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''For information about records for non-Christian religions in Russia, go to the [[Russia Religious Records|Religious Records]] page.''

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Not every village and town had its own church, or a church for every religion. Learn about your ancestors' town of origin and which town would have jurisdiction over and keep the records for that town.  Even to search the following online collections, you will need to know which town you need. These reference materials and church record inventories will help:

*An [http://metrics.tilda.ws/kak_uznat_prihod '''online guide to locating which parish your ancestor would have attended''']. Text is in Russian - use an online translator.

==Online Databases and Websites==

===Lutheran Records===

===Births and Baptisms===

===Marriages===

===Deaths and Burials===

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===Regional===

*[http://pokolenia.permkrai.ru/ Perm Oblast Church Records] Images and index (Russian only site. 1.7 million+ records from parishes in the Perm region. Click ''Поиск'' to start a search.)

===Germans from Russia Collections===

*[http://www.odessa3.org/collections/stpete/ Germans from Russia Indexing: St. Petersburg Lutheran records] Births, marriages, and deaths for German colonists in the Volhynia and Ukraine regions.

*[http://www.sggee.org/research/StPeteBirth.html Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe]

==Church Records==

Different denominations, different time periods, and practices of different record keepers will effect how much information can be found in the records. This outline will show the types of details which '''might''' be found (best case scenario):

===Baptisms===

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==How to Find Records==

===Digital  Copies of Church Records in the FamilySearch Catalog ===

:::b. Click on '''Places within Russia''' and a list of towns will appear.

:::d. Click on the '''"Church records"''' topic. Click on the blue links to specific record titles.

:::e. Some combination of these icons will appear at the far right of the listing for the record. [[File:FHL icons.png|75px]].  The magnifying glass indicates that the record is indexed. Clicking on the magnifying glass will take you to the index. Clicking on the camera will take you to an online digital copy of the records.

=='''Russian Orthodox Church Records'''==

===Writing for Records===  

===Metrical Books (Parish Registers)===

'''Population coverage:''' 10% (see preservation note).<br>

'''Reliability:''' High.  Comparison can be made between the returns annually for verification of reliability.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Russia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1996-2001.</ref>

=='''Greek Catholic (Uniate) Church Records'''==

===Writing for Records===  

Followers of the Byzantine rite, primarily Ukrainians, that returned to union with Rome. In 1839 the Church was formally dissolved in the Russian Empire and its members considered Orthodox. The church persisted only in Galicia and Transcarpathia, then under Austro-Hungarian rule. When these areas were assimilated into the Soviet Union, this religion was outlawed. The descendants of Ukrainians may think their ancestors were Orthodox when they were really Uniate before 1839.

=='''Roman Catholic Church Records'''==

*[https://www.catholicdirectory.com/search_results?q=&location_value=Russia&country_sn=RU&location_type=country&stateSearch=&swlat=41.185353&nelat=82.1673907&swlng=19.6160999&nelng=-168.97788&lat=61.52401&lng=105.318756&faddress=Russia&place_id=ChIJ-yRniZpWPEURE_YRZvj9CRQ#/ '''The Catholic Directory: Catholic Churches in Russian Federation''']

Russia mandated the keeping of Roman Catholic registers in 1826. Three copies made, the third for the deanery - ''dekanat'', the level between the diocese and the parish. Aside from Russian Poland, there were five dioceses in 1900: Tiraspol (located in Saratov), Zhytomyr (Zhitomir), Mogilev, Vilnius (Vilno), Kaunus (Kovno).  

=='''Lutheran (Evangelical) Church Records'''==

===Writing for Records===  

A significant portion of the St. Petersburg records have been indexed by independent sources, especially covering the southern part of that Diocese in what is now Ukraine. They are as follows:<br>  

=='''Old Believer Church Records'''==

=='''Baptist Church Record'''==

Civil registration was mandated in 1879. Two copies, one in the provincial administration and the other in the regional police headquarters - ''uezdnoye politseiskoye upravleniye''.  

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