World archives and resources

Below there is a list of archives where you can start your ancestral research.

Austria

• http://www.oesta.gv.at/site/6407/default.aspx

• https://digi.landesbibliothek.at

Australia

• National Archive

• 12 Free Genealogy Research Sites for Australia and New Zealand

Belarus

• Archives of Belarus website: Official portal for access to archival materials and resources, legislation in archives and records management, information on archival institutions and services in the Republic of Belarus.

  • Central archives and institutions:

    • National Archives of the Republic of Belarus

    • National Historical Archives of Belarus in Minsk

    • National Historical Archives of Belarus in Grodno

    • Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings

    • Belarusian State Archives-Museum of Literature and Art

    • Belarusian State Archives of Scientific and Technical Documentation

    • Belarusian Research Institute of Records Management and Archival Studies

    • Belarusian Research Centre for Electronic Records

    • Central Laboratory for Microfilming and Restoration of Records of the National Archival Holdings of the RB

    • Republic-level Technical Laboratory for Security Microfilming of Permanent Records

    • State Security Committee archive

  • Regional and local state archives:

    • State Archives of Brest Region

    • Zonal State Archives in Baranovichi

    • Zonal State Archives in Kobrin

    • Zonal State Archives in Pinsk

    • State Archives of Vitebsk Region

    • Zonal State Archives in Glubokoe

    • Zonal State Archives in Orsha

    • Zonal State Archives in Polotsk

    • State Archives of Gomel Region

    • State Archives of Public Organizations of Gomel Region

    • Zonal State Archives in Zhlobin

    • Zonal State Archives in Mozyr

    • Zonal State Archives in Rechitsa

    • State Archives of Grodno Region

    • State Archives of Public Organizations of Grodno Region

    • Zonal State Archives in Lida

    • Zonal State Archives in Novogrudok

    • State Archives of Minsk Region

    • Zonal State Archives in Borisov

    • Zonal State Archives in Molodechno

    • Zonal State Archives in Slutsk

    • State Archives of Mogilev Region

    • State Archives of Public Organizations of Mogilev Region

    • Zonal State Archives in Bobruisk

    • Zonal State Archives in Krichev

• Collection (in Russian)

• http://metrics.tilda.ws/belarus

Canada

• https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/history-ethnic-cultural/Pages/polish.aspx

• https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/genealogy/Pages/introduction.aspx

• http://www.archivescanada.ca/car/car_e.asp?l=e&a=genealogy and http://www.archivescanada.ca/car/car_e.asp?l=e&a=alpha

• https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwf3o6crR2gIVHJ7ACh3AZw13EAAYASAAEgLIyfD_BwE

• http://automatedgenealogy.com/

• https://pier21.ca/home

Czechia

• http://kramerius.nkp.cz/?fbclid=IwAR0_4KEkd_keniPsmE9-hz9z9he9becKiBicA3CYowd8hrchW6Z6gouV55o

France

• http://archives.paris.fr/r/124/etat-civil-de-paris/?fbclid=IwAR1xXIlx0i_4alU1pj2PGY4_NyWEy4oEcceQ1IlsFI17-00l0KNY3JuL87I

• List of coalminers from PAS-DE-CALAIS

• https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/fichier-des-personnes-decedees/?fbclid=IwAR3PgIO-BW4WnYOCnmLnCNTrCq29_HTj-BS2geBF1RimZuLzUwDVeSnksvU

Germany

• Archives in Germany

• Protestant Central Archive in Berlin

• German Central Office for Genealogy

• Archive in Baden-Württemberg

• Archive in Leipzig

• Family history collections of the Reichsippenamt, Jewish civil status documents

Evangelical Central Archives in Berlin

• http://www.ezab.de/kirchenbuecher/kirchenbuch-suche.php

Israel

• Yad Vashem

Lithuania

• http://www.archyvai.lt/en/news.html and https://www.archyvai.lt/en/genealogical-search.html

• http://www.epaveldas.lt/vbspi/lang.do;jsessionid=7B1287F60C6CA463161D784F7EB876D7?language=en

Latvia

• http://www.lvva-raduraksti.lv

New Zealand

• https://www.genealogy.org.nz/new-zealand-websites_1547

• 12 Free Genealogy Research Sites for Australia and New Zealand

Poland

• Civil Registry, State and Church Archives https://sites.google.com/view/polishgenealogygroup/polish-archives-in-a-nutshell

• Military Historical Bureau (formerly Central Military Archive) http://wbh.wp.mil.pl/pl/

  • database

  • please use this form to obtain detailed information about your ancestor (military records, not genealogy research), this form should be mailed by post to Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne, 2A Pontonierów Street, 00-910 Warszawa, Poland (please note that only signed and mailed request will be considered)

• Polish Railway archive https://www.pkp.pl/pl/bip-archiwa

Russia

• http://metrics.tilda.ws/russia_am

• http://metrics.tilda.ws/russia_nya

• http://www.rusarchives.ru/federal/rgvia/

• St. Petersburg Archive https://spbarchives.ru

• St. Petersburg Russian State Historical Archive

• Russian State Military Historical Archive

Ukraine

• http://www.archives.gov.ua/Eng/

• http://metrics.tilda.ws/ukraine

• Donetsk archive collection https://tsdea.archives.gov.ua/ua/metric-books/?fbclid=IwAR2w37mSgxq-pUau5_1JvqovFVc8WZpUXarpRkQjw1vZVxJMr3YY1HGnJhw

• CDIAK http://cdiak.archives.gov.ua/

  • list of all collection

  • list of parishes' collection

  • Roman Catholic

  • Greek-Catholic

• Ivano-Frankivsk Archive http://daifo.if.gov.ua/

  • collection (in Ukrainian use google chrome to translate)

• Kharkiv Archive http://archives.kh.gov.ua/

• Volyn Archive https://volyn.archives.gov.ua/

  • collection (in Ukrainian use google chrome to translate)

  • collection (in Polish)

• Odessa Archive https://archives.gov.ua/Eng/

the United Kingdom

• http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

• http://www.pism.co.uk/ (Sikorski Institute)

• https://www.gov.uk/guidance/request-records-of-deceased-service-personnel (MOD)

• http://www.scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk/

• https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/family-history

Other useful free websites:

• • https://www.freebmd.org.uk/

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)

  • https://www.genuki.org.uk/

Genealogical sources from Eastern Bohemia

• http://vychodoceskearchivy.cz/zamrsk/genealogical-sources-from-eastern-bohemia/

Resources in the United States

• https://www.archives.gov/

• https://www.thoughtco.com/social-security-application-form-ss5-1422243 (obtaining SSA)

• https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/aliens/a-files-kansas-city-FORM.html

• City of Buffalo inactive records research facility

• Databases of Illinois State Archive

• Michiganology (death certificates in Michigan, USA)

• https://pgsctne.org/databases/

• Obtaining the information about naturalization, social security number and vital records