Zhitomir

Town Leader: Scott Heskes

JewishGen KehilaLinks: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Zhytomyr/

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1900s Name: Zhitomir
1900s District: Zhitomir
1900s Province: Volhynia
1900s Country: Russian Empire

Modern: Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Modern Ukrainian: Житомир
Modern Russian: Житомир

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

Other names: Zhytomyr [Ukr], Zhitomir [Rus, Yid], Zytomierz [Pol], Schytomyr [Ger], Žytomyr, Žitomir, Shitomir, Jitomir

Coordinates: 50°15'N 28°40'E Mapquest Google Maps

Projects

Name

Coordinator

Status

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Birth record translation and indexing Zhitomir, 1896-1907

Janette Silverman

In progress

This project involves acquiring digital copies of the 1896-1907 birth records for Zhitomir from CAHJP, translating the acquired records and preparing them for posting in the JewishGen Ukraine Database, and the Ukraine SIG Master Name Index.
List has been obtained as of August 2016.
1896 births have been transcribed and are awaiting proofreading.
GAZhO, Zhitomir, 67/3/565-575 Inv.9957

Zhitomer 1867 Marriages

Janette Silverman

In progress

Zhitomer 1867 marriages. From CAHJP Inv 9879. GAZhO, Zhitomir, 67/3/42 - 89 images. Proofreading is underway.

Zhitomer 1865 Marriages

Janette Silverman

In progress

Zhitomer 1865 marriages. From CAHJP Inv 9879. GAZhO, Zhitomir, 67/3/41 - 70 images. Proofreading is underway.

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Document and Dataset Collections

Name

Time frame

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Biographical Names Collection, Kharkov Encyclopedia, Zhitomir

1784-1997

This dataset contains 1 entry for the town of Zhitomir.

This dataset is a translation of Jewish biographical entries extracted from the online version of
Encyclopedia of Names, Kharkov Province, Volume 1,
by Andrey Fedorovich Paramonov. Mr. Paramonov is Director of the Private Museum of Kharkov City Mansion. He collected the records at the State Archive of Kharkiv Province beginning in 1999. The original text is in Russian.

Ukraine SIG extracted entries that appear to be for Jews and that have a Ukraine connection. With permission of the author, Ukraine SIG volunteers translated the extracted entries using an online copy of the book, as well as additional data provided by the author. A similar, but more extensive set of the data is on the website of the
Center for Genealogical Research (CGR).
A few entries in the Ukraine SIG dataset were not in the original list published by A.F. Paramonov, but only on the CGR website.

Currently the dataset has 379 entries. Of these, 339 entries mention 70 different towns in Ukraine. The dataset will be expanded as new translations become available from the CGR and other Russian language websites.

The dataset has been submitted to the JewishGen Ukraine Database. When it becomes available there, researchers will be able to search for given names, surnames, and towns in various combinations. Alternatively,
click here
to download the Excel spreadsheet from the Ukraine SIG website.
Click here
to download the Introduction and Guide document. It describes the data columns that are in the spreadsheet.

CAHJP Documents, Zhitomir

Some entries in the
Kremenets Catalog of CAHJP documents
have been acquired. Some translations have been completed. Contact Janet Silverman (ukrainesig.coordinator@janette-silverman.org) or Ron Doctor (rddpdx@gmail.com)

Pinkas HaKehilot, Zhitomir

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Master Name Index for Zhitomir

, GERSHMAN, KIMEL, RUBINSTEIN, SHIKHMAN
See more Zhitomir names on MNI Database

Articles

Title	Type	Author	View
Trip to Volhynia (August 1999)	Travel Reports	Ellen Shindelman Kowitt

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