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ARCHIVAL ABBREVIATION CODES


Archival Abbreviation Codes for Data

in the Surname Database



Belarus
National Historical Archives of Belarus, Minsk NHAB
National Historical Archive of Belarus, Grodno NIAB
State Archive of Grodno Oblast (Region) GAGR
ZAGS archives (municipal town archives throughout Belarus) ZAGS

Lithuania
Lithuanian State Historical Archive (in Vilnius) LVIA
Central State Archive of Lithuania (in Vilnius) LCVA
Kaunas Regional State Archive (in Kaunas) KRVA

Moldova
Moldova National Archives (in Kishinev) NARM
ZAGS Archive (town archives) in Soroki (in Soroki) ZAGS

Poland
Polish State Archives / Warsaw AGAD
Various district archives throughout Poland
Jewish Historical Institute (Warsaw) JHI
USC (Urzad Stanu Cywilnego) archives in Warsaw (Galicia docs.) USC/Warsaw

Ukraine
Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine (in Kiev) TsDIAK
Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine (in Lvov) TsDIAL
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine (in Kiev) VNLU
Oblast (district) Archives throughout Ukraine
ZAGS (town hall) archives throughout Ukraine ZAGS
Local museum in town of Ostrog
Private collection of Rabbi Moishe-Leib Kolesnik (in Ivano-Frankivsk)

Israel
Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (Jerusalem) CAHJP

United States
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, D.C.) USHMM



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