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The Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP/Kremenets District Research Group makes all proofed materials for Kremenets-district towns available publicly on this KehilaLinks site or at JRI-Poland.

Unproofed records are posted on a Contributors Site, available to members who have contributed cash, services, or materials.

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Indexed Concordance of Personal Names & Town Names


Master index of personal names & associated town names found in all the documents & datasets translated to date, with source information
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Concordance, Personal Name-Town Name (Excel)
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Concordance, Frequency of Town Names (PDF)

X X Towns in the Concordance, with number of entries
Concordance, Introduction & Guides

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X Guide to the Concordance; explanation of the "Source" & "Location in Source" columns

Translations and Compilations

Kremenets Census (Excel)
CA-182
1563
X Translation of Kremenets Census, originally in Russian; unproofed
Translations of Gravestones from the Kremenets, Vishnevets, and Yampol Cemeteries 1730-1966

Kremenets: 3,153 gravestones, 152?-1966
Vishnevets: 648 gravestones, 1730-1941
Yampol: 77 gravestones, 1779-1944. Also available through the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry
Kremenets Blood Libel Trial (Word)
KDRG 193
1747 X

AGAD Black Book; translation of a record of a trial of Kremenets-area Jews accused of ritual murder, originally in Polish
Vishnevets Residents (Excel)
KDRG 265
1748
X Translation of Vishnevets residents list, originally in Polish; unproofed
Revision List (Census) Translations
FHL (various)
1811-1874 * X (All; Excel) Translations of revision lists (censuses) for Kremenets-district towns from the Family History Library, originally in Russian. About half have been proofread.

*Proofed records searchable at JRI-Poland
Kremenets Fire Losses (PDF)
CA-152
1835 X
Translation of list of residents who suffered losses from fire, originally in Russian
Illegal Fundraising Trial (Word)
CA-031
1837-1841 X
Translation of records on illegal fundraising in Kremenets & Vishnevets, originally in Russian & Yiddish
Conscripted Jews (PDF)
CA-146
1840-1841 X
Translation of names of Jews conscripted in Oleksinets & Vishnevets, originally in Russian
Wrongful Registration of Vishnevets Jews (PDF)
CA-181
1842 X
Translation of description of Vishnevets Jews sworn to testify about the proper town registration of Leyb son of Moshe Alshtet, originally in Russian
Jewish Building Owners, Kremenets and Oleksinets (Excel)
CA-281, 282
1846 X
Translation of list of building owners and their properties in the two towns, originally in Russian
Jewish Building Owners, Radzivilov (Excel)
CA-283
1846 X
Translation of list of building owners and renters in Radzivilov, originally in Russian
Kremenets Births 1870-1938 *

X (All; Excel)

Translations of birth, death, divorce, & marriage records for Kremenets-district towns from the Family History Library & the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, originally in Hebrew, Polish, & Russian. Many have not been proofread.

