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BACKGROUND: BLITZ works with the historic archives in
BLITZ is located in
Blitz began offering research services in 1992, during the Gorbachev era, as
soon as private businesses became possible. Blitz has a small team of
in-house researchers and also hires very experienced researchers who provide
professional work. Although we cannot guarantee the results, because of the
nature of this research in the Russian Archives, we have had good success for
many of our clients thanks to the high experience level of our researchers.
Each genealogy search presents specific problems and the Blitz researchers
have been very resourceful in locating sources and information which would be
practically impossible for a person outside of the former
PRELIMINARY GENEALOGY SEARCH: Blitz begins with a Preliminary
Genealogy Search for a fixed fee of US $80.00 (U S Dollars). During this
phase, our researcher spends 5 hours in the
At the conclusion of this preliminary search, Blitz will be able to give
clients an assessment as to the existence of records pertaining to your
family and the direction of further research. Hopefully, but not always, we
will find specific information during this first step. We also tell clients
if there are documents which they may be interested in ordering. On the other
hand, if we believe that further research will be unproductive, we will let
the client know along with our reasons.
Beyond the US $80.00 Preliminary Search, we charge US $20.00 per hour for
research. There are also separate document copying and mailing charges.
(See
also our page entitled Genealogy
Research in Russia)
The
Blitz has been successful in tracing a number of Jewish families using a
variety of sources and piecing together the local history of a specific shtetl or village. In some cases, detailed village maps
have been found with the names of the resident on each house depicted.
However, tracing Jewish families can be difficult unless a family member
owned a business, worked for the government, or was otherwise prominent. In
some cases, a Jewish business owner had to operate his business under the
name of a Russian. Unfortunately, many archive records of Jewish families
have never been organized or catalogued. There is now more interest in Jewish
research and more records are being made available. [Jewish section link]
The German colonists
generally stayed in their own settlements and did not integrate into Russian
society. Theoretically, it should be possible to trace German families
through the church records in the "Metrical" books which are kept
in the Russian State Historic Archive in
·
Polish
Research in the Russian State Historic Archives (RGIA)
·
Jewish
Genealogy Research in Russia
·
Genealogy
Research In Russia
CONTACT US
Please contact Blitz if you are interested in taking on a search. Go to our Genealogy Search Order Form
and use this guide to provide us with your search information. We look
forward to working with you.
If your genealogy
group is interested in having Blitz come speak about the conditions of
research in
BLITZ Genealogy
Research Services - A Summary Overview -
Blitz Glossary of
Russian Genealogy Terms
Genealogy Research in
Russia
German Research in the Russian
State Historic Archives (RGIA)
Polish Research in the
Russian State Historic Archives (RGIA)
Jewish Genealogy Research
in Russia
Genealogy Search Order
Form
Other BLITZ Resources for Russian Genealogy - A Partial Listing:
Russian
State Historic Archives (RGIA) - Personal Surname Fonds
Russian State Naval
Archives (RSNA) - Finding Aids
Russian State Naval
Archives (RSNA) - Annotated Register 1696-1917 - Surnames List
Institute of History,
Russian Academy of Sciences
General Collection of
Coats of Arms - All-Russian Empire (1797-1888)
First Russian Aviators
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[ Ethnic, Religious, National Index
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