This
information may be a real find for some of you who thought you would never find
a trace of your Bialystok area ancestors. Please read on.
The Belarus SIG announced the
extraction and transliteration of the existing returns of the 1897 All Russian
Census for Grodno Gubernia. These existing returns are only fragments of the
entire Grodno Gubernia census.
The web page explaining this acquisition can be found by clicking here.
It is suggested that you read this information that explains the contents of
this database. On this web page, there are links to a list of 1,800 unique
surnames included in this database and over 700 unique shtetls/towns found in
this database.
The number one objective of BIALYGen is to gain access to Jewish records
in the National Historical Archives of Belarus in Grodno. As a result of the
gracious cooperation of the Belarus SIG, we have our first bit of data from the
Grodno Archives. Thank you, Belarus
SIG!!
The
full extracts are available through searches of the All
Belarus and All Poland
databases.
Of the total available data, about 10% is for towns in the BIALYGen area
of Bialystok, Bielsk, and Sokolka Uyezds (districts). The BIALYGen towns
included in this collection are:
Belany (in Belarus today, but in Sokolka Uyezd in 1897)
Bielastok (Bialystok)
Bielsk (Bielsk Podlaski)
Botski (Bocki)
Goniodze (Goniadz)
Kaleichytsy(country)
Knarozy
Koily (Kojly)
Lubin-Kastselny (Lubin Koscielny)
Melnik (Mielnik)
Novakorni (Nowy Kornin)
Orlya (Orla)
Siemyatsichy (Siemiatycze)
Tsekhanavets (Ciechanowiec)
There are 776 unique surname spellings for people enumerated in the census for
towns in the  BIALYGen area. These surnames are listed below. Use
the ALPHABET bar to navigate to the desired surname.
Although you can search the Belarus
SIG 1897 names list that list contains 1800 names for all of Grodno
Gubernia, only these 776 surnames are for people living in the BIALYGen
area in 1897.
Please search this names list for spelling variations. The original data was written in Russian Cyrillic script and were transliterated by a Byelorussian not familiar with Jewish surnames.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
AIN
