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Records and research collections for Khotyn
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1774	Jewish fiscal/household list for Khotyn Census & Revision Earliest substantial name-level Jewish list presently identified. Identifiers may be patronymics, occupations, origins, relationships, or nicknames rather than hereditary surnames.	Khotyn town; 59 Jewish entries in published transcription	Digitized material Details and source Dmitriev & Sovetov, Moldova în epoca feudalismului , vol. VII; Genealogica. Source reference	View material
Nineteenth century onward	Jewish cemetery burials and gravestones Cemetery Names, dates, inscriptions, and gravestone photographs.	Khotyn cemetery	Name index Details and source BessarabiaSIG reports 2,693 burial records and 2,693 photographs uploaded to JOWBR from the 2010 project. Source reference	Search burials Project details
1808	Residents by occupation and status Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 1,347 entries. FHL microfilm 2,382,974. Inventory category: Merchants, Middle Class, Laborers, Teachers, etc. Its family/class column reads “425”. “Middle Class” refers to a historical legal status. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1808	Residents listed with other inhabitants Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 385 entries. FHL microfilm 2,382,974. Inventory category: mixed with other residents. Its family/class column reads “385”. Count discrepancy: the June 2023 upload report gives 340 entries, while the current inventory gives 385. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1824	Baptized people and foreigners Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 16 entries. FHL microfilm 2,377,248. Inventory category: Baptized, Foreigners. Its family/class column reads “16”. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1824	Khotyn kehila household heads Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn kehila and surrounding villages	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 1,038 entries. FHL microfilm 2,377,247. Inventory category: Only Heads of Households. Its family/class column reads “1,038”. Registered community membership may include residence in surrounding villages. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1825	People outside the recognized estate categories Census & Revision Three Khotyn entries in a regional registration list.	Khotyn entries within a regional list	Name index Details and source June 2026 upload: 3 Khotyn entries within 132 regional entries. FHL microfilm 2378244. Source reference	Search names
1835	Households: townspeople Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 5,057 entries. FHL microfilm 2,360,591. Inventory category: Middle Class. Its family/class column reads “837”. “Middle Class” refers to a historical legal status. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1835	Residents from other towns and foreigners Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 210 entries. FHL microfilm 2,361,072, 2,361,073. Inventory category: Native from other towns, and foreigners. Its family/class column reads “210”. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1835-36	Additional household revisions Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 188 entries. FHL microfilm 2,377,248. Inventory category: Additional Revisions. Its family/class column reads “45”. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1835–1836	Additional revision-list archive reference Census & Revision Researcher-supplied archive reference; confirm the full call number before ordering.	Khotyn city/district	Archive reference to verify Details and source J-Roots researcher inventory, file 781. Ask for the full archive, fond, and inventory reference before ordering. Source reference	Check archive reference
1845–1932 approx.	Jewish birth, marriage, and death registers Vital Archive and FamilySearch catalogue references for surviving registers.	Khotyn town; coverage varies by volume	Catalogue / finding aid Details and source State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast; FamilySearch catalog, including material under fond 1245. Check the catalogue for the dates and archival references of individual volumes. Source reference	View catalogue
1848	Households: townspeople Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 9,368 entries. FHL microfilm 2,361,562. Inventory category: Middle Class. Its family/class column reads “999”. “Middle Class” refers to a historical legal status. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1848	Merchant households Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 581 entries. FHL microfilm 2,361,562. Inventory category: Merchants. Its family/class column reads “52”. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1850-51	Residents returning from abroad Census & Revision Registration of people returning from outside the country.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 150 entries. FHL microfilm 2,361,561. Inventory category: Return from abroad. Its family/class column reads “27”. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1850s–1870s	Archive survey and document examples Archive & Finding Aid Miriam Weiner’s survey identifies archives and illustrates records from Khotyn district and Bessarabia.	Khotyn district and Bessarabia	Catalogue / finding aid Details and source Miriam Weiner Archive Database / Routes to Roots survey material. Source reference	View catalogue
