Elisavetpol' Gubernia, Russian Empire Genealogy

Guide to Elisavetpol' Gubernia, Russian Empire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, both church and civil registration, compiled family history, and finding aids.

Historical Background
Elisavetpol' Gubernia [province] was one of the gubernias in the Caucasus Viceroyalty. It was created in 1868 from parts of Baku and Tiflis gubernias. In 1918 at the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Elisavetpol' gubernia was renamed to Ganja gubernia. Modern territory of Elisavetpol' guvernia is western Azerbaijan and adjacent parts of Armenia.