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This is an umbrella project for all of the projects related to the Jews of Belarus, plus some links to closely related discussions. "Belarus was once a major center of European Jews, with 10% of the population being Jewish. But since the mid-20th century, the number of Jews has been reduced by the Holocaust, deportation, and emigration, so that today it is a very small minority of less than one...
This project brings together all families who have ancestors with the Granadier and variant surnames (Grenadier, Grenader, Granadir, Grand), who lived in what is now Belarus. This work will also tie in any families who are connected to the Granadiers by marriage.There are several large, well documented Granadier families from the region of the Pripyat River (southern Polesia ), particularly in ...