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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!

Lithuanian archives - which uyezds are there
https://www.litvaksig.org/information-and-tools/about-our-records/

Archives:

Lithuanian State Historical Archives https://www.litvaksig.org/information-and-tools/archives-and-repositories/lithuanian-state-historical-archives

https://www.rtrfoundation.org/archps6.shtml overview


 * pre-1940 vital records, some revision and family lists - all of the Jewish vital records were filmed by FamilySearch except for vital records transferred from the Lithuanian Central Civil Metrical Archives in January 2002. Most of those records are from 1922-1939, but some are as early as 1881. See an index of vital records in the archive on the Litvak Members site.
 * Contains records for Disna, Lida, Oshmiany, and Vileika uyezds that are now in Belarus.

Lithuanian Central Civil Metrical Archives https://www.litvaksig.org/information-and-tools/archives-and-repositories/lithuanian-central-civil-metrical-archives


 * post 1940 vital records. 15 euros for a transcript of each record.

Lithuanian Central State Archives https://www.litvaksig.org/information-and-tools/archives-and-repositories/lithuanian-central-state-archives

https://www.rtrfoundation.org/archps6.shtml


 * holds school records, internal passport applications, prison records, 191-1940 records, Lithuanian Archive of Image and Sound Vilnius District - there are photographs of 1,222 Jewish Russian Army conscripts from 1900-1914

Lithuanian Special Archives: KGB records, records from 1944-1990, genocide of the Lithuanian people.

Kaunas Regional State Archives https://www.litvaksig.org/information-and-tools/archives-and-repositories/kaunas-regional-state-archives

https://www.rtrfoundation.org/archps6.shtml


 * pre-1915 records for former Kaunas gubernia uyezdi Kaunas, Raseiniai, Telsiai, Siauliai, Panevezys, Ukmerge, Zarasai.
 * Revision/family lists, court records, Internal passport records for Kaunas city, district and Jonava? Does not have any records for Vilnius or Suwalki.

Memel (Klaipeda) Archive https://www.litvaksig.org/information-and-tools/archives-and-repositories/memel-klaipeda-archive no info there, need to do some digging.

Panevezys Archives https://www.litvaksig.org/information-and-tools/archives-and-repositories/panevezys-archives


 * post WWII records - property and tax records for Panevzys and surrounding area

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

Use the new Holocaust Lists Database at Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots to determine the location of Holocaust documents such as victim and survivor lists, survival testimonials and more. Holocaust Collections included in this database are from select towns in Belarus, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine.

Database entries include information about archive the records are stored in and the archival file number. This information will help you locate the original record in the archive.

To determine what holocaust lists may survive, simply search the database by town. Click on an entry to view additional information about the record and its location. After you have determined that Holocaust documents for your town are available, consider searching your surname in the Surname Database. Miriam Weiner has digitized many Holocaust lists and they are accessible through the Surname Database. Keep in mind that this is an ongoing project, so check back often for new information and updates.