Genealogical records at the State Archives of Brest Region

List of administrative units with the time periods for which genealogical records are available

Grodno Province (gubernia)

• Brest Uezd 1918

Minsk Province (gubernia)

• Pinsk Uezd 1862 – 1918

Bialystok Voevodstvo

• Bialystok Voevodstvo (the whole territory) 1927 – 1939

Povets:

• Bialovezha Povet 1920 – 1939
• Bialystok Povet 1919 – 1939
• Belsk Povet 1919 – 1939
• Logizhen Povet 1919 – 1939
• Lomzha Povet 1927 – 1939
• Ostrov Povet 1919 – 1939
• Ostrov-Mazovetsk Povet 1929 – 1931
• Ostrolenka Povet 1919 – 1939
• Sokolka Povet 1919 – 1939
• Shchuchin Povet 1919 – 1939
• Vysoki Mazovetsk Povet 1919 – 1939
  

Lublin Voevodstvo

Povets:

• Biala-Podlaska Povet 1922 – 1939

Novogrudok Voevodstvo

Povets:

• Baranovichi Povet 1920 – 1939
• Nesvizh Povet 1920 – 1939
• Novogrudok Povet 1920 – 1939
• Slonim Povet 1920 – 1939
• Stolbtsy Povet 1922 – 1939

Polesie Voevodstvo

• Polesie Voevodstvo (the whole territory) 1919 – 1939
• the town of Brest 1919 – 1939

Povets:

• Brest Povet:
  part 1 – the whole territory 1918 – 1939
  part 2 – gminas (letters B – K) 1921 – 1939
  part 3 – gminas (letters L – M) 1921 – 1939
  part 4 – gminas (letters O – T) 1921 – 1939
  part 5 – gminas (letters V – Zh) 1921 – 1939
• Drogichin Povet 1920 – 1939
• Kamen-Kashirski Povet 1921 – 1939
• Kobrin Povet 1920 – 1939
• Kossovo Povet 1920 – 1939
• Luninets Povet 1918 – 1939
• Pinsk Povet:
  part 1 – the whole territory 1918 – 1939
  part 2 – the town of Pinsk 1919 – 1940
  part 3 – gminas (letters B – L) 1918 – 1939
  part 4 – gminas (letters М – Zh) 1921 – 1937
• Pruzhany Povet 1920 – 1940
• Sarno Povet 1922 – 1929
• Stolin Povet 1922 – 1939

Volyn Voevodstvo

• Sarno Povet 1930 – 1939

Brest Region (Oblast) 1939 – 1941, see below

Baranovichi Okrug*

• Baranovichi Okrug (the whole territory) 1941 – 1944
• the town of Baranovichi June 1941 – January 1944

Districts (raions):

• Liakhovichi District July – November 1941
• Novaia Mysh District 1941 – 1944

Brest Okrug*

• Brest Okrug (the whole territory) March 1943 – July 1944
• the town of Brest 1941 – 1944

Districts (raions):

• Antopol District 1941 – 1944
• Bereza District 1941 – 1944
• Brest District 1941 – 1944
• Domachevo District 1941 – 1944
• Kamenets District 1941 – 1944
• Kossovo District 1941 – 1944
• Malorita District 1941 – 1944
• Pruzhany District 1941 – 1944
• Ruzhany District 1941 – 1944
• Shereshevo District 1941 – 1944
• Vysokoe District 1944
• Zhabinka District 1941 – 1944

Pinsk Okrug*

• Pinsk Okrug (the whole territory) 1941 – 1944
• the town of Pinsk 1941 – 1944

Districts:

• Drogichin District 1941 – 1943
• Ivanovo District 1941 – 1943
• Luninets District 1941 – 1944
• Pinsk District 1942 – 1943
• Stolin District 1942 – 1943
• Telekhany District 1943
• Zhabchitsy District 1941 – 1943

Brest Region

• Brest Region (the whole territory) 1941 – 1987
• the town of Brest 1939 – 1941, 1944 – 1956

Districts (raions):

• Bereza District 1944 – 1945
• Brest District 1940, 1947 – 1966
• Domachevo District 1944, 1947 – 1950
• Kamenets District 1944 – 1971
• Kobrin District 1939 – 1941
• Malorita District 1944 – 1950, 1975
• Pinsk District (the town of Pinsk) 1940 – 1941
• Zhabinka District 1947 – 1952, 1954, 1965 – 1968

Note: *The administrative division of Belarus during the German Occupation