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On November 19, 2018

1830s copy of the 1713 document in the nobility case, found during the recent visit to the Russian State Historical Archive (St Petersbourg, Russia). It was customary to provide the tree to the noblest available ancestor to get privileges. Need to find something similar? Just ask us!

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On November 1, 2018

We will be performing the on-site research at the International Tracing Service archives in Bad Arolsen, Germany next week. If you have any relatives imprisonned or displaced during or shortly after WW2 — this is the best place to try to trace them. Call us now to get the special price on this very effective […]

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On October 23, 2018

Have you ever seen something like that on photos of your ancestors? This could be important lead in otherwise dead end search. This is medal strips, used instead of large decorations on everyday uniform. As of today, you could theoretically spot approximately 10,000 in todays Russian-speaking land. This could be an important lead in your […]

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On October 9, 2018

This is a plain old 1905 marriage record in the currently Polish city of Bialystok. Although it is now Poland, the records before 1918 were kept in Russian language. We can read records on all European languages. Need help with some strange handwriting? Feel something elusive is in the old unreadable handwriting? Let us […]

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On September 29, 2018

Fall is here, it rains outside, and it is just about right time to start you genealogy quest. Sometimes people ask us what is the best way to start. Here it is — take a cup of your favorite drink, a pen or pencil, print a form or two (this Fan Chart, free and […]

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On September 2, 2018

As many local archives reopen after the vacations and slow summer schedules, we plan to visit Belarus and Uzhgorod (Ukraine) in this coming week. Do you have something to research in those areas? We offer the 20% discount for the future research paid during this Labor Day week. Do not lose the chance to get […]

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On August 26, 2018

I would like to share the researcher’s disappointing moment. You must know that we are not 100% lucky with finding what we are tasked to find… We found six notepads, filled with the careful handwriting, which turned out to be memoirs of the officer about the WW1, ending in 1914… The last notepad had the […]

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On August 10, 2018

While for may persons the month of August means vacations and time away from work, historical detectives keep digging family history information from whatever place they can reach. During the last month we have been in four different regional archives in Ukraine, two in Germany, one in France, one in Poland, and one in […]

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On July 25, 2018

Many archives in Eastern Europe are closing for a few weeks in summer. Why? They don’t have enough staff to keep doors open when they have to give the obligatorily vacations to archivists… How we can help in this situation? Our small team is still around, answering your questions and providing information, day and night. […]

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On May 29, 2018

When you see genealogy sites advertise services related to FIFA World Soccer Cup, we think we should not miss this opportunity to say that many years ago your ancestors probably played football/soccer too. Those picture from the 1930s Shanghai. Russian team “Sokol 1” plays on the Race Course. You can search the “Russians in China” […]

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