Penza Oblast Genealogical Records

Penza 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.

Penza 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.

Penza 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 Penza 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.

Penza 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.

Penza 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.

Penza 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.

Penza Oblast Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Penza Oblast Obituaries

Germans from Russia Obituaries (1899-2012)

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

Penza 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.

Penza Oblast Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Penza 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.

Penza 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.

Penza 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.

Penza 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.

Penza 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 Penza Oblast

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Russia
1Kuznetsova9,1251:1502.01%3
2Orlov5,5851:2453.98%58
3Kuznetsov5,4821:2491.26%4
4Pavlova5,2521:2602.35%16
5Antonova4,4771:3053.63%70
6Romanova4,4071:3101.99%17
7Sergeeva4,2831:3192.27%27
8Pavlov4,1921:3262.22%28
9Lebedeva4,1581:3292.40%38
10Matisova4,0581:33791.03%4,404
11Ivanova3,7501:3640.40%1
12Ivanov3,6591:3740.42%2
13Maslov3,2781:4175.48%233
14Timofeeva3,1561:4333.22%103
15Batkaev3,0091:45486.42%5,555
16Mamonova2,9931:45720.81%1,369
17Minaeva2,9341:46612.78%788
18Volkova2,8021:4880.92%12
19Makarov2,7791:4921.57%36
20Astafyeva2,7401:49940.47%2,993
21Vysochkina2,7111:50493.03%6,520
22Trosheva2,7091:50478.09%5,571
23Frolova2,7081:5051.76%50
23Ravaev2,7081:50595.25%6,677
25Mironova2,6791:5101.95%62
26Morozov2,6441:5171.36%26
27Volkov2,5591:5341.17%18
28Smirnov2,3551:5800.64%9
29Kozlov2,3361:5851.41%43
30Smirnova2,2741:6010.53%6
31Makarova2,2661:6031.11%25
32Sorokin2,1451:6372.16%101
33Biryukov2,1381:6395.32%399
34Morozova2,1041:6500.88%14
35Borisov2,0541:6651.72%75
36Kozlova2,0481:6671.18%39
37Sorokina1,9861:6881.93%94
38Novikova1,9531:7000.76%13
39Zakharov1,9351:7061.25%48
40Egorov1,9311:7081.14%42
41Davydova1,9101:7162.21%135
42Antonov1,8961:7211.72%83
43Nazarova1,8691:7312.01%118
44Zakharova1,8571:7361.04%35
45Denisov1,8401:7432.59%184
46Nikitina1,8321:7461.06%40
47Petrova1,8181:7520.47%8
48Volodina1,7761:7706.56%660
49Medvedev1,7671:7731.23%56
50Frolov1,7631:7751.30%64
51Moiseev1,7541:7793.33%275
52Medvedeva1,7511:7811.41%69
53Petrov1,7451:7830.41%5
54Afanasev1,7291:7903.11%257
55Mironov1,7201:7951.66%91
56Belova1,7071:8011.23%59
57Fomin1,7021:8032.09%152
58Novikov1,6971:8050.82%24
59Borisova1,6471:8301.19%61
60Nikitin1,6111:8481.10%54
61Popova1,5671:8720.43%11
62Sokolov1,5431:8860.83%30
63Meshcheryakova1,5401:8879.22%1,143
64Kulikov1,5381:8891.89%150
65Popov1,5311:8930.42%10
66Abramova1,5211:8991.60%110
67Denisova1,5131:9031.73%133
68Tarasov1,5051:9081.39%86
69Romanov1,5011:9110.84%34
70Moiseeva1,4881:9182.67%255
71Egorova1,4561:9390.85%41
72Andreeva1,4471:9440.67%20
73Melnikov1,4451:9461.53%112
74Kulikova1,4011:9761.54%121
75Agafonov1,3961:9794.16%494
76Nikolaeva1,3941:9800.78%33
77Malysheva1,3831:9882.04%194
78Melnikova1,3791:9911.19%78
79Sokolova1,3611:1,0040.59%15
80Kostin1,3451:1,0163.41%410
81Grishin1,3421:1,0183.05%350
82Isaeva1,3381:1,0211.56%136
83Tarasova1,3321:1,0261.14%77
84Zaytsev1,3271:1,0300.92%55
85Belov1,3041:1,0481.06%71
