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The Christmas Story

  • 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 […]
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Gentech 2021 says Thanks

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On April 30, 2021
  • 2021, conference, Genealogy, gentech, Russian
We spoke at GenTech online genealogy forum, we helped a bit with it in other ways. They sent their thank-you note, which I include below.
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Season Greetings

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On December 24, 2020
  • 2020, 2021, Archive, Genealogy, greetings, history, library, Russia, Ukraine
Dear history lovers, both professional and amateurs! The very complicated 2020 year is reaching its end, and we are looking for 2021 to be as complicated as this one. The part of “new normal” is that archives and libraries close, regulations become more restrictive, delays longer, and other small and big things which makes our […]
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Searching for a German in Colonial Africa

  • 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 […]
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Kirill Chashchin’s Genealogy lectures on Youtube

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On August 14, 2020
  • 1974, Birth Certificate, communist party, identity document, passport, Soviet
If you could comprehend oral Russian, you may wish to listen to Kirill Chashchin’s three lectures on the Soviet identification documents and their use in the genealogical research. They are available at: Soviet Passports: https://youtu.be/GKucPZR8TAQ Soviet Birth Certificates: https://youtu.be/Tvz4dDx2hZc Soviet Communist Party identification documents: https://youtu.be/Q6bp1_nW0fU We could consult you on the various aspects of those […]
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Slow recovery started

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On June 27, 2020
  • covid, Kiev, Research, RGADA, Russia
A few archives in our neck of the wood has reopened for business. Some closed back (like Kiev Regional). Many archives (although not all) re-started the process of answering e-mailed and paper queries. Everybody says that due to the high backlog the time to answer “could be extended”… Not surprisingly, considering their 3-months forced vacations. […]
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Tyuremnoe Delo

  • 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 […]
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Transcarpatian research

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On September 25, 2018
  • 1930, Archive, census, Ukraine
This is the Czech census form we found this month. Please note that it is in Czech, Hungarian and Russian(Rusin) languages. It was common in the Transcarpatian region to have documents in all those languages, frequently all at the same time. We found a few gems in those documents for our client, we can do […]
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Small successes

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On June 25, 2018
Client sent us the photo of the gravestone, taken in 1950s in a small Ukrainian village. We found it 60+ years later. Visited the place, spoken to local residents. Do you have similarly challenging tasks? Send them to us, we should be able to help you.
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Harbin Starts Football Season 1935

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On June 11, 2018
  • 1935, championship, China, FIFA, Football, harbin, history, Russia, Russian, socker
Today is the opening of football season – in Harbin, and in 1935. Today, the solemn opening of the football season will take place on the field of the hostel of the Manchurian Polytechnic. The celebration will be opened by the general parade of all teams, after which the greetings will be held, and then […]
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