1851-53	Additional household revisions Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 45 entries. FHL microfilm 2,377,248. Inventory category: Additional Revisions. Its family/class column reads “12”. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1854	Households: townspeople Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 8,885 entries. FHL microfilm 2,377,249. Inventory category: Middle Class. Its family/class column reads “867”. “Middle Class” refers to a historical legal status. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1856	Merchants reclassified as townspeople Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 168 entries. FHL microfilm 2,373,293. Inventory category: Merchants relisted to Middle Class. Its family/class column reads “16”. “Middle Class” refers to a historical legal status. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1857	Jewish teachers and pupils School & Community Teachers and pupils in traditional Jewish schools.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source Two half-year lists: 237 entries in 14 classes and 297 in 19 classes; 534 entries overall. FHL microfilm 2382897. A pupil may occur in both lists. Uploaded July 2021. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1859	Households: townspeople Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 8,396 entries. FHL microfilm 2,375,782. Inventory category: Middle Class. Its family/class column reads “868”. “Middle Class” refers to a historical legal status. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1859	Merchant households Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 1,516 entries. FHL microfilm 2,375,782. Inventory category: Merchants. Its family/class column reads “126”. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1859	Revision-list archive reference Census & Revision Researcher-supplied archive reference; confirm the full call number before ordering.	Khotyn city	Archive reference to verify Details and source J-Roots researcher inventory, file 551. Ask for the full archive, fond, and inventory reference before ordering. Source reference	Check archive reference
1860-1869	Additional household revisions Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 74 entries. FHL microfilm 2,373,293. Inventory category: Additional Revisions. Its family/class column reads “23”. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1862–1914	People in public and communal life Directory & Property Named officials, professionals, religious personnel, and institutional members.	Bessarabia, including Khotyn	Name index; digitized editions Details and source A selective index from annual reference calendars. The guide explicitly identifies Khotyn’s crown rabbi on page 51 of the 1887 calendar. Coverage varies by year. Source reference	Search names Collection guide and scans
1865	Merchant households Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 962 entries. FHL microfilm 2,377,544. Inventory category: Merchants. Its family/class column reads “94”. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1865, 1888	Second-guild merchants and petitions Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 230 entries. FHL microfilm 2,377,544. Inventory category: Merchants of 2nd Gild, Petition. Its family/class column reads “218”. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1870-1879	Merchant name list Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 15 entries. FHL microfilm 2,377,532. Inventory category: Merchants, Name List. Its family/class column reads “11”. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1874	Alphabetical list of men: townspeople, merchants, and colonists Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn district: multiple towns	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 10,295 entries. FHL microfilm 2,382,387. Inventory category: Middle Class, Merchants, Colonists. Alpha Men List. Its family/class column reads “3,709”. “Middle Class” refers to a historical legal status. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1874	Households: townspeople Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 2913 entries. FHL microfilm 2,382,387. Inventory category: Middle Class. Its family/class column reads “1000”. “Middle Class” refers to a historical legal status. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1874	Merchant households Census & Revision Household and registration information; fields vary by list.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s current inventory lists 330 entries. FHL microfilm 2,377,544. Inventory category: Merchants. Its family/class column reads “46”. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1874	Revision-list document examples Census & Revision Examples from the Miriam Weiner archival collection, with names available in the SIG index.	Khotyn district	Catalogue / finding aid Details and source Miriam Weiner Archive Database materials. Source reference	View catalogue SIG name index
