Chernigov

Town Leader: Tom Erribe

External website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukrchern/

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1900s Name: Chernigov
1900s District: Chernigov
1900s Province: Chernigov
1900s Country: Russian Empire

Modern: Chernihiv, Ukraine
Modern Ukrainian: Чернігів
Modern Russian: Чернигов

1930s: Chernigov, Chernigov, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
1950s: Chernigov, Soviet Union

Other names: Chernihiv [Ukr], Chernigov [Rus], Tshernigov [Yid], Charnihau [Bel], Czernihow [Pol], Tschernigow [Ger], Cernigovas [Lith]

Coordinates: 51°30'N 31°18'E Mapquest Google Maps

Chernigov needs a KehilaLinks Owner: Chernigov does not have a JewishGen KehilaLinks site. Tom Erribe maintains an independent Rootsweb website for Chernigov province.

Projects

Name

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FHL Microfilm Digitizing and translation Jewish VR, Chernigov District and City

To be defined

In progress

Fundraising Project, Chernigov Region Cemeteries

Eric Feinstein

In progress

The JOWBR of JewishGen in coordination with the Ukraine Chernigov Research group of Rootsweb and the Ukraine SIG are working together to photograph and document all the remaining graves and headstones in the Jewish cemeteries found in Chernigov Gubernia or Province in Ukraine. Local photographers will be hired and the photographing will take place according to JOWBR guidelines in order to register all the names and inscription information in the JOWBR database. The towns scheduled to be photographed will be Chernigov, Borzna, Glukhov, Gorodnya, Konotop, Kozelets, Krolevets, Mglin, Nezhin, Novgorod-Seversk, Novozybkov, Oster, Sosnitsa, Starodub, Surazh, and Priluki.

Vital records translations, Chernigov Deaths, 1899, 1906. 1908, 1913-1915, 1917-1918

Pamela Lucas

In progress

Translate and prepare for posting, 1,836 Jewish death records for Chernigov and nearby towns. The records are from FHL microfilm numbers 2101468 (Item 4) and 2101469 (Item 1)
Film 2101468, Item 4 is Volume 679-10/1308

Deaths 1906

Film 2101469, Item 1 is Volume 679-10/1308 (cont.)

Deaths 1899 (p. 190-198)
Deaths 1908 (p. 117-137, 157-159)
Deaths 1913 (p. 240-285)
Deaths 1914 (p. 319-365)
Deaths 1915 (p. 401-458)
Deaths 1917 (p. 566-617)
Deaths 1918 (p. 634-651)

Translation was done by
Pamela Lucas. She is preparing the spreadsheet for posting.

The dataset includes deaths in the following towns:
Bakhmach, Berezna, Chernigov, Dobryanka, Drozdovka , Gorodnya, Grigorovke, Ivashkovka, Khorodichokh?, Kladkovke, Konotop, Korop, Krolevets, Kukshin, Lyubeche/Repki, Makievka, Monastyrishche, Moshchenki, Nevklya, Nezhin, Nosovka, Popovke, Radul, Repki, Sele Buravske, Simkovke, Smolyaz?, Snovsk, Verisotse, Verkievka, Voronezh, Yursoke

The FHL catalog entry for the microfilms is:
"Registers of Jewish births, marriages, deaths for Chernigov district and city, Chernigov, Chernigov, Russia; later Chernihiv district and city, Chernihiv, Chernihiv, Ukraine. Text in Russian and Hebrew."

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Document and Dataset Collections

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Vital Records Translations, Chernigov (Town), Deaths

1899, 1906. 1908, 1913-1915, 1917-1918

Translation of 1,836 death records for the town of Chernigov. The original records are on LDS FHL microfilm numbers 2101468 (Item 4) and 2101469 (Item 1)

The dataset includes deaths in the following towns:
Bakhmach, Berezna, Chernigov, Dobryanka, Drozdovka , Gorodnya, Grigorovke, Ivashkovka, Khorodichokh?, Kladkovke, Konotop, Korop, Krolevets, Kukshin, Lyubeche/Repki, Makievka, Monastyrishche, Moshchenki, Nevklya, Nezhin, Nosovka, Popovke, Radul, Repki, Sele Buravske, Simkovke, Smolyaz?, Snovsk, Verisotse, Verkievka, Voronezh, Yursoke

Translation was done by Pamela Lucas

The catalog entry for the FHL microfilms for Chernigov is:
"Registers of Jewish births, marriages, deaths for Chernigov district and city, Chernigov, Chernigov, Russia; later Chernihiv district and city, Chernihiv, Chernihiv, Ukraine. Text in Russian and Hebrew."
Film 2101468, Item 4 is Volume 679-10/1308

Deaths 1906

Film 2101469, Item 1 is Volume 679-10/1308 (cont.)

Deaths 1908 (p. 117-137, 157-159)
Deaths 1899 (p. 190-198)
Deaths 1913 (p. 240-285)
Deaths 1914 (p. 319-365)
Deaths 1915 (p. 401-458)
Deaths 1917 (p. 566-617)
Deaths 1918 (p. 634-651)

Family Records, FHL Catalog Entry, Chernigov town & district 1823-1886

1823-1886

8 microfilms, FHL Catalog entry for Chernigov.
Family lists (tax poll census) for Chernigov district, Chernigov, Russia; later Chernihiv, Chernihiv, Ukraine. These lists were created to record information on the representatives of the taxable social classes. Includes Jewish records. Text in Russian.
Fond 151, Opis 1, Delo 568
Fond 187, Opis 1, Delo 3
Fond 206, Opis 1, Dela 24, 26, 26а, 27, 27а, 43
Fond 206, Opis 2, Dela 1, 6
Microfilm Nos. 1696862-1696867, 2396476, 2396611,

Family Records, FHL Catalog Entry, Jewish, Chernigov town & district 1807-1911,

1807-1911

5 microfilms, FHL Catalog entry for Chernigov district
Family lists (tax poll census) for the Jewish community in Chernigov district, Chernigov, Russia; later Chernihiv, Chernihiv, Ukraine. These lists were created to record information on the representatives of the taxable social classes. Text in Russian.
Fond 127, Opis 14, Dela 3534, 4254, 4327.
Fond 185, Opis 3, Delo 49.
Fond 467, Opis 1, Dela 86, 115, 121
Fond 467, Opis 2, Delo 25.
Microfilm Nos. 1222347, 1409780, 1409782, 2396532, 2396611

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Master Name Index for Chernigov

, BRIKER, CHOVSKIJ, FRAJBERG, GINDES / HINDIS, KISELEVSKIJ, KISILEVSKIJ, LEVIN, NESIMOVSKIJ ?, PLISETSKIJ, RAJZFELD / RAYZFELD, ROJZFELD / RAYZFELD
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