Novgorod Oblast Genealogical Records

Novgorod 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.

Novgorod 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.

Novgorod 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 Novgorod 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.

Novgorod 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.

Novgorod 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.

Novgorod 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.

Novgorod Oblast Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Novgorod Oblast Obituaries

Germans from Russia Obituaries (1899-2012)

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

Novgorod 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.

Novgorod Oblast Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Novgorod 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.

Novgorod 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.

Novgorod 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.

Novgorod 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.

Novgorod 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 Novgorod Oblast

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Russia
1Ivanova15,8281:411.71%1
2Ivanov13,5431:481.54%2
3Petrova6,9821:931.82%8
4Petrov6,3551:1021.48%5
5Mikhaylova5,6801:1142.71%23
6Andreeva4,5251:1432.10%20
7Smirnova4,4731:1451.04%6
8Nikolaeva4,2761:1512.38%33
9Vasileva4,1181:1571.97%22
10Vasilev4,0831:1581.93%21
11Mikhaylov4,0431:1602.23%32
12Pavlova3,7461:1731.68%16
13Stepanova3,2841:1971.86%37
14Vasilyev2,9771:2174.55%199
15Nikolaev2,9631:2181.81%44
15Vasilyeva2,9631:2183.17%115
17Smirnov2,9531:2190.81%9
18Egorov2,9031:2231.72%42
19Yakovleva2,8991:2231.85%47
20Pavlov2,7881:2321.48%28
21Stepanov2,6361:2451.63%45
22Egorova2,5871:2501.51%41
23Bogdanova2,5591:2532.61%105
24Dmitrieva2,5101:2582.10%74
25Nikitina2,4931:2591.45%40
26Andreev2,4421:2651.53%46
27Kuznetsov2,4231:2670.55%4
28Semyonova2,3601:2742.70%131
29Fyodorova2,2561:2872.66%140
30Yakovlev2,2431:2881.75%67
31Sergeeva2,2421:2881.19%27
32Timofeeva2,2341:2892.28%103
33Dmitriev2,1761:2972.11%93
34Fedorova2,1481:3011.91%81
35Fyodorov2,0951:3092.37%128
36Alekseeva2,0671:3131.51%63
37Gavrilova1,9321:3352.48%164
38Fedorov1,9161:3371.98%108
39Efimova1,9131:3382.34%149
40Alexeeva1,8991:3403.37%248
41Kuznetsova1,8611:3470.41%3
42Sergeev1,8601:3481.24%52
43Ilina1,7761:3641.68%88
44Matveeva1,7591:3671.53%79
45Timofeev1,7161:3772.08%146
46Filippova1,7041:3791.62%89
46Kuzmina1,7041:3791.26%65
48Semyonov1,6761:3861.87%124
49Nikitin1,6601:3891.14%54
50Efimov1,6351:3952.34%186
51Antonova1,6161:4001.31%70
52Alekseev1,5831:4081.32%73
53Sokolova1,5601:4140.68%15
54Aleksandrova1,4901:4341.44%92
55Kuzmin1,4871:4351.16%66
56Zakharov1,4701:4400.95%48
57Volkova1,4571:4440.48%12
58Romanov1,4461:4470.81%34
59Zakharova1,4411:4490.81%35
60Matveev1,4181:4561.43%100
61Romanova1,4081:4590.63%17
62Orlova1,3981:4620.91%51
63Grigorev1,3541:4771.45%116
64Novikova1,3491:4790.52%13
65Grigoreva1,2691:5091.34%111
66Makarova1,1911:5430.58%25
66Nikiforova1,1911:5431.90%214
68Osipova1,1901:5431.26%114
69Gavrilov1,1871:5451.52%162
70Bogdanov1,1831:5461.40%141
71Aleksandrov1,1731:5511.51%165
72Maximova1,1601:5573.06%431
73Orlov1,1311:5720.81%58
74Grigoryeva1,1241:5752.70%379
75Markova1,1161:5791.35%145
76Semenova1,1041:5860.95%76
77Malysheva1,0571:6121.56%194
78Lebedeva1,0541:6130.61%38
79Filippov1,0321:6261.18%130
80Nikiforov1,0211:6331.69%227
