Tubabao Photos part 2/3

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On February 13, 2018
archives, China, Genealogy, Philippines, Russian Empire, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, shanghai, tubabao, work, WWII

While researching in College Park MD archive we found the unopened pack of photos, with the accompanying letter saying Transmitted herewith are sixty-four pictures which are self-explanatory of conditions at the United Nations Evacuation Cemter on Tubabao Island signed by James E Henderson, American Consul General Those documents are of the few describing Russian Reefugee […]

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On January 20, 2018
archives, bureaucracy, pictures, rules, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, WWII

Did you ever found that documents about your family history are “Confidential” or “Classified”? Does it means you have no chances to see it? Definitely NO. During last month we have reviewed documents like the one above in US, UK and Russian archives, were able to remove classification in UK file we needed, filed a […]

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On January 8, 2018
archives, Genealogy, Kiev, Russia, Russian Genealogist, WWII

Last week we continued to work on the complicated case of WW2 displaced persons. We searched in US National Archives, US, in St Petersburg Historical archive, Russia, in Chernigov regional archive, Ukraine. Small pieces of complicated puzzle we have on hand start to group into something meaningful, and we hope we will be able to […]

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On December 25, 2017
China, Genealogy, Merry Christmas, SMS, Text

In this Christmas and New Year week we would like to thank you for reading our humble blog and wish you and all of important yours the very merry and happy coming year. What is on this picture? It is the old SMS, text message. They used to call it “Telegramm” (which should not be confused […]

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On October 28, 2017
archives, census, Jewish, Jewish Genealogy, Odessa, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Ukraine, WWII

100 years ago Odessa was the fourth largest city in Russian Empire (after Moscow, St Petersbourg, and Warsaw). As it was within the Pale of Settlement, it has the large Jewish population. Another strange twist of the history is that a lot of Jewish records there survived the 1917 revolution, civil war, and the WWII. […]

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On October 21, 2017
archives, Genealogy, Heroldy, RGIA, Russia, Russian Empire, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogy, Ukraine

Do you know that the nobility files of the former Russian empire could be found not only in the region where the noble person lived, but also in one centralized place? It was called Heroldy Department of the Governing Senate (Департамент герольдии Правительствующего Сената), it was the highest office to finally approve (or reject) nobility […]

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On September 5, 2017
Belarus, Genealogy, Kiev, Lviv, Minsk, Russia, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogy, Ukraine

We were in National Historical Archive of Belarus and in State Archive of Zhitomir region last week, researching two complicated Jewish genealogy cases. Our other research geography of the last week was as wide, from Baltics to Siberia: Please let us know where we can help you with your historical research.

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On July 23, 2017
archives, bureaucracy, census, Genealogy, global, Gluckstal, Moldova, Odessa, PMR, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogy, Ukraine

We were asked to locate documents related to residents of the former German colony Gluckstal in Bessarabia. It is not an easy task to do, as those are spread across two (or three) different countries with different access rules. Here is the Google Map. The Red Mark is the actual location of Gluckstal , which, […]

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On June 25, 2017
Genealogy, Grave, Nansen, Norway, Oslo, refugees, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy, stateless

In our permanent quest for the new documents helping us locate your lost relatives we have visited the Fridtjof Nansen mansion, institute and the grave in Polhøgda, Lysaker, Norway. You might have heard about Nansen’s passports issued to refugees and stateless persons after the WW1.

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On January 10, 2017
education, Kiev, Radio, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy, Ukraine

While the New Year vacations are close to their end, and we are back answering you question, our man in Kiev was featured at the local radio station talking about archives and genealogy. Good start of the year. https://hromadskeradio.org/programs/rankova-hvylya/polegshit-zhyttya-nashchadkam-vedit-osobysti-zapysy

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Tubabao Photos part 2/3

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Jewish Genealogy Research – Odessa

Russian Nobility and Polish Szlachta

Recent Research – August-September 2017

Current Research Summer 2017

Fridtjof Nansen mansion visited

Radio appearance