Vera
@veranmiller.bsky.social
Genealogy, blogger (https://lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/), writer (Genealogy at a Glance: Ukrainian Genealogy Research & Genealogy at a Glance: Russian Genealogy Research), genealogy research speaker, https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/2-vera-miller
Here's a success story from yesterday's blog post- lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/t... Keeping looking as I always tell people. Your ancestors only can stay alive through you...
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Here's a success story from yesterday's blog post- lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/t... Keeping looking as I always tell people. Your ancestors only can stay alive through you...
Here is my latest post to my blog. This post will be helpful for anyone researching ancestors and relatives who immigrated to Canada. Thankfully, the featured database is in English. lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/t...
Top tips for researching Ukrainian and Russian immigrants on Canada’s free national archives portal
The struggle to research Ukrainian and Russian ancestors can be truly frustrating. Thankfully, the national Canadian Archives portal has incredible genealogy collections filled with scanned and ind…
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November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Here is my latest post to my blog. This post will be helpful for anyone researching ancestors and relatives who immigrated to Canada. Thankfully, the featured database is in English. lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/t...
Go check out your MyHeritage account. Do you have one of the 3.5 million DNA kits that now have at least one Theory of Family Relativity (based on DNA and historical documents)? Great time to join the DNA database... The perks keep growing... blog.myheritage.com/2025/11/majo...
Major Update to Theory of Family Relativity™: 103 Million Theories Added - MyHeritage Blog
We’ve updated the data for Theory of Family Relativity™, adding 103 million new theories to help you explore your relationships to your DNA Matches.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Go check out your MyHeritage account. Do you have one of the 3.5 million DNA kits that now have at least one Theory of Family Relativity (based on DNA and historical documents)? Great time to join the DNA database... The perks keep growing... blog.myheritage.com/2025/11/majo...
The Polish Genealogical Society of America is hosting a webinar "Ask a Polish Researcher" this Sunday at 2 p.m. Central. Could be interesting. $15 for non-members. pgsa.org/product/webi...
Webinar - Ask a Polish Researcher - Polish Genealogical Society of America
PLEASE NOTE, SIGNING UP FOR THE WEBINAR IS A 2-STEP PROCESS. ONCE YOU GO THROUGH THE BOOKSTORE, YOU WILL RECEIVE A RECEIPT WITH A DOWNLOAD OF A PDF FILE. THAT FILE CONTAINS THE REGISTRATION LINK AND Y...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The Polish Genealogical Society of America is hosting a webinar "Ask a Polish Researcher" this Sunday at 2 p.m. Central. Could be interesting. $15 for non-members. pgsa.org/product/webi...
This warmed my heart today. My blog, Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family, has been my love for 14 years to share my genealogy journey and the free Russian & Ukrainian resources. Here are kind words about my blog from a Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Museum certified guide.
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This warmed my heart today. My blog, Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family, has been my love for 14 years to share my genealogy journey and the free Russian & Ukrainian resources. Here are kind words about my blog from a Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Museum certified guide.
Don't miss MyHeritage's early holiday sale on its DNA kits. The MyHeritage DNA database is close to 10 million kits. I solved a WWII mystery on this database. What about you? www.myheritage.com/dna?utm_camp...
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Don't miss MyHeritage's early holiday sale on its DNA kits. The MyHeritage DNA database is close to 10 million kits. I solved a WWII mystery on this database. What about you? www.myheritage.com/dna?utm_camp...
MyHeritage is busy with making another addition to its platform. Stay tuned for the upcoming news!
November 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
MyHeritage is busy with making another addition to its platform. Stay tuned for the upcoming news!
Check out these records. Maybe there are brick wall crushers waiting to be found in this collection. www.myheritage.com/research/cat...
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Check out these records. Maybe there are brick wall crushers waiting to be found in this collection. www.myheritage.com/research/cat...
Reached an amazing milestone for my blog, "Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family." A big thank you to my readers! Never thought there would be so much interest in Russian & Ukrainian genealogy when I started on 10.22.2014. Hope I helped with your success! lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Reached an amazing milestone for my blog, "Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family." A big thank you to my readers! Never thought there would be so much interest in Russian & Ukrainian genealogy when I started on 10.22.2014. Hope I helped with your success! lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com
This database is worth a look for anyone who had Russian, Jewish and German ancestors and relatives who lived in Moscow in the past 150 years. No other databases can match this. The post comes with a downloadable file for advanced tips for searching. lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/f...
Free database offers more than 5 million indexed burial records for Moscow
Interest in documenting graves has grown much more slowly in Russia but a newer database for burials in Moscow could help to get more interest in having these databases online. A small number of da…
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October 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This database is worth a look for anyone who had Russian, Jewish and German ancestors and relatives who lived in Moscow in the past 150 years. No other databases can match this. The post comes with a downloadable file for advanced tips for searching. lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/f...
A big post is coming to my blog on Saturday morning on a free Russian database with millions of indexed records. This database never has been featured on my blog. lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com
Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
Uncovering the secrets of finding family and records in the former USSR
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October 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A big post is coming to my blog on Saturday morning on a free Russian database with millions of indexed records. This database never has been featured on my blog. lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com
Here is more information on MyHeritage's big news from yesterday. Jump in on this major upgrade in DNA testing for genealogy with a MyHeritage DNA test. They are on sale for $36 each with free shipping on 2 or more kits. finance.yahoo.com/news/myherit...
