BIALYGen Towns
BIALYGen has defined its geographic scope as those towns and villages currently in Poland that were part of Grodno Gubernia during the period from 1815 up to World War I. In addition, a few border towns now in Poland with strong connections to Bialystok will be included. A list of towns (not necessarily complete), their geographic coordinates, and summary of available information follows:
| Town |
Pre-War Population |
Coordinates | Town Coordinator | Archival Vital Records | Other Archival Records | Yizkor Book | Cemetery | Shtetl Website |
| See Note Below | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 5 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Białowieża | ? | 52°41' 23°79' | none | none | none | used Narew | ||
| Białystok | 39,602 | 53°08' 23°09' | JRI-Poland USC | see RTRF website | multiple books | readable stones in one cem. had four cems | zchor.org | |
| Bielsk Podlaski | 2,392 | 52°46' 23°12' | Andrew Blumberg | JRI-Poland 1835 only | military census notary | Translation at JG | some readable stones | ShtetLinks |
| Boćki | 725 | 52°39' 23°03' | none | none | none | had 2 cems. one stone | ||
| Bokiny | ? | 53°03' 22°55' | none | none | none | |||
| Brańsk | 2,165 | 52°44' 22°51' | Roy Cobb | none | holocaust tax, notary | one book | restored | |
| Choroszcz | 450 | 53°09' 22°59' | JRI-Poland USC | military | none | readable stones had 2 cems. | ||
| Ciechanowiec | 1,649 | 52°40' 22°31' | Judy Baston | JRI-Poland USC | none | Translations at JG | readable stones | zchor.org |
| Czeremcha | 25 | 52°31' 23°21' | none | none | none | |||
| Czyże | 22 | 52°47' 23°25' | none | none | none | used Bielsk | ||
| Dąbrowa Białostocka | 1,218 | 53°40' 23°21' | none | none | one book | readable stones had 2 cems. | ||
| Drohiczyn | 814 | 52°24' 22°39' | none | none | Translation at JG | readable stones | ||
| Goniądz | 1,135 | 53°29' 22°45' | none | none | Translation at JG | readable stones | ||
| Gródek | 1,508 | 53°06' 23°40' | none | none | one book | no readable stones | ||
| Grodzisk | 16 | 52°35' 22°44' | none | none | none | |||
| Hajnówka | 41 | 52°44' 23°35' | none | none | none | used Bielsk | ||
| Jałówka | 588 | 53°01' 23°54' | David Gordon | none | none | Pinkas Hakehillot | had 2 cems. few stones | Jalowka website |
| Janów Sokolski | 1,027 | 53°28' 23°14' | Allen Saxe | none | none | none | readable stones | zchor.org |
| Jasionowka | 1,306 | 53°23' 23°02' | USC | none | none | readable stones had 2 cems. | ||
| Kleszczele | 621 | 52°35' 23°29' | none | none | none | few stones | ||
| Knyszyn | 1,235 | 53°19' 22°55' | USC | none | none | readable stones many survive | ShtetLinks | |
| Korycin | 350 | 53°27' 23°06' | none | none | none | few stones | ||
| Krynki | 3,495 | 53°16' 23°47' | none | none | Translation at JG | readable stones many survive | ||
| Kuźnica | 450 | 53°31' 23°39' | David Snyder | none | census kahal, tax | none | few readable stones | |
| Łapy | 623 | 52°59' 22°52' | USC | military | none | used Bialystok, Suraz, Sokoly | ||
|
Lupianka Stara |
? | 53°03' 22°52' | none | none | none | |||
| Malesze | 14 | 52°48' 22°58' | none | none | none | |||
| Michałowo | 887 | 53°02' 23°36' | none | none | one book | some readable stones | ||
| Mielnik | 233 | 52°20' 23°03' | none | none | none | readable stones | ||
| Milejczyce | 648 | 52°31' 23°08' | none | none | none | no readable stones | ||
| Narew | 419 | 52°55' 23°31' | none | none | none | readable stones | ||
| Narewka | 758 | 52°50' 23°45' | none | none | none | readable stones | ||
| Niemirów | 149 | 52°18' 23°09' | none | none | none | no stones | ||
| Nowy Dwór | 402 | 53°38' 23°33' | none | none | none | no stones | ||
