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[https://www.ra.ee/dgs/explorer.php Saaga: Online Digital Records]<br> | [https://www.ra.ee/dgs/explorer.php Saaga: Online Digital Records]<br> | ||
[https://www.ra.ee/en/kontakt/ Contact Information] | [https://www.ra.ee/en/kontakt/ Contact Information] | ||
{{Block indent|Digitized records include metrical books (church records), revision lists, military records, farmstead books, land registry records, residential registration records and more. For help navigating Saaga, see the [[Estonia "How to" Guides|"How to" Guide]].|2}} | |||
=== The National Archives of Sweden === | === The National Archives of Sweden === | ||
The National Archives of Sweden, which is open to the public, has a large genealogical and biographical collection as well as government accounts, land records, tax lists, maps, and pictures. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of many of the National Archives' records. | The National Archives of Sweden, which is open to the public, has a large genealogical and biographical collection as well as government accounts, land records, tax lists, maps, and pictures. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of many of the National Archives' records. | ||
{{Block indent|Riksarkivet<br>Fyrverkarbacken 13-17<br>Stockholm, Sweden<br><br>Postal address: Box 12541, S-102 29, Stockholm, Sweden<<br>Telephone: 011-46-8-737 63 50<br>Fax: 011-46-8-737 64 74<br>}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[http://www.riksarkivet.se/ Website]}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[https://riksarkivet.se/borja-forska-i-arkiv Start researching archives] Here you can search for information about archives in Sweden and about the National Archives' digitized archive material, for example church archives, population registers or letters. Documents from the Swedish Diplomatarium and the Swedish Biographical Lexicon (SBL) are also included.}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[https://riksarkivet.se/slakt-personforskning About family and personal research] Genealogy for beginners: In our archives there is information about who has been born and died, married, moved or participated in house interrogations. We have private archives of diaries and letters, as well as official sources from civil and military archives across the country. }} | |||
{{Block indent|*[https://sok.riksarkivet.se/digitala-forskarsalen Explore our digital archives] In the Digitala forskarsalen you will find the National Archives' digitized archives, registers and databases.}} | |||
{{Block indent|*[https://bestall.riksarkivet.se/sv/person-slaktforskning Personal/genealogical research, general] Here you can order copies or information from the church archives and other archive holdings that you need for your personal and genealogical research.}} | |||
===Latvian State Historical Archives=== | ===Latvian State Historical Archives=== | ||
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[http://www.arhivi.lv/index.php?&319 Webpage]<br> | [http://www.arhivi.lv/index.php?&319 Webpage]<br> | ||
[https://www.raduraksti.arhivi.lv/ Latvian State Historical Archives project Raduraksti] | [https://www.raduraksti.arhivi.lv/ Latvian State Historical Archives project Raduraksti] | ||
{{Block indent|The main goal of Latvian State Historical Archives project Raduraksti is to provide access to the archival documents which can be used for family history research and to provide the necessary preservation of the original documents. |2}} | |||
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195112 St. Petersburg, Russia<br> | 195112 St. Petersburg, Russia<br> | ||
[https://fgurgia.ru/ Website]<br> | [https://fgurgia.ru/ Website]<br> | ||
{{Block indent|Original sources concerning the history of Estonian people from the 17th up to the first half of the 20th century can be found in these archives.|2}} | |||
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*Neither the Federal Archival Agency nor many Russian archives are staffed or equipped to answer extensive genealogical inquires of a "family history" nature. | *Neither the Federal Archival Agency nor many Russian archives are staffed or equipped to answer extensive genealogical inquires of a "family history" nature. | ||
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At the conclusion of this preliminary search, they give you our assessment as to the existence of records of your family and the direction of further research. They will also tell you if there are some documents which you should order. On the other hand, if they believe that further research will be unproductive, they will let you know along with the reasons. | At the conclusion of this preliminary search, they give you our assessment as to the existence of records of your family and the direction of further research. They will also tell you if there are some documents which you should order. On the other hand, if they believe that further research will be unproductive, they will let you know along with the reasons. | ||
{{Block indent|Russian Ancestry Research Services: BLITZ Information Center<br>907 Mission Ave, San Rafael, California, 94901-2910, USA<br>Telephone: 415-453-3579<br>FAX: 415-453-0343<br>Email address: enute@igc.org<br><br>Russian Ancestry Research Services RUSSIA<br>Elena Tsvetkova<br>rublitz@gmail.com<br>Telephone: 7(812) 436-9405<br><br>Postal Address:<br>Pereulok Grivtsova, 10<br>Russkoe Geographicheskoe Obschestvo<br>Sankt Petersburg, Russia 190000|2}} | |||
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*As a result of a formal appeal in 1965 for additional material about that the DP period, a substantial collection was in place and archived. This was initially housed for safe keeping in numerous Estonian-American homes." | *As a result of a formal appeal in 1965 for additional material about that the DP period, a substantial collection was in place and archived. This was initially housed for safe keeping in numerous Estonian-American homes." | ||
*The Estonian Archives in USA has gathered in its facility in Lakewood, NJ, a large amount of archival materials documenting both the lives of individuals and the activities of various Estonian American organizations. | *The Estonian Archives in USA has gathered in its facility in Lakewood, NJ, a large amount of archival materials documenting both the lives of individuals and the activities of various Estonian American organizations. | ||
{{Block indent|1=[http://eausa.balther.net/?lang=en Estonian Archives in the United States, Inc. (EAUS)]<br>607 East 7th Street<br>P.O. Box 726<br>Lakewood, NJ 08701-0726<br>Phone: (732) 363-6523 <br>Director: Enda-Mai Michelson Holland, eholland@monmouth.edu<br>[http://www.eausa.balther.net Website]<br>[http://eausa.balther.net/public/galleries/Persons_Records_List_as_of_2011_July.pdf Person Records: Persons Records List as of July 2011]|2=2}} | |||
==Libraries== | ==Libraries== | ||
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