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How To Use Orthodox Baptismal Records for Genealogy Research

November 13, 2024 by Linda - Researcher with Legacy Tree Genealogists 2 Comments

Before you dive in and get overwhelmed researching Orthodox baptismal records throughout the world, here are a few insights to help you succeed with your genealogy research goals. Pious monks of the Eastern Orthodox Church at door of monastery, Megaspelaeon, Greece. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress. "Christening and baptism records are an important resource for genealogical research in timeframes before the advent of government sponsored civil registration. However, practices … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church Records, Europe, Genealogy Education, Genealogy Records and Resources, Russia Tagged With: Eastern Europe, Greece, Russia, ukraine

3 Keys to Discovering Your Hungarian Jewish Ancestors

June 21, 2023 by Kathryne Thorne 2 Comments

hungarian jewish ancestors blog post

In this article, Legacy Tree Genealogists Kathryne Thorne helps you understand three key ways to find your Hungarian Jewish ancestors.  Depending on when your ancestors were born, “Hungary” may have looked very different than it does today. Before 1918, the Kingdom of Hungary included not just the modern country of Hungary but also Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, parts of Romania, Ukraine, and Montenegro. Between World War I and II, these borders shifted, with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eastern Europe, Europe, Genealogy Records and Resources, genealogy research, Genealogy Tips & Best Practices, Jewish Genealogy, Uncategorized Tagged With: Eastern Europe, Hungary, Jewish genealogy

4 Eastern European Archives Growing Through Citizen Archivists

October 28, 2022 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 6 Comments

Eastern European Archives

Eastern European archives have historically been difficult to access. Searching these archives were often met with frustration because these collections could only be accessed onsite or not at all. While many have utilized the collections from the FamilySearch catalog to find key records, a large group of researchers were left with little to no records access because filming didn’t capture records from their ancestral village/town.  Today, genealogists around the world enjoy the efforts of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archives & Repositories, Eastern Europe, Genealogy Records and Resources, Internet Research, Jewish Genealogy, Russia Tagged With: ancestry, archives, Belarus, citizen archivists, Eastern Europe, nazi, poland, russian federation, ukraine

Finding Your Soldier of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45 (Eastern Front of WWII): Part II

August 21, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Did your ancestor serve during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45? Learn more about their Soviet military service using this free resource! Last week in Part I of our two part series, we introduced Pamyat Naroda (Память народа), a website hosted by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Министерство обороны Российской Федерации) to honor the participants of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, commonly referred to as the Eastern Front of World War II in English-speaking countries. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eastern Europe, Military Service Tagged With: Ancestor, Eastern Europe, Eastern European, eastern front, family history, genealogy, Great Patriotic War, military service, WWII

Finding Your Soldier of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45 (Eastern Front of WWII): Part I 

August 14, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 2 Comments

Did your ancestor serve during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45? Learn more about their Soviet military service using this free resource! Many descendants of Eastern European immigrants who landed on North American shores in the first wave of immigration soon found that their relatives who stayed behind were no longer citizens of the historical empires who had ruled over them. With the changing borders through the Interwar period to the beginning of World War II, the citizens of the new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eastern Europe, Military Service Tagged With: ancestors, Eastern Europe, family history, genealogy, genealogy resources, Great Patriotic War, military service, Pamyat Naroda, Red Army, Russia, Soviet

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