*Proofed records searchable at JRI-Poland
Kremenets Deaths 1870-1929
Kremenets Divorces 1887-1917
Kremenets Marriages 1870-1925
Kremenets Family Lists (Posemeynyy Spisoki) and Family Lists of Those Liable for Military Service (Excel)
CA-269, -270, -275, -276, -284
1874-1936
X Translation of Family Lists for Kremenets, originally in Russian; unproofed
Shumsk Religious School Feepayers (Excel)
CA-251
1877 X
Translated list of individuals paying religious school fees
Slownik Geograficzny: Entries for Vishnevets, Shumsk, Oleksinets, & Kremenets 1880-1904 X
Translations of articles from Geographic Dictionary of the Former Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Lands, originally in Polish
Kremenets Shapoval School Donors (Excel)
CA-252
1882
X Translation of names of donors to the Shapoval school in Kremenets, originally in Russian; unproofed
Immigration-Emigration Master (Excel) 1892-1947 X
Extractions from manifests showing passengers from Kremenets-district towns, including the ports of Baltimore, Boston, Ellis Island, Galveston, New Orleans, New York post-Ellis Island, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, as well as Canada-U.S. border crossings and Brazil and Canada immigration cards
Kremenets Tax Lists (Excel)
CA-266, -267, -268
1894, 1906, 1911
X Translations of lists of payers of the state housing tax in the city of Kremenets, originally in Russian; unproofed
Belozirka Prayer Society Members (Excel)
CA-253
1895
X Translation of names of synagogue members in Belozirka, originally in Russian; unproofed
Kremenets Voter Lists (Excel)
KDRG 262, 263, 264
1906, 1907, 1912
X Translation of lists of Kremenets-district residents voting in Russian Duma elections, originally in Russian; unproofed
Yad Vashem Photos, Photos Associated with Kremenets-District Towns (Excel) 1907-1994 X
Compilation of photos in the Yad Vashem Photo Collections associated with Kremenets-district towns (This is a large file.)
Kremenetser Society Incorporation Papers, New York (Word) 1909-1914 X
Descriptions of & excerpts from incorporation papers for New-York-based Kremenets organizations
Kremenets Business Directory (Excel)
KDRG 271
1913
X Translation of entries for Kremenets-district towns in Entire Southwest Territory: Reference and Address Book for the Kiev, Podolsk, and Volyn Provinces, originally in Russian; unproofed
Excerpts, History of the Jews in Russia and Poland 1916 X
Excerpts on Kremenets from this book by Simon Dubnow
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Archives (Excel) 1917-1990 X
Documents, names, lists, photos, and artifacts from the JDC Archives that are associated with Kremenets-district and nearby towns
Joint Distribution Committee Visit to Kremenets (PDF)
NY_AR1921_03260, ID 224216
1919 X
Description of the situation in Kremenets in 1919, with names of 15 Kremenetsers & population of 12 major towns
Joint Distribution Committee Activities, Volhynia-Podolia (PDF)
NY_AR1921_00843, ID 226232
1919-1921 X
Description of the situation in various towns during World War I & the interwar years
Vishnevets Landsmen (Excel) 1920s X
List of people from Vishnevets in Chicago
Pochayever Burial Register, Philadelphia (PDF) 1923-2008 X
Information for 83 burials in the Pochayev Voliner Aid Society section, Har Jehuda Cemetery
Kremenets Jewish Orphans (PDF)
CA-096
1925-1937 X
Translation of records of the Association Care for the Religious Education of Orphans & Poor Children "Chinuch Yeladim" in Kremenets, originally in Polish
Kremenets Residents List (Excel)
CA-254
1926
X Translation of registry of Kremenets residents, 1926, originally in Polish; unproofed
Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship for the United States (Excel) 1926 X Compilation of 726 Jewish names from a collection of Polish elementary and secondary student signatures sent to President Calvin Coolidge, originally in Polish
Shumsk Residents List (Excel)
CA-255
1927
X Translation of registry of Shumsk residents, originally in Polish; unproofed
Kremenets Inductees (Excel)
CA-256
1927
X Translation of 1927 registry of Kremenets inductees born in 1906, conscripted in 1927, originally in Polish; unproofed
Kremenets Jewish Women's Association (PDF)
CA-082
1927-1934 X
Translation of materials related to the Kremenets branch of the Jewish Women's Association, originally in Polish
Orphans & Abandoned Children (PDF)
CA-124
1928 X
Translation of records of Society for the Care of the Jewish Orphans & the Abandoned Children in Vishnevets, Pochayev, Belozirka, Vyshgorodok, & Kremenets, originally in Polish
United Jewish Schools--Lanovtsy (PDF)
CA-143
1928 X
Translation of authorization for the opening of a school branch, originally in Polish
Polish Business Directory (Excel)
KDRG 278
1929 X
Translation of entries for Kremenets-district towns in Ksiega Adresowa Polski (Wraz z w.m. Gdanskiem dla Handlu, Przemyslu Rzemiosl I Rolnictwa) [Directory of Poland (including Gdansk) for Trade, Industry, Handicraft and Agriculture], originally in Polish and French
Kremenets Merchant Guild Members (Excel)
CA-257
1933
X Translation of list of guild members, originally in Polish; unproofed
League to Assist Palestine Workers (PDF)
CA-131
1933-1935 X
Translation of names of management committee & members, Belozirka, originally in Polish
Polish Aliyah Passports (Excel) 1933-1948 X
Translations of Polish passports issued for immigration to British Mandate Palestine
Kremenets Crafts Guild Voters (Excel)
CA-258
1934
