Record Atlas
14 FamilySearch collections · 1 archive · 49 places · 1226–2005

Estonia

Where the records of Estonia are, who holds them, and what it costs to look. 32,188,833 indexed records reachable through FamilySearch alone.

Where to start in Estonia

1 of the 1 checked source here can be opened tonight. 1is free images with no account. On top of that, 9 worldwide services reach Estonia without a subscription.

Write to Saaga — Estonian National Archives for what is not online. FamilySearch has 14 collections covering it, running 1226–2005, 32,188,833 indexed records. One piece of this ground is mapped for jurisdiction, so the atlas can say whose archive held it in a given year.

49 places placed, 0 volumes walked. Not one of them has had its paper counted yet, so treat the shelf here as a list of somewhere to look rather than a list of what survives. Open Estonia on the map, or tell us what is missing.

Whose archive this ground was

Record regions mapped in Estonia — which empire held the ground, and therefore which archive holds its paper.

The archives

  • Saaga — Estonian National Archives free Tartu, Estonia

    Estonia's parish registers, revision lists and soul lists, photographed and free. Lutheran registers in German, Orthodox in Russian, and the 19th-century revision lists that name a whole household at once.

And 12 worldwide providers reach Estonia too — the full list.

14 FamilySearch collections

Grouped by the ground each one covers, nationwide. A free account opens the images; some are restricted to a Family History Centre.

Estonia — nationwide 14

2 more collections, contributed

A directory David assembled, sorted by what kind of record each one is. Read this differently from the rest of the page. The descriptions are his, not an archive's catalogue, and nobody here has opened the volumes behind them. Every link was tried on 2026-09-20 and answered; the ones that did not are not listed.

Church and parish registers 1
Civil registration and vital records 1
Censuses and population lists 1
Probate, land and notarial 1
Jewish and minority 1

49 places, 0 volumes

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