The first genealogical forum Terra. Tatarstan on the study of family history and the search for ancestors who lived in the Kazan province, took place in Kazan on February 4 and 5 at the site of the Pushkin Cultural Centre. The forum participants — specialists from Tatarstan and other regions of Russia: genealogists, archivists, local historians, ethnographers — tell about the features of the search for pedigree information.