Smolensk Oblast Genealogical Records

Smolensk 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.

Smolensk 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.

Smolensk 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 Smolensk 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.

Smolensk 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.

Smolensk 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.

Smolensk 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.

Smolensk Oblast Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Smolensk Oblast Obituaries

Germans from Russia Obituaries (1899-2012)

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

Smolensk 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.

Smolensk Oblast Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Smolensk 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.

Smolensk 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.

Smolensk 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.

Smolensk 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.

Smolensk 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 Smolensk Oblast

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Russia
1Ivanova12,7731:771.38%1
2Ivanov12,2551:811.39%2
3Novikova5,7261:1722.22%13
4Novikov4,8281:2042.35%24
5Petrov4,4711:2211.04%5
6Petrova3,7641:2620.98%8
7Morozova3,7151:2661.55%14
8Smirnova3,3411:2950.78%6
9Kuznetsova3,1281:3150.69%3
10Smirnov3,1181:3160.85%9
11Volkova2,9841:3310.98%12
12Kovaleva2,9661:3333.83%168
13Kozlov2,8851:3421.74%43
14Petrochenkova2,8661:34484.42%5,697
15Belikova2,7601:35812.23%802
16Romanova2,7251:3621.23%17
17Kotova2,6411:3741.86%57
18Vasilev2,6231:3761.24%21
19Trifonenkova2,5951:38095.86%6,982
20Bodyak2,5791:38393.88%6,886
21Ladygo2,5781:38399.61%7,264
22Kovalyova2,5141:3934.10%222
23Kozlova2,4971:3951.44%39
24Pavlova2,4301:4061.09%16
25Vasileva2,3341:4231.11%22
26Kuznetsov2,3041:4280.53%4
27Orlova2,1941:4501.43%51
28Kovalyov2,1891:4513.93%256
29Mikhaylova2,1851:4521.04%23
30Stepanova2,0471:4821.16%37
31Volkov2,0241:4880.92%18
32Nikitina2,0011:4931.16%40
33Zaytseva1,9921:4951.06%29
34Morozov1,9741:5001.01%26
35Sokolova1,9621:5030.85%15
36Stepanov1,9271:5121.19%45
37Mikhaylov1,9141:5161.06%32
38Orlov1,8611:5301.32%58
39Frolova1,8371:5371.19%50
40Zaytsev1,7901:5511.23%55
41Andreeva1,7701:5580.82%20
42Egorova1,7531:5631.02%41
43Pavlov1,7431:5660.92%28
44Yakovleva1,7371:5681.11%47
45Romanov1,7221:5730.96%34
46Kuzmina1,6791:5881.25%65
47Kovalev1,6591:5952.96%251
48Kotov1,5851:6231.57%99
49Nikolaeva1,5711:6280.88%33
50Nikolaev1,5561:6340.95%44
51Alekseev1,5111:6531.26%73
52Nikitin1,4891:6631.02%54
53Andreev1,4671:6730.92%46
54Egorov1,4411:6850.85%42
54Matveeva1,4411:6851.25%79
56Polyakova1,4001:7051.26%82
57Mironova1,3521:7300.98%62
58Kuzmin1,3481:7321.05%66
59Timofeev1,3441:7341.63%146
60Bogdanova1,3431:7351.37%105
61Zakharova1,3401:7360.75%35
62Titova1,3291:7431.51%129
63Sergeeva1,3171:7490.70%27
64Shevchenko1,3131:7520.60%19
65Sokolov1,2991:7600.70%30
66Borisova1,2961:7610.94%61
67Frolov1,2741:7750.94%64
68Polyakov1,2411:7951.43%134
69Fedorova1,2101:8161.08%81
70Makarova1,2021:8210.59%25
71Alekseeva1,2001:8220.87%63
72Yakovlev1,1861:8320.92%67
73Ilina1,1821:8351.12%88
74Kovalenko1,1791:8370.76%49
75Belova1,1601:8510.84%59
76Borisov1,1521:8570.97%75
76Martynova1,1521:8571.80%205
78Timofeeva1,1511:8571.17%103
79Zakharov1,1381:8670.73%48
80Dmitrieva1,1311:8730.95%74
81Grigoreva1,1171:8831.18%111
82Vasilyeva1,1071:8911.19%115
83Titov1,1001:8971.32%143
84Semenova1,0921:9040.94%76
85Fyodorov1,0841:9101.23%128
86Sergeev1,0681:9240.71%52
87Popova1,0641:9270.29%11
88Danilova1,0531:9371.03%98
89Semyonova1,0521:9381.20%131
90Zhukov1,0421:9471.09%109
91Korneeva1,0331:9553.35%545
92Makarov1,0171:9700.57%36
93Antonova1,0121:9750.82%70
94Savchenkov9981:98927.11%5,300
95Matveev9931:9941.00%100
96Isaeva9791:1,0081.14%136
97Kazakov9761:1,0111.31%177
98Osipova9681:1,0191.03%114
99Lebedev9601:1,0280.78%72
99Lyubimova9601:1,0282.20%356
101Koroleva9451:1,0441.29%181
102Korolyova9441:1,0451.78%270
103Grigorev9351:1,0551.00%116
104Fomina9321:1,0591.09%137
105Semenov9311:1,0600.96%106
106Tarasova9271:1,0650.79%77
107Lebedeva9241:1,0680.53%38
108Ermakova9211:1,0711.20%170
109Solntse9161:1,0779.68%2,134
110Popov9141:1,0800.25%10
111Osipov9121:1,0821.15%156
111Tarasov9121:1,0820.84%86
113Belov8881:1,1110.72%71
114Dmitriev8821:1,1190.85%93
115Efimova8711:1,1331.07%149
116Zhukova8621:1,1450.79%84
117Prudnikova8601:1,1477.46%1,736
118Ermakov8581:1,1501.41%225
118Tikhonov8581:1,1501.23%187
120Leonova8451:1,1681.59%273
121Kharitonova8381:1,1781.86%341
122Kazakova8341:1,1830.86%107
123Sergeevna8301:1,1891.08%169
124Danilov8281:1,1920.93%126
125Nikiforova8231:1,1991.31%214
125Volk8231:1,1992.72%556
127Starovoytov8221:1,20114.69%3,622
128Efimov8201:1,2031.17%186
129Fyodorova8171:1,2080.96%140
130Antonenkova8111:1,21752.63%11,607
130Bykov8111:1,2171.33%224
130Sidorova8111:1,2170.82%102
133Melnikova8071:1,2230.70%78
133Sidorenkov8071:1,22326.95%6,369
135Maksimova8011:1,2320.82%104
136Antonov8001:1,2340.73%83
137Goncharova7991:1,2350.88%122
138Bogdanov7921:1,2460.94%141
139Efremov7911:1,2481.23%202
140Sorokin7851:1,2570.79%101
141Filippova7841:1,2590.75%89
142Baranov7831:1,2600.94%144
143Goncharov7791:1,2671.02%172
143Kiselyova7791:1,2671.55%297
145Semyonov7781:1,2680.87%124
145Tsoy7781:1,2683.33%773
147Abramov7771:1,2700.95%148
148Davydova7711:1,2800.89%135
149Romanenkova7661:1,28826.62%6,597
150Prudnikov7631:1,2938.06%2,129
150Sidorov7631:1,2930.72%87
152Solovyova7621:1,2951.26%229
153Denisova7611:1,2970.87%133
154Zakharenkova7571:1,30430.84%7,641
155Zueva7511:1,3141.73%360
156Kalinina7471:1,3210.79%113
157Avdeev7461:1,3231.85%398
157Vinogradov7461:1,3231.23%226
159Aleksandrova7441:1,3260.72%92
160Lis7391:1,3352.07%462
161Vinogradova7361:1,3410.97%173
162Moiseenkova7341:1,34431.06%7,934
163Korneev7331:1,3462.58%622
164Mironov7311:1,3500.71%91
165Mikheenkova7261:1,35970.08%16,226
166Medvedev7231:1,3650.50%56
167Marchenkova7171:1,37616.90%4,620
168Zuev7061:1,3981.94%452
169Fedorov6931:1,4240.72%108
170Sergeenkov6881:1,43454.47%13,774
171Kholod6871:1,4361.60%365
172Sidorenkova6831:1,44523.98%6,665
173Drozdov6811:1,4492.47%651
174Marchenkov6801:1,45120.12%5,725
175Petukhova6781:1,4561.77%428
176Akimov6761:1,4601.83%442
176Savchenkova6761:1,46023.13%6,500
178Semchenkova6751:1,46248.49%12,691
178Sorokina6751:1,4620.65%94
180Gerasimova6721:1,4690.88%171
181Kiseleva6691:1,4750.91%180
182Makarenko6651:1,4841.48%343
183Medvedeva6631:1,4880.53%69
184Belyaeva6581:1,5000.78%142
184Vasilkova6581:1,5007.62%2,342
186Alexeev6571:1,5021.96%496
187Baranova6521:1,5140.75%132
188Filippov6501:1,5180.74%130
189Krylova6441:1,5321.05%221
190Bondarenko6421:1,5370.43%53
191Azarenkova6411:1,54042.20%11,761
192Drozdova6361:1,5522.10%553
193Kudryavtseva6271:1,5741.04%230
193Leonov6271:1,5741.39%340
195Gusev6241:1,5810.70%125
196Solovyov6231:1,5841.07%238
197Belyaev6221:1,5870.80%166
198Eliseev6211:1,5891.46%368
199Maximova6181:1,5971.63%431
200Kulikov6141:1,6070.75%150