Jewish Genealogy Research – Odessa

Posted by rusgen
On October 28, 2017
archives, census, Jewish, Jewish Genealogy, Odessa, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Ukraine, WWII

100 years ago Odessa was the fourth largest city in Russian Empire (after Moscow, St Petersbourg, and Warsaw). As it was within the Pale of Settlement, it has the large Jewish population. Another strange twist of the history is that a lot of Jewish records there survived the 1917 revolution, civil war, and the WWII. […]

Posted by rusgen
On October 21, 2017
archives, Genealogy, Heroldy, RGIA, Russia, Russian Empire, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogy, Ukraine

Do you know that the nobility files of the former Russian empire could be found not only in the region where the noble person lived, but also in one centralized place? It was called Heroldy Department of the Governing Senate (Департамент герольдии Правительствующего Сената), it was the highest office to finally approve (or reject) nobility […]

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On July 23, 2017
archives, bureaucracy, census, Genealogy, global, Gluckstal, Moldova, Odessa, PMR, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogy, Ukraine

We were asked to locate documents related to residents of the former German colony Gluckstal in Bessarabia. It is not an easy task to do, as those are spread across two (or three) different countries with different access rules. Here is the Google Map. The Red Mark is the actual location of Gluckstal , which, […]

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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.

Posted by rusgen
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.

Posted by rusgen
On May 20, 2012
archives, Kirovograd, Ukraine

We have recently completed the research in Kirovograd archive, Ukraine. A few archive file covers to follow. Let us know how we can help you. [singlepic id=294 w=320 h=240 float=] [singlepic id=295 w=320 h=240 float=]

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Jewish Genealogy Research – Odessa

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