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World is getting crazy about football!

  • Posted by rusgen
  • 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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Moscow – Where to find Draft Documents

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On April 16, 2018
  • archives, Army, Moscow, Russia, Военкомат, Москва, РВК
Moscow is a difficult city to search — many administrative changes means you never know where the documents are. We have today found the table describing where the records of военкоматы are located and are re-posting it for the convenience of other researchers. Таблица о том, в каком военкомате Москвы находятся на хранении старые документы […]
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Secret Archive

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On April 13, 2018
  • archives, FSB, global, Gulag, Omsk, Poland, Russia, Stalin, travel, USSR
Two buildings at the background on this photo show you one of the most secretive archives in Russia — Omsk archive of Federal Security Service. We spent two weeks working here, analyzing and annotating materials they have of 1937-1938 Stalin Purges. Was you ancestors “repressed” or “illegally killed”or  “sent to 10 years camps” in 1930s […]
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Unusual WW2 monument

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On April 7, 2018
While travelling around the old trading town of Kainsk, established 1722, we found the unusual monument. It is located near the “Old” local cemetery on the outskirts of the town. This is the monument to Kainsk residents who died in WW2. What is unusual is that it was built by the local resident, private person, not […]
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Siberian Prisonners of 1800s

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On March 24, 2018
  • 1854, archives, Criminals, GARF, RSL, Russia, Russian Empire, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy, Siberia, Ukraine
Nerchinsk Mining District (Нерченский Горный Округ) was from the 1747 the private property of Russian Royal family, located in Eastern Siberia, current part of Chita region It was the silver and gold mines for the Royal family.  92000 square miles of harsh Siberian taiga. Why we are interested in this place? Because it was where […]
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Short current work roundup

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On March 20, 2018
Last week we found documents about Siberian imprisonment in 1870s; rural life in Ukraine in 1912; Jewish life in Odessa in 1890s; military service in Soviet Army in 1930s; white Russians immigration in 1920s in Serbia and China. Need something like that from that part of the world? Just let us know, we will tell […]
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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. […]
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China research, Russian Spies

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On February 25, 2018
  • 1931, China, espionnage, harbin, IKKI, Noulens, OMS, Russia, Russian Genealogy, shanghai, spy, WWII
Were you relatives in China (Shanghai, Harbin, Hong Kong) in 1900-1950? This is the 1931 passport photo of Russian spies in China. We found this child alive in Moscow in 2010. If you missed your relatives in Chinese turmoil, we can help to find them, trace their ancestors or find their descendants. We work even […]
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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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Tubabao photos 3/3

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On February 17, 2018
  • archives, China, Philippines, pictures, Russia, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy, tubabao, WWII
This is the last post with images found in the US National archives. They are much more optimistic than the previous batch describing the typhoon damage. It shows “Humanity Calls”, the US non-profit which took a great effort to get those Russians from this remote island. There are also photos of US Senator William F. […]
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