Dear John, Pardon my ignorance but from where and how were these reference numbers obtained and how does one go about finding the correct files for family members who lived in Russia - Pinsk, Vilna, and Kartuz Bereza, now Belarus, Lithuania and Belarus. Thank you. Diane Glazer Jacobs -----Original Message----- From: John Ellis <johnr.ellis@sympatico.ca> To: RUSSIA-L@rootsweb.com <RUSSIA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 11:31 AM Subject: "The Russian Connection" >An article with the above title, by Coryne Hall, appeared in the >February 1999 issue of Family Tree Magazine. > >The author had traced her family connections in St. Petersburg through >the Public Record Office, including RG33/146 and RG43/1. She >subsequently visited the St. Petersburg area and describes places where >her relatives had lived and were buried. > >This prompted me to contact a researcher in the London area who made a >search for me which covered RG33/146, RG33/147 and RG33/148. These >produced several birth, baptism, death and burial dates for family >members. > >Since there are over 565 entries in RG33/147 alone, these records appear >to be a great source for tracing one's ancestors. > > >==== RUSSIA Mailing List ==== >Check out the new GenConnect Boards at http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/qindex.html >There is alot of information stored here. > >