MyHeritage Upgrades Its Consumer DNA Tests to Whole Genome Sequencing
TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI, Utah & HOUSTON & FREMONT, Calif., October 14, 2025--MyHeritage is first major DNA company to fully adopt Whole Genome Sequencing. Upgrade uses technology by Ultima Genomics & ...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Here is more information on MyHeritage's big news from yesterday. Jump in on this major upgrade in DNA testing for genealogy with a MyHeritage DNA test. They are on sale for $36 each with free shipping on 2 or more kits. finance.yahoo.com/news/myherit...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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So why aren’t you on the MyHeritage DNA database? Join me on MyHeritage. I can’t wait to see this today. Http://www.myheritage.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
So why aren’t you on the MyHeritage DNA database? Join me on MyHeritage. I can’t wait to see this today. Http://www.myheritage.com
Here's a cutie I found in my backyard yesterday. fineartamerica.com/featured/squ...
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October 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Here's a cutie I found in my backyard yesterday. fineartamerica.com/featured/squ...
MyHeritage has big, big news coming tomorrow. Stay tuned!
October 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MyHeritage has big, big news coming tomorrow. Stay tuned!
Don't miss the 42 upcoming Spanish-language live sessions from Legacy Family Tree Webinars, starting this week. No se pierda las próximas 42 sesiones en vivo en español de Legacy Family Tree Webinars, que comienzan esta semana. familytreewebinars.com/upcoming-web...
October 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Don't miss the 42 upcoming Spanish-language live sessions from Legacy Family Tree Webinars, starting this week. No se pierda las próximas 42 sesiones en vivo en español de Legacy Family Tree Webinars, que comienzan esta semana. familytreewebinars.com/upcoming-web...
Here's to more confusion on my ethnicity. Ancestry tells me my strongest Eastern European ancestry is Polish, 23andme says Ukrainian and Polish and MyHeritage tells me my ancestry is more Baltic. I think I need to chat with my ancestors through a psychic medium...
October 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Here's to more confusion on my ethnicity. Ancestry tells me my strongest Eastern European ancestry is Polish, 23andme says Ukrainian and Polish and MyHeritage tells me my ancestry is more Baltic. I think I need to chat with my ancestors through a psychic medium...
Join me Saturday, Nov. 15, at noon EST for a presentation on how to use Google Translate with foreign language websites and learn how the Russian war in Ukraine is affecting Russian and Ukrainian genealogy. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Easing Ukrainian and Russian Online Research With the Help of Goggle Translate. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the m...
More resources for Ukrainian and Russian genealogy are going online but not many of them are available in English. Vera Ivanova Miller will show step-by-step how to use these resources with help from ...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Join me Saturday, Nov. 15, at noon EST for a presentation on how to use Google Translate with foreign language websites and learn how the Russian war in Ukraine is affecting Russian and Ukrainian genealogy. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Here are the details on the update to Ancestry's ethnicity breakdown. I am waiting to see what will change to my breakdown. www.ancestry.com/c/dna/ancest...
Ethnicity Estimate | Next-generation AncestryDNA®
DNA science is always evolving and so are we. See what makes this AncestryDNA® ethnicity update so special
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October 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Here are the details on the update to Ancestry's ethnicity breakdown. I am waiting to see what will change to my breakdown. www.ancestry.com/c/dna/ancest...
Starting today, Legacy Family Tree Webinars will offer live and on demand sessions in French. Check out the offerings here. Dès aujourd'hui, Legacy Family Tree Webinars propose des sessions en direct et à la demande en français. Découvrez les offres ici familytreewebinars.com/webinar-libr...
Webinar Library - Legacy Family Tree Webinars
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October 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Starting today, Legacy Family Tree Webinars will offer live and on demand sessions in French. Check out the offerings here. Dès aujourd'hui, Legacy Family Tree Webinars propose des sessions en direct et à la demande en français. Découvrez les offres ici familytreewebinars.com/webinar-libr...
Here's my newest ethnicity breakdown from 23andme. My 7 great-grandparents were born in Russia and one great-grandmother was born in eastern Poland. Never thought I would be listed more as Ukrainian and Polish than Russian. May this boost interest in DNA testing so I can get better matches soon.
October 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here's my newest ethnicity breakdown from 23andme. My 7 great-grandparents were born in Russia and one great-grandmother was born in eastern Poland. Never thought I would be listed more as Ukrainian and Polish than Russian. May this boost interest in DNA testing so I can get better matches soon.
Time to enjoy free records. MyHeritage hosts 283 million records across 77 German collections, including vital, church, and emigration records. Some collections such as Prussia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, and southwestern Germany are exclusive. www.myheritage.com/research/cat...
October 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Time to enjoy free records. MyHeritage hosts 283 million records across 77 German collections, including vital, church, and emigration records. Some collections such as Prussia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, and southwestern Germany are exclusive. www.myheritage.com/research/cat...
Here are two huge databases that are musts for researching in Australia, no matter the ancestry. The post has a free downloadable guide for printing and downloading from the larger database. lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/t...
Two major Australian databases ease researching of USSR ancestors and relatives
People who left the Russian Empire and Soviet Union for Australia can be tricky to research but two major databases could be the best way to research them. Trove, a free service of the National Lib…
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September 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Here are two huge databases that are musts for researching in Australia, no matter the ancestry. The post has a free downloadable guide for printing and downloading from the larger database. lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/t...
I love nature and barns of West Virginia. Here's one of my favorite barns I saw this summer- fineartamerica.com/featured/rus...
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September 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I love nature and barns of West Virginia. Here's one of my favorite barns I saw this summer- fineartamerica.com/featured/rus...