Russian Genealogical Word List

The Russian Genealogical Word List contains Russian words and their English translations for many words that are found in documents used to research Russian ancestors. A version of the Russian Genealogical Word List in PDF is also available. If a word is not found in this list, consult a Russian-English dictionary.

Alphabetical Order
Аа Бб Вв Гг Дд Ee Ёё Жж Зз Ии Йй Kk Лл Mм Нн Oo Пр Pp Сс Тт Уу Фф Хх Цц Чч Шш Щщ Ъъ Ьь Ээ Юю Яя

No words begin with the hard sign (Ъъ) or the soft sign (Ьь).

Transliteration Aid
Transliterating Russian to English in One Step, online automatic transliterator by Steve Morse.

Online Dictionaries
English » Russian Dictionary at Learning Russian.Net

Months of the Year
For months of the year in Cyrillic handwriting, see [https://www.sggee.org/research/rus_translate/Images/months_script.jpg SGGEE handout, "Examples of how the months are handwritten"}

General Word List
This general word list includes words commonly seen in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, and days of the week are listed.