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Membership: Genealogy and Family History Society in Moscow, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR), Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS).
Background: Historian/Archivist by education and profession, graduated from the Historic-Archival Institution of the Russia State University for the Humanities in Moscow (1990), former employee of the Central State Archive of Ancient Acts in Moscow. Member of AROS (Archives of Russia, Ltd.) team of the Committee for Archives of Russian Federation since 1991, cooperated with the National Archives Volunteer Association in establishing the Russian-American Genealogical Archival Service (RAGAS). Director of RAGAS/Moscow since 1994. Over 5 years experience in consulting and conducting genealogical researches for American clients. Recommended by Patricia Eames of the National Archives (Washington, DC).
Publications and lectures:
Author of published articles in AVOTAYNU (International Review of Jewish Genealogy published in Teaneck, NJ):
- Sources for genealogy in the archives of the former USSR (vol., No 2, 1995)
- Sources for Jewish Genealogy in Belarussian Archives; New Discoveries from Recent Research (vol., No 3, Fall 1995)
- Belarussian archives revisited (vol., No 3, Fall 1994)
- Current state of Archival Research in the C.I.S. (vol., No 1, 1996)
Delivered lectures about genealogical sources and research projects in Russia/Belarus/Ukraine for the meeting of the Archival Roundtable of New York City (1993), the 14th Summer Seminar of Jewish Genealogy in Washington, DC (1995), the 1996 AHSGR Convention in Minneapolis, the 1st (Salt Lake City, 1994) and 3rd (Minneapolis, 1996) FEEFHS Conferences.
Professional Genealogist for researches in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
Conducted extensive on-site research in pre-1920 records: censuses
(Revision Lists for the Russian Empire 1719-1858, local censuses, and the
surviving part of the 1897 census), family and local residential lists,
class lists (nobles and merchants); vital records (Russian Orthodox and
Roman-Catholic church registers from the early 1700s, Lutheran records from
the early 1800s, and Jewish records from 1835), military, land and property
records.
Languages: Fluent in Russian and English, can read and translate Ukrainian, Belarussian, Polish; has a professional knowledge of the Old Russian script;
some experience with German and Latin church records as they exist in Russian archives.
Rates: Minimum charge for genealogical consultation is US$25.00 according
to the RAGAS INFROMATIONAL FORM which indicates archival sources and
feasible strategies for research. Please send a SASE with a detailed description
of the project for an estimate, rates and payment schedule (see also RAGAS instructions). PERSONAL ON-SITE RESEARCH is available according to Travel Schedule (see below). There is a special contract for each particular research. Basic fee is $12.00 per hour of work (normally it takes 3-10 days of work to complete a basic genealogical research in one archive) plus travel expenses in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine (starting from Moscow, Russia). A backlog sometimes exists because research progress depends from travel schedule.
Travel Schedule for next 2 months (November-December, 1996):
Estonia from 1-20 November
Russia: Moscow from 21-24 November and the days between the trips in December
Ukraine: Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye from 25-30 November
Russia: the Volga region (Saratov, Samara) from 2-14 December
Belarus: Minsk and Grodno from 15-22 December
Estonia: holiday season from 24 December to 8 January
E-Mail: Primary
E-mail: Secondary for periods while in Estonia
Listing Date: 04/30/97
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