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Map of Russian Empire's Bessarabia (1910 Marx's Large world table Atlas)
Akkerman Balti Bendery Cahul Hotin Ismail Lapushna Orhei Soroca Transnistria (Tiraspol, Olgopol, Balta) zOutside Region


Welcome to Bessarabia Special Interest Group Research Division!

We share histories, resources, data, and research tips to help each other research Jewish Genealogy in the region of the Bessarabia gubernia of the former Russian Empire (including parts of today's Moldova and Ukraine) as well as today's Transnistria region with sections of Kherson and Podolia gubernias.

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What's New

 09/02/2024  August 2024
Bessarabian Databases. Updates: Revision Lists records, plan to upload to JewishGen in December of 2024. 3,380 records are completed. [More...]
 07/01/2024  June 2024
Bessarabian Databases. Updates ready for everybody at JewishGen. Records are available already. Below is a list of updates sent to Jew [More...]
 05/31/2024  May 2024
Bessarabian Databases. Updates: Revision Lists records, plan to upload to JewishGen in June of 2024. 11,182 records are completed. W [More...]


Researching Jewish Roots in Bessarabia
History, Genealogy, Culture


See the recordings and slides for the sessions of the Bessarabia Winter Symposium.


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