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==Before 1920: Church Records== | ==Before 1920: Church Records== | ||
Once you verify at least the region, and hopefully the exact town and parish, where your ancestors lived, you are ready to search church records, known as parish registers or metrical books (metriki). For instructions and links to records, you will now use the Wiki article '''[[Ukraine Church Records]]'''. The baptism, marriage, and burial records kept by churches are the major source of family information before 1920 when civil registration started. | Once you verify at least the region, and hopefully the exact town and parish, where your ancestors lived, you are ready to search church records, known as parish registers or metrical books (metriki). For instructions and links to records, you will now use the Wiki article '''[[Ukraine Church Records]]'''. The baptism, marriage, and burial records kept by churches are the major source of family information before 1920 when civil registration started. | ||
==Since | ==Since 1920: Civil Registration== | ||
The government began keeping birth, marriage, and death records in 1920. For instructions and the application process, see '''[[Ukraine Civil Registration]]'''. | The government began keeping birth, marriage, and death records in 1920. For instructions and the application process, see '''[[Ukraine Civil Registration]]'''. | ||