How to find your ancestors

Every year, Russians are all active are starting to be interested in their roots. Science of own roots attracts more and more not indifferent to their pedigree. Someone is looking for ancestors with a selfish goal to leave abroad or because of prestige, that their grandfathers were famous. And someone from the simple curiosity to know your genus.

Where should I turn to find out the history of the family? What you need to know and how much will it cost?
You can use the following two ways. The first, less expensive option is an independent search. The second option is to attract professionals, it will cost money, but at the same time much faster and more accurately the first way. For the initial stage of searching enough first two steps. For a deeper study you will need help professionals.

1

Ask relatives to find their ancestors

Before you go to unuse and questions with questions, it is worthwhile to make a notebook where you can write all the information. Families, names, year, place of birth and other information. It is worth the question of what religion was relatives. Important all the information that will be found.

2

Collect documents to find their ancestors

Learning about the past of his family, an important point is to collect documents. Documents as evidence of marriage, birth, death, and photographs will be a huge help in learning their roots.

3

Contact the archive to find your ancestors

Collecting various information, the next step will be an appeal to the archive. Previously, birth, death, and others recorded the church. That is why it is important to know what religion belonged to the relatives who lived before. If these were Orthodox, it is worth looking for information in the Orthodox Consists, a Jew - in the rabbinates belonging to the Catholic Church - in the Catholic deanas and the like.
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The archive should pay attention to the following documents:

• Metric books. They have information about birth, baptism, marriage and death.
• All service lists. To search for civilian officials - employees of ministries and departments, it is worth contacting the Russian state historical archive in St. Petersburg. The military historical archive in Moscow will help in finding military ranks in Moscow. Information about marine ranks can be found in the naval archive in St. Petersburg.

4

Order Genealog services to find their ancestors

There are good firms offering their services of a genealogical research. You need to beware of scammers that promise a quick result. The preparation of genealogical roots takes a lot of time and is expensive.

5

Searches for ancestors with the help of Internet resources

There are sites with which you can find out information about the great-grandfathers and their birth places. To help will be the following sources - All-Russian Genealogical Tree or LIST RUYou can also learn about prices for genealogy services. There is also the opportunity to order a family coat of arms in the framework, the preparation of the genealogical tree, the highest levels. International Genealogical Center It offers to make a film about a pedigree family. Prices for services start from 130 thousand rubles.
The preparation of the genealogical tree and the search for their roots is noble business. The next generations will not only be interesting, but also useful to find out where they come from and who were their progenitor. And it is worth spending in search of your time, strength and money.