Tver Oblast Genealogical Records

Tver 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.

Tver 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.

Tver 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 Tver 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.

Tver 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.

Tver 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.

Tver 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.

Tver Oblast Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Tver Oblast Obituaries

Germans from Russia Obituaries (1899-2012)

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

Tver 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.

Tver Oblast Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Tver 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.

Tver 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.

Tver 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.

Tver 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.

Tver 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 Tver Oblast

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Russia
1Ivanova18,3531:751.98%1
2Ivanov16,5821:831.88%2
3Smirnova14,7331:933.44%6
4Smirnov13,4791:1023.68%9
5Petrova7,6561:1792.00%8
6Petrov7,2781:1891.69%5
7Kuznetsova6,7511:2031.49%3
8Sokolova5,7381:2392.49%15
9Lebedeva5,3341:2573.07%38
10Sokolov5,2471:2622.82%30
11Morozova4,9551:2772.06%14
12Mikhaylova4,9071:2802.34%23
13Vinogradova4,8611:2826.41%173
14Lebedev4,6911:2933.83%72
15Vinogradov4,6391:2967.66%226
16Kuznetsov4,6211:2971.06%4
17Volkova4,5331:3031.49%12
18Vasileva4,1191:3331.97%22
19Orlova4,1001:3352.67%51
20Vasilyeva4,0861:3364.37%115
21Pavlova3,9791:3451.78%16
22Andreeva3,8461:3571.78%20
23Vasilev3,8171:3601.80%21
24Pavlov3,6781:3731.95%28
25Mikhaylov3,6731:3742.03%32
26Tsvetkova3,5651:3856.93%285
27Morozov3,5521:3861.82%26
28Yakovleva3,4881:3932.22%47
29Orlov3,4781:3952.48%58
30Sergeeva3,4371:3991.82%27
31Novikova3,4241:4011.33%13
32Kozlova3,3731:4071.95%39
33Egorova3,3691:4071.97%41
34Kozlov3,3271:4132.01%43
35Egorov3,3141:4141.96%42
36Nikitina3,1441:4371.82%40
37Volkov3,0651:4481.40%18
38Guseva3,0451:4512.98%97
39Andreev2,9751:4611.86%46
40Kudryavtseva2,9611:4644.92%230
41Nikolaeva2,9091:4721.62%33
42Tsvetkov2,9041:4738.85%508
43Belova2,8151:4882.03%59
44Belyakova2,8071:4897.27%425
45Stepanov2,7951:4911.73%45
46Stepanova2,7301:5031.55%37
47Belov2,7231:5042.22%71
47Fedorova2,7231:5042.43%81
49Krylova2,6611:5164.34%221
50Fyodorova2,6001:5283.07%140
51Makarova2,5561:5371.25%25
52Chernykh2,5551:5373.44%179
53Novikov2,5331:5421.23%24
54Nikolaev2,4951:5501.53%44
55Krylov2,4931:5514.49%258
56Alekseeva2,4091:5701.76%63
56Dmitrieva2,4091:5702.02%74
58Sergeev2,3821:5761.59%52
59Romanova2,3661:5801.07%17
60Rumyantsev2,3471:5857.92%581
61Yakovlev2,3431:5861.83%67
62Kuzmina2,3311:5891.73%65
63Golubeva2,3301:5893.70%213
64Antonov2,3101:5942.10%83
65Gusev2,3091:5942.57%125
66Golubev2,2721:6044.28%272
67Makarov2,2141:6201.25%36
68Matveeva2,2021:6231.92%79
69Zaytseva2,1771:6301.16%29
70Frolova2,1671:6331.41%50
71Gromova2,1271:6454.62%331
72Malysheva2,1151:6493.11%194
73Rumyantseva2,1121:6505.86%457
74Bogdanova2,0941:6552.14%105
75Zhukova2,0931:6561.91%84
76Romanov2,0711:6631.16%34
77Zaytsev2,0541:6681.42%55
78Antonova2,0441:6711.66%70
79Fyodorov2,0341:6752.30%128
80Dmitriev2,0331:6751.97%93
81Ilina2,0161:6811.91%88
82Polyakova2,0041:6851.80%82
83Osipova1,9911:6892.11%114
84Belyakov1,9881:6905.82%487
85Alekseev1,9851:6911.65%73
86Solovyova1,9821:6923.28%229
87Solovyov1,9811:6933.39%238
88Nikitin1,9661:6981.35%54
89Vasilyev1,9631:6993.00%199
90Malyshev1,9491:7043.70%274
91Efimova1,9251:7132.36%149
92Efimov1,9211:7142.75%186
93Kudryavtsev1,9191:7153.89%300
94Grigorev1,9131:7172.05%116
95Osipov1,9081:7192.41%156
96Zhukov1,8681:7351.95%109
97Kuzmin1,8591:7381.45%66
98Matveev1,8481:7431.86%100
99Zakharov1,8431:7451.19%48
100Veselova1,8241:7526.37%611
101Gavrilova1,8071:7602.32%164
101Semenova1,8071:7601.55%76
103Popov1,7961:7640.49%10
104Popova1,7921:7660.49%11
104Zakharova1,7921:7661.00%35
106Fedorov1,7651:7781.82%108
107Kulikova1,7341:7921.91%121
108Borisova1,7061:8051.24%61
109Grigoreva1,6571:8281.75%111
110Timofeeva1,5921:8621.62%103
111Vorobyova1,5911:8633.45%328
112Kotova1,5901:8631.12%57
113Sorokina1,5861:8651.54%94
114Semyonova1,5771:8701.80%131
115Veselov1,5661:8766.49%749
116Baranov1,5391:8921.85%144
117Baranova1,5291:8981.75%132
118Semenov1,5281:8981.57%106
119Belyaeva1,5251:9001.81%142
120Gromov1,4971:9173.16%318
121Vlasova1,4951:9181.32%80
122Filippov1,4911:9211.70%130
123Soloveva1,4781:9292.78%271
124Boykova1,4681:93511.95%1,621
124Semyonov1,4681:9351.63%124
126Tikhomirov1,4661:9365.26%643
127Aleksandrova1,4611:9391.41%92
128Bogdanov1,4571:9421.73%141
129Filippova1,4471:9491.38%89
130Borisov1,4381:9541.21%75
131Alexeeva1,4101:9732.50%248
132Komarov1,3851:9912.21%215
133Kudryashova1,3801:9953.56%423
134Belyaev1,3631:1,0071.76%166
135Sorokin1,3501:1,0171.36%101
136Tikhomirova1,3271:1,0344.18%532
137Mironova1,3021:1,0540.95%62
138Kulikov1,2881:1,0661.58%150
138Nazarova1,2881:1,0661.39%118
140Komarova1,2791:1,0731.85%189
141Kalinina1,2771:1,0751.35%113
142Markova1,2661:1,0841.53%145
143Koroleva1,2641:1,0861.72%181
144Solovev1,2611:1,0882.92%364
145Kudryashov1,2601:1,0893.50%458
146Melnikova1,2471:1,1011.08%78
147Polyakov1,2451:1,1021.43%134
148Aleksandrov1,2361:1,1101.59%165
149Kiseleva1,2261:1,1191.67%180
150Abramova1,2161:1,1291.28%110
150Akimova1,2161:1,1293.10%414
152Frolov1,2151:1,1300.90%64
153Sidorov1,2111:1,1331.14%87
154Maksimov1,2081:1,1361.48%151
155Grigoryeva1,1961:1,1482.87%379
156Timofeev1,1791:1,1641.43%146
157Danilov1,1661:1,1771.31%126
158Maksimova1,1641:1,1791.19%104
159Korolyov1,1631:1,1802.17%267
160Titova1,1611:1,1821.32%129
161Karpova1,1541:1,1891.24%117
162Soboleva1,1491:1,1952.08%260
163Ilin1,1411:1,2031.85%219
164Melnikov1,1391:1,2051.20%112
165Sobolev1,1371:1,2072.51%339
166Korolyova1,1251:1,2202.12%270
167Mironov1,1151:1,2311.08%91
168Medvedeva1,0891:1,2600.88%69
169Karpov1,0791:1,2721.17%120
170Suvorov1,0691:1,2843.00%464
171Kalinin1,0671:1,2861.36%159
172Medvedev1,0631:1,2910.74%56
173Ershova1,0571:1,2982.18%308
174Kotov1,0521:1,3051.04%99
175Kirillov1,0411:1,3182.05%290
176Fedotov1,0341:1,3271.52%195
177Gavrilov1,0301:1,3331.32%162
178Fomina1,0231:1,3421.20%137
179Bolshakova1,0191:1,3472.95%482
180Titov1,0171:1,3501.22%143
181Markov1,0121:1,3561.51%196
182Zhuravleva1,0041:1,3672.16%322
183Vorobyov1,0031:1,3681.94%283
184Boykov9961:1,37810.82%2,186
185Ershov9771:1,4052.31%372
186Andrianov9651:1,4226.50%1,316
187Moiseeva9601:1,4301.72%255
187Suvorova9601:1,4302.28%374
187Tarasov9601:1,4300.89%86
190Ovchinnikova9591:1,4311.39%190
191Kiselyov9471:1,4491.45%200
192Danilova9461:1,4510.93%98
193Shirokov9421:1,4573.73%715
194Grinyuk9401:1,46039.22%7,810
195Abramov9361:1,4661.14%148
196Andrianova9331:1,4714.03%779
197Bondarenko9301:1,4760.63%53
198Sidorova9281:1,4790.94%102
199Nazarov9231:1,4871.18%160
200Nikiforova9191:1,4931.47%214