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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 November 17, 2017
books, China, global, library, Russian Family History, Russian Genealogist, Russian Genealogy

Did you ever thought how difficult it is to search for the female relatives? Here is an example. Our colleague has recently gave the presentation on his experience tracing the artwork provenance of several portraits by Mikhail Verboff (1896-1996). Look at the attached picture. Two sisters (lower right corner). One have four last names from […]

Posted by rusgen
On January 20, 2012
1854, books, bureaucracy, library, rules

We have obtained the old book describing the basic concepts of record-keeping and clerical work 155 years ago. Some things do change, some stay the same. Enjoy. Bibliography quote: Вельдбрехт, Валериан Никитич. Общие основания русского делопроизводства с приложением основных его форм / Соч. В. Вельдбрехта. – Санкт-Петербург : тип. Я. Трея, 1854. – 120, II […]

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Two females, ten last names

The book: Basics of Russian Clerical Work – Weldbrecht 1854 [Russian language]