Belarus: Marriage Records from Minsk (1921) and Mogilev (1857-1891)

Source Information

JewishGen Belarus SIG Volunteers, comp. Belarus: Marriage Records from Minsk (1921) and Mogilev (1857-1891) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

Original data: Jewish Congregations. Metrical books, 1837-1917. Minsk, Belarus: Central State Historical Archives. These records are also available on microfilm [rolls 1920795-1920796 and 1920801] through the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Specific microfilm information provided with each record. This data is provided in partnership with JewishGen.org.

This database contains information transcribed from marriages records for a few towns in Belarus, primarily, Minsk (1921) and Mogilev (1857-1891).

These records were originally created by the Jewish Congregations of the various towns where the records were recorded.

Each record contains the following information:

• Name: Names of bride and groom


• Birthplace: Birthplaces of bride and groom


• Father's names: Names of the bride's and groom's fathers (otchestvo)


• Age: Ages of bride and groom at time of marriage


• Marriage place: Place where the registration was signed


• Marriage date: According to Christian and Hebrew calendars


• Rabbi: Who signed the marriage contract


• Witnesses: Names appeared in actual marriage registration


• Record publication


• Film number: LDS Family History Library film number


• Frame number: Frame number from the CD created by the LDS for the Belarus SIG


• Record: M - for marriage, numbers are actual number of registration

Towns and Years Included: