Germans from Russia Record Finder

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

Step 2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.


 * width="20%" valign="top" | Birth date
 * width="46%" valign="top" |
 * width="34%" valign="top" |
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Birthplace
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Biography
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Naturalization and Citizenship, Military Records, Genealogy, Cemeteries
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Gazetteers, Maps
 * width="34%" valign="top" | History, Historical Geography
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Death
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Obituaries, Newspapers
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Probate Records, Cemeteries, Biography, Genealogy
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Emigration information
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Emigration and Immigration, Societies, Naturalization and Citizenship, Military Records, Periodicals, Newspapers, Biography, Archives and Libraries
 * width="34%" valign="top" | See the Wiki articles for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Historical background
 * width="46%" valign="top" | History, Periodicals
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Societies, Maps
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Language helps
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Language and Languages
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Handwriting
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Living relatives
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Directories, Genealogy, Probate Records
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Obituaries, Societies, Periodicals
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Maiden name
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Taxation
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Obituaries, Cemeteries
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Marriage
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Cemeteries, Genealogy
 * width="34%" valign="top" | History, Biography, Periodicals, Newspapers
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Names &amp; naming customs
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Names Personal, Naturalization and Citizenship
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Genealogy, Periodicals
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Occupations
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Church Records, Directories, Census
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Naturalization and Citizenship
 * width="22%" valign="top" | Parents, children, and other family members
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Obituaries, Census, Taxation, Probate Records, Biography
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Genealogy, Land and Property, Naturalization and Citizenship
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Physical description
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Military Records, Biography
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Place-finding aids
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Gazetteers, Maps
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Historical Geography
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Places of residence
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Directories, Military Records, Biography, Taxation, Maps, Census
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Land and Property, Periodicals, Names Personal, Naturalization and Citizenship
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Previous research (compiled genealogy)
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies, History
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Biography, Archives and Libraries
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Religion
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Church Records, Biography
 * width="34%" valign="top" | History, Cemeteries
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Record-finding aids
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Archives and Libraries, Societies, Maps
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Periodicals, Bibliography
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Social activities
 * width="46%" valign="top" | History, Biography, Newspapers
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Societies, Obituaries, Cemeteries
 * }
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Places of residence
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Directories, Military Records, Biography, Taxation, Maps, Census
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Land and Property, Periodicals, Names Personal, Naturalization and Citizenship
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Previous research (compiled genealogy)
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies, History
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Biography, Archives and Libraries
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Religion
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Church Records, Biography
 * width="34%" valign="top" | History, Cemeteries
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Record-finding aids
 * width="46%" valign="top" | Archives and Libraries, Societies, Maps
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Periodicals, Bibliography
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Social activities
 * width="46%" valign="top" | History, Biography, Newspapers
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Societies, Obituaries, Cemeteries
 * }
 * width="20%" valign="top" | Social activities
 * width="46%" valign="top" | History, Biography, Newspapers
 * width="34%" valign="top" | Societies, Obituaries, Cemeteries
 * }

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