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==Find the Town== | ==Find the Town== | ||
In order to research your family in Ukraine, it is essential that you have identified the place where they came from. It is not enough to know only | In order to research your family in Ukraine, it is essential that you have identified the place where they came from. It is not enough to know only ‘Ukraine;' you must know the town name and the district/province name. The name of a nearby larger town can also be very helpful. | ||
One of the best ways to determine information about your ancestor's pre-immigration origins is to investigate records in the country of immigration. Records that might give clues about your ancestor's birthplace include vital records like marriage or death, vital records of children or spouses, census, synagogue records, obituaries, naturalization/immigration and so on. Find a Wiki page for the country, state, or county that your ancestor immigrated to in order to discover what types of records might be available for the area they lived in. See [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/archdta11.shtml this page] on Miriam Weiner's Routes to Routes page for additional tips on finding your ancestor's hometown. | |||
See the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/admindist.shtml Administrative Districts and Divisions] article on Routes to Roots Administrative to learn more about jurisdictions in the Russian Empire and their modern-day equivalents. | |||
====JewishGen Family Finder==== | ====JewishGen Family Finder==== | ||
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*See [http://www.rtrfoundation.org/ '''Routes to Roots Foundation'''] and '''hover over Ukraine''' for a Genealogical and Family History guide to Jewish and civil records in Eastern Europe. | *See [http://www.rtrfoundation.org/ '''Routes to Roots Foundation'''] and '''hover over Ukraine''' for a Genealogical and Family History guide to Jewish and civil records in Eastern Europe. | ||
For information about the repositories referred to on Miriam Weiner's Archive Database, see the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/webs.shtml '''Archives in Eastern Europe'''] page which includes archival contact information. Contact/visit the respective repository for details on their holdings. For instructions on contacting archives and accessing records, see Q11 on [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/archdta11.shtml#Q10 this Routes to Roots page.] For help writing in inquiry in Russian, see the [[Russia Archives and Libraries]] page. | |||
====Jewish Roots==== | ====Jewish Roots==== | ||