Kursk Oblast Genealogical Records

Kursk 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.

Kursk 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.

Kursk 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 Kursk 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.

Kursk 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.

Kursk 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.

Kursk 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.

Kursk Oblast Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Kursk Oblast Obituaries

Germans from Russia Obituaries (1899-2012)

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

Kursk 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.

Kursk Oblast Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Kursk 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.

Kursk 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.

Kursk 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.

Kursk 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.

Kursk 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 Kursk Oblast

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Russia
1Kuznetsov15,1201:793.46%4
2Koshkina13,5951:8837.09%448
3Ostrovsky13,5791:8865.44%886
4Anchieva13,5461:89100.00%1,465
5Zvyagintseva7,9061:15252.37%1,288
6Kameneva6,3461:18943.24%1,340
7Ivanova5,5011:2180.59%1
8Ivanov4,7981:2500.54%2
9Shevchenko3,8391:3131.76%19
10Boeva3,0851:38926.10%1,689
11Zhukova3,0771:3902.81%84
12Tarasov2,9471:4072.73%86
13Konorev2,7271:44081.82%5,806
14Pankov2,6901:4469.41%614
15Peshkov2,6261:45718.57%1,392
16Popov2,6251:4570.72%10
17Kovalyova2,4751:4854.04%222
18Maslov2,4571:4884.11%233
19Yakovleva2,4401:4921.56%47
20Maltseva2,4321:4933.27%178
21Kondratov2,4271:49433.03%2,764
22Polyakov2,3671:5072.72%134
23Barabanshchikova2,3571:50969.80%5,727
24Khalzeva2,3071:52094.78%7,706
25Kiryukhin2,3061:52027.13%2,383
26Psaryov2,2981:52282.04%6,760
27Novikova2,2901:5240.89%13
28Kuznetsova2,2681:5290.50%3
29Trubnikova2,2051:54423.91%2,182
30Trubnikov2,2011:54525.85%2,373
31Shulgina2,1471:55915.52%1,427
32Bulgakov2,1121:56812.00%1,086
33Sokolova2,1101:5690.92%15
34Gridina2,1051:57031.98%3,096
35Novikov2,0771:5781.01%24
36Sidorov2,0121:5961.89%87
37Petrov2,0071:5980.47%5
38Nosov1,9551:6146.41%551
39Pavlov1,9231:6241.02%28
40Bobrovsky1,9141:62728.54%3,036
41Zvyagintsev1,8951:63323.55%2,519
42Narykova1,8781:63983.32%8,288
43Chernyakova1,8711:64129.72%3,253
44Sergeeva1,8621:6440.99%27
45Morozova1,8471:6500.77%14
46Plokhikh1,8461:65038.74%4,148
47Alekhina1,8171:66017.15%1,886
48Zhukov1,8161:6611.90%109
49Lyashuk1,8141:66275.43%7,788
50Zakharova1,7641:6800.99%35
51Ermakova1,7601:6822.30%170
52Mikhaylova1,7321:6930.83%23
53Petrova1,7191:6980.45%8
54Pereverzev1,7041:70422.44%2,677
55Svezhentseva1,6961:70872.05%7,957
56Sorokina1,6761:7161.63%94
57Romanova1,6751:7160.75%17
58Nosova1,6391:7325.03%519
59Kireeva1,6241:7394.18%420
60Frolov1,6231:7391.20%64
61Zakharov1,6051:7481.03%48
62Belousova1,5891:7552.66%234
63Rudakov1,5711:7647.73%911
64Zaytseva1,5661:7660.84%29
65Bondareva1,5351:7823.99%427
66Ovchinnikov1,5271:7862.55%231
67Smirnova1,5241:7870.36%6
68Sergeev1,5231:7881.02%52
69Evdokimov1,5201:7903.34%338
70Pereverzeva1,5091:79521.13%2,848
71Zaytsev1,5071:7961.04%55
72Volkov1,4851:8080.68%18
73Kovaleva1,4521:8261.88%168
74Frolova1,4511:8270.94%50
75Bulgakova1,4461:8307.35%945
76Polyakova1,4091:8521.27%82
77Chaplygin1,4081:85220.13%2,902
78Maltsev1,3971:8592.22%212
79Nikulina1,3861:8663.01%330
80Mikhaylov1,3781:8710.76%32
81Lebedeva1,3641:8800.79%38
82Bocharova1,3591:8836.52%880
82Kireev1,3591:8833.83%471
84Chaplygina1,3511:88819.87%2,977
