BMD Records from Kowel District

[arielitwak]

Hello,

I am looking desperatly for any kind of information about my grandmother Jente Litwak. Thanks to the help of the Rowno Archive I 'v found her mother's and father's first name and it was written that she was born in Kowel.
Can anyone tell me if there are BMD records from the Kowel/Kovel District and how can I get it?

Many thanks in advance.

Arie Litwak

[Victor_Lviv]

Probably - records from Kovel might be found at Lutsk Archive. Last year I was there - they've got impressive amount of metrical books of interwar period - when Volyn area was under Polish control, though - not sure of pre-ww1 period of Russin Empire.

Lutsk Archive
#21 Veteraniv st., Lutsk, 43024, Ukraine
ph +3 03322 57533
info@davo.voladm.gov.ua

[Hannia]

Arie,

I am assuming this surname is Jewish. Unfortunately the information that Viktor provides is completely inaccurate. There are only two archives that currently hold information for Jewish community in Kowel. The Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw holds Immigration and Holocaust Records and there are Census Records in Zhytomir. There is no Jewish metrykal data for Kowel shtetl to be found anywhere. Chances are those records were destroyed during WW2 in 1941.

Jewish Historical Institute
ul. Tlomackie 3/5
Warszawa 00-090, Poland
Tel: 48/22/827-92-21; Fax: 48/22/827-8372
e-mail: secretary@jewishinstitute.org.pl
╞ydowski Instytut Historyczny**Home


Kovel, Poland Yizkor Book

[arielitwak]

Dear Hannia,

Thanks a lot.!

Do you have the email address of the State archive in Zhytomyr?
In Warsaw I intend to be next month and I will try the JIH.

Arie

[Hannia]

Arie,

Державний архів Житомирської області
Адреса: вул. Охрiмова Гора, 2/20 (корп. 1), м. Житомир, 10003;
вул. Замкова, 3 , м. Житомир, 10003 (корп. 2)
E-mail: arhiv_zt@ukrpost.ua
Веб-сайт: archive.zt.ua

Директор: Синицький Станіслав Миколайович
Тел.: (0412) 42-48-00
Тел./Факс: (0412) 42-60-61

Заступник директора: Мироненко Лариса Василівна
Тел.: (0412) 42-47-42

Заступник директора - головний охоронець фондів: Шимченко Наталія Григорівна
Тел.(0412) 42-47-99

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I would e-mail inquiry to Director:
Synytskij, Stanyslav (Mykolayovych)

Two Assistant Directors:
Myronenko, Larysa (Vasylivna)
Shymchenko, Natalia (Hryhorivna)
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Good Luck to you. If per chance you find out anything in addition to what I provided, please update me, so I can continue to help others as well.

[arielitwak]

Thanks a lot Hannia!

Sorry for not replying for so long.

I will try and tell you if I find anything, or get any recommendations.

Best regards
Arie