Ryazan Oblast Genealogical Records

Ryazan 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.

Ryazan 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.

Ryazan 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 Ryazan 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.

Ryazan 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.

Ryazan 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.

Ryazan 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.

Ryazan Oblast Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Ryazan Oblast Obituaries

Germans from Russia Obituaries (1899-2012)

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

Ryazan 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.

Ryazan Oblast Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Ryazan 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.

Ryazan 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.

Ryazan 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.

Ryazan 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.

Ryazan 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 Ryazan Oblast

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Russia
1Kuznetsova7,0341:1631.55%3
2Ivanova4,6421:2480.50%1
3Volkova4,6001:2501.51%12
4Kuznetsov4,5361:2531.04%4
5Morozov4,4331:2592.27%26
6Ivanov4,3271:2660.49%2
7Smirnova4,2081:2730.98%6
8Smirnov3,7951:3031.04%9
9Trushina3,7321:30835.22%1,885
10Zotova3,7201:3098.52%355
11Frolov3,4551:3332.55%64
12Mironov3,4261:3353.31%91
13Anikina3,3431:34413.03%701
14Popova3,2661:3520.89%11
15Kotova3,1851:3612.24%57
16Demenkov3,1011:37156.45%3,664
17Guseva3,0771:3733.01%97
18Popov2,8091:4090.77%10
19Novikova2,7621:4161.07%13
20Semyonov2,6591:4322.96%124
21Novikov2,5631:4481.25%24
22Romanova2,4031:4781.08%17
23Morozova2,3061:4980.96%14
24Scherbakova2,2331:5158.84%712
25Petrov2,2311:5150.52%5
26Starikova2,2271:5169.85%800
27Tsygankova2,1741:52914.63%1,315
28Balabanov2,1631:53121.61%1,997
29Makarov2,1571:5331.22%36
30Savchuk2,1301:53913.21%1,189
31Balayan2,1291:54042.90%4,012
32Zaytseva2,1041:5461.12%29
33Khvatova2,0811:55249.29%4,644
34Chaplina2,0791:55378.75%7,142
35Frakin2,0731:55498.81%8,889
35Kytina2,0731:55489.24%8,059
37Byrochkin2,0671:556100.00%9,004
37Ruziev2,0671:55665.31%6,069
39Kabanov2,0501:5609.31%831
40Makarova2,0361:5640.99%25
41Orlova1,9861:5791.30%51
42Baranov1,9411:5922.33%144
43Savina1,8741:6133.52%269
44Volkov1,8421:6240.84%18
45Kutuzov1,8321:62714.35%1,556
46Khudynin1,8121:63499.89%10,094
46Popykhina1,8121:63499.07%10,023
48Kozlov1,8081:6361.09%43
49Kozlova1,8041:6371.04%39
50Abramova1,7741:6481.87%110
51Mironova1,7091:6721.24%62
52Sidorov1,6771:6851.57%87
53Zaytsev1,6601:6921.15%55
54Petrova1,6171:7110.42%8
55Sokolova1,6141:7120.70%15
56Gusev1,5851:7251.77%125
57Romanov1,5451:7440.86%34
58Denisova1,5321:7501.75%133
59Kochetkova1,5241:7544.77%528
60Kulikova1,5161:7581.67%121
61Fomina1,4841:7741.74%137
62Frolova1,4601:7870.95%50
63Egorova1,4491:7930.85%41
64Andreeva1,4361:8000.67%20
65Baranova1,4291:8041.63%132
66Biryukov1,3841:8303.44%399
67Nikitina1,3651:8420.79%40
68Abramov1,3481:8521.64%148
69Polyakova1,3371:8591.20%82
70Moiseeva1,3361:8602.39%255
71Stepanova1,3351:8610.76%37
72Sokolov1,3111:8760.70%30
73Tarasov1,2911:8901.20%86
74Borisova1,2661:9080.92%61
75Pavlov1,2641:9090.67%28
76Zhukova1,2511:9181.14%84
77Melnikova1,2211:9411.06%78
78Andreev1,2191:9430.76%46
79Zakharova1,2101:9500.68%35
80Fomin1,2041:9541.48%152
81Zakharov1,1991:9580.77%48
82Konovalova1,1881:9671.53%163
83Nikolaev1,1761:9770.72%44
