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There are six major types of genealogical repositories for records about Germans from Russia: | There are six major types of genealogical repositories for records about Germans from Russia: | ||
*State and National Archives (Commonwealth of Independent States [CIS]) | |||
*Special German Archives | |||
*Other Archives Outside of the CIS | |||
*Historical and Genealogical Societies | |||
*Internet Sites | |||
*Village Coordinators | |||
Many large collections of Germans from Russia records exist in Central Europe as well as the Commonwealth of Independent States. Soviet archives centralized vast holdings of church and vital records dating from 1722 to 1917. By so doing they have assisted in preserving records that might otherwise have been lost or destroyed. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | |||
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