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*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/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. | ||
==== Database of the Ukrainian residents born between 1650 and 1920 ==== | ====Database of the Ukrainian residents born between 1650 and 1920==== | ||
*[https://pra.in.ua/en '''Pra.in.ua's'''] database contains over 3.7 million individuals. The database is not exclusively Jewish, but does contain Jewish individuals. | *[https://pra.in.ua/en '''Pra.in.ua's'''] database contains over 3.7 million individuals. The database is not exclusively Jewish, but does contain Jewish individuals. | ||
==== Families Being Researched by Members of Gesher Galicia ==== | |||
For those who lived in what was known as Galicia, visit the '''[https://www.geshergalicia.org/families/ Families]''' page on Gesher Galicia to see what members of Gesher Galicia are researching the same surname, indexed records for the surname found on Gesher Galicia and elsewhere and other ways to connect with people researching the same family. | |||
==Maps and Gazetteers== | ==Maps and Gazetteers== | ||
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*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. | *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. | ||
*'''[https://maps.geshergalicia.org/ Gesher Galicia's Map Room]''' has online historical maps for both regions, and specific towns. The collection even has cadastral land maps. | *'''[https://maps.geshergalicia.org/ Gesher Galicia's Map Room]''' has online historical maps for both regions, and specific towns. The collection even has cadastral land maps. | ||
*To view present-day Ukraine at Google Maps, click [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ukraine&hl=en&ll=48.385442,31.157227&spn=13.140538,33.815918&sll=51.917168,19.160156&sspn=12.211657,33.815918&hnear=Ukraine&t=m&z=6 '''here''']. | *To view present-day Ukraine at Google Maps, click [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ukraine&hl=en&ll=48.385442,31.157227&spn=13.140538,33.815918&sll=51.917168,19.160156&sspn=12.211657,33.815918&hnear=Ukraine&t=m&z=6 '''here''']. | ||
*For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click [[Jewish Population Maps|'''here''']]. | *For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click [[Jewish Population Maps|'''here''']]. | ||
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====Lipes Genealogy Database (indexed records)==== | ====Lipes Genealogy Database (indexed records)==== | ||
[https://lipesdatabase.com/how-to-use-the-database/ '''Lipes Genealogy Database'''] has indexed portions of metrical books from Kiev, Podolsk and Volhynia guberni. In order to search a limited version of the database, you will need to create an account, which can be done for free. The full version of the database starts at 10 Euros per day. If you wish to order the original document through Lipes, you will be charged an additional fee. | [https://lipesdatabase.com/how-to-use-the-database/ '''Lipes Genealogy Database'''] has indexed portions of metrical books from Kiev, Podolsk and Volhynia guberni. In order to search a limited version of the database, you will need to create an account, which can be done for free. The full version of the database starts at 10 Euros per day. If you wish to order the original document through Lipes, you will be charged an additional fee. | ||
==== Gesher Galicia (indexed records) ==== | |||
'''[https://search.geshergalicia.org/ The All Galicia Database]''' contains indexes of records for areas now located in modern Ukraine that were part of the historic region known as Galicia. | |||
====FamilySearch (digital images)==== | ====FamilySearch (digital images)==== | ||
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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). | 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). | ||
*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. | ||
====Jewish Roots==== | ====Jewish Roots==== | ||
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The main Wiki portal is found [https://uk.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B8/%D1%94%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE here.] | The main Wiki portal is found [https://uk.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B8/%D1%94%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE here.] | ||
==== Gesher Galicia Inventory of Records ==== | |||
For an inventory of existing records