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Gomel

Gomel Region

Names

Belarusian
Гомель; Гомель
Belarusian (Taraškievica)
Гомель; Homiel; Homieĺ
Russian
Гомель
Polish
Homel; Gomel
Lithuanian
Gomelis
Ukrainian
Гомель
Yiddish
האָמל; Homl
English
Gomel; Gomel'; Gomelis; Gomij; Homel; Homel'; Homiel; Homieĺ; Homl; Homlye; Homyel; Homyel'
German
Homel; Gomel; Homieĺ
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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: Gomel 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
1777–1926Gomelsky Uyezd, Mogilyov GovernorateWikidata
1926–1930Gomel OkrugWikidata
1930–1938Byelorussian Soviet Socialist RepublicWikidata

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.

Estates

Estates whose files name this place:

Extraordinary State Commission files, 1944–1945

Files of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission on the occupiers' crimes: witness interviews, lists of the killed and of those deported to Germany (NARB fond 1569, digital copies from GARF, scans online). The 1944 district is the one with the nearest district seat, so near a district border look at the neighbouring one too.

Гомельский район (1944)

Files on the whole region — Гомельская область (2)

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: 3189in 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.