Work with sources

Where to look for information. Concepts of ancient documents. Revision tales. Parish books. Confessions documents. How to make the most of what is.

Documents of the post-war period 1945-1990 in the countryside

Most popular publications devoted to genealogical research describe examples of documents necessary for research, which in their time period refer…

4 years ago

Index of types of documents having genealogical information (XVI century. – 1917)

Throughout all the stages of work when compiling a family tree and genealogical search, a huge number of documents are…

4 years ago

Electronic genealogical dictionary-directory “Genealogies of Europe”

“Genealogies of Europe” is not just a genealogical program, it is an electronic, genealogical dictionary-reference book with unique and enormous…

5 years ago

Pedigree. What to do

Pedigree - is information about the origin of the genus or family, which can be represented in various forms. The…

5 years ago

Land documents of 1860 as a search source

Before revolutionary genealogy is divided into two stages until 1858, this is the date of completion of the tenth revision,…

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Revision (per capita censuses)

At the beginning of the 15th century a capitation was introduced, the unit of which was the male soul. In…

5 years ago

Genealogy breadcrumbs

Twigs and trees Everyone remembers the tale of Hansel and Gretal. Two children go to the forest and leave a…

5 years ago

Documents and their names

When studying genealogy and doing genealogy research, you have to deal with various documents. All documents have their own name,…

5 years ago

10 things a family historian should do

Once a year, it is important to take stock and verify that we have not missed anything important, to think…

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Old newspapers as a source for genealogy searches

Old newspapers can be a rich source of information when genealogy research, family history information, and general historical research are…

5 years ago