Blog of the Russian Genealogical Project http://www.rusgenproject.com Russian Genealogists are publishing books and solving old puzzles in archives of Russian Empire. Wed, 15 May 2013 18:11:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 Back from Cuba http://www.rusgenproject.com/2013/05/back-from-cuba/ http://www.rusgenproject.com/2013/05/back-from-cuba/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 18:11:14 +0000 admin http://www.rusgenproject.com/?p=100 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 some sketchy biographical details to work with.

With a bit of persistence and a bit of luck, within one week of arrival to La Habana, Cuba by plane, we have found:

Father’s grave – he died in 1989.

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Located deep into the Cementerio Colon

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Obtained his death certificate from the Registro Civil

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as well as his birth certificate

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We have then found the last place of residence, which was not easy

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Then we went to the Cuba National Library (Russian Researchers has some preferences there)

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Where we have checked a number of reference books to get the whole picture

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Everything matched. Then we found the sister for the client, and evidenced the nice family reunion — two persons in their 30s who’ve never seen each other, who found a lot of common in their lives..

This was the end of this mission.

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And you know, there is a backlog of what else we need to do those months. We have research scheduled in St Petersburg, Moscow, Ryazan, Kiev, Sumy, Kharkov, Zhitomir, Kanev, Vladivostok, and probably also in Riga, Madrid, Lisbon and Kharbin.

And if you want us to do this magic of life for you — please feel free to contact us. We love to help.

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]]> http://www.rusgenproject.com/2013/05/back-from-cuba/feed/ 0 Minsk Streets List p087 http://www.rusgenproject.com/2013/04/minsk-streets-list-p087/ http://www.rusgenproject.com/2013/04/minsk-streets-list-p087/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:15:37 +0000 admin http://www.rusgenproject.com/2013/04/minsk-streets-list-p087/ Minsk Streets List p087 ]]> http://www.rusgenproject.com/2013/04/minsk-streets-list-p087/feed/ 0 Happy New Year http://www.rusgenproject.com/2012/12/87/ http://www.rusgenproject.com/2012/12/87/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:54:35 +0000 admin http://www.rusgenproject.com/?p=87 This nice Seasons Greeting cartoon was published
in December 1936 in North China Daily News.
The original author, Russian officer turned cartoonist
Georgi Avksentievich Sapojnikoff (a.k.a Sapajou, 1893-1949)
was the top influencer of international Shanghai in 1920s-1940s.
Except a few publications, his is now mostly forgotten.
We at Russian Genealogy Project
- Kirill, Olexa, Konstantin and Victoria -
are wishing you to do something in this coming year to be remembered.
And health and prosperity to be able to reach this goal.

We will be happy to see you
and talk to you
and help you
as much as we can
in this year
and in many years to come.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from RusGenProject. Cartoon by Sapajou

]]> http://www.rusgenproject.com/2012/12/87/feed/ 0 Happy New Year http://www.rusgenproject.com/2012/12/happy-new-year/ http://www.rusgenproject.com/2012/12/happy-new-year/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:21:26 +0000 admin http://www.rusgenproject.com/?p=83 From the archives of Moscow, Kiev,Ryazan, Chernigov, St Petersbourg, Zhitomir, Vladivostok and Odessa we are wishing you the merry Christmas, Happy New Year, happiness and prosperity to you and all your relatives.

We will help you find lost relatives in the 2013 as we did in this year.

img_7703_dako ]]> http://www.rusgenproject.com/2012/12/happy-new-year/feed/ 0 Global Alliance of Genealogy Professionals http://www.rusgenproject.com/2012/08/global-alliance-of-genealogy-professionals/ http://www.rusgenproject.com/2012/08/global-alliance-of-genealogy-professionals/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:27:02 +0000 admin http://www.rusgenproject.com/?p=76 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.

GAGP

 

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A few archive file covers to follow. Let us know how we can help you.

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]]> http://www.rusgenproject.com/2012/03/cracking-difficult-cases/feed/ 0 1897 Census – how it worked http://www.rusgenproject.com/2012/03/1897-census-how-it-worked/ http://www.rusgenproject.com/2012/03/1897-census-how-it-worked/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:31:47 +0000 admin http://www.rusgenproject.com/?p=52 The Russian Empire census was conducted in 1897. Original census sheets did not survived very well, but where they did, they give a very good glimpse on the life of people at the turn of the century… Last Century…

Here we put four pages of the census sheet for you to have fun. Interest to learn more?  Contact us!

Title (clickable):

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Back page with instructions (clickable):

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left spread on which actual records were made (clickable):

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and the right spread (clickable):

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