Kaluga Oblast Genealogical Records

Kaluga 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.

Kaluga 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.

Kaluga 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 Kaluga 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.

Kaluga 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.

Kaluga 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.

Kaluga 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.

Kaluga Oblast Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Kaluga Oblast Obituaries

Germans from Russia Obituaries (1899-2012)

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

Kaluga 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.

Kaluga Oblast Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Kaluga 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.

Kaluga 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.

Kaluga 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.

Kaluga 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.

Kaluga 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 Kaluga Oblast

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Russia
1Vasenkova45,2291:3598.11%329
2Ivanov8,0951:1960.92%2
3Ivanova7,8471:2020.85%1
4Kuznetsova6,8301:2321.50%3
5Novikova5,7371:2772.23%13
6Kuznetsov5,4641:2901.25%4
7Novikov5,2391:3032.55%24
8Morozov4,2711:3712.19%26
9Smirnov3,8721:4101.06%9
10Romanova3,8531:4121.74%17
11Kozlova3,7451:4242.16%39
12Zakharova3,7321:4252.09%35
13Volkov3,7131:4271.69%18
14Volkova3,5971:4411.18%12
15Borisova3,4151:4652.48%61
16Morozova3,3431:4751.39%14
17Nikitin3,3421:4752.29%54
18Zaytsev3,2491:4882.24%55
19Polyakova3,2221:4922.90%82
20Titova3,1621:5023.59%129
21Smirnova3,1051:5110.73%6
22Belov3,0651:5182.50%71
23Kazakov3,0161:5264.04%177
24Popov3,0131:5270.82%10
25Makarova3,0091:5271.47%25
26Zakharov3,0031:5281.93%48
27Antonova2,9801:5322.42%70
28Polyakov2,9581:5363.40%134
29Popova2,9571:5360.81%11
30Zaytseva2,9131:5451.55%29
31Filimonov2,8901:5497.64%434
32Denisova2,8521:5563.27%133
33Kazakova2,8121:5642.90%107
34Borisov2,8071:5652.35%75
35Potapova2,7541:5764.12%197
36Kuzin2,7151:5847.44%450
37Makarov2,6821:5911.51%36
38Nazarova2,6481:5992.85%118
39Petrov2,5971:6110.60%5
40Filimonova2,5801:6156.70%426
41Petrova2,5711:6170.67%8
41Tarasov2,5711:6172.38%86
43Sokolova2,5671:6181.12%15
44Abramova2,5641:6192.70%110
45Nikulin2,4441:6496.01%388
46Frolova2,3591:6721.53%50
47Kozlov2,3411:6781.42%43
48Sidorova2,3271:6822.35%102
49Vlasova2,3031:6892.04%80
50Fomin2,2611:7022.78%152
51Tarasova2,2491:7051.93%77
52Frolov2,2221:7141.64%64
53Troshin2,2101:71816.52%1,483
54Nikitina2,1981:7221.27%40
55Sorokin2,1781:7282.20%101
56Sidorov2,1491:7382.01%87
57Lebedeva2,1461:7391.24%38
58Drozdov2,1421:7417.76%651
59Baranova2,1281:7452.43%132
60Sokolov2,1261:7461.14%30
61Zhukov2,1201:7482.22%109
62Terekhova2,1061:7536.86%546
63Antonov2,0751:7651.88%83
64Nikolaev2,0611:7701.26%44
65Ivanina2,0021:79244.82%4,397
66Grishina1,9991:7943.94%291
66Zhiltsova1,9991:79422.73%2,286
68Mironova1,9681:8061.43%62
69Potapov1,9671:8073.10%210
70Pavlova1,9521:8130.87%16
71Galkina1,9441:8164.79%390
72Solovyova1,9411:8173.21%229
73Korovina1,9361:81912.75%1,281
74Solovyov1,9301:8223.31%238
75Semenova1,9081:8311.63%76
76Terekhov1,9051:8337.48%707
77Orlov1,8961:8371.35%58
78Belyaev1,8641:8512.40%166
79Titov1,8611:8522.23%143
80Grishin1,8381:8634.18%350
81Rodina1,8211:8717.34%731
82Zhukova1,7941:8841.64%84
83Kuzmin1,7931:8851.40%66
84Fokin1,7781:8926.41%647
85Fedotova1,7751:8942.27%158
86Andreeva1,7591:9020.82%20
87Belyaeva1,7441:9102.07%142
88Kotov1,7361:9141.72%99
