RESEARCHING RUSSIAN ROOTS
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Now it is evident that archives in Moscow and provinces have managed to keep much of their files in good shape. Sometimes the dearth of records hampers a research of family roots, but in many cases the archives yield wonderful results. My personal experience is a good example. Starting with even the surnames of both my grandmothers unknown, three years later I have accumulated a 3,000-strong database of ancestors and living relatives and discovered that some of the direct lines go as far back as 1615, the date of the earliest written records for that area. Other lines, alas, could be traced for only three or four generations. It is worth trying even if your ancestors did not belong to titled nobility. The history of peasants, merchants and clergy has been documented almost as well. Writing letters to archives, directly or through an assistant in Russia, is not cumbersome, and the expenses, relatively low. A research could set you back some $100 to $500 depending on the difficulty and the volume of the records to be translated and explained.
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This site opened on September 25, 1999
and is now a part of It contains whatever information can be found on Russian genealogy in the World Wide Web, plus some practical advice. The Russian-language section of this site
is not identical to the English pages. Some of the awards earned by this site are shown at a separate page.
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