New book coming out soon

Posted by rusgen
On January 21, 2024

Dear Reader,We work hard to make the second edition of the 2014 book “Russians in China: Genealogical Index” into the print book and a database real soon now. Please stay tuned – there will be almost double number of records, and many many names which were “not found” earlier. We are indexing several major sources […]

Posted by rusgen
On December 22, 2022
2023, advances, Merry Christmas, new year, no borders, science

A client came to us here the other day. A few years ago, a good genealogist made a detailed study of him, but it hit a brick wall because the birthplace of the ancestors of the Moscow family from the Baltic could not be established. The client turned to several other genealogists, but did not […]

Posted by rusgen
On September 4, 2021
family history, France, Germany, probate, Russia, Ukraine

We have been working a lot in the last month of 2021 summer.

Posted by rusgen
On December 22, 2020
20th century, Africa, Brazzaville, Colonial, Congo, Genealogy, Historical

Colonial Africa research turned out to be the complicated thing. I really feel myself as an archeologist unearthing the very scarce evidence of the civilization which is lond dead and disappeared. First, I should start with the small historical background. The pre-1880 Africa was really not very well researched. Those “white spots” on maps were […]

Posted by rusgen
On April 30, 2020
1939, anketa, brem, China, harbin, immigrants, Manchu, questionnaire, Russia

To be able to get out of town (Harbin), you need to be registered with the BREM, Bureau on the affairs of Russian Emigrants in Manjuria. And you need to fill in the very detailed questionnaire. Below is the translation of what they asked the resident. 9 pages. Some questions might seem unfamiliar for the […]

Posted by rusgen
On November 24, 2018
1939, books, Gulag, history, prison, Soviet, top secret

Current reading: top-secret 1939 book titled “Тюремное дело”, the manual on all aspects of running a prison, substantial part of the Soviet GULAG system. The book describes just about everything — from the types of locks on doors on solitary confinement, to the toys to be given to children born in prisons… Did your ancestors […]

Posted by rusgen
On June 9, 2018
1933, 1936, China, FIFA, Football, Genealogy, Russian, shanghai, Soccer

Russian Football team “Sokol 1” in 1933 after winning the 2nd league Junior cup of the Shanghai Football Association. You can search the “Russians in China” genealogical index for details on those and other emigrees, both related and not related to football. Need to find who of your relatives played along? Let us know! We can find your […]

Posted by rusgen
On June 1, 2018
1930s, 1936, FIFA, Football, Historical, shanghai, Soccer

We will publish small excerpts from the 1930s historical Shanghai book about the football. The most interesting sport in Shanghai, which always attracts hundreds and thousands of spectators, is certainly football, to which addicted are representatives of all nationalities living in Shanghai. Currently in Shanghai, in the Football League alone, there are over 50 teams […]

Welcome

Posted by rusgen
On February 27, 2018
archives, Belarus, Galicia, Genealogy, Jewish, Kiev, Lviv, Odessa, Russia, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy, Ukraine, WWII

Thank you for coming to our web site. We are the small team of genealogists and archival researchers specializing in Ukrainian, Jewish, Russian, Polish and other Eastern European family history. We are based in Russia, Ukraine and Poland. (read more) We visit different archives every week. Please browse our blog entries below for more details. […]

Polish Research Discount

Posted by rusgen
On February 23, 2018
Archive, Galicia, Genealogy, Poland, Polish Family History, Polska, Research, Ukraine

We can help you with your Polish research. Missing relatives with Polish surnames? Old handwriting only grandma could read? We are a small and determined team which does online and field research in Poland and Ukraine, visiting archives, libraries, offices, talking to old people in villages — all to find your missing ancestral links. We […]

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New book coming out soon

The Christmas Story

August Research Roundup

Searching for a German in Colonial Africa

Imagine yourself living in 1938 North China

Tyuremnoe Delo

Shanghai Football club “Sokol” 1933

Football in Shanghai in 1930s – post 1

Welcome

Polish Research Discount