X Translation of list of guild voters, originally in Polish; unproofed
Kremenets Tarbut School (Excel)
CA-091
1934 X
Translation of student list with parents' names, originally in Polish
Kremenets Private Business Owners (Excel)
CA-260
1934-1935
X Translation of list of business owners, originally in Polish; unproofed
Kremenets Tarbut School (PDF)
CA-099
1934-1936 X
Translation of activity report, & lists of students, teachers, & parent contributors, originally in Polish
Zionist Revisionists, Kremenets & Lanovtsy (Word)
CA-094
1934-1936 X
Translation of material on Organization of the Zionists-Revisionists "Beit haZohar," Kremenets & Lanovtsy, originally in Polish
Kremenets Feepayers (Excel)
CA-095
1935 X
Translated list of Jewish community dues payers, originally in Polish
Kremenets Feepayers (Excel)
CA-102
1936 X
Translation of list of Jewish community dues payers, originally in Polish
Kremenets Illegal Artisans (Excel)
CA-259
1936
X Translation of list of Illegal craft workshop operators, originally in Polish; unproofed
Kremenets Private Business Owners (Excel)
CA-261
1936
X Translation of list of business owners, originally in Polish; unproofed
Shumsk Feepayers (Excel)
CA-141
1936 X
Translation of list of Jewish community dues payers, originally in Polish
Vishnevets Feepayers (Excel)
CA-174
1936 X
Translation of list of Jewish community dues payers, originally in Polish
Kremenets Tarbut School (PDF)
CA-100
1936-1937 X
Translation of materials on the school, originally in Polish
Montefiore Jewish Cemetery Plot Map (PDF) & Burials List (PDF)
1936-1986 X
List of burials in Kremenetzer Wolyner Benevolent Society cemetery, Queens, New York
Kremenets Committee to Assist German Jewish Refugees (PDF)
CA-110
1938 X
Translation of materials on this committee, originally in Polish
Shumsk-Pochayev Jewish Community Elections (PDF)
CA-142
1938-1939 X
Translation of election documents and 1938 Shumsk Jewish Community budget, originally in Polish
Jewish Population of Kremenets-District Towns (Excel) 1939 X
Extract from Pinkas haKehilot, with population of Volhynia towns
Fleeing Warsaw for Krzemieniec (PDF) 1939 X
Account by U.S. ambassador to Poland of fleeing Warsaw to relocate in Kremenets
In the Clutches of the NKVD in Krzemieniec (PDF) 1939-1941 X
Account of imprisonment in Kremenets, by Edmund Bosakowski
USHMM Lists, Individuals Associated with Kremenets-District Towns (Excel) 1939-1945 X
Compilation of records of people from Kremenets-district towns in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Survivors & Victims Database
Yad Vashem Documents, Names Associated with Kremenets-District Towns (Excel) 1939-1945 X
Translations of documents from Yad Vashem containing names associated with Kremenets-district towns
Child Survivors of the Shoah, JHI (PDF) 1939-1945 X
Translation of list of 6 Kremenets survivors, from the Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, originally in Polish
Murdered Jews from Kremenets (PDF)
KDRG YVA-015
1941 X
Translation of Soviet Extraordinary Commission document from Yad Vashem, originally in Russian
Refugees from Kremenets-District Towns to Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Excel)
USHMM RG-75.002
1941-1942 X
Translations of registration cards of Jewish refugees to Tashkent, Uzbekistan from Kremenets-district towns, originally in Russian
List of Persecuted Jews from Krzemieniec, 1941-1943 (PDF)
KDRG YVA-017
1941-1943 X
Translation of testimony by an unknown person who shared a prison cell with 24 other Kremenetsers, originally in Russian
Jews who perished in Lanovtsy, Vishnevets, Vyshgorodok (Excel)
KDRG YVA-054, KDRG YVA-118, KDRG YVA-119
1941-1944
X Translation of records of the Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate German-Fascist Crimes, originally in Russian; unproofed
Murdered Jews from Kremenets (PDF)
KDRG YVA-016
August 1942 X
Translation of Soviet Extraordinary Commission document from Yad Vashem, originally in Russian
Lufshis Family of Kozin (PDF)
KDRG YVA-180
1942 X
Yad Vashem, confirmation of the family's death in the Kozin ghetto, originally in Hebrew and Russian
Holocaust of the Jews from Krzemieniec (Word) 1942 X
Translation of article by Jerzy Struminski, originally in Polish
Kremenets Uprising (Word) 1942 X
Extract from The Holocaust of Volhynian Jews, by Shmuel Spector
Official Documentation Attesting to the Murder of Yoel Shoimer and the Members of His Family in Kremenets; Notice of the Death of Red Army Soldier Mikhail Shoimer (PDF)
KDRG YVA-149
1942, 1945 X
Translation of official correspondence confirming these two events, originally in Russian
Perished Family Members of Fayvil Raysman (PDF)
KDRG YVA-028
1943 X
Translation of list from the Yad Vashem Holocaust Victims Register, originally in Hebrew
Rudman Ramily of Radzivilov (PDF)
KDRG YVA-181
1943 X
Yad Vashem, testimony about the survival of the child Bronya Rudman, originally in Polish
1944 Witnesses from Shumsk (Word)
KDRG YVA-113
1944 X
Translation of records of the Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate German-Fascist Crimes, originally in Russian
Kremenitzer Yoyvl 35, 1915-1950 1950 * X (Word) Translation of the 35th Anniversary Book of the Kremenitzer Wolyner Benevolent Association, New York, originally in Yiddish
*Via link to the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
Pinkas Kremenits: Sefer zikaron 1954 * X (Word) Translation of yizkor (memorial) book, Tel Aviv, originally in Hebrew & Yiddish

