Secret Archive

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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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On November 17, 2017
books, China, global, library, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy

Did you ever thought how difficult it is to search for the female relatives? Here is an example. Our colleague has recently gave the presentation on his experience tracing the artwork provenance of several portraits by Mikhail Verboff (1896-1996). Look at the attached picture. Two sisters (lower right corner). One have four last names from […]

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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 28, 2012
GAGP, global

RusGenProject is now a member of Global Alliance of Genealogy Professionals, the community of professionals eager to help in the genealogical research worldwide. Please do not hesitate to contact us for Russian Empire research and other Alliance members if you have puzzles to be solved in another parts of the globe.

Secret Archive

Two females, ten last names

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