84Soboleva1,1741:9792.13%260
85Biryukova1,1731:9802.66%349
86Markin1,1701:9823.92%571
87Egorov1,1621:9890.69%42
88Orlov1,1601:9910.83%58
89Afonin1,1541:9966.25%1,015
90Isaev1,1531:9971.12%95
91Lobanov1,1491:1,0002.91%409
92Sidorova1,1471:1,0021.16%102
93Tarasova1,1411:1,0070.98%77
94Sobolev1,1321:1,0152.50%339
95Savin1,1061:1,0392.37%321
96Pronina1,0931:1,0513.31%504
97Borisov1,0811:1,0630.91%75
97Eliseev1,0811:1,0632.54%368
99Evdokimov1,0751:1,0692.36%338
100Kuzmina1,0631:1,0810.79%65
100Polukhin1,0631:1,08116.14%3,094
102Belova1,0571:1,0870.76%59
102Kuzin1,0571:1,0872.90%450
104Nikitin1,0561:1,0880.72%54
105Polukhina1,0551:1,08913.59%2,629
106Kryuchkov1,0511:1,0935.80%1,045
107Isaeva1,0401:1,1051.21%136
107Polyakov1,0401:1,1051.20%134
109Prokhorova1,0391:1,1062.31%342
110Sorokin1,0371:1,1081.05%101
111Miroshkina1,0321:1,11324.31%4,613
112Sergeeva1,0261:1,1200.54%27
113Kalinina1,0221:1,1241.08%113
114Ermakova1,0211:1,1251.34%170
115Mikhaylov1,0191:1,1280.56%32
116Stepanov1,0151:1,1320.63%45
117Kosheleva1,0001:1,1493.86%691
118Nikolaeva9961:1,1540.56%33
119Kondrashov9911:1,1596.06%1,172
120Sorokina9831:1,1690.95%94
121Martynova9781:1,1751.53%205
122Kostina9731:1,1812.39%387
123Markova9721:1,1821.18%145
124Vasilev9551:1,2030.45%21
124Vasileva9551:1,2030.46%22
126Grishina9541:1,2041.88%291
127Grishin9491:1,2112.16%350
128Filatova9481:1,2121.26%176
129Efremov9451:1,2161.47%202
130Samorukova9431:1,21839.34%7,810
131Filina9391:1,2245.81%1,187
132Davydova9341:1,2301.08%135
132Sergeev9341:1,2300.62%52
134Larina9331:1,2322.36%407
135Belov9271:1,2390.76%71
136Kiseleva9241:1,2431.26%180
137Komarova9231:1,2451.33%189
138Medvedeva9191:1,2500.74%69
139Nazarova9151:1,2560.99%118
140Korneeva9121:1,2602.96%545
140Mitrofanov9121:1,2603.67%728
142Gorokhov9101:1,2634.43%896
143Pavlova9091:1,2640.41%16
144Sharova8991:1,2784.17%850
145Komarov8871:1,2951.42%215
146Mikhaylova8861:1,2970.42%23
147Eliseeva8841:1,3002.03%358
148Kiselyov8791:1,3071.35%200
149Kotov8761:1,3120.87%99
150Ermakov8691:1,3221.43%225
151Titov8621:1,3331.03%143
152Martynov8591:1,3381.46%236
153Maksimova8581:1,3390.87%104
154Mayorova8531:1,3472.39%467
155Larin8481:1,3552.72%539
156Danilova8411:1,3660.82%98
157Lebedeva8351:1,3760.48%38
158Kalinin8281:1,3881.06%159
158Mokhova8281:1,3888.63%2,103
160Afonina8191:1,4033.89%871
161Shevchenko8101:1,4190.37%19
162Klimov8081:1,4221.46%259
163Denisov8071:1,4241.14%184
163Kuzmin8071:1,4240.63%66
165Koroleva8061:1,4261.10%181
166Antonov7981:1,4400.72%83
166Kuzina7981:1,4402.44%511
168Emelyanova7971:1,4421.40%245
169Tereshin7961:1,44334.79%8,164
170Markina7931:1,4492.49%531
171Nazarov7921:1,4511.01%160
172Vorobyev7901:1,4547.19%1,813
173Sleptsova7831:1,4675.94%1,506
174Medvedev7771:1,4790.54%56
175Kulikov7731:1,4860.95%150
176Shichkin7711:1,49024.01%5,992
177Shmeleva7691:1,4946.30%1,634
178Kostin7671:1,4981.94%410
179Davydov7641:1,5041.16%198
180Antonova7541:1,5240.61%70
181Anosov7491:1,53411.69%3,186
182Vlasova7441:1,5440.66%80
183Zotov7421:1,5492.46%559
184Tsukanova7331:1,5688.13%2,235
184Zhuravlev7331:1,5682.05%463
186Khokhlov7321:1,5702.25%521
187Maximov7301:1,5743.06%759
188Ryabova7191:1,5981.50%316
189Alekseeva7171:1,6020.52%63
190Semenova7161:1,6050.61%76
190Toropova7161:1,6055.25%1,453
192Vlasov7131:1,6110.81%127
193Yunusov7121:1,6143.25%833
194Degtyaryov7081:1,6235.73%1,608
194Nosova7081:1,6232.17%519
196Tolokonnikov7001:1,64129.29%7,833
197Rodin6981:1,6463.29%863
198Kolodin6971:1,64817.72%4,966
199Burbina6951:1,65387.42%20,324
200Fedorova6921:1,6600.62%81