89Korneev1,7211:9226.06%622
90Klochkova1,7191:92312.43%1,428
91Egorov1,7061:9301.01%42
92Romanov1,6681:9510.93%34
93Ivanin1,6631:95432.42%3,898
93Sergeeva1,6631:9540.88%27
95Martynova1,6621:9552.59%205
96Afonina1,6361:9707.76%871
97Gavrikov1,6241:97719.13%2,387
98Pavlov1,6121:9840.86%28
99Bashkatova1,5951:99531.20%3,912
100Suslov1,5511:1,0237.68%920
101Matveeva1,5471:1,0251.35%79
102Astakhova1,5401:1,0306.88%812
102Davydov1,5401:1,0302.33%198
104Lobanova1,5341:1,0343.66%378
105Astakhov1,5291:1,0386.58%777
106Zharikov1,5201:1,04419.97%2,673
107Karasyov1,5031:1,05512.26%1,625
108Semyonov1,4981:1,0591.67%124
109Moroz1,4911:1,0643.90%429
110Denisov1,4851:1,0682.09%184
111Vlasov1,4511:1,0931.64%127
112Balykin1,4501:1,09448.43%6,369
112Fomina1,4501:1,0941.70%137
114Shevchenko1,4471:1,0960.66%19
115Grishkina1,4461:1,09744.46%5,918
116Makeeva1,4441:1,0994.17%480
117Ignatov1,4431:1,0995.16%640
118Ermakov1,4271:1,1122.35%225
119Sergeev1,4011:1,1320.94%52
120Pukhteeva1,3851:1,14595.39%12,240
121Karpova1,3821:1,1481.49%117
122Ageeva1,3761:1,1535.16%666
123Antipova1,3711:1,1574.42%542
124Mironov1,3601:1,1661.31%91
125Mikhaylova1,3521:1,1730.65%23
126Semyonova1,3471:1,1781.54%131
127Davydova1,3401:1,1841.55%135
128Kozyrev1,3381:1,1865.85%789
129Moiseeva1,3341:1,1892.39%255
130Ilina1,3321:1,1911.26%88
131Alekseeva1,3311:1,1920.97%63
132Baryshev1,3291:1,1949.01%1,331
133Belova1,3261:1,1960.96%59
134Vorobeva1,3241:1,1983.10%367
135Azarova1,3221:1,20010.04%1,508
136Drozdova1,3151:1,2064.34%553
137Ryabtseva1,3131:1,20812.10%1,839
138Petukhova1,3111:1,2103.42%428
139Medvedeva1,3101:1,2111.05%69
140Melnikova1,3081:1,2131.13%78
141Axenov1,3051:1,21632.63%4,894
142Lukovtsev1,2951:1,22584.20%11,631
143Sorokina1,2801:1,2391.24%94
144Shcherbakova1,2791:1,2402.56%298
145Zhirnov1,2761:1,24313.27%2,094
146Shcherbakov1,2741:1,2452.46%282
147Nikulina1,2711:1,2482.76%330
148Cheredova1,2681:1,25160.38%8,879
149Pulyaev1,2661:1,25357.65%8,524
150Gusev1,2641:1,2551.41%125
150Kistanova1,2641:1,25537.98%5,812
152Gaposhkin1,2631:1,25695.54%13,263
152Kondopulo1,2631:1,25698.59%13,628
152Pontyakov1,2631:1,25697.00%13,412
152Prilipova1,2631:1,25698.98%13,667
156Bueva1,2621:1,25761.11%9,014
156Lunyakin1,2621:1,25783.30%11,785
156Malatov1,2621:1,25796.56%13,380
156Roun1,2621:1,25797.83%13,532
156Shnyryov1,2621:1,25780.59%11,450
161Filatov1,2581:1,2611.78%185
162Pashkin1,2491:1,27037.00%5,728
163Simakova1,2471:1,2728.40%1,318
164Trofimova1,2421:1,2771.97%211
165Ermakova1,2291:1,2911.61%170
166Kuzina1,2281:1,2923.75%511
167Vasilev1,2231:1,2970.58%21
168Stepanova1,2211:1,2990.69%37
169Zhuravleva1,2181:1,3022.62%322
170Nikonova1,1991:1,3233.43%477
171Gavrikova1,1981:1,32412.72%2,144
172Melnikov1,1961:1,3261.26%112
173Ratnikov1,1951:1,32818.00%3,069
174Kotova1,1861:1,3380.84%57
175Maksimova1,1821:1,3421.21%104
176Ivankova1,1801:1,34416.41%2,831
177Kopylova1,1791:1,3463.66%524
178Egorova1,1781:1,3470.69%41
179Kiselyova1,1741:1,3512.33%297
180Medvedev1,1691:1,3570.82%56
181Markov1,1661:1,3611.74%196
182Platonova1,1631:1,3643.98%597
183Efremov1,1601:1,3681.81%202
184Demidova1,1561:1,3722.49%326
185Biryukova1,1531:1,3762.62%349
185Fedotov1,1531:1,3761.70%195
185Knyazeva1,1531:1,3761.88%223
185Laskina1,1531:1,37625.99%4,428
189Soloveva1,1461:1,3842.16%271
190Grigoreva1,1401:1,3921.20%111
190Nesterov1,1401:1,3922.23%288
190Turkin1,1401:1,39215.78%2,812
193Petrushina1,1341:1,39916.79%3,005
193Synchikova1,1341:1,39992.35%14,092
195Rodin1,1271:1,4085.31%863
195Simonova1,1271:1,4082.29%301
197Kuleshova1,1251:1,4104.62%742
198Lebedev1,1191:1,4180.91%72
199Vasileva1,1091:1,4300.53%22
200Kovaleva1,1051:1,4361.43%168