A man must know his roots. That is why many are so eager to restore the family tree, find their ancestors. However, this task is not easy, you will have to stock up on patience and perseverance, spend time and effort.
Instruction manual
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First of all, specify the surname, name and patronymic of your most distant ancestor. It is from him that the search for all the other relatives will begin, because a clue is needed. In addition to these data, you must also know the year and place of birth of the person about whom you are going to search. After all, all the data about people in the archives is stored not grouped alphabetically, but by year and district. That is how priests compiled metric books.
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Next, you need to contact the archive at the place of birth of your ancestor with a request. The request can be sent in person and by mail. Archive employees will look for records of the person you need in the metric books. There may be indicated not only the date of his birth, but also his parents. So you can find information for further restoration of the pedigree. After all, records of parents can indicate where they came from, to which class they belonged.
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If your ancestors belonged to merchants, Cossacks, gold miners, etc. estates, you can search for information about them in historical funds or the regional museum. But you have to do it yourself, painstakingly working in the reading room. But there may be receipts, petitions of their ancestors and the like.
note
The discrepancy between the real and estimated date of birth of your ancestor should not be more than 5 years.
Useful advice
Some state archives have special departments involved in the search for ancestors and the compilation of a family tree. But such a service is not cheap.