1897	First General Census of the Russian Empire — Khotyn statistics Census & Revision Published population totals by locality. This entry concerns statistical tables, not an individual-name index.	Khotyn town and district	Published statistics Details and source Russian Imperial census publication. Source reference	Publication details
1906–1907	Duma voter and electoral lists Directory & Property Eligible voters, names, patronymics, residence, and voting qualifications.	Khotyn town; district entries also searchable	Name index Details and source JewishGen’s guide lists 4,529 town entries for 1906 and 3,778 for 1907. The index includes Jewish and non-Jewish voters and may include the same person in both years. Source reference	Search names Collection guide
1909–1914	Bessarabian address calendars Directory & Property Officials, institutions, occupations, and addresses in the published annual volumes.	Khotyn city and uyezd	Digitized editions Details and source Adres-kalendar’ Bessarabskoi gubernii. These complete editions remain separate from the selective JewishGen public-life index, whose years and selection criteria differ. Source reference	Browse editions
1911–1944	Khotyn lycée/school files — Fond 844 School & Community May contain student, staff, administrative, and school records. Consult current archive inventory for item-level descriptions.	Khotyn educational institutions	Archive reference to verify Details and source State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast. Consult the repository guide and confirm the fond number, dates, and relevant files with the archive. Source reference	Repository guide
1918–1944	Khotyn City Hall — Fond 651 Directory & Property Municipal administration may include property, residence, permits, taxation, correspondence, and civil matters; item-level inventory consultation required.	Khotyn municipality	Archive reference to verify Details and source State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast. Consult the repository guide and confirm the fond number, dates, and relevant files with the archive. Source reference	Repository guide
1919–1938	Agrarian reform — Fond 856 Directory & Property May contain land/property and administrative records connected with Romanian agrarian reform.	Khotyn County	Archive reference to verify Details and source State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast. Consult the repository guide and confirm the fond number, dates, and relevant files with the archive. Source reference	Repository guide
1919–1944	Khotyn County Police — Fond 858 Holocaust & Wartime Police, surveillance, public-order, citizenship, organizational, and wartime material may occur; consult inventory.	Khotyn County	Archive reference to verify Details and source State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast. Consult the repository guide and confirm the fond number, dates, and relevant files with the archive. Source reference	Repository guide
1920–1940	Jewish community institutional file School & Community Community administration and institutions.	Jewish Community of Khotyn	Archive reference to verify Details and source Center for the Study of the History of the Jews in Romania (CSIER). “Activitate. Instituții.” [Activities. Institutions.] The holding institution should confirm file details and access. Source reference	Check archive reference
1924–1925	Socec business and professional directory Directory & Property Businesses, professions, and institutions in the published directory.	Khotyn town and wider district	Name index; digitized publication Details and source JewishGen’s guide identifies the source as Anuarul “Socec” al României-Mari, 1924–1925. It lists 827 town entries and 2,497 district entries; the SIG’s downloadable district listing reports 2,498. Index selection was based on apparently Jewish names; the original directory has broader coverage. Source reference	Search names Digitized volume Collection guide
1928	Khotyn notarial records — Fond 878 Directory & Property May contain contracts, property transfers, powers of attorney, inheritance, and other notarial acts.	Khotyn	Archive reference to verify Details and source State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast. Consult the repository guide and confirm the fond number, dates, and relevant files with the archive. Source reference	Repository guide
1930	Births Vital Birth registrations indexed by JewishGen.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source 97 indexed records, marked completed and uploaded in December 2025. Consult individual search results for original-record references. Source reference	Search names Upload report
1930	Deaths Vital Death registrations indexed by JewishGen.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source 93 indexed records, marked completed and uploaded in December 2025. Consult individual search results for original-record references. Source reference	Search names Upload report
29 Dec. 1930	Romanian General Census — Khotyn Census & Revision Published town and county population tables; useful for demographic context.	Khotyn town / Khotyn County	Published statistics Details and source Romanian Central Statistical Institute. Source reference	View tables
1931	Births Vital Birth registrations indexed by JewishGen.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source 40 indexed records, marked completed and uploaded in December 2025. Consult individual search results for original-record references. Source reference	Search names Upload report