*Via link to the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
Testimonies about the Jews' Struggle before the Liquidation of the Krzemieniec Ghetto, Poland, up to the Execution of the Local Jews in the Firing Pits (PDF)
KDRG YVA-182
1956-1958 X
Translation of testimonies given by Jewish survivors and Ukrainian inhabitants as part of a study by Henoch Gelernt of New York, originally in Ukrainian and Yiddish
Testimony of Pesia (Zlotnik) Bernstein, born in Kozin, Poland, 1913 (PDF)
KDRG YVA-132
1959 X
Translation of Yad Vashem testimony on her experiences during World War II in the Kozin Ghetto, in the Rudniki Forest, and with the partisans, originally in Polish and Hebrew
Pitshayever yizker-bukh 1960 *
Translation of yizkor (memorial) book, Philadelphia, originally in Yiddish

*Via link to the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
Testimony of Bronia (Walberg) Spielvogel, Born in Krzemieniec, Poland, 1917 (PDF)
KDRG YVA-002
1961 X
Translation of Yad Vashem testimony on her experiences in the Krzemieniec Ghetto and in hiding, originally in Hebrew and Polish
Ayara be-lehavot; Pinkas Yampola 1963 *
Translation of yizkor (memorial) book, Jerusalem, originally in Hebrew & Yiddish

*Via link to the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
Mount Hebron Cemetery (Yampol Volyn Benevolent Society, Flushing, NY) 1964-2017 *
ist of 81 burials in the Yampol Volyner Benevolent Society section. See the cemetery website.
Kremenits, Vyshgorodek, un Potshayuv yizkor bukh 1965 *
Translation of yizkor (memorial) book, Buenos Aires, originally in Yiddish

*Via link to the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
Radzivilov: Sefer Zikaron 1966 * X (Word) Translation of yizkor (memorial) book, Tel Aviv, originally in Hebrew & Yiddish

*Via link to the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
Sefer zikaron 1966 *
Translation of the Kremenets Memorial Album at the Seminar haKibbutzim, Tel Aviv

*Via link to the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
Kol Yotzei Kremenits (veShumsk) beYisrael ve'batfutsot, Booklets 1-19 1967-1995 * X (Word) Translations of 19 newsletters by Organization of Kremenets (& Shumsk) Emigrants, Tel Aviv, originally in Hebrew & Yiddish

*Via link to the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
Sefer zikaron Le-Kedoshei Szumsk 1968 *
Translation of yizkor (memorial) book, Tel Aviv, originally in Hebrew & Yiddish

*Via link to the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
Lanovits: sefer zikaron le-kedoshei lanovits she-nispu be-shoat ha-natsim 1970 *
Translation of yizkor (memorial) book, Tel Aviv, originally in Hebrew & Yiddish

*Via link to the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
Sefer Vishnivits 1970 * X (Word) Translation of yizkor (memorial) book, Tel Aviv, originally in Hebrew & Yiddish

*Via link to the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
New York City Kremenitzer Volyner Society (PDF) 1973 X
Description of New York City Kremenets organization
Pinkas HaKehilot 1976 * X (Word) Translated encyclopedia entries for towns in & near the Kremenets district, originally in Hebrew

