Kaliningrad Oblast Genealogical Records

Kaliningrad Oblast Birth & Baptism Records

Russian Lutheran Church Books (1833-1885)

An index to and images of books recording the baptism, marriage and burial of around 1 million people. The records cover people of German extraction.

Russia Birth & Baptism Index (1755-1917)

An index to over 170,000 various birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.

Miscellaneous Births & Baptisms Index (1534-1983)

A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.

Kaliningrad Oblast Marriage & Divorce Records

Russian Lutheran Church Books (1833-1885)

An index to and images of books recording the baptism, marriage and burial of around 1 million people. The records cover people of German extraction.

Russia Marriage Index (1793-1919)

An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Miscellaneous Marriage Index (1662-1945)

An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Kaliningrad Oblast Death & Burial Records

Russian Lutheran Church Books (1833-1885)

An index to and images of books recording the baptism, marriage and burial of around 1 million people. The records cover people of German extraction.

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Russia Death & Burial Index (1815-1917)

An index of around 100,000 death and burial records. The index may include names of relatives and details of the death.

Newspapers Covering Kaliningrad Oblast

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Kaliningrad Oblast Immigration & Travel Records

Irish Famine Immigrants (1846-1851)

A record of over 600,000 immigrants arriving in the United States; being predominantly those escaping the Irish famine. Records may contain numerous useful details, such as age or year of birth, native county and intended destination.

Swedish Emigration Records (1783-1951)

Abstracts of details found in passenger lists, passport records, correspondence and seaman records, which may list name, age, gender, birthplace, occupation, residence, destination, emigration date and more. Most passengers were traveling to North America.

Germans from Russia Obituaries (1899-2012)

Indexed images of over 400,000 obituaries of Germans from Russia who died in North America.

Russians to America Index (1834-1897)

Transcripts of passenger lists recording over 500,000 Russians who arrived in New York. Includes ages, birthplaces and other details.

Kaliningrad Oblast Military Records

Prisoners of War (1715-1945)

An index to and images records detailing the incarceration of 1.34 million military personnel, civilians, diplomats, missionaries & merchant seamen who were held as prisoners of war. The records cover British prisoners held by foreign powers and non-British prisoners held by Britain.

Holocaust Victims Testimonials (1942-1951)

Created by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II to document German crimes during the occupation, the Soviet Extraordinary Commission compiled testimonial information gathered from the evidence of neighbors, eyewitnesses, and survivors.

US State Department Records for Russia (1930-1939)

Official reports relating activities of American interest in the Soviet Union, prior to World War II, including accounts of conferences, communist activities, living conditions, oil interests, trade unions, the railway, and collective farms. Other countries, including Germany and China are featured in some of the correspondence.

Kaliningrad Oblast Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Kaliningrad Oblast Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Kaliningrad Oblast Obituaries

Germans from Russia Obituaries (1899-2012)

Indexed images of over 400,000 obituaries of Germans from Russia who died in North America.

Kaliningrad Oblast Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Holocaust Victims Testimonials (1942-1951)

Created by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II to document German crimes during the occupation, the Soviet Extraordinary Commission compiled testimonial information gathered from the evidence of neighbors, eyewitnesses, and survivors.

US State Department Records for Russia (1930-1939)

Official reports relating activities of American interest in the Soviet Union, prior to World War II, including accounts of conferences, communist activities, living conditions, oil interests, trade unions, the railway, and collective farms. Other countries, including Germany and China are featured in some of the correspondence.

Kaliningrad Oblast Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Kaliningrad Oblast

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Lineages of Medieval Russian Nobility (860-1600)

The lineages of Russian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Kaliningrad Oblast Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Lineages of Medieval Russian Nobility (860-1600)

The lineages of Russian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Kaliningrad Oblast Church Records

Russian Lutheran Church Books (1833-1885)

An index to and images of books recording the baptism, marriage and burial of around 1 million people. The records cover people of German extraction.

Kaliningrad Oblast Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Kaliningrad Oblast Reference Works

Dictionary of Jewish Surnames in Russian Empire (1500-1900)

A work which list the history and etymology of Jewish surnames found in the Ukraine, Belorussia, Bessarabia, Lithuania, and Russia.

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.