AINSHFEIN
AIVEROVSKA
AIZENSHTEIN
AKHERYTSKI
ALKEP
ALPERN 
ANTSEVICH
ANUTS
APERBYA
AREST
ARKAV
ARLINSKA
ARLINSKI
ATLAS 
AUGMAN
AVNET
BABICH
BAKUN
BANKHEL
BARAIUKOVA
BARAN
BARANOVITSKI
BARANOVSKI 
BARATSKA
BARATSKI
BARENSHTEIN
BAS
BAYARSKI
BEDER
BEGELFER 
BEGUS
BEILASTOTSKI
BEKER
BEKERMAN
BELASTOTSKI
BENDER
BENIAMIN 
BERLIN
BERLINSKA
BERSHTEIN
BEZDENSKA
BEZDENSKI
BIELASTOTSKA 
BIELASTOTSKI
BLAIMAN
BLANDFARD
BLANKSHTEIN
BLIUMENSHFELD 
BLIUMENTAL
BLIUMSHTEIN
BLONSKA
BLONSKI
BLUMSHTEIN
BLYZNYAK 
BOBES
BOBROVITSKA
BOCHKOVSKA
BOCHKOVSKI
BOGUSLAVYAK
BOIDAN 
BOLSHON
BORD
BORENFEIN
BORENSHTEIN
BORSHCH
BORSHCHEVSKA
BORSHCHEVSKI 
BORTNOVSKI
BOTSKOVSKA
BOTSKOVSKI
BRANSKA
BRAUDO
BREGER 
BREZINSKA
BREZINSKI
BRISKER
BROIDE
BROZOVSKA
BRUDNY
BRYKER
BRYN 
BRYSKER
BUBLYATSKI
BUNYSH
BURAK
BURSHTEIN
BURSTEIN
CHACHKI
CHAPNIK
CHEHOVSKA
CHEHOVSKI
CHEKHOTSKA
CHEKHOTSKI
CHERNIK 
CHERTSIK
CHESLAR
DAMBRONEVSKA
DAMBRONEVSKI
DAVIDSON
DEGATS
DEIN
DEMBNIK
DESYANGSHYK 
DOMB
DONSKA
DONSKI
DRACHYNSKA
DRACHYNSKI
DRAZNIN
DRAZNINA 
DRENTSYOL
DRYD
DUBIER
DVORKOVICH
DVORZHETS
EDENSHTEIN
EFRON
EIBAR
EIDELMAN
EIN
EKSHTEIN
ELEN
ELIEN 
ELIN
ELSHTEIN
ENER
EPSHTEIN
ERNIEVSKA
FAINBIR
FARBER
FEIDMAN
FILIBEIN
FINKELSHTEIN
FISHER
FLEISHER 
FRADLES
FRANK
FRUSLOVSKI
FRYDLYANSKA
FRYDMAN
FUKIVSKA
FUKS 
GALINSKI
GALOVSKI
GALPERN
GALYNSKI
GANSYOROV
GARBAR
GARBER 
GEER
GENDEL
GERB
GERMAN
GERSHBERG
GERSHKOVICH
GERTS
GEVERTS 
GILIOT
GILIST
GITEL
GITLER
GLAGOVSKA
GLAGOVSKI
GLEZER
GOL 
GOLBERT
GOLDA
GOLDBERG
GOLDEN
GOLDFARB
GOLDFRAD
GOLDSHAN
GOLDSHTEIN 
GOLFRED
GOLPERN
GOLPERT
GOLSHTEIN
GOLUBCHYK
GOLUBKIN
GOLUBKINA 
GONSYAK
GORBATA
GORBATY
GORD
GORFEIN
GOROPSHTEIN
GOSHANDERSKA 
GOSHANDERSKI
GRABOVSKI
GRACHUK
GRAKHOVSKA
GRAKHOVSKI
GRAVITSKA 
GRAVITSKI
GROBLINKOVSKI
GROBMAN
GRUN-EL
GRUSKIN
GRYN
GRYNBERG 
GRYSHPAN
GUBBER
GURVICH
GURVITS
GUSYATSKA
GUSYATSKI
GUTERMAN 
INTSOVICH
IOSEL
ISAK
ISERUK
IUDENSKI
IUDKIES
IUDKIS
IURYSKLER 
IZBUTSKI
KAKTUS
KAM
KAMENSKI
KANTOR
KAP
KAPENOVICH
KAPLAN
KAPLANSKA
KAPLANSKI 
KAPLITSA
KAPUSTA
KARCHYNSKA
KARCHYNSKI
KARELISHKO
KARYTSYNSKA 
KASHENAR
KASTAN
KATS
KATSIN
KATSYN
KATTS
KAVALERYISKA
KAVALERYISKI 
KESTSIN
KESTSYN
KHAIMOVICH
KHALETSKA
KHALETSKI
KHANEK 
KHATKINA
KHATSKEL