81Antonov9931:6510.90%83
82Morozova9871:6550.41%14
83Alexeev9831:6582.93%496
84Belova9801:6600.71%59
85Gerasimova9711:6661.27%171
86Vinogradova9511:6801.25%173
87Kotova9441:6850.67%57
87Novikov9441:6850.46%24
89Lebedev9391:6880.77%72
90Karpova9111:7100.98%117
91Sidorov8841:7310.83%87
92Bolshakova8721:7412.53%482
93Semenov8711:7420.89%106
94Fomina8551:7561.00%137
95Kirillova8541:7571.52%252
96Popov8521:7590.23%10
97Alexandrova8311:7782.03%384
97Emelyanova8311:7781.46%245
99Afanasev8251:7841.49%257
100Barulina8181:79050.90%11,197
101Morozov8061:8020.41%26
102Sokolov8011:8070.43%30
103Osipov7771:8320.98%156
104Volkov7711:8380.35%18
105Ilin7591:8521.23%219
106Fedotov7541:8571.11%195
107Popova7501:8620.21%11
108Evdokimova7471:8651.55%311
109Rumyantseva7271:8892.02%457
110Afanaseva7261:8901.32%262
111Trofimova7221:8951.14%211
112Vinogradov7001:9231.16%226
113Zaytseva6981:9260.37%29
114Kozlova6971:9270.40%39
115Kirillov6761:9561.33%290
115Kornev6761:9563.30%901
117Borisov6731:9610.56%75
117Rusakova6731:9613.16%859
119Markov6701:9651.00%196
120Isakova6681:9682.12%535
121Grigoryev6581:9822.18%559
122Danilova6551:9870.64%98
123Maksimova6471:9990.66%104
123Zhukova6471:9990.59%84
125Tsvetkova6461:1,0011.26%285
126Fomin6451:1,0020.79%152
127Frolov6441:1,0040.48%64
127Guseva6441:1,0040.63%97
129Nazarova6431:1,0050.69%118
130Ershov6401:1,0101.51%372
131Vlasov6381:1,0130.72%127
132Savelyeva6251:1,0343.22%961
133Sidorova6221:1,0390.63%102
134Borisova6211:1,0410.45%61
134Kozlov6211:1,0410.38%43
136Gerasimov6191:1,0440.91%193
137Anisimova6131:1,0550.95%201
138Mironova6121:1,0560.45%62
139Boytsova5981:1,0816.55%2,206
140Kudryashova5951:1,0861.54%423
140Makarov5951:1,0860.34%36
142Belov5841:1,1070.48%71
143Abramova5751:1,1240.61%110
144Karpov5691:1,1360.62%120
145Golubeva5641:1,1460.90%213
146Zhukov5491:1,1770.57%109
147Kudryavtseva5481:1,1800.91%230
148Ilyin5421:1,1932.12%704
148Tarasova5421:1,1930.46%77
150Baranov5411:1,1950.65%144
151Mironov5401:1,1970.52%91
152Trofimov5371:1,2040.95%249
153Malyshev5361:1,2061.02%274
153Vlasova5361:1,2060.47%80
155Fedotova5311:1,2170.68%158
156Avtonomov5271:1,22739.68%13,217
157Arkhipova5221:1,2380.82%206
158Maksimov5211:1,2410.64%151
159Nilova5181:1,2488.72%3,436
160Ershova5071:1,2751.05%308
161Konstantinova5041:1,2831.19%370
162Utkin5031:1,2852.46%903
163Belyaeva5011:1,2900.59%142
164Danilov5001:1,2930.56%126
165Kiselyova4991:1,2950.99%297
165Kuzin4991:1,2951.37%450
167Boytsov4921:1,3145.85%2,413
168Subbotina4881:1,3251.86%678
169Gusev4871:1,3270.54%125
169Kovaleva4871:1,3270.63%168
171Ezhova4771:1,3552.95%1,182
172Zaytsev4731:1,3670.33%55
173Makeev4721:1,3701.94%746
174Konkova4691:1,3784.13%1,759
175Frolova4671:1,3840.30%50
175Mikheeva4671:1,3840.98%317
177Barinov4641:1,3932.32%926
178Gromova4631:1,3961.01%331
179Starikova4621:1,3992.04%800
180Bolshakov4591:1,4081.66%653
181Rodionova4571:1,4150.78%237
181Terenteva4571:1,4151.73%672
183Tsvetkov4551:1,4211.39%508
183Veselova4551:1,4211.59%611
185Belyaev4531:1,4270.58%166
185Bystrova4531:1,4272.56%1,078
187Polyakova4521:1,4300.41%82
188Rumyantsev4511:1,4331.52%581
189Tsaryova4451:1,4533.17%1,407
190Smaznova4441:1,45643.36%16,388
191Minicheva4401:1,46963.58%22,773
192Domnin4391:1,47312.44%5,498
192Krylova4391:1,4730.72%221
192Stuzhina4391:1,47382.21%28,202
192Utin4391:1,47328.67%11,689
196Shurygina4381:1,4766.02%2,794
196Solovyova4381:1,4760.72%229
198Solovyov4351:1,4860.75%238
199Kharitonova4341:1,4890.96%341
199Romantsov4341:1,48911.59%5,222