Saratov and Engels

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  • On March 9, 2015
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  • 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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Current Archival Roundup

  • Posted by user
  • On February 27, 2015
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  • 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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They are building new archives

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  • On May 10, 2014
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This was recently seen at the Central Archives of Ministry of Defence in Podolsk, near Moscow.  They are building new archival storage, a lot of it.  
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Uzbekistan research

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  • On April 14, 2014
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  • 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.  
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Global reach, local search

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  • On March 26, 2014
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  • 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.
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Kickstarter.com project

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  • On November 9, 2013
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  • book, chiha, kickstarter, project
Dear Friends, We have just announced the small genealogy-related publishing project on Kickstarter.com. We need your help. We will very much appreciate any support you may extend to this endeavour (and there are plenty of perks for supporters). Thanks from RusGenProject team
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Busy September 2013

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  • On October 8, 2013
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  • 2013, Byelorussia, Jewish, Lviv, Mogilev, Russia, Ryazan, StPetersbourg, Ternopil, Ukraine
This September we were in: Russian State Historical Archive (St Petersbourg); State Archive of Russian Federation (Moscow); Ryazan State Archive (Russia); Kiev Regional and Kiev Historical archives; Chernigov regional archive (Ukraine); Cherkassy regional archive (Ukraine); Ternopil regional archive (Ukraine); Lviv regional archive (Ukraine); Mogilev Historical archive, Mogilev former Party archive (Byelorussia). And a few pictures […]
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Back from Cuba

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  • On May 15, 2013
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  • 2013, Birth Certificate, Cementerio Colon, Cuba, Death Certificate, Family reunion, Genealogy, La Havana, Russian, Soviet
We have just completed the search for the Russian client — found the father’s grave in Havana, Cuba. And the nice cuban half-sister. Here are a  few pictures from this research trip. The task was complicated – the client has never seen father, client’s mother was quite reluctant to talk, there was a name and […]
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