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Kobryn

Kobryn district, Brest Region

Names

Belarusian
Кобрын; Кобрын; Кобрынь
Belarusian (Taraškievica)
Кобрынь
Russian
Кобрин
Polish
Kobryń
Lithuanian
Kobrynas; Kobrin; Kobrinas; Kobryn
Ukrainian
Кобринь; Кобрин
Yiddish
קאברין; Kobrin; קאָברין
English
Kobryn; Kobrin; Kobryń
German
Kobryn; Kobryn (Belarus)
Other spellings (GeoNames):
Горад Кобрын
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Old maps of this place — Russian 3-verst map, WIG 1:100,000 (1924–1939), German maps of 1914–1918 (Mapster)

Now: Kobryn district, Brest Region

Affiliation by years

Parish, volost, district and estate as different sources give them, one source a row. Each source speaks of its own year and they may disagree.

YearsParishVolost; districtEstateSource
…–1565BerestiaWikidata
1565–1795Brest-Litovsky povet, Brest Litovsk VoivodeshipWikidata
1795–1921Kobrynskij County, Grodno Governorate, Vilna Governorate-GeneralWikidata
1921–1940Кобрынскі павет, Polesie VoivodeshipWikidata

Indexes of metric books

Baptisms, marriages and deaths transcribed by volunteers (Geneteka of the Polish Genealogical Society), with the years transcribed. Search by surname on their site.

Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego

Polish geographical dictionary of 1880–1902: gmina, parish, number of households, owners. The link opens the page scan.

Where it is mentioned

Fonds, inventories and files whose titles contain the place name. Several places may share a name — check the uezd and volost.

All records mentioning it: 450in the search, with filters by archive, kind of document and years

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Links

Place data from Wikidata (CC0 licence), where it can also be corrected.