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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!

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