13 Overlooked Eastern European Genealogy Records
Find your Eastern European roots—Russian, Polish, Ukrainian and more—in these key documents, some of which you can find online.
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Researching your Eastern European ancestors? Our expert shares six common obstacles for Eastern European genealogy—and how to overcome them.
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Take your family history back to Poland with these 10 free Polish genealogy websites, perfect for learning Polish history and finding your ancestor's records.
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Discover your ancestor's hidden homeland with this partitions of Poland map.
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Put your Eastern European ancestors on the map with this guide to Polish, Czech and Slovak geographic resources.
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Take a look at the geographic divisions in your Eastern European ancestors' homelands.
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How to Use Kartenmeister.com to Find Your Ancestor’s Village Premium
The Kartenmeister website helps you locate more than 71,000 places in what was once eastern Prussia. Follow our example to get started!
Read MoreFive Important Dates in Eastern European Genealogy
Genealogy and history go hand in hand. If you want to be successful in tracing your Polish, Czech or Slovak roots, brush up on the history of these countries (and of Eastern Europe in general) to better understand records from the old country and learn about your ancestors’ lives...
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Expert answers to your genealogy questions.
Read MorePolish Genealogy Research Challenges and Tips
If you have Polish ancestors, the country's historical partitions and border changes have probably presented some genealogy research challenges. Here's an example of why: If your ancestors lived in eastern Poland, records from 1868 to 1917 will be in Russian. Records from 1808 to 1868 generally should be in...
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