Most Common Surnames in Kaliningrad Oblast

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Russia
1Ivanova6,1641:1520.66%1
2Ivanov5,8661:1590.67%2
3Smirnova3,3081:2820.77%6
4Petrov3,0091:3110.70%5
5Petrova2,9511:3170.77%8
6Smirnov2,6841:3480.73%9
7Novikova2,4681:3790.96%13
8Kuznetsova2,3861:3920.53%3
9Kuznetsov2,3601:3960.54%4
10Popova1,8811:4970.51%11
11Popov1,8451:5060.50%10
12Vasileva1,8161:5150.87%22
13Volkova1,7781:5260.59%12
14Novikov1,6931:5520.82%24
15Sokolova1,6421:5690.71%15
16Volkov1,6111:5800.74%18
17Vasilev1,5861:5890.75%21
18Andreeva1,4911:6270.69%20
19Morozov1,3951:6700.72%26
20Kozlov1,3911:6720.84%43
21Pavlova1,3721:6810.61%16
22Morozova1,3681:6830.57%14
23Orlova1,3611:6870.89%51
24Zaytsev1,3441:6950.93%55
25Kotova1,3271:7040.94%57
26Kozlova1,3261:7050.77%39
26Makarov1,3261:7050.75%36
28Pavlov1,3011:7180.69%28
29Zaytseva1,2971:7200.69%29
30Sergeeva1,2901:7240.68%27
31Shevchenko1,2711:7350.58%19
32Romanova1,2591:7420.57%17
33Sokolov1,2461:7500.67%30
34Lebedeva1,2371:7550.71%38
35Kravchenko1,2261:7620.89%60
36Andreev1,2091:7730.76%46
37Kovalenko1,2071:7740.78%49
38Yakovleva1,1971:7810.76%47
39Mikhaylova1,1531:8100.55%23
40Romanov1,1141:8390.62%34
41Egorova1,0941:8540.64%41
42Mironova1,0781:8670.78%62
43Bondarenko1,0741:8700.72%53
44Makarova1,0581:8830.52%25
45Frolova1,0511:8890.68%50
46Egorov1,0151:9210.60%42
47Nikitina1,0121:9230.59%40
47Stepanov1,0121:9230.63%45
49Mikhaylov1,0091:9260.56%32
50Mironov9921:9420.96%91
51Nikolaeva9821:9520.55%33
52Frolov9531:9800.70%64
53Aleksandrova9461:9880.92%92
54Zakharov9431:9910.61%48
55Borisova9381:9960.68%61
56Lebedev9331:1,0010.76%72
57Kotov9321:1,0030.92%99
58Yakovlev9021:1,0360.70%67
59Antonova9011:1,0370.73%70
60Fedorova8981:1,0410.80%81
60Orlov8981:1,0410.64%58
62Belova8971:1,0420.65%59
63Zakharova8961:1,0430.50%35
64Nikolaev8871:1,0530.54%44
65Stepanova8831:1,0580.50%37
66Dmitrieva8821:1,0590.74%74
67Kuzmina8811:1,0610.65%65
68Belov8581:1,0890.70%71
69Kuzmin8541:1,0940.67%66
70Fedotova8481:1,1021.08%158
71Medvedev8401:1,1120.59%56
72Polyakova8211:1,1380.74%82
73Borisov8161:1,1450.68%75
74Sergeev8131:1,1490.54%52
75Polyakov8061:1,1590.93%134
76Zhukova8031:1,1640.73%84
77Melnikov8021:1,1650.85%112
78Alekseeva7841:1,1920.57%63
79Semenova7831:1,1930.67%76
80Aleksandrovna7821:1,1951.23%207
81Boyko7771:1,2030.91%138
82Sergeevna7751:1,2061.01%169
83Kalinina7741:1,2070.82%113
84Bogdanov7721:1,2100.91%141
85Bogdanova7531:1,2410.77%105
86Melnikova7521:1,2430.65%78
87Sidorov7481:1,2490.70%87
88Sergeevich7471:1,2511.20%217
89Tkachenko7441:1,2560.68%85
90Kovalyova7391:1,2641.21%222
90Zhukov7391:1,2640.77%109
92Dmitriev7331:1,2750.71%93
93Gusev7311:1,2780.81%125
94Marchenko7231:1,2920.90%155
95Fyodorov7201:1,2980.82%128
96Vlasov7111:1,3140.80%127
97Vasilyeva7091:1,3180.76%115
98Antonov7081:1,3200.64%83
99Alekseev7071:1,3220.59%73
100Aleksandrovich6881:1,3581.20%242
100Sorokina6881:1,3580.67%94
102Fyodorova6871:1,3600.81%140
