As if there weren’t enough reasons to find all siblings’ birth records, here is another one:
Older siblings’ birth records entered right after newborn sibling’s one, per parents request. Original record was not recorded for various reasons, most common I’ve seen so far is “out of town”.
Смотрите также: “Birth records with marriage or death record reference” и “Church parish records during Russian Civil War”.
Recruitment lists (call up lists, actual drafts, etc) contain a lot of wonderful data. Some have detailed family information, others have description of appearance (height, hair and eye color, …), place of residence, etc.
One piece of information is easy to overlook though. A comment field sometime contains information in whose stead a person is serving! Can be a wonderful surprise if needed name is not found on the list.
Смотрите также: “Wife’s maiden name (Jewish records)” и “Birth records with marriage or death record reference”.
In Jewish records, if one converts to another faith (to Russian Orthodoxy, for example), a note next to birth record is usually added. It will contain information such as: where, when and by whom the person was christened and his/her new name (if changed). Based on that information it should be easy to find original christening record.
Смотрите также: “Christening, change of faith (part 1)” и “Birth records with marriage or death record reference”.
Rarely birth record would contain back reference to a marriage or a death record. Few of the reasons are:
– Father died before the birth of a child, so his death reference is given as a proof of legitimacy (which is usually the case).
– Child is born less than 9 months after marriage took place, so marriage reference is given. In one example marriage took place only a month earlier. It is impossible to say anything definite about the paternity in such cases.
Смотрите также: “Jewish birth records in Russian Orthodox church records” и “Christening, change of faith”.
When someone changed his or her faith to Russian Orthodoxy, it was recorded in birth records (which are actually “christening records“). Often people changed their name as well.
An example from church in Konotop town:
Boy Shmerka Avramov Kerlin christened as Ioann, Ivanovich Buryachenko in his godfather’s name. Change in middle and last name (and the age of the boy) suggests that he was also adopted by Ivan Kirillov Buryachenko.
Шмерка Аврамов Керлин
Иван Иванович Буряченко
Иван Кириллов Буряченко
Смотрите также: “Jewish birth records in Russian Orthodox church records” и “About Russian Orthodox birth records”.