85Sidorova1,3041:1,0481.32%102
87Andreev1,2961:1,0550.81%46
88Sidorov1,2881:1,0611.21%87
89Nikolaev1,2841:1,0640.79%44
90Voronin1,2731:1,0742.37%266
91Sergeev1,2681:1,0780.85%52
92Kuzmina1,2621:1,0830.94%65
93Kalinin1,2601:1,0851.61%159
94Gorshkova1,2561:1,0883.13%401
95Korolyov1,2521:1,0922.33%267
96Grishina1,2501:1,0932.46%291
97Gusev1,2431:1,1001.39%125
98Kitaeva1,2181:1,12211.59%1,904
99Lytkina1,2071:1,13221.95%3,662
100Vlasova1,2061:1,1331.07%80
101Kazhaeva1,2001:1,13967.11%10,213
102Abramov1,1851:1,1531.45%148
102Marakhov1,1851:1,15386.06%12,809
104Kezhapkin1,1811:1,15799.83%14,530
105Chernov1,1681:1,1701.51%167
105Khramov1,1681:1,1708.57%1,456
107Samsonov1,1611:1,1773.83%554
108Biryukova1,1451:1,1942.60%349
109Isaev1,1431:1,1961.11%95
110Kazakova1,1381:1,2011.17%107
111Pronkin1,1371:1,20229.56%5,077
112Loginov1,1001:1,2422.09%276
113Polyakov1,0891:1,2551.25%134
114Filippov1,0841:1,2611.23%130
115Kuzmin1,0821:1,2630.84%66
116Zinina1,0811:1,26417.96%3,382
117Chernova1,0711:1,2761.19%123
118Kochetkova1,0571:1,2933.31%528
119Volodin1,0551:1,2954.10%697
120Alekseeva1,0501:1,3020.77%63
121Krasnov1,0441:1,3092.23%320
122Kolesnikova1,0421:1,3121.01%96
123Matveeva1,0271:1,3310.89%79
124Vasilev1,0091:1,3540.48%21
125Boyarova1,0021:1,36417.55%3,568
125Gorshkov1,0021:1,3643.53%620
127Martynov9981:1,3691.69%236
128Fomina9941:1,3751.16%137
128Kazakov9941:1,3751.33%177
130Kalinina9881:1,3831.05%113
131Kotova9861:1,3860.69%57
132Polyakova9851:1,3870.89%82
133Kulyasov9841:1,38948.81%9,200
134Kochetkov9831:1,3903.76%681
135Markin9801:1,3953.28%571
136Akchurin9791:1,39624.36%4,869
137Dolgov9721:1,4063.48%642
138Fadeev9711:1,4082.24%362
139Tikhonova9701:1,4091.21%153
140Grachyov9691:1,4106.58%1,334
141Lebedev9671:1,4130.79%72
142Kryukov9641:1,4182.86%491
143Yazin9461:1,44595.08%16,824
144Potapova9441:1,4481.41%197
145Kuptsov9421:1,4519.37%1,990
145Nazarov9421:1,4511.21%160
147Chernyshova9411:1,4522.49%432
148Gavrilin9371:1,45914.60%3,181
149Antipov9341:1,4633.14%574
150Zhukova9331:1,4650.85%84
151Osipova9301:1,4700.99%114
152Akchurina9281:1,47323.27%4,915
153Glukhova9251:1,4773.75%735
154Nesterova9221:1,4821.62%244
155Krasnova9211:1,4841.59%240
155Osipov9211:1,4841.16%156
157Matveev9181:1,4890.92%100
158Fedotov9171:1,4901.35%195
158Vlasov9171:1,4901.04%127
160Ryabova9091:1,5041.90%316
161Maksimova9041:1,5120.92%104
162Gerasimov8941:1,5291.31%193
163Yudin8921:1,5321.96%334
164Bychkova8901:1,5363.13%624
165Dmitrieva8891:1,5370.74%74
166Guseva8861:1,5430.87%97
167Kolesnikov8811:1,5511.03%139
168Motorin8801:1,55314.17%3,295
169Shirshova8751:1,56212.34%2,866
170Chernyaev8731:1,5668.01%1,833
171Yudina8711:1,5691.69%284
172Davydov8701:1,5711.32%198
172Rodionova8701:1,5711.49%237
174Tikhonov8671:1,5761.24%187
175Stepanova8631:1,5840.49%37
176Anoshkina8591:1,59126.17%5,869
177Shindina8581:1,59346.91%10,023
178Gerasimova8571:1,5951.12%171
179Gorodnov8561:1,59756.02%11,711
179Zaytseva8561:1,5970.46%29
181Loginova8541:1,6001.53%253
182Khramova8461:1,6155.78%1,344
183Zelentsova8451:1,61716.78%3,962
184Yakovlev8421:1,6230.66%67
185Rozhkov8411:1,6253.08%657
186Khasanov8371:1,6332.33%459
186Zhukov8371:1,6330.88%109
188Shulgina8301:1,6476.00%1,427
189Dolgova8251:1,6573.30%724
189Vasileva8251:1,6570.39%22
191Zotova8221:1,6631.88%355
192Sukhova8211:1,6653.70%825
193Martynova8201:1,6671.28%205
194Fedotova8191:1,6691.05%158
195Rodikov8181:1,67139.46%8,977
196Markov8171:1,6731.22%196
196Naumova8171:1,6731.17%188
196Smolkova8171:1,67348.34%10,721
199Orlova8151:1,6770.53%51
199Smolkov8151:1,67749.73%11,014