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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. […]

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 […]

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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On January 8, 2018
archives, Genealogy, Kiev, Russia, Russian Genealogist, WWII

Last week we continued to work on the complicated case of WW2 displaced persons. We searched in US National Archives, US, in St Petersburg Historical archive, Russia, in Chernigov regional archive, Ukraine. Small pieces of complicated puzzle we have on hand start to group into something meaningful, and we hope we will be able to […]

Posted by rusgen
On December 27, 2017
2018, China, new year, Poland, Russia, Sale, Ukraine

Dear Reader, Thank you for visiting this small web page of the small research company. You might be looking for the gifts ideas — here is one: 50% off digital historical research in Russia, Poland, Ukraine, if booked before 1 January 2018. E-mail us ([email protected]) with your historical puzzle asking to be solved. Old […]

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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 September 5, 2017
Belarus, Genealogy, Kiev, Lviv, Minsk, Russia, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogy, Ukraine

We were in National Historical Archive of Belarus and in State Archive of Zhitomir region last week, researching two complicated Jewish genealogy cases. Our other research geography of the last week was as wide, from Baltics to Siberia: Please let us know where we can help you with your historical research.

Posted by rusgen
On September 8, 2016
1960s, communist, ekaterinburg, modern, party, Russia, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy

I recently went to this standard archival building in this part of the world (note those small windows which usually covered with dark glass): It houses the former Sverdlovsk Communist party archive (currently titled “Center of the documentation of public organisations” The place has a very large holdings of 1950s-1990s history of 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.

Posted by rusgen
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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Russian Nobility and Polish Szlachta

Recent Research – August-September 2017

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Saratov and Engels

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