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The Region for each Cemetery is defined to be the same as the Country — for every country except the following eight countries:

The above countries have/had larger Jewish populations, and are therefore being sub-divided into smaller regions for easier management and searching, and for sharing the overlapping regions in conjunction with the JewishGen "All Country" databases.

United States

The Regions for the United States are the 50 States, plus the District of Columbia (DC), and assorted territories.  The two-letter standard postal abbreviations are used.

Canada

The Regions for Canada are the 13 provinces.  The two-letter standard postal abbreviations are used.

Alberta AB British Columbia BC Manitoba MB New Brunswick NB

Newfoundland & Labrador NL Nova Scotia NS Northwest Territories NT Nunavut NU

Ontario ON Prince Edward Island PE Québec QC Saskatchewan SK Yukon YT

Poland

The Regions for Poland are the same as the are for the JewishGen All Poland Database: the pre-WWI gubernias for the Russian Empire regions, the inter-war Polish wojewodztwo for the former Austrian Empire regions, and "Prussia" for the former pre-WWI German Empire regions.

Thus there are 14 regions for Poland.  They are: The 10 gubernias of Congress Poland: "Suwałki", "Łomża", "Płock", "Warszawa", "Siedlce", "Lublin", "Radom", "Kielce", "Piotrków" and "Kalisz";  part of "Grodno" gubernia (Russian Pale);  "Kraków" province and "Lwów" province (Galicia, former Austrian Empire);  and "Prussia" (former German Empire).

For more details on the regions for Poland see Geographical Regions for the All Poland Database.

[Note that "Grodno" is also used in the JewishGen Belarus Database; "Suwałki" is also used in the JewishGen Lithuania Database; and "Lwów" is also used in the JewishGen Ukraine Database, because these former regions overlap the modern country borders.]

Belarus

The Regions for Belarus are the pre-WWI Russian Empire gubernias, just as they are for the JewishGen Belarus Database.

There are five regions for Belarus: "Grodno", "Vilna", "Minsk", "Mogilev" and "Vitebsk".

For more details on the regions for Belarus see Geographical Regions for the JewishGen Belarus Database.

[Note that "Grodno" is also used in the JewishGen Poland Database, "Vilna" is also used in the JewishGen Lithuania Database, and "Vitebsk" is also used in the JewishGen Latvia Database, because these former regions overlap the modern country borders.]

Lithuania

The Regions for Lithuania are the pre-WWI Russian Empire gubernias, just as they are for the JewishGen Lithuania Database.

There are three regions for Lithuania: "Vilna", "Kovno", and "Suwałki".

For more details on the regions for Lithuania see Geographical Regions for the JewishGen Lithuania Database.

[Note that "Vilna" is also used in the JewishGen Belarus Database, and "Suwałki" is also used in the JewishGen Poland Database, because these former regions overlap the modern country borders.]

Latvia

The Regions for Latvia are the pre-WWI Russian Empire gubernias, just as they are for the JewishGen Latvia Database.

There are three regions for Latvia: "Courland", "Livland", and "Vitebsk".

For more details on the regions for Latvia see Geographical Regions for the JewishGen Latvia Database.

[Note that "Vitebsk" is also used in the JewishGen Belarus Database, because this region overlaps the modern country borders.]

Romania

The Regions for Romania follow those used in the JewishGen Romania Database:

Banat Bucovina Crişana Dobrogea Maramureş

Muntenia Moldavia Oltenia Transylvania

For more details on the regions for Romania see Geographical Regions for the JewishGen Romania Database.

[Note that "Bukovina" is also used in the JewishGen Ukraine Database; and "Banat", "Crişana", "Maramureş" and "Transylvania" are also included in the JewishGen Hungary Database, because these regions overlap the modern country borders.]

Ukraine

The Regions for Ukraine are the same as they are for the JewishGen Ukraine Database: the pre-WWI gubernias for the former Russian Empire regions;  and the former Austrian Empire regions: one of "Lwów", "Tarnopol", "Stanisławów", "Bukovina" or "Transcarpathia".

Thus there are 14 regions for Ukraine.  They are: The 9 former Russian Empire gubernias: "Chernigov", "Ekaterinoslav", "Kiev", "Kharkov", "Kherson", "Podolia", "Poltava", "Taurida" and "Volhynia";  plus the former Austrian Empire regions of "Lwów", "Tarnopol", "Stanisławów", "Bukovina" and "Transcarpathia".

[Note that "Lwów" is also used in the JewishGen Poland Database, "Bukovina" is also used in the JewishGen Romania Database, and "Transcarpathia" is also used in the JewishGen Hungary Database, because these former regions overlap the modern country borders.]

Summary

There are 44 non-country Regions for Eastern Europe:  The 28 Russian Empire gubernias (10 Congress Poland, 15 Pale of Settlement, plus Courland, Livland and Kharkov);  Six regions for the former Austrian Empire (the four inter-war Polish provinces for Galicia; two other regions now in Ukraine);  Nine regions for Romania;  and Prussia.

Last Updated 22 Oct 2006   WSB