Facebook was once about reconnecting with old friends and long-distant family. Now, it is a resource for hobbies, too.
Here are the best Facebook groups to help with genealogy research in countries of the former USSR. If a Facebook page is posted in Russian or another language, please use Google Translate to participate in those groups. This blog’s Facebook group is here. (List updated May 6, 2017)
Russian genealogy
1.The Russian State Historical Archive
2.Генеалогия и Семейная История
German-Russian genealogy
2.Suchdienst der Russlanddeutschen ( Germans from Russia tracing service)
Ukrainian genealogy
1. Our Ancestors — Наші Предки / Ukrainian Genealogy
3. Ukraine Genealogy! Just Ask!
4. Ukrainian Ostarbeiter and Descendants
6.Ukrainian DNA Genealogy – Український ДНК-родовід
Jewish genealogy
1. Tracing the Tribe – Jewish Genealogy on Facebook
3. Jewish genealogy in Latvia and Lithuania
4. Trakai – Lithuania – Jewish Genealogy
6. Mogilev-Podolskiy Jewish Genealogy Group
7.Belarus Jewish Genealogy and Ancestral Travel
Eastern European genealogy
1. Foundation for East European Family History Studies
2. Eastern Europe Genealogy Research Community
3.Our German/East European GENEALOGY
Lemko genealogy
1. Lemko Connections – English
Cossack ancestry
2. PROUD TO BE A KUBAN COSSACK
Latvian genealogy
2. Jewish genealogy in Latvia and Lithuania
4. Lithuania & Latvia jewish genealogy
Lithuanian genealogy
2. Jewish genealogy in Latvia and Lithuania
3.Lithuania & Latvia jewish genealogy
Estonian genealogy
Belarus genealogy
2.Belarus Jewish Genealogy and Ancestral Travel
Armenian genealogy
1.Armenian Genealogy Հայկական Ծագումնա
2.Tadem, Harput – Armenian Genealogy
4.Genealogy for Rhode Island Armenians
Polish genealogy (for areas of the former Russian Empire now in Poland)
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