What is a genealogical study?
Nowadays, many want to restore historyhis family, get information about their ancestors. But at the very beginning, they come across a lot of incomprehensible terms, and it often just makes it difficult to learn their ancestry.So what is it - genealogical research?
Genealogical research is a searchinformation in documents for compiling a family tree. Genealogical research is based on the study of archival documents in order to search for information about the ancestors of man.
What is a family line? What does "genealogical research on the family line" mean?
Family line - a direct line of kinship betweenpeople associated with the origin of one person from another. The family line is also determined by a common surname (from the moment of their appearance), which is inherited. In Russia and its neighbors, the inheritance of surnames occurred mainly along the male line.
Genealogical research is conducted one by oneor several family lines. This can be one line (for example, the father's line - in this case, the search for documents is carried out by the father, grandfather on the paternal line, great-grandfather on the paternal line, etc.), two lines (for example, the father and the mother, in this case the study will be go by the surname of the father and mother), four lines (grandmothers and grandfathers), eight lines (great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers).
What information can be obtained from the genealogy?
Information that can be obtained as a result ofgenealogical research, depends, first of all, on the class and kind of occupation of ancestors, i.e. they were nobles, clergymen or peasants, worked in a factory or served in the army. But regardless of this, any person in the genealogical tree will know his surname (if it was), his name and patronymic, estate and age.
Up to what period can genealogical research come?
The depth of genealogical research depends onpreservation of documents in the archive. On average, research on both peasant and noble genealogies can be brought to the beginning of the XVIII century. until the time of Peter I. In some cases, the study can be continued further and reach the middle of the XVII or even the end of the XVI centuries (ie, to the times of Alexei Mikhailovich and even Ivan the Terrible).
What are the main sources of genealogy research?
The main sources of genealogical research are metric books, revision tale and confessional murals.
Metric Books - this is a book of births, marriages and deaths registered by the priest in his parish.
Revizsky tales - Documents of the census of the taxable population of Russia.
Confessed statements Are family lists of parishioners whoEvery year they were made a priest for the control of those who were at confession. In the confessional statements, the age and family relations of all members of the family are indicated, and a mark was placed whether a person was at confession and, if not, for what reason.
How do you know that the information about the pedigree will be reliable?
All information given in the genealogical tree is confirmed by copies or extracts (if the archive rules forbid making copies in any form) from the documents.
Each document, whether it is a copy or an extract fromarchive, has an archive cipher, confirming its reliability. This code consists of the name of the archive, archive fund, inventory number, case number or storage unit and sheet number. Archival copies are in most cases certified by the stamp of the archive or an archive certificate supporting them is attached to them.
