Russia, Tatarstan, Church Books, 1721-1939

What is in This Collection?

This collection covers various church denominations and their records, such as baptisms/births, marriages, and burials/deaths for the area now belonging to the Republic of Tatarstan. Places are identified by their historical name and jurisdiction when it was part of the Russian Empire. The collection includes records from 1721 to 1939. These records are written in Russian. Most churches priests created the records in registers that were kept at the local church archive, and a duplicate copy was sent, at a later time, to a higher level church archive for preservation.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

These records are written in Russian. For help reading them see:

• Russia Language and Languages
• Russian Genealogical Word List
• Russia Handwriting

FamilySearch Learning Center videos:

• Reading Russian Documents: The Russian Alphabet

To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Russia, Tatarstan Church Books, 1721-1939.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Baptism Date and place of baptism Name of principal (usually an infant) Age or date of birth of principal Names of parents and their residence Names of godparents Sometimes names of grandparents Witnesses

Marriage Date and place of marriage Names of bride and groom Ages of bride and groom Names of parents Residence of all involved Witnesses

Burial/death Place and date of burial Names of the deceased Place and date of death Age of the deceased Cause of death Residence Sometimes parents may be listed