103Medvedeva6861:1,3620.55%69
104Vlasova6841:1,3660.60%80
105Titova6821:1,3700.77%129
106Nikitin6771:1,3800.46%54
107Matveeva6761:1,3820.59%79
107Solovyov6761:1,3821.16%238
109Fomin6691:1,3970.82%152
110Semyonova6671:1,4010.76%131
111Kiseleva6651:1,4050.90%180
112Yurchenko6561:1,4241.58%380
113Fedotov6461:1,4460.95%195
113Korolyova6461:1,4461.22%270
115Arkhipova6411:1,4581.00%206
116Denisova6381:1,4650.73%133
117Davydova6271:1,4900.72%135
118Goncharova6191:1,5100.69%122
119Semenov6181:1,5120.63%106
120Savchenko6161:1,5170.75%147
121Guseva6141:1,5220.60%97
122Isaeva6091:1,5340.71%136
123Kovalchuk6051:1,5441.50%395
124Kovaleva6011:1,5550.78%168
125Timofeev5971:1,5650.72%146
126Vladimirovna5961:1,5681.11%268
127Nazarov5951:1,5700.76%160
128Davydov5921:1,5780.90%198
129Grigorev5881:1,5890.63%116
129Tarasov5881:1,5890.54%86
131Ermakova5871:1,5920.77%170
131Sorokin5871:1,5920.59%101
133Konovalova5841:1,6000.75%163
133Kovalyov5841:1,6001.05%256
135Solovyova5831:1,6030.96%229
136Kiselyov5811:1,6080.89%200
137Kalinin5801:1,6110.74%159
138Matveev5781:1,6170.58%100
139Vinogradov5761:1,6220.95%226
140Maksimova5751:1,6250.59%104
141Melnik5731:1,6311.23%324
142Fomina5711:1,6360.67%137
143Tarasova5691:1,6420.49%77
144Vladimirovich5671:1,6481.09%280
145Nazarova5661:1,6510.61%118
146Kolesnikova5641:1,6570.55%96
147Kulikova5631:1,6600.62%121
148Kiselyova5591:1,6721.11%297
149Kulikov5501:1,6990.67%150
150Grigoreva5491:1,7020.58%111
151Kolesnikov5481:1,7050.64%139
152Baranova5471:1,7080.63%132
153Petrenko5461:1,7110.88%218
154Gerasimov5411:1,7270.79%193
155Baranov5401:1,7300.65%144
156Vinogradova5391:1,7340.71%173
157Markov5331:1,7530.80%196
158Kazakova5311:1,7600.55%107
159Karpov5291:1,7660.57%120
160Arkhipov5261:1,7761.09%307
161Filippova5241:1,7830.50%89
162Sidorenko5221:1,7900.82%208
162Tikhonova5221:1,7900.65%153
164Sidorova5201:1,7970.53%102
165Efremova5181:1,8040.75%191
166Aleksandrov5171:1,8070.67%165
167Ilina5161:1,8110.49%88
168Komarova5121:1,8250.74%189
169Timofeeva5101:1,8320.52%103
170Abramov5061:1,8470.62%148
171Titov5031:1,8580.60%143
172Efimova5021:1,8610.61%149
173Filatova4981:1,8760.66%176
173Kovalev4981:1,8760.89%251
175Belyaeva4901:1,9070.58%142
176Filatov4881:1,9150.69%185
177Belyaev4851:1,9270.62%166
178Karpova4831:1,9350.52%117
179Lysenko4781:1,9550.83%241
180Krylov4751:1,9670.86%258
180Trofimova4751:1,9670.75%211
182Vasilyev4721:1,9800.72%199
183Klimenko4701:1,9880.83%247
183Semyonov4701:1,9880.52%124
185Fedorov4681:1,9970.48%108
185Maksimov4681:1,9970.57%151
185Markova4681:1,9970.57%145
188Kim4641:2,0140.44%90
189Denisov4631:2,0180.65%184
190Isaev4611:2,0270.45%95
191Kazakov4561:2,0490.61%177
192Chernova4501:2,0760.50%123
192Goncharov4501:2,0760.59%172
194Martynova4491:2,0810.70%205
194Moroz4491:2,0811.17%429
196Golubeva4471:2,0900.71%213
197Karpenko4461:2,0950.88%295
198Lazareva4441:2,1040.73%228
199Rudenko4431:2,1090.69%203
200Romanenko4381:2,1330.84%278