85Pronin1,3461:8924.66%604
85Romanov1,3461:8920.75%34
87Popova1,3401:8960.37%11
88Kuzmin1,3231:9071.03%66
89Grebennikov1,2991:92418.92%2,954
90Bashkardina1,2921:92991.70%12,565
91Dorodnykh1,2911:93061.45%8,874
92Shcherbakov1,2741:9422.46%282
93Kalinina1,2621:9511.34%113
94Bondarenko1,2531:9580.84%53
94Pavlova1,2531:9580.56%16
96Ulyantseva1,2521:95975.20%10,871
97Bykovsky1,2401:96821.62%3,545
98Matorykin1,2331:97399.68%14,007
99Goncharova1,2141:9891.34%122
100Belikova1,1981:1,0025.31%802
101Tkachenko1,1751:1,0211.08%85
102Ovchinnikova1,1731:1,0231.70%190
103Agarkov1,1701:1,02616.33%2,841
104Shcherbakova1,1261:1,0662.25%298
105Babkina1,1101:1,0816.51%1,116
106Emelyanov1,1031:1,0882.14%286
107Volobueva1,1011:1,09012.71%2,331
108Matveev1,0971:1,0941.10%100
109Bashkardin1,0961:1,09590.06%14,194
110Naumova1,0921:1,0991.57%188
111Tarasova1,0871:1,1040.93%77
112Denisova1,0821:1,1091.24%133
113Marchenko1,0791:1,1121.35%155
114Kononov1,0691:1,1234.28%723
115Morozov1,0551:1,1370.54%26
116Semenov1,0541:1,1391.08%106
117Lunyov1,0521:1,14116.13%3,127
118Antipov1,0401:1,1543.49%574
119Andreev1,0381:1,1560.65%46
120Nikitina1,0311:1,1640.60%40
120Sidorova1,0311:1,1641.04%102
122Silakov1,0301:1,16540.49%7,383
123Sorokin1,0201:1,1771.03%101
124Efanov1,0131:1,18512.75%2,551
125Kharitonova1,0111:1,1872.25%341
126Shatokhin9961:1,20513.75%2,808
127Basova9951:1,2067.65%1,527
127Kholodova9951:1,20614.60%2,969
129Gutorov9881:1,21531.54%6,117
130Kamynina9751:1,23132.17%6,306
130Tokareva9751:1,2312.20%346
132Golovin9741:1,2323.12%538
132Koroteev9741:1,23226.92%5,375
134Makarov9711:1,2360.55%36
135Gridasova9701:1,23737.57%7,279
136Klykova9631:1,24614.34%3,025
137Samoylov9611:1,2492.23%363
138Medvedeva9581:1,2530.77%69
139Elagina9531:1,25914.49%3,100
140Maslova9501:1,2631.48%204
141Leonidov9471:1,26729.68%6,027
142Konovalova9431:1,2731.21%163
143Ryzhikh9391:1,27812.04%2,616
144Goncharov9371:1,2811.23%172
145Dolzhenkov9361:1,28227.99%5,784
146Elnikov9271:1,29533.37%6,813
146Karachevtseva9271:1,29562.51%12,023
148Ovsyannikova9231:1,3003.88%760
149Bykov9221:1,3021.51%224
149Dorokhin9221:1,30213.19%2,905
151Kovalev9211:1,3031.64%251
152Egorova9181:1,3070.54%41
153Kharin9111:1,3177.66%1,677
153Semenova9111:1,3170.78%76
155Yakovlev9061:1,3250.71%67
156Loktionov9051:1,32617.86%3,947
157Sysoeva9041:1,3274.63%953
158Krasnikova9031:1,3299.45%2,114
158Myasnyankina9031:1,32979.63%15,042
160Rodionov8991:1,3351.75%287
160Volkova8991:1,3350.30%12
162Baskakova8981:1,33610.51%2,362
163Stepanov8921:1,3450.55%45
164Stepanova8881:1,3510.50%37
165Pashkova8871:1,3535.57%1,206
166Kudinov8831:1,3595.20%1,119
167Bondarev8761:1,3702.46%465
168Evdokimova8741:1,3731.81%311
169Nikitenko8671:1,3843.92%827
170Bragin8651:1,3875.86%1,326
171Likhachyova8631:1,39113.56%3,211
171Shapovalov8631:1,3912.37%452
173Karachevtsev8591:1,39759.65%12,322
174Medvedev8581:1,3990.60%56
175Chernykh8531:1,4071.15%179
175Tsukanova8531:1,4079.46%2,235
177Shorstova8501:1,41267.46%13,803
178Krasnikov8491:1,41310.57%2,524
179Eremin8441:1,4225.91%1,375
179Kononova8441:1,4223.44%738
179Kryukov8441:1,4222.50%491
182Kovalyov8351:1,4371.50%256
183Sorokatyy8221:1,46094.92%18,957
184Kozlov8211:1,4620.50%43
185Sokolov8191:1,4650.44%30
186Ryumshin8161:1,47165.59%13,939
187Moskalev8151:1,47215.46%3,805
188Lukina8121:1,4782.48%513
189Volobuev8081:1,48510.67%2,681
190Savin7991:1,5021.71%321
190Smirnov7991:1,5020.22%9
192Semyonov7931:1,5130.88%124
193Merkulova7911:1,5173.14%716
193Sysoev7911:1,5174.11%970
195Sukhorukova7871:1,5256.48%1,646
196Kovalenko7841:1,5310.51%49
197Kozlova7791:1,5400.45%39
198Kotova7741:1,5500.55%57
199Orlov7731:1,5520.55%58
200Pertsev7681:1,56314.70%3,838
200Vasilev7681:1,5630.36%21