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==Find the Town== | ==Find the Town== | ||
In order to research your family in | In order to research your family in Ukriane, 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, church 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. | |||
===Miriam Weiner's Surname Database=== | ===Miriam Weiner's Surname Database=== | ||
Using the '''[https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/lnintro.shtml Surname Database]''' on [[Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation Collection|Miriam Weiner's]] Routes to Roots Foundation website can help narrow down a more specific location for where individuals lived who shared your ancestor's surname.<Br> | Using the '''[https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/lnintro.shtml Surname Database]''' on [[Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation Collection|'''Miriam Weiner's''']] Routes to Roots Foundation website can help narrow down a more specific location for where individuals lived who shared your ancestor's surname. The Surname databases were created with information from Belarus, Bessarabia/Moldova, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Ukraine.<Br> | ||
*Use the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/lnsearch.php Standard Surname Database] if you know your ancestor's given name, surname, or town name. This database is comprised of name lists from local historians and heads of Jewish communities, name lists from books, and name lists from various archives. | |||
*Use the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/ocrsearch.php OCR Surname Database] (optical character recognition) to search for your ancestor's surname in either the Latin alphabet or in Cyrillic. This database is comprised of information from business directories, address calendars, telephone books, typed name lists, and name lists from books and from archives. | *Use the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/lnsearch.php '''Standard Surname Database'''] if you know your ancestor's given name, surname, or town name. This database is comprised of name lists from local historians and heads of Jewish communities, name lists from books, and name lists from various archives. | ||
*Use the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/ocrsearch.php '''OCR Surname Database'''] (optical character recognition) to search for your ancestor's surname in either the Latin alphabet or in Cyrillic. This database is comprised of information from business directories, address calendars, telephone books, typed name lists, and name lists from books and from archives. | |||
===Maps of your Ancestor's Town=== | ===Maps of your Ancestor's Town=== | ||
Miriam Weiner's website offers select '''[https://www.rtrfoundation.org/maps2.shtml historical maps of Ukraine]''', as well as a variety of '''[https://www.rtrfoundation.org/imagesearch.php historical images]''' from towns in Ukraine that may prove useful in your family history.<br><br> | Miriam Weiner's website offers select '''[https://www.rtrfoundation.org/maps2.shtml historical maps of Ukraine]''', as well as a variety of '''[https://www.rtrfoundation.org/imagesearch.php historical images]''' from towns in Ukraine that may prove useful in your family history.<br><br> | ||
Maps will help you locate places where your ancestors lived and give you context for the records you are using. Maps can identify political boundaries, place names | Maps will help you locate places where your ancestors lived and give you context for the records you are using. Maps can identify political boundaries, place names, geographical features, cemeteries, synagogues, etc. Historical maps are especially useful for understanding boundary changes or finding communities that no longer exist. | ||
==Find Records for your Town== | ==Find Records for your Town== | ||
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Use the '''[https://www.rtrfoundation.org/search.php Archive Database]''' to locate what records exist for your ancestor's town, and where to find them. Search for the name of your ancestor's locality, and the database will provide results for known surviving records from that location, and where the records are held. (Remember to adjust the search criteria for Soundex options or spelling variations). | Use the '''[https://www.rtrfoundation.org/search.php Archive Database]''' to locate what records exist for your ancestor's town, and where to find them. Search for the name of your ancestor's locality, and the database will provide results for known surviving records from that location, and where the records are held. (Remember to adjust the search criteria for Soundex options or spelling variations). | ||
This database contains documents such as army/recruit lists, family lists and census records, Jewish vital records (birth, marriage, death, divorce), immigration documents, voter and tax lists, property and notary records, Holocaust documents, police files, and pogrom documents | This database contains documents such as army/recruit lists, family lists and census records, Jewish vital records (birth, marriage, death, divorce), immigration documents, voter and tax lists, property and notary records, Holocaust documents, police files, and pogrom documents, school records, occupation lists, local government, and hospital records. | ||
===Accessing the Records=== | ===Accessing the Records=== | ||
For information about the repositories referred to on Miriam Weiner's Archive Database, see this document of [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/webart/archdata3b4.pdf Archival Codes]. | 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. document of [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/webart/archdata3b4.pdf Archival Codes]. | ||
=== Ukraine Jewish Records === | |||
See the '''[[Ukraine Jewish Records]]''' page for more information and resources for accessing genealogical records in Poland. | |||
==Historical Photos== | ==Historical Photos== | ||