KHATSKELEVICH
KHAZAN
KHAZANOVA
KHILKA
KHILKO 
KHINSKI
KHOZATSKAYA
KHVEDIUK
KHYTLENITSKA
KIRSHYNBAUM
KIVENSKA 
KLEIN
KLIUK
KNEPEL
KNIZHNIK
KOLODNER
KONTSEPOLSKI
KORCHAK 
KORUT
KOSARGSKA
KOSARGSKI
KOSARSKA
KOSARSKI
KOSHCHELSKA
KOSHCHELSKI 
KOSOI
KOSOMSKA
KOSOMSKI
KOSOVITSKA
KOSOVITSKI
KOSOVSKA 
KOT
KOTLAR
KOTLER
KOTSELNIK
KOVADLO
KOVAL
KRAKOVETS
KRASNOGOLOVA 
KRATS
KRAVCHYK
KRAVETS
KREINGEN
KRUPOVSKA
KRUPOVSKI
KRUSHAK 
KRYNSKA
KRYNSKI
KUDES
KUKELKA
KULESH
KUPRYTS
KURAPATVA
KURASHEVSKA 
KURASHEVSKI
KURGARTS
KURLAND
KURLANDCHYK
KURLYAND
KURLYANDSKI 
KURPAK
KURTSBART
KUSEL
KUSHNER
KUTKOVSKA
KUZNETSKA
KUZNETSKI 
KVIGEL
LAKS
LANDE
LAPTSINA
LASTOVSKA
LASTOVSKI
LAZAR
LEBEK
LEBIED 
LEGACH
LEIBENBERG
LEKAKHMAKHER
LEKAR
LEMES
LESHCHYNSKA
LETKIND 
LETOS
LEV
LEVIN
LEVINA
LEVINSKI
LEVITAN
LEVSKA
LICER
LIN
LIP 
LIPKOVICH
LIS
LISH
LITVAK
LITVIN
LIUBEL
LIUBOVSKI
LIYAKONSKA
LIYAKONSKI 
LONDAN
LOSHAVICH
LUBINSKI
LUGANSKI
LUNANSKA
LUNANSKI
LUNSKA 
MAGAZYNER
MAKAL
MAKHAN
MALAKH
MALIN
MALTSBERG
MANEVICH
MANKER 
MANKOVSKA
MANKOVSKI
MARANTS
MARCHYHANSKA
MARKUS
MARSHUR
MAZAVETSK 
MAZEP
MAZUR
MAZY
MEDAVIK
MEDVIED
MELEHOVSKA
MELEHOVSKI
MELENKOVSKA 
MELENKOVSKI
MELER
MENOKER
MESHKOVSKA
MESHKOVSKI
MIDNER 
MIKHELIOVICH
MIKHTYN
MILENDER
MILEVSKI
MILLER
MILNER
MOKH
MONTSIK 
MOSTOVSKA
MOSTOVSKI
MOVSHOVICH
MUKHANIK
MULLER
NALOTSKI
NAMIETOVICH
NAREVSKA
NAREVSKI
NASOVICH
NEBOSHCHYK 
NEIMAN
NENENDYK
NEPLOTNIK
NETAN
NETUNSKA
NETUNSKI
NEVESKI 
NEVYADOMSKA
NOSOVSKA
NOSOVSKI
OINSHNEIER
OKO
OKRONSKA
OKRONSKI
OLAND
OPART
ORLINSKA
ORLINSKI 
ORLYANSKI
ORMAN
OSTREBLANSKI
OVECHNIK
PALYAK
PANTSER
PASHER
PASHKOVSKA
PASHKOVSKI
PASTERNAK
PEISAKHOVICH 
PEKAR
PENIONTEK
PENKHUL
PENTSHAL
PERELMUTER
PERLES
PERLMAN 
PERTS
PILATOVSKA
PILATOVSKI
PINES
PINSKI
PISKOR
PITEL
PIVEN 
PIYANIK
PLOTNIK
PLUTASHEVICH
PODALINSKI
PODOMSKI
PODOROVSKI
POKOCKA 
POLAKEVICH
POLAKIEVICH
POLONETSKA
POLONETSKI
POMERANETS
PORTNOI 
PRENSKA
PRENSKI
PRIMESKA
PRISHINSKA
PRISHINSKI
PRUSHAK
PRYSTOVSKI 
PUKHALA
PUKHALSKI
PURKA
PYTEL
RABINOVICH
RABOTNIK
RADOTNIK
RAFALOVSKA
RAFALOVSKI
RAHES 
RAINES
RAK
RAKAVIM
RAKHTVAIN
RALMAN
RAP
RAPAPORT
RAPPOPORT
RAT 
RATASHKIN
RATASHKINA
RATOVITSKA
RATOVITSKI
RATSKA
RAZHENSKA
RAZHENSKI 
REIBORT
