Russian Orthodox Church in the United States

United States   Church Records   Russian Orthodox Church Records

History
Russian fur trappers brought the Russian Orthodox Church into Alaska. The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), has a complex history. See Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. The ROCOR jurisdiction has around 400 parishes worldwide and an estimated membership of more than 400,000 people. Of these, 232 parishes and 10 monasteries are in the United States; they have 92,000 declared adherents and over 9,000 regular church attendees. Source: Wikipedia

Information Recorded in the Records
Different denominations, different time periods, and practices of different record keepers will effect how much information can be found in the records. This outline will show the types of details which might be found (best case scenario):

Baptisms
Baptism registers might give:

Marriages
Marriage registers can give:

Burials
Burial registers may give:

Finding the Records
See the Letter Writing Guide for Genealogy for help with composing letters.

Writing to Local Churches

 * Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America Directory of Parishes
 * Russian Orthodox Church Finder