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 […]

Posted by rusgen
On September 25, 2018
1930, Archive, census, Ukraine

This is the Czech census form we found this month. Please note that it is in Czech, Hungarian and Russian(Rusin) languages. It was common in the Transcarpatian region to have documents in all those languages, frequently all at the same time. We found a few gems in those documents for our client, we can do […]

Posted by rusgen
On February 23, 2018
Archive, Galicia, Genealogy, Poland, Polish Family History, Polska, Research, Ukraine

We can help you with your Polish research. Missing relatives with Polish surnames? Old handwriting only grandma could read? We are a small and determined team which does online and field research in Poland and Ukraine, visiting archives, libraries, offices, talking to old people in villages — all to find your missing ancestral links. We […]

Posted by rusgen
On August 8, 2015
Archive, archives, Chernivtsi, Rivne, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy, Ukraine, WWII, Zdolbuniv

We did research with WWII residence lists in Zdolbuniv, Riwne oblast, Ukraine. This is the local archive building: And the nice and very helpful archive personnel with our senior researcher: The arrow on the following photo shows where you should go to find the vital records archive in Chernivtsi. We have been to […]

Posted by rusgen
On January 12, 2012
Archive, Cherkassy, Kanev, Smela

We has been to Cherkassy State Historical Archive today. Consulted several microfilmed and original books of vital records for city of Kanev and city of Smela (1890s-1910s). Found a number of original records for Kanev and nothing relevant for Smela. Saying many thanks for archive personnel. A few sample records will be added to the […]

Season Greetings

Transcarpatian research

Polish Research Discount

A few summer archive trips

Another archive – Cherkassy