As of summer 2025, it appears that no Kremenchuk Jewish metrical books (vital records) have survived for any period during or before World War II. In their absence (to date), here are some tools.
This massive database of scanned, primarily Jewish, records from across Ukraine is regularly updated; check back often for the latest information. Scroll down to "Kremenchuk County." Use Chrome browser to translate from Ukrainian.
Anton Zemanek and others have compiled a huge Wiki database of Kremenchuk (non-Jewish vital records) archival documents (and in a number of cases a document description and a link to the relevant archive). The database is in Ukrainian - access it using Google Chrome to translate to English. The database is not Jewish-specific, although there are some Jewish-only records, but many of the documents could mention people of interest. (Note: a search might be difficult without a knowledge of Russian). Unless you have a specific topic in mind, the best places to start might be:
"Other Sources"
In the left-hand Content menu, scroll down to and click on Other Sources. This section includes, among other records or a description or them plus the relevant archive:
registry book of the city of Novogeorgiyevsk that contains the names of some Jewish residents of Kremenchuk and Kriukiv
Book of Memory with names of Jews exterminated by the Nazis in Kremenchuk (1941-1943)
registration cards of members of the Jewish Communist Party of the Kremenchuk organization (1921)
certificate of membership of the Kremenchuk Jewish Communist Youth Union (1923)
"See also"
In the Content menu, under "See also," you will find, among other information:
a listing of Kremenchuk-related Facebook groups and pages, including "Jewish Kremenchug"
a list of forums and Wikisource projects
There is also a tab for "Reliable sources of genealogical information" that, while not Jewish-specific, might be of interest.
Check the database every so often for updates since many documents are to be added, among them:
Lists of disenfranchised persons
Voter lists
Lists of gymnasium graduates
Documents about conscripts
Documents about members of religious communities from the early 1920s
Trade union documents (which, among other things, contain lists of enterprise employees)
Documents about the damage caused by the German invaders in the Second World War
See listings in the Wiki described above.
An excellent Facebook group is Kremenchuk genealogy / Родоводи Кременчука. It has a great deal of information and members are very helpful. Many of the posts are in Ukrainian, but Facebook usually does one-click translations.
Landsmanshaftn were local mutual aid societies formed by Jewish immigrants, usually from the same town in Eastern Europe. They acted as social and financial support groups and often provided burial plots in a section of land that the group purchased in a cemetery for the benefit of its members and family. There were many such societies in the New York City area.
Landsmanshaftn can sometimes provide important genealogical clues, for example:
If you know or learn where an ancestor is buried, you may be able to determine their ancestral town if the plot is in a society's section of a cemetery.
Graves for others in the same cemetery section may be relatives or provide other clues.
If surviving landsmanshaft records include a list of members, those fellow members might be extended family.
There were many landsmanshaftn in the New York City metropolitan area. The Estelle Guzik Jewish Genealogy Society of New York (JGSNY) Burial Society Database is the best place to start—it is a superb tool for finding information about these New York City area societies and much more. The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York City holds the surviving records for a number of landsmanschaftn societies. The Burial Society Database is the best starting point to navigate the search for these records.
Websites for cemeteries that have landsmanshaftn sections can provide clues. The Burial Society Database is the starting point for identifying societies and cemeteries. Most cemeteries have a search function for interments. Once you know the cemetery of interest, search for family names. For some cemeteries it is possible to lookup names by burial society.
Below is a list of New York City cemeteries with Kremenchuk burial society sections from the Estelle Guzik Jewish Genealogy Society of New York (JGSNY) Burial Society Database For more information, please visit the database and enter Kremenchuk as the town in the search field.
Mt. Carmel (Ridgewood, Queens): First Krementchuger Benevolent Association
Mt. Carmel (Ridgewood, Queens): Krementchuger Ladies' Benevolent Association
Mt. Zion (Maspeth, Queens) First Krementchuger Benevolent Association
Mt. Zion (Maspeth, Queens) Second Krementchuger Ben. Association
Riverside (Saddle Brook, NJ) : Second Krementchuger Sick Benevolent Association
Wellwood (West Babylon, NY): First Krementchuger Benevolent Association
Wellwood (West Babylon, NY): First Ladies Krementchuger Benevolent Society
(База данных «Жители Кременчуга и Кременчугского уезда»)
Database. (Note well: 1) this site is not secure; use at your own risk. 2) Use Google Chrome browser to translate to English).
See content listing below. Note that:
What looks like links (in red) on the site are not - you need to search for a name using the search function at the bottom of the page.
Searches must done in Cyrillic. To determine how a name of interest might have been spelled, you can use this English to Russian transliteration tool on Steve Morse's website.
List of searchable documents as retrieved on July 9, 2025:
Lists of persons eligible to be elected as jurors in 1913 in Kremenchug district. (1395 entries)
List of voters of Christian and other faiths, with the exception of Judaism, who have the right to participate in the FIRST city electoral congress in the city of KREMENCHUG, the settlement of Kryukov and the city of Gradizsk, on the basis of the Regulation on elections to the State Duma HIGHLY approved on June 3, 1907. Compiled by July 16, 1912. (310 entries)
List of voters of the Jewish faith, who have the right to participate in the FIRST city electoral congress in the city of KREMENCHUG, the settlement of Kryukov and the city of Gradizsk, on the basis of the Regulation on elections to the State Duma HIGHLY approved on June 3, 1907. Compiled by July 16, 1912. (476 entries)
List of voters of Christian, Jewish and other faiths, who have the right to participate in the SECOND city electoral congress in the city of KREMENCHUG, the settlement of KRYUKOV and the city of GRADIZHSK, on the basis of the regulations on elections to the State Duma HIGHLY approved on June 3, 1907. Compiled by July 16, 1912. (4275 entries)
List of persons entitled to participate in the congress of district landowners of Kremenchug district, Poltava province, compiled on the basis of the regulations on elections to the State Duma (Holy Laws, Vol. 1, Part 2, 1907 edition and continued in 1910). (44 entries)
List of persons owning real estate in the amount of not less than one-fifth of the full census, who have the right to participate in preliminary congresses for the election of authorized representatives to the congress of district landowners of Kremenchug district, Poltava province, compiled on the basis of the regulations on elections to the State Duma (Holy Laws, Vol. 1, Part 2, 1907 edition and as continued in 1910). (80 entries)
List of persons owning real estate in an amount less than one-fifth of the full census, who have the right to participate in preliminary congresses for the election of authorized representatives to the congress of district landowners of the Kremenchug district, Poltava province, compiled on the basis of the regulations on elections to the State Duma (Holy Laws, Vol. 1, Part 2, 1907 edition and as continued in 1910). (504 entries)
List of rectors of churches who have the right to participate in preliminary congresses for the election of authorized representatives to the congress of district landowners of the Kremenchug district, Poltava province, compiled on the basis of the regulations on elections to the State Duma (Holy Laws, Vol. 1, Part 2, 1907 edition and as continued in 1910). (63 entries)
General list of persons entitled to be elected as jurors in Kremenchug district for 1914. (1507 entries)
General list of persons entitled to be elected as jurors in Kremenchug district for 1915. (1444 entries)
List of persons entitled to be elected as jurors in Kremenchug district in 1916. (1363 entries)
List of persons entitled to be elected as jurors in Kremenchug district for 1917. Compiled on September 26, 1916. (1689 entries)
plus: "Detailed information on the lists of persons eligible to be elected to jury service can be found at the link," and "You can find detailed information about the lists of voters for the IV State Duma of the Russian Empire at the link ."
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