A few summer archive trips

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On August 8, 2015
Archive, archives, Chernivtsi, Rivne, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy, Ukraine, WWII, Zdolbuniv

We did research with WWII residence lists in Zdolbuniv, Riwne oblast, Ukraine. This is the local archive building: And the nice and very helpful archive personnel with our senior researcher: The arrow on the following photo shows where you should go to find the vital records archive in Chernivtsi. We have been to […]

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On April 6, 2015
1825, archives, books, Russian Empire

Just returned from Crimea archives. Simferopol and Kertch. Catching small pieces of puzzles here and there, with some successes. Archives are not computerized, but the people there is friendly and helpful. They are currently digitizing the Crimea 1921 census sheets, look for them to be digitally available in a few months from now. Seen the […]

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On March 9, 2015
archives, Engels, Germans, Russia, Saratov, Wolga, Wolgadeutgsche

We have recently visited Saratov and Engelsh archives, on two shores of Volga river. State Historical Archive of Wolga Germans in Engels meet us very friendly and helpfully. Will return there shortly.

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On February 27, 2015
2015, archives, China, february, january, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine

We recently worked at: Crimean Respublic State Archive (Simforepol) Russian State Historical Archive (St Petersbourg) State Archive of Russian Federation (Moscow) Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History (Moscow) Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine (Kiev) State Archives of Kyiv Oblast (Kiev) Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv Latvian State Historical Archives (Riga) Lithuanian […]

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On April 14, 2014
1941, archives, Samarkand, travel, Uzbekistan

We went to Tashkent and Samarkand looking for relatives of the WWII Soviet officer Missed in action in October 1941. Yes, sometimes you search for documents in places like that.

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On March 26, 2014
2014, archives, Clergy, Penza, Russia, Russian Empire, travel

We went to Penza, Russia, in the archive, to check the information on ancestors of the US resident in 1910s for the client from Germany. Found four generations of ancestors there. Very friendly archive, and highly recommended.

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On December 25, 2013
1935, China, harbin, new year

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On October 8, 2013
2013, Byelorussia, Jewish, Lviv, Mogilev, Russia, Ryazan, StPetersbourg, Ternopil, Ukraine

This September we were in: Russian State Historical Archive (St Petersbourg); State Archive of Russian Federation (Moscow); Ryazan State Archive (Russia); Kiev Regional and Kiev Historical archives; Chernigov regional archive (Ukraine); Cherkassy regional archive (Ukraine); Ternopil regional archive (Ukraine); Lviv regional archive (Ukraine); Mogilev Historical archive, Mogilev former Party archive (Byelorussia). And a few pictures […]

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On May 15, 2013
2013, Birth Certificate, Cementerio Colon, Cuba, Death Certificate, Family reunion, Genealogy, La Havana, Russian, Soviet

We have just completed the search for the Russian client — found the father’s grave in Havana, Cuba. And the nice cuban half-sister. Here are a few pictures from this research trip. The task was complicated – the client has never seen father, client’s mother was quite reluctant to talk, there was a name and […]

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On December 28, 2012
2012

From the archives of Moscow, Kiev,Ryazan, Chernigov, St Petersbourg, Zhitomir, Vladivostok and Odessa we are wishing you the merry Christmas, Happy New Year, happiness and prosperity to you and all your relatives. We will help you find lost relatives in the 2013 as we did in this year. [singlepic id=281 w=320 h=240 float=]

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A few summer archive trips

March Archive Roundup

Saratov and Engels

Current Archival Roundup

Uzbekistan research

Global reach, local search

Happy New Year 2014

Busy September 2013

Back from Cuba

Happy New Year