Kolonia Yakovlevo
Yakovleva, Belarus
Bibliography

Pinkas haKehillot Polin [Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities, Poland], Vol. V; Spector, Shmuel, ed., Yad Vashem, Jerusalem (1990) p.260.

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust;  Spector, Shmuel and Geoffrey Wigoder, eds., NYU Press (2001) pp. 557-558.  Note: this book is both a translation and an abridgement the Pinkas haKehillot Polin.

Extract from tax records (1850-1858) of the Jewish Communities of Grodno Province; RAGAS Newsletter Vol. II, No. 3 (1996)

Relevant section: Archival source: Record Group "The Grodno Treasury", #79 "Nominal rolls of Jews-farmers settled on state lands near rural village communities and received tax discounts as registered in the revision lists of the 10th census, 1858":

"GRODNO"; Wiernik, Peter et. al
Yakovleva
The site includes images of the article as originally published in The Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906). 

Sbornik Materialov ob Ekonomicheskom Polozhenii Evreev v Rossii; Jewish Colonization Association, St. Petersburg, (1904), Table 34, Grodno Gubernia.

Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich. T. 15, cz. 1,: nakł. Filipa Sulimierskiego i Władysława Walewskiego, Warszawa (1880-1914) p. 627. [Geographical Dictionary of Polish Kingdom and other Slavic Countries. Vol. 1 Part 1, Sulimierskiego, Filipa and Władysława Walewskiego, Warsaw (1880-1914) p. 627.] Slownik geograficzny, Tom XV, cz.1, p. 627

 

MAPS

Pinkas haKehillot Polin [Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities, Poland], Vol. V; Spector, Shmuel, ed., Yad Vashem, Jerusalem (1990) between pp.214 & 215.

Polish Military Tactical Map:

Click on the square for Drohiczyn (P40 S40 in the matrix), keep clicking on the links (600 dpi) and you will get a detailed area map.  Click again to zoom in further. "Kol. Jakowlewo" is on the right edge, about 1/4 of the way down from the top. The detail is so exquisite that you can actually count the houses.

The 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary:

This mapping survey started in the years 1869 to 1887 and continued during the first years of World War I. The scale of basic sheets are 1:25.000 or 1:12.500. Other ["special"] parts are 1:75.000.  Click on the square for "Drahiesin" or go directly to digkonyv. This map was amended, or polished, in 1917.