Lara Diamond
@laradiamond.bsky.social
Genealogist. Russian Empire, Subcarpathia Jewish genealogy. The records were (largely) not destroyed! Blogs at https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/
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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#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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/10/feli...
#genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/10/feli...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/09/fami...
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/09/fami...
FamilySearch's Full-Text Search
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/09/fami...
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/09/fami...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/09/ukra...
#ancestry #genealogy #familyhistory
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/09/ukra...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/09/ukra...
#ancestry #genealogy #familyhistory
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/09/ukra...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-...
#ancestry #familyhistory #genealogy
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-...
#ancestry #familyhistory #genealogy
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/07/poli...
#genealogy #ancestry
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/07/poli...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/07/poli...
#genealogy #ancestry
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/07/poli...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/06/spel...
#genealogy #familyhistory
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/06/spel...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/06/spel...
#genealogy #familyhistory
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/06/spel...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/04/yom-...
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/04/yom-...
Yom HaShoah 2025
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/04/yom-...
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/04/yom-...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/04/mayb...
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/04/mayb...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/04/mayb...
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/04/mayb...
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
#genealogy
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/03/sovi...
#genealogy
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/03/sovi...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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
#genealogy
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/03/sovi...
#genealogy
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/03/sovi...
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:
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-se...
#genealogy #ancestry
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-se...
#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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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:
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-se...
#genealogy #ancestry
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-se...
#genealogy #ancestry
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.
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/02/east...
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/02/east...
Eastern European Newspapers
Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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.
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/02/east...
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/02/east...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/01/lefa...
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/01/lefa...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
January 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/01/lefa...
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/01/lefa...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/12/us-m...
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/12/us-m...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
December 29, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/12/us-m...
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/12/us-m...
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!
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. ;-)
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. ;-)
December 6, 2024 at 1:35 AM
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!
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/01/town...
#genealogy #familyhistory #ancestry
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/01/town...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/01/town...
#genealogy #familyhistory #ancestry
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/01/town...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/08/alie...
#genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/08/alie...
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/08/alie...
#genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory
larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/08/alie...
November 18, 2024 at 1:24 AM