*Via link to the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
Kremenets Towns in Cohen's Shtetl Finder 1980 X
Entries from from Shtetl Finder Gazetteer
Testimony of Shela Kremenchugskaya, born Krzemieniec, Poland, 1912 (PDF)
KDRG YVA-142
1985 X
Translation of Yad Vashem testimony on her experiences during World War II in Krzemieniec and as a Red Army nurse, originally in Russian and Hebrew
Testimony of Fania Marbak, born Wisniowiec, Poland, 1922 (PDF)
KDRG YVA-038
1988 X
Translation of Yad Vashem testimony on her experiences during World War II, originally in Hebrew
Documentation by the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission (ChGK) Regarding the Murder of Jews in the Kremenets Ghetto (PDF)
KDRG YVA-029
1999 X
Translation of a brief description of the destruction of the ghetto from the Ukraine archives, originally in Russian
Jewish Population of Selected Towns in the Kremenets Area (PDF) 2001 X
From a now-defunct website, Besht.org
Kremenets Business Attitude Survey (PDF) 2007 X
USAID survey to assess business structure & environment
Kremenets Community Profile (PDF) 2007 X
USAID profile: historical overview, economy, population, infrastructure, environment, tourism, & goals
Maps Various X
Maps of Kremenets-district towns, Volhynia, the Russian empire, & others from various eras
Memoirs Various X
Memoirs by or about people from Kremenets-district towns
People Various X
Biographies of people & families from Kremenets
Photos Various X
Photos of Kremenets-district towns, people, & families
Travel Reports Various X
Reports from modern-day visits to the Kremenets district

Project Descriptions & Data Analyses

Cemeteries Project Description of Kremenets Jewish cemeteries & efforts to restore, maintain, & memorialize them
DNA Project (PDF) Description of a DNA project to explore connections among Kremenets descendant
Guide to Ellis Island Records from the Kremenets District (PDF) Explanation of extractions of Kremenets-district records from the Ellis Island Database
Ellis Island Database, Shumsk Immigration (PowerPoint) 2010 presentation at the Kremenets-Shumsk memorial observance in Israel
Ellis Island Database, Shumsk Immigration (Word) Text of 2010 presentation at the Kremenets-Shumsk memorial observance in Israel
Ellis Island Database, Vishnevets Immigration (PowerPoint) 2010 presentation at the Kremenets-Shumsk memorial observance in Israel
Russian Revision Lists for the Kremenets District (PDF) Description of Russian Revizskie Skazki (censuses) & the translation project
Vital Records of Kremenets Description & analysis of Kremenets vital records

Inventories & Source Lists

KDRG Document Acquisitions and Status (Excel) Catalog of all records & documents KDRG has identified; includes source & current status
Archival Research Locations and Documents in Poland and Ukraine (Word) Inventory & description of documents relating to Kremenets-district towns
Kremenets Area Index to Polish and Russian Documents (Excel) Index to Kremenets-district documents at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
Kremenets, Oleksinets, Shumsk, & Vishnevets Resources (Word) List of Kremenets-district documents in Polish Sources at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
Inventory of Jewish Records on Microfilms Held by FHL Family History Library's Jewish records

Translation & Transliteration Guides

Given Names, Male, Hebrew & Russian Graphics (PDF) Images of Hebrew/Yiddish & Russian names & terms extracted from vital records & revision lists for Kremenets-district towns, with English transliteration for each
Given Names, Female, Hebrew & Russian Graphics (PDF)
Surnames, Hebrew & Russian Graphics (PDF)
Keywords & Phrases from Revision Lists (PDF) Images from the Revision Lists, with transliterations & translations from Russian
Professions from 1935-1936 Feepayer Lists (PDF) Translations from Polish
Records, Causes of Death, Hebrew & Russian Graphics (PDF) Images of Hebrew/Yiddish & Russian terms from vital records for Kremenets-district towns, with English translations
Vital Records, Keywords, Hebrew & Russian Graphics (PDF)
Vital Records, Column Headings (PDF) Headings found in birth, death, divorce, & marriage records
Vital Records, Sample Page (JPG) Image of a typical vital records page
Hebrew & Yiddish Transliteration Guidelines (PDF) Guide for transliterating Hebrew & Yiddish
Russian Transliteration Guide Guide for transliterating the Cyrillic alphabet
Yiddish Ligatura (PDF) Guide to letter combinations in cursive Yiddish




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