Records post 1884 for Lipnishki parish

AlanMoffet

Hello,

Wondering about the availability (or history of microfilming) of metrical and parish revisions post 1884 for the Lipnishki parish. We have these wonderful documents online:

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1107722?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Compared to a few other parishes, it seems that the collection stops rather abruptly. I'm specifically interested in the area around Lipnishki (Stigane, Sontaki, and a few others). Are there other collections that have not made it online yet? (It seems we have made most everything available). I was only able to find one parish list. Or is anyone aware of efforts to continue get more records online? Is Eastern Europe stalled as far as obtaining access? Are the records available at the Archives of Belarus?

Also if there are any pointers to collections or tips that would be useful, I'd love to hear about them.

Thanks,

Alan

Ellie Vance

Hi Alan!

I'm glad you have found the records on FamilySearch useful! FamilySearch microfilmed many records from Belarus in the early 2000s, but did not microfilm all available records. I'm not aware of any concrete future plans for additional image capture in Belarus.

I checked the Belarus Archives Catalog and it looks like there are additional records for the parish of Lipnishki available in the Archives of Belarus, Grodno branch. You can find a link to the catalog here: https://archives.gov.by/en/welcome-to-the-archives-of-belarus-website/genealogy-family-history/parish-registers-metric-books under the Catholic churches section. I've included a screenshot of the entry for Lipnishki below. The last three columns are the dates of birth, marriage, and death records.

If you are interested in these records, I would suggest either visiting the archives, hiring an onsite researcher, or writing to the archive. I have worked with this archive before and found them very easy to work with. It only took a few weeks for them to fulfill my request (for a marriage record) and I received an image of the document via email. I was also able to pay with credit card which was nice as I didn't have to worry about any bank or wire transfers. If you write to the archive, I suggest writing to them in Belarusian, or Russian. If you don't speak either of these languages, no worries - Google Translate works well as long as you use short, simple sentences. I'm also happy to help you write or review a letter.

Hope this helps! Best of luck with your research!

Ellie Vance

Also, it looks like some of the records on FamilySearch also came from the Lithuanian State Historical Archives in Vilnius (the records from about 1798-1818). You could also check their archives to see if they have additional records available for those earlier years.

AlanMoffet

Thank you!