| Nurzec | 38 | 52°29' 23°10' | none | none | none | |||
| Orla | 1,167 | 52°42' 23°20' | JRI-Poland USC | none | none | readable stones had 2 Cems. | ||
| Sidra | 455 | 53°34' 23°27' | David Snyder | none | none | none | no stones | |
| Siemiatycze | 3,718 | 52°27' 22°53' | none | holocaust kahal | Translation at JG | no readable stones | ||
| Sokółka | 2,821 | 53°25' 23°30' | Vilnius 1835 only | military school, tax notary | Translation at JG | readable stones | ||
| Suchowola | 1,262 | 53°35' 23°06' | none | census | Translation at JG | no stones | zchor.org | |
| Supraśl | 390 | 53°13' 23°21' | USC 1939 only | holocaust | Translation at JG | used Bialystok | zchor.org | |
| Suraz | 120 | 52°57' 22°57' | JRI-Poland USC | none | none | few readable stones | ||
| Trościanka | ? | 53°28' 23°22' | none | none | none | |||
| Trzcianne | 1,401 | 53°20' 22°41' | Kathy Wallach | JRI-Poland USC | holocaust | none | used Knyszyn | |
| Tykocin | 1,461 | 53°12' 22°47' | JRI-Poland USC | voter, kahal property notary | two books | some readable stones | ||
| Wasiłków | 950 | 53°12' 23°13' | JRI-Poland USC | none | one book | few stones had 3 Cems. | ||
| Zabłudów | 1,817 |
53°01' 23°21' |
none |
none |
few stones had 2 cems. |
Notes:
1. From Where Once We Walked, A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust, Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Sack.
2. Use ShtetlSeeker to see Map.
3. Interested in being a town coordinator, contact Mark Halpern
4. JRI-Poland lists records microfilmed by LDS and/or those housed at Bialystok and Lomza Polish State Archive branches.
5. USC (Urzad Stanu Cywilnego) are local Polsih civil rccords offices. For more information on Polish vital records, click here.
6. Use Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation Archive Database to identify records available for these towns.
7. For a list of Yizkor Books available for BIALYGen region towns, click here. The table will identify libraries that have these books.
8. From IAJGS International Cemetery Project and Jewish Bialystok and Surroundings in Eastern Poland by Tomasz Wisniewski
9. Links are shown to websites on JewishGen ShtetLinks, Zchor.org, and other sites linked to JewishGen.
Much of the content of the BIALYGen website will be organized by Town/Shtetl. We are looking for interested researchers to volunteer to be Town Coordinators. Town Coordinators are responsible for coordinating activities in developing content for their town webpages. If you are interested, please contact Mark Halpern.
If a Town Coordinator exists and you want to help or you have content for the Town website, please contact the Town Coordinator.
The information in this table is developed from known sources. If you would like to add a town; if you have new or updated information on a town; or if you have any corrections to this list; please contact Mark Halpern.
Links to other nearby towns not covered by BIALYGen
Lomza Gubernia
Jablonka -- a Zchor memorial from Ada Holtzman
Jedwabne -- a Zchor memorial from Ada Holtzman
Kolno -- a ShtetLinks site from Nathan Apkon
Lomza -- a ShtetLinks site from Ted Hochstadt
Nur -- from Gabi Guri
Radzilow -- Memorial by Jose Gutstein
Szczuczyn -- Memorial by Jose Gutstein
Wizna -- Memorial by Jose Gutstein
Wysokie Mazowiecki -- a Zchor memorial from Ada Holtzman
Zambrow -- site for Jewish Cemetery
Suwalki Gubernia
Sejny -- a ShtetLinks site from Benjamin Eisenstein
Suwalki -- a ShtetLink site from Lillian Faffer
Wolkowysk/Volkovysk District, Belarus
Porozow, Belarus -- a tribute from Scott Seligman
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Last Updated on 18 September 2008.