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New book coming out soon

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On January 21, 2024
Dear Reader,We work hard to make the second edition of the 2014 book “Russians in China: Genealogical Index” into the print book and a database real soon now. Please stay tuned – there will be almost double number of records, and many many names which were “not found” earlier. We are indexing several major sources […]
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More 1930s Chinese Refugees documentation online

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On January 3, 2023
  • 1930s, Geneve, Nansen
Just found, by chance, that United Nations Archive in Geneve digitized and made available online the files of the former Nansen office of refugees, which dealt with, among others, with problems of Russian refugees in China. The site is archives.ungeneva.org Keyword search works. As an added feature, they have plenty of maps of the area, […]
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The Christmas Story

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On December 22, 2022
  • 2023, advances, Merry Christmas, new year, no borders, science
A client came to us here the other day. A few years ago, a good genealogist made a detailed study of him, but it hit a brick wall because the birthplace of the ancestors of the Moscow family from the Baltic could not be established. The client turned to several other genealogists, but did not […]
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St Petersbourg 20th century residents

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On November 2, 2022
  • archives, leningrad, personal data, privacy, residents lists, Soviet
I was asked several times about the sources on residents of St Petersbourg / Leningrad, of the USSR times (1917-2000). If you are a direct blood relative, or someone with the notarized power of attorney from direct blood relative (with the documents showing those relations) — you can get births/marriages/deaths  for all deceased relatives — […]
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Legend confirmed. Research time: year and a half.

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On December 4, 2021
  • 1979, communist party, Komsomolskaya Pravda, polar expedition, rgani, Soviet, USSR
I would like to share the small finding we have last week. The task was to confirm or deny the story that while the ski expedition to the North Pole from USSR in 1979 was tracking the polar ice, there was a heated discussion in the higher places on whether they should be allowed to […]
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August Research Roundup

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On September 4, 2021
  • family history, France, Germany, probate, Russia, Ukraine
We have been working a lot in the last month of 2021 summer.
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Talking at the #GENTECH

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On April 20, 2021
  • Gentech 2021 international research panel discussion
We have been invited to speak about the international archival searches for the audience of GenTech online genealogical show ( https://genealogicalforum.ru/ ). Kirill Chashchin was a moderator of the panel discussion and Olexa Balyura spoke about the archival research in Ukraine and other bordering regions. Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbftThYWJrQ
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Season Greetings

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On December 24, 2020
  • 2020, 2021, Archive, Genealogy, greetings, history, library, Russia, Ukraine
Dear history lovers, both professional and amateurs! The very complicated 2020 year is reaching its end, and we are looking for 2021 to be as complicated as this one. The part of “new normal” is that archives and libraries close, regulations become more restrictive, delays longer, and other small and big things which makes our […]
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Searching for a German in Colonial Africa

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On December 22, 2020
  • 20th century, Africa, Brazzaville, Colonial, Congo, Genealogy, Historical
Colonial Africa research turned out to be the complicated thing. I really feel myself as an archeologist unearthing the very scarce evidence of the civilization which is lond dead and disappeared. First, I should start with the small historical background. The pre-1880 Africa was really not very well researched. Those “white spots” on maps were […]
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Kirill Chashchin’s Genealogy lectures on Youtube

  • Posted by rusgen
  • On August 14, 2020
  • 1974, Birth Certificate, communist party, identity document, passport, Soviet
If you could comprehend oral Russian, you may wish to listen to Kirill Chashchin’s three lectures on the Soviet identification documents and their use in the genealogical research. They are available at: Soviet Passports: https://youtu.be/GKucPZR8TAQ Soviet Birth Certificates: https://youtu.be/Tvz4dDx2hZc Soviet Communist Party identification documents: https://youtu.be/Q6bp1_nW0fU We could consult you on the various aspects of those […]
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