REIZLYA
RESHELEVSKI
ROKHMAN
ROTNYSHTEIN
ROZEBERG 
ROZENBAUM
ROZENBERG
ROZENBLAT
ROZENFELD
ROZENGEIN
RUBINSHTEIN 
RUDBERT
RUDENSKI
RUDNIK
RUDY
RUSANOV
RUSHCHUK
RUYANOVSKI 
RUZEL
RYBAK
RYKOTSKA
RYKOTSKI
RYNSKA
RYNSKI
SAGOLOVICH
SAMUL
SANDER
SANDLER
SAPAZHKOVSKA
SAPAZHKOVSKI
SAPERSHTEIN 
SARANIN
SARVER
SEGAL
SEGAN
SEMYATSITSKA
SEMYATSITSKI
SENA 
SERACHEK
SERSKA
SHABAT
SHAFIR
SHAKHMES
SHAPIRO
SHASTER
SHATSIRA 
SHATSIRO
SHATSKI
SHCHERBIN
SHEPS
SHEPSHELEVICH
SHEVAKH
SHEVET 
SHFERENSHTEIN
SHINKAR
SHKLYARSKA
SHKLYARSKI
SHKOLNIK
SHKOP
SHKURNIK
SHKYAR
SHLAIN
SHLIUZBERG
SHMIGELSKI
SHMUL
SHNEIBERG
SHNEIDER 
SHNULEVICH
SHTABINSKI
SHTAINBERG
SHTEINBERG
SHTERN
SHULAK 
SHULMAN
SHUS
SHUSH
SHUSTER
SHVABSKA
SHVABSKI
SHVAIK
SHVARN
SHVARTS 
SHYNDERN
SIBIRSKA
SIBIRSKI
SIDLETSKA
SIEMYATNITSKA
SIROTA
SITBIRSKA 
SKLAR
SKURNIK
SKURNIN
SLADKA
SLEPAK
SMAL
SMOLENSKA
SOBAL 
SOKOL
SOKOLNIK
SOKOLOVER
SOLOMON
STATSKOVICH
STAVER
STEKLAR
SUD 
SUHCINSKA
SUKENIK
SULKES
SUSEL
SUSHELSKA
SUSHELSKI
SYG
SYLYAK
SYMYATSINSKA 
TARGONSKI
TEITELBOMZEM
TERELSHTEIN
TKHORTSYTSKI
TOKAR
TOKARSKI 
TOPOROVICH
TROP
TROTSKA
TROTSKI
TRYL
TSEKHANAVETSKI
TSUKERMAN 
TSUKHTER
TSVEIBAK
TSYBANSKA
TSYBANSKI
TSYBULSKA
TSYBULSKI 
TSYGELMAN
TSYKOLOVSKI
TSYMERMAN
TUKTSIN
TYKOTSKA
TYKOTSKI 
TYKTSIN
TYLES
VAINSHEL
VAINSHTEIN
VAINSKOPF
VAITENBERG
VAITRAUB
VALYANSKI 
VANDANOVICH
VANPERT
VARAK
VARCHYN
VASIPKOVSKI
VASOKEVICH 
VASYLKOVSKA
VASYLKOVSKI
VATNIK
VEINRAKH
VEINREH
VEINSHREKH 
VELADOVSKI
VENGROVSKI
VERPUKHOVSKA
VERPUKHOVSKI
VILK
VILKANSKA 
VILKANSKI
VINAGRAD
VINENBERG
VISHNEVSKA
VISHNEVSKI
VISOK 
VIZ
VODKLI
VODYLOVSKI
VOENGER
VOLAKH
VOLANSKI
VOLCHYK
VOLE
VOLKOVYSKA 
VOLKOVYSKI
YAFFE
YAGODA
YAKHATS
YANGLIB
YANOVSKI
YARTOSHBEK
YASENOVSKA 
YASENOVSKI
YASHCHELTER
YASINOVSKI
YAVARCH
YAVAROVSKA
YAVAROVSKI 
ZABLUDOVSKI
ZAIVEL
ZAKREVSKA
ZAKREVSKI
ZARANSKAYA
ZASKIN 
ZAVADSKI
ZAVOLEVSKA
ZAVOLEVSKI
ZAYATS
ZDANOVSKA
ZDANOVSKI
ZEGARMAISTER 
ZEIGER
ZEIMITSKA
ZEIMITSKI
ZELDOVICH
ZHABINSKA
ZHABINSKI 
ZHAGER
ZHEBEL
ZHELYAZO
ZHOLTAK
ZILBERSHTRAM
ZLOTNIK
ZUBACH 
ZUBOVSKA
ZUBOVSKI
ZUMEN
ZUNENSHTEIN
ZYGMAN
ZYLBERDYK
ZYLBERFORB 
ZYLBERSHTEIN
ZYLBERT
ZYLDERFENICH
ZYNGER
ZYNGERKHAN
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