list.
• Colonists letters to the governor
• Letters concerning the Romanovka Colony in 1843 
• Letter concerning the Nowo Berislav Colony in 1843
• Letter concerning the Nowo Poltavka Colony in 1843
  
• Please send signature corrections for the 1843 lists to Pavel Bernshtam 
• Remember to check the Yad Vashem database. The Central database of the Shoah victims' names. There are many people who came from our colonies and towns. Search by surname and by town name.
• Odessa Archive Holdings about Jews
• Trip to Zaporozhye

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