Genealogical Research

Use this form to enquire with the National Archives of Estonia about family events, such as birth, death, marriage, and more. The archives holds church registers, parish member lists, soul revision lists, and numerous personal documents. When submitting your enquiry, please include as much detailed information about person as possible: their name, date and place of birth, names of their parents or other relatives, church congregation they belonged to, where they lived etc.

Please note: the archives cannot conduct extensive research on your behalf.

For information on Tallinn inhabitants, please consult the Tallinn City Archives. You can also conduct family research independently online through ur virtual reading room VAU and the Saaga portal using digitised genealogical records.

Important: If you're seeking data for Estonian citizenship application, please use the Citizenship enquiry form.

The fee for enquiries made for personal research is 30 euros.



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