Passport application forms (Form 1) are an important and very often indispensable source both for researching family history and for collecting documents within the process of

These days, interest in genealogy is actively growing and, accordingly, there are more and more people who want to research their family. Often, at the

For most people, the registry office is the place of registration of certain events. However, we should not forget that in addition to directly registering

Genealogy research always involves working with different kinds of historical documents. Often, at the beginning of a search, we may encounter a general misunderstanding of

State Archives in the City of Kyiv – one of the key archival institutions in the capital. Archival files for the Kyiv region are presented in

The repressive policy of the Soviet authorities is an acknowledged fact, which is repeatedly confirmed by scientific research and recollections of the victims. Many families

We can often get much of the data we are looking for from available online search platforms. The main categories of such bases are listed

Most of us had ancestors who were peasants and they lived relatively stably in one place, but this is not always the case. An interesting

At the initial stage of research, quite often the problem is that the exact place of birth of the ancestor being sought is not known.

In the process of archival search, we are often faced with the fact that we are missing one or more key documents on the ancestor