1931	Deaths Vital Death registrations indexed by JewishGen.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source 89 indexed records, marked completed and uploaded in December 2025. Consult individual search results for original-record references. Source reference	Search names Upload report
1932	Deaths Vital Death registrations indexed by JewishGen.	Khotyn town	Name index Details and source 81 indexed records, marked completed and uploaded in December 2025. Consult individual search results for original-record references. Source reference	Search names Upload report
1932–1935; 1941–1944	Khotyn prison — Fond 857 Holocaust & Wartime May contain inmate and administrative records; consult inventory for Jewish- or family-specific relevance.	Khotyn	Archive reference to verify Details and source State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast. Consult the repository guide and confirm the fond number, dates, and relevant files with the archive. Source reference	Repository guide
1934–1935; 1946–1947	Chotiner Hospital Moshev Zkenim Relief School & Community A New York society supporting Khotyn’s hospital and care for older people.	New York organization supporting Khotyn institutions	Collection description; names extracted Details and source YIVO, Record Group 1120, Box 3; JewishGen collection description. The SIG description reports approximately 310 extracted names. Follow the collection link for access details. Source reference	View collection description
1939	“Chotin, Bessarabia, 1939” JDC file School & Community Directly named Chotin file within regional relief records; related welfare, medical, and child-aid material may identify people or institutions.	Khotyn	Catalogue / finding aid Details and source American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Archives, New York Office 1933–1944 finding aid. Source reference	View catalogue
1940–1944	Selected Chernivtsi Oblast / Romanian wartime archival records Holocaust & Wartime Police, occupation, persecution, property, deportation, and administrative records; search both locality and administrative unit.	Chernivtsi Oblast, including Khotyn-related administrative material	Catalogue / finding aid Details and source United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) ; originating Ukrainian archives; European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) collection description. Source reference	View catalogue
1941–1944	Shoah victim names, Pages of Testimony, and testimony collections Holocaust & Wartime Search spelling variants and Transnistria destinations. Pages of Testimony are family-submitted evidence and should be compared with other sources.	Khotyn/Khotyn and places of deportation	Name index Details and source Yad Vashem. Source reference	Search index
1941–1948	Relief, remittance, survivor, and postwar aid lists Holocaust & Wartime Names may appear under destination or aid program rather than Khotyn; useful for tracing dispersed survivors and relatives.	Romania/Bessarabia/Transnistria and diaspora	Name index Details and source JDC Archives Names Index. Source reference	Search index
1952–1953	Registered Jewish congregation in Khotyn School & Community Reports documenting a registered Jewish religious community.	Khotyn, Ukrainian SSR	Digitized material Details and source TsDAVO Ukraine, fond 4648; Soviet Council for Religious Cults; J-Doc item 990 and related reports. Source reference	View material
Current	Routes to Roots archive database Archive & Finding Aid Search Khotin/Hotin/Khotyn and neighboring localities to identify record types and repository references.	Former Russian/Romanian territories	Catalogue / finding aid Details and source Routes to Roots Foundation. Source reference	View catalogue
Current	State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast repository guide Archive & Finding Aid Use for modern archive identity, links, and broader fonds navigation.	Chernivtsi Oblast holdings	Repository guide Details and source Harvard HURI Fontes / State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast. Source reference	Read source

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A name index lets you search transcribed entries. A digitized publication or record provides page images or a transcription. A catalogue or finding aid describes holdings. An archive reference to verify requires confirmation from the holding institution. Published statistics describe populations rather than named households.

Counts describe indexed entries, not unique people or every surviving record. The same person can appear in several years or lists. The collection notes distinguish town, community, and district coverage.

Sources for the Khotyn records table

Dmitriev, P. G., and P. V. Sovetov, eds., Moldova în epoca feudalismului [Moldavia in the feudal era], vol. VII, pts. I–II: Recensămintele populației Moldovei din anii 1772–1773 și 1774 [Censuses of the population of Moldavia in 1772–1773 and 1774] (Chișinău: Știința, 1975), Hotin Jewish fiscal/household list; Genealogica digital edition. Read source
JewishGen Bessarabia Research Division. “Revision Lists — Bessarabia.” Database guide. Collection description.
JewishGen. Romania–Moldova Database, including Bessarabia Vital Records, Revision Lists, voter lists, directories, and related datasets. View database
FamilySearch. Catalog entry for Jewish metrical books associated with Khotin/Khotyn and Chernivtsi State Archive holdings, including material cataloged under fond 1245. View archive catalogue
Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation / JewishGen Bessarabia. “Introduction to Miriam Weiner Archive Database,” with Bessarabia archival examples and Khotin-region documents. Read source
J-Roots. Khotin/Hotin archival-research forum thread, including researcher-supplied archival file references for Khotin revision lists and other record groups. The thread includes researcher-supplied archival file references that can be compared with the holding archive’s catalog. Read source
Bessarabian address-calendar editors. Адрес-календарь Бессарабской губернии (Adres-kalendar’ Bessarabskoi gubernii) [Address calendar of Bessarabia Governorate], editions 1909, 1910 (and supplement), 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914; Hotin city and district entries. National Library of Russia catalogue
Socec & Co. Anuarul “Socec” al României-Mari [Socec Yearbook of Greater Romania]. 2 vols. Bucharest: Socec & Co., 1924–1925. Library of Congress digitized publication. Selective name index: JewishGen, “Bessarabia Business Directory of 1924,” project manager Harvey Kabaker. Index guide; SIG district listings.
Romanian Central Statistical Institute. Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930 [General census of the population of Romania of 29 December 1930], Hotin town and county tables. Read source
Center for the Study of the History of the Jews in Romania (CSIER). Hotin Jewish Community file, 1920–1940, “Activitate. Instituții.” Read source
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Archives. New York Office, 1933–1944, Countries and Regions: Latvia–Yugoslavia finding aid; entry “Chotin, Bessarabia, 1939,” with related Romania relief, medical, yeshiva, and welfare files. View archive catalogue
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Selected archival records relating to Chernivtsi Oblast and wartime Jewish persecution; collection search and catalog. View archive catalogue
European Holocaust Research Infrastructure. Description of USHMM-selected Chernivtsi archival records and related collection units. View archive catalogue
Yad Vashem. Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names and document/testimony collections; search Khotin/Hotin/Khotyn and variants. Read source
JDC Archives. Names Index and remittance-list collections, including Romania and Bessarabia-related materials. View archive catalogue
Soviet Council for Religious Cults. Ukrainian SSR reports on registered synagogues and religious communities, 1952–1953. Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine (TsDAVO), fond 4648; digitized by J-Doc, item 990 and related Chernivtsi Oblast reports. Read source
JewishGen Bessarabia Research Division. “Khotin Jewish Cemetery” project. Photographed and indexed July 2010; 2,693 burial records and 2,693 photographs uploaded to JOWBR. Read source
Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Fontes. State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast digital-archive description and link to the archive. Read source
Routes to Roots Foundation. Archive database and inventories for towns in the former Russian Empire, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine; search Hotin/Khotin/Khotyn. Read source
JewishGen Ukraine Research Division. Ukraine archive and holdings guide. Read source
JewishGen Bessarabia Research Division. “Chotiner Hospital Moshev Zkenim Relief.” Records at YIVO, Record Group 1120, Box 3; 1934–1935 and 1946–1947. Collection description.
JewishGen Bessarabia Research Division. “Inventory of Revision Lists.” Current inventory, accessed September 25, 2026. Inventory with record counts and microfilm references. Counts are reproduced by set; the inventory and older upload reports occasionally differ.
Kogan, Yefim, project leader. “Bessarabia Revision Lists.” July 2021 upload report, 1. Khotyn teachers and pupils, 1857; FHL microfilm 2382897. Upload report.
Kogan, Yefim, project leader. “Bessarabia Revision Lists.” June 11, 2026, 1–2. Regional 1825 list, including three Khotyn entries; FHL microfilm 2378244. Upload report.
Alexeeva, Emilia, project leader. “Bessarabia Vital Records.” December 25, 2025, 1. Khotyn births, 1930–1931, and deaths, 1930–1932; completed and uploaded December 2025. Upload report.
JewishGen. “Bessarabia Duma Voters List Database.” Indexed lists for the second and third Dumas, 1906–1907. Project coordinator Terry Lasky. Accessed September 25, 2026. Guide, coverage, and counts.
JewishGen. “Jews in Public Life in Bessarabia.” Compiled by Yuriy Daylis from annual reference calendars, 1862–1914. Database guide and digitized volumes. Khotyn is explicitly identified in the 1887 calendar, p. 51.
Russian Empire. Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской империи 1897 г. (Pervaia vseobshchaia perepis’ naseleniia Rossiiskoi imperii 1897 g.) [First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897]. Bessarabia town and district tables. Bibliography entry.

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