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Websites for Tobolsk Genealogy
Archive of the city of Tobolsk in the Tyumen region "To help a genealogist" - an index of documents containing genealogical and biographical information stored in the Tobolsk State Archives.

This archival inventory contains information about types of documents held in the Tyumen archive and lists the fond, opis, and delo (archival call numbers) of records for specific locations.

http://www.okorneva.ru/arhiv-g-tobolska-v-tyumenskoy-oblasti/

The forum at VGD can be a great place to ask questions and read through previous posts to learn more about research in Tobolsk gubernia. The following pages on VGD may be of use to you:

Fonds of the Tyumen Archive: lists of records at the Tyumen archive. May be of use to you while you are trying to locate records for your location in the archive.

https://forum.vgd.ru/499/32080/0.htm

Be sure to look for a page for the uyezd, volost, okrug, town, etc. that your ancestor lived in. Area specific pages can be a treasure trove of information and can be a good way to connect with researchers researching in your area - some of which could be potential cousins!

Lida Uyezd
Church

RC Catholic church books at uyezd level: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2325345?availability=Family%20History%20Library from Lithuanian archives.

Also some at the parish level from Lithuanian and Grodno archives.

https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/lida-district/

https://www.litvaksig.org/research/district-research/lida-district-research-group

Looks like records seem to be in Grodno.....

http://old.archives.gov.by/index.php?id=704376

http://niab.grodno.by/science/

https://pomnirod.ru/materialy-k-statyam/administrativno-territorialnoe-delenie-rossijskoj-imperii/gubernii-rossii/vilenskaya-guberniya/metricheskie-knigi/%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85-%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9-%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B0-%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8.html

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Jewish? https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1007489?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Ошмянский уезд
Church

Some at parish level on FS from Lithuanian and Grodno archives.

http://archives.gov.by/home/genealogiya/metricheskie-knigi/metricheskie-knigi-pravoslavnyh-i-uniatskih-greko-katolicheskih-czerkvej/metricheskie-knigi-pravoslavnyh-czerkvej-oshmyanskogo-uezda-vilenskoj-gubernii https://niab.by/newsite/ru/newpostupl/goshr17

http://niab.grodno.by/science/

https://pomnirod.ru/materialy-k-statyam/administrativno-territorialnoe-delenie-rossijskoj-imperii/gubernii-rossii/vilenskaya-guberniya/metricheskie-knigi/%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85-%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9-%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B0-%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8.html

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Jewish? https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1007489?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Свенцянский уезд
Church

Some at parish level on FS from Lithuanian and Grodno archives.

https://niab.by/newsite/ru/newpostupl/goshr16

http://archives.gov.by/home/genealogiya/metricheskie-knigi/metricheskie-knigi-katolicheskih-kostelov/metricheskie-knigi-katolicheskih-kostelov-svenczyanskogo-uezda-vilenskoj-gubernii

http://archives.gov.by/home/genealogiya/metricheskie-knigi/metricheskie-knigi-pravoslavnyh-i-uniatskih-greko-katolicheskih-czerkvej/metricheskie-knigi-pravoslavnyh-czerkvej-svenczyanskogo-uezda-vilenskoj-gubernii

https://pomnirod.ru/materialy-k-statyam/administrativno-territorialnoe-delenie-rossijskoj-imperii/gubernii-rossii/vilenskaya-guberniya/metricheskie-knigi/%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85-%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9-%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B0-%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8.html

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Троский уезд
Church

https://xn--90anbaj9ad0j.xn--80asehdb/documents/15-08-25-15-47-12-spisok-arhivnyh-istochnikov-po-istorii-d-vilenka/

Some on FS from Lithuanian archives at the parish level.

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Вилейский уезд
Church

http://vilejski-uezd.by/

http://archives.gov.by/home/genealogiya/metricheskie-knigi/metricheskie-knigi-katolicheskih-kostelov/metricheskie-knigi-katolicheskih-kostelov-vilejskogo-uezda-vilenskoj-gubernii

http://old.archives.gov.by/index.php?id=98144

https://niab.by/newsite/ru/newpostupl/goshr17

Some church records on FS at uyezd level (Orthodox) https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/822935?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Also some at parish level from Grodno archives, and Lithuanian archives

Revision

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/767311?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Виленский уезд
Church

http://metrics.tilda.ws/belarus

Looks like there are uyezd records on FS: RC - https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1548059?availability=Family%20History%20Library and GC - https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1109218?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Also some on parish level from Lithuanian archive.

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Дисненский уезд
Church

Looks like there are records on the parish level in that uyezd on FamilySearch. They came from the Grodno archive.

http://archives.gov.by/home/genealogiya/metricheskie-knigi/metricheskie-knigi-pravoslavnyh-i-uniatskih-greko-katolicheskih-czerkvej/metricheskie-knigi-pravoslavnyh-czerkvej-disnenskogo-uezda-minskoj-s-1845-vilenskoj-gubernii

http://archives.gov.by/home/genealogiya/metricheskie-knigi/metricheskie-knigi-katolicheskih-kostelov/metricheskie-knigi-katolicheskih-kostelov-disnenskogo-uezda-vilenskoj-gubernii

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https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/767311?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Jewish? https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1007489?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Europeana - 19th-20th centuries

 * Europeana contains nearly 30,000 Estonian newspaper records from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (the site also contains newspaper records from various European archives). The digital copies were scanned from originals at the National Library of Estonia. The newspapers are not indexed, but you can search for newspapers from a specific time period.

DIAGR Estonian Articles

 * DIAGR Estonian Articles provides access to several thousand newspapers, journals, and serials. In addition to Estonian, many of the digital newspapers available here are written in German and Russian. The collection also includes Estonian American newspapers.


 * SAAGA - free, online records (need to make an account but it's free) - contains newspapers from 16th to 20th century
 * Online Newspapers - extensive list of free digitized newspapers mainly covering 1888-1946