Participation of the National Archives of Belarus in the VII International Scientific Conference «Archives and Genealogy»
On September 19-20, 2024, the head of the research and publication department of the National Historical Archives of Belarus, Sergei Ryndin, took part in the VII International Scientific Conference «Archives and Genealogy», organized by the National Archives of the Republic of Karelia. The event was held in Petrozavodsk, in the conference hall of the National Library of the Republic of Karelia.
The problematic field of the conference included such issues as the composition and information potential of genealogical sources of archives and museums of a number of CIS countries, the use of modern technologies in genealogical research, and the study of the history of individual families and dynasties.
S.Ryndin gave a report «Photographic materials as a source for the genealogy of the population of Belarus in the late 19th – early 20th centuries», in which he described the photographic sources in the funds of the National Archives of Belarus. The report aroused great interest among the audience.
In the final part of his speech, S.Ryndin presented the director of the National Archives of the Republic of Karelia, Aleksandr Morozov, with two publications of the NIA of Belarus dedicated to photo documents on the history of the Minsk men’s and Minsk women’s gymnasiums, as well as a joint publication of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus and BelTA «Archives. Nothing but the truth» about the atrocities of the Nazi occupiers on Belarusian soil during the Great Patriotic War.
We express our sincere gratitude to the National Archives of the Republic of Karelia for the invitation and warm welcome.
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| 1. Head of the Department of the NIA of Belarus Sergei Ryndin at the VII International Scientific Conference «Archives and Genealogy» |
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| 2. Speech by the head of the Department of the NIA of Belarus Sergei Ryndin with a report «Photographic materials as a source for the genealogy of the population of Belarus in the late 19th – early 20th centuries» |
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| 3. Presentation of the report |
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| 4. Presentation of books prepared by the state archives of the Republic of Belarus to the director of the National Archives of the Republic of Karelia A.N.Morozov |