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Lara Diamond
@laradiamond.bsky.social
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Genealogist. Russian Empire, Subcarpathia Jewish genealogy. The records were (largely) not destroyed! Blogs at https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · 29d
If you had ancestors who lived anywhere in Europe, here's a resource that might help you find info--including photos and genealogical info. I found cases with photos for relatives who were later killed in the Holocaust!
#genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory
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Felix Archive's Foreigner Files--Including Photos for People From Across Europe
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Sep 28
There's a tool that helped me find some genealogical records that haven't even been indexed. Here's some of what I found, some searching caveats, and how you can hopefully find new-to-you records as well! #genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory
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FamilySearch's Full-Text Search
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Sep 1
Are you researching ancestors who lived in what's now Ukraine? There may be records scanned and online, just waiting for you to find them. Here's info abt a new site that may help you locate scanned and online records:
#ancestry #genealogy #familyhistory
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Ukrainan Online Records - Use the Duck!
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Jul 27
There are 2 new searchable collections available w/significant amounts of info on those who survived the Holocaust--often including names of family members. Info and tips to navigate here:
#ancestry #familyhistory #genealogy
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New Resource to Find Holocaust Survivors--Often With Family Information
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Jul 6
Researching 1926 Poland (parts of modern-day Ukraine and Lithuania, modern-day Poland and bits of what was Russian Empire, Galicia, Czechoslovakia, East Prussia among others)? Great resource I’ve mentioned b4, now more searchable!
#genealogy #ancestry
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Polish Schoolchildren's Signatures - Now Searchable!
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Jun 22
Don't get too attached to how a surname--or given name--was spelled, or you may miss docs that reference actual family members. Spelling of names wasn't important to our ancestors. Two copies of the same record demonstrate this:
#genealogy #familyhistory
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Spelling Doesn't Matter in Genealogy (Still)
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Apr 23
Tonight starts Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Here are the names of the 1023 relatives I have traced so far who were murdered in the #Holocaust. Remember them. #YomHashoah #genealogy #FamilyHistory #ancestry
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Yom HaShoah 2025
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Apr 6
If your family was from anywhere within the Russian Empire, Galicia, Romania or even the Ottoman Empire, you may have had relatives who ended up in Odesa. Here’s how to find those potential relatives & know if they might be related to you: #genealogy
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Maybe You'll Find it, the Odesa Connection....
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Mar 16
If your family lived in what became the #USSR, they/their family members were likely impacted, may have been arrested &/or executed. A site is consolidating sites w/“repressed" individuals. I found photos, court docs, more for my relatives
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Soviet Repression Records - Information, Photos and More
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Feb 17
I’d say less. The number gets larger the closer to the revolution, but it was still a very small fraction of the total.
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Feb 17
It did happen but was pretty rare.
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Feb 17
I've just discovered that my dad has a half 2nd cousin, a Holocaust survivor who thought she had no Diamond/Diment cousins alive. Here's how I reconnected her to many cousins--and share a photo of the father she can barely remember:
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#genealogy #ancestry
A Second Cousin Found - How DNA Helped a Holocaust Survivor Connect to My Family
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Feb 10
Eastern European newspapers can help flesh out the lives of your relatives. Here's site I used and some of what I found on my own family. With newspapers in Russian, Yiddish, Polish and more, this is a great resource.
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Eastern European Newspapers
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Jan 12
There are treasures in that list!
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Jan 12
Have family from Chernigov Guberniya? Check out this record set from AlexKrakovsky. I found my family in 1822 list-here are some things I learned. I still need help w/names, so if you read bad Russian handwriting, help!#genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory
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Lefands in 1822--More Females Found--but Russian Handwriting Help Needed!
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Dec 29
I’ve gotten more pages in response to this one woman than all the men whose files I’ve received combined.
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Dec 29
Follow the instructions for what to do if someone isn’t in the database. No guarantees they’ll have anything, but it’s worth a try.
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Dec 29
I was a beta tester for @reclaimtherecords.org’s awesome new BIRLS service. If you have relatives who served in the US #military & lived in the 20th century, check it out! Here's some of what I got so far. #genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory
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US Military Records via BIRLS - My Beta User Experience
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Dec 26
I send you images to record books (written in Hungarian or Czech—but if you can read cursive English, you can read these) and excel templates. You extract info like names, places and dates into spreadsheets. And then eventually I get that onto JewishGen for people to search.
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Dec 24
Spending my day off today indexing more!! If anyone reading this wants to volunteer, I can get you started so we can help others searching for their families.
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Dec 6
Looks like @reclaimtherecords.org had to fight to reclaim their name. Follow them on their actual account to see how they score records for us all!
reclaimtherecords.org Reclaim The Records @reclaimtherecords.org · Dec 5
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. So we're like super-flattered right now!

But as you can see, our shiny new BlueSky account name is @reclaimtherecords.org -- meaning it's verified with our long-time domain name and our DNS records.

We're the real deal, accept no substitutes. ;-)
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Nov 27
Yay, that’s awesome! Looks like it says Beatrice Borisov?
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Nov 25
Have you thought about doing town-focused searches to help you find records you might not find otherwise? Here’s how that could work and what I was able to find using this technique.
#genealogy #familyhistory #ancestry
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Town-Focused Searches - New Research Pathways
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Nov 25
Time to order it and see what it says!!
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Lara Diamond @laradiamond.bsky.social · Nov 18
Relatives not US citizens in 1940 (or some who were but weren't sure themselves), you need to check out AR-2s, newly available from NARA. You may get maiden names, arrival info, signatures+more. And you get them quickly!
#genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory
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Alien Attack: Get Your Relatives' AR-2s!
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
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