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Photo above: Old train station in Zhitomir, long since torn down

Photos at the top of the page: Kiev Street in Zhitomir, then and now



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The basics:

  • History and geography of Volhynia

  • Modern 1:100,000 scale maps

  • Older 1:200,000 scale maps


    For researching Volhynian ancestry:

  • Volhynian genealogy research ideas

  • Residents of some villages in the Zhitomir area

  • German villages in western Volhynia

  • Lutheran records in the Zhitomir archive

  • Zhitomir Lutheran members list

  • Criminal Code sections in the Soviet Union

  • Volhynia's Baptist pastors

  • Sample page from Kartei Quassowski

  • Links to help with further research

  • Conferences dealing with Volhynian roots


    Einwandererzentralstelle (EWZ):

  • How to use the records

  • Selected EWZ-50 file numbers (by name)

  • Sample EWZ-50 file (PDF format)
        For Hulda Bienert, born in Solodyri in 1891

  • E/G Kartei EWZ-57 (alphabetic) film numbers

  • EWZ-58 (numeric) film numbers


    Volhynia today:

  • Latest news from Volhynia

  • Audio and video of Volhynia

  • Photos from modern-day Volhynia

  • A brief account of a visit to Zhitomir, 1995


    Poland, where many Volhynians originated:

  • Photos and research ideas


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  • About this site / Contact information



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