Jewish Records Indexing Poland - Białystok Archives

Białystok

Special Search Results Message for indices to records from Białystok, Choroszcz, Ciechanowiec, Sokoly, Tykocin and Zdzieciol (Dyatlovo), Belarus

You have indicated an interest in vital records located in the Białystok branch of the Polish State Archives. Please note the following announcement and instructions regarding these towns and/or the noted records:

The goal of the Jewish Records Indexing - Poland is to index all Jewish vital records more than 100 years old in the Polish State Archives that are not included in the microfilm collection of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). Copies of these records are available from the Polish State Archives.

For information on the records for your town(s) in the Białystok Archives, please contact Archive Coordinator Mark Halpern.

For the latest information about projects to index the records at other branches of the Polish State Archives, read the JRI-Poland / Polish State Archives project pages and subscribe to the JRI-Poland mailing list.

If the name of the town below is highlighted as a hyperlink, click on it for a listing of the surnames from that town.

Town	Fond Ref#	Type	Years in LDS films (if applicable)	Years indexed in Białystok project
Białystok	264	B	1835, 1839, 1846,1848, 1855-1866, 1869, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1884, 1886	1888-1905
		M	1835, 1854, 1856-1886	1887-1905
		D	1835, 1846, 1852, 1854-1877, 1879-1882, 1884-1886	1888-1890, 1892-1894, 1897-1900, 1902-1905
Choroszcz	935	B		1882-1888, 1890-1892
		M
		D
Ciechanowiec	544	B	1839, 1843-1847, 1849-1851,1853-1854, 1856-1857, 1859, 1865, 1867-1870	1888, 1890, 1893, 1897, 1899
		M	1839, 1843-1847, 1849-1851, 1853-1854, 1856-1857, 1865, 1867-1870	1888, 1890, 1893, 1896, 1897, 1899
		D	1839, 1843-1847, 1849-1851, 1853-1854, 1856-1858, 1867-1870	1888, 1890, 1896, 1897, 1899
Sokoły	265	B	1826-1830, 1832, 1834, 1839-1841, 1846, 1848-1849, 1851, 1853, 1859, 1863, 1865, 1867, 1869-1872, 1875, 1878, 1880-1881	1887, 1890
		M	1826-1830, 1834, 1839-1841, 1846, 1848-1849, 1851, 1853, 1859, 1863, 1865, 1867, 1869-1872, 1875, 1878, 1880-1881	1886-1887, 1890, 1893
		D	1826-1830, 1834, 1839-1841, 1846, 1848-1849, 1851, 1853, 1859, 1863, 1865, 1867, 1869-1872, 1878, 1880-1881	1886-1887, 1890, 1893-1894
Tykocin	266	B	1826-1844, 1846-1847, 1852-1853, 1856-1876, 1880-1885	1890, 1897, 1899-1900
		M	1827-1831, 1833, 1835-1839, 1841-1842, 1844, 1846-1847, 1852-1853, 1856-1862, 1864, 1866, 1868, 1871-1876, 1880-1885	1897, 1899-1900
		D	1826-1844, 1846-1847, 1852-1853, 1856-1876, 1880-1885	1890, 1897, 1899-1900
Zdziecol (Dzyatlava)	546	M		1846

Notes: Fond Ref# = Document/Record group.

Surviving records less than 100 years old are held in the Civil Records Offices (Urzad Stanu Cywilnego) of each town.

For information on the 20th century records available for your town, visit the Routes to Roots Foundation website, CLICK ON THE 'SEARCH DATABASE' button (on the right side) and enter the town name. Look for the town name in the Repository/City column of the search results. There are typically links to lists of available births, marriage and death records for the town.

Note, however, the Routes to Roots Foundation database may indicate turn of the century records that have already been transferred to the appropriate branch of the Polish State Archives where they can be indexed for the JRI-Poland database.

JRI-Poland is an independent non-profit tax-exempt Organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.

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