Once in a while, there will be a Jewish birth record in Russian Orthodox church records. There could be several reasons for that – traveling when birth occurred, for example – however, often in such cases it would be either a young girl or a widow. Unfortunately for researchers, birth is usually recorded in some obscure village, far away from place of residence. But hopefully people will take note and share this information.
An example: birth of Rakhil (Rachel) Bortsev’s daughter in 1894 is recorded in Orthodox church of Olginskoe village.
Рахиль Борцева, мещанка города Мариуполя.
Смотрите также: “Original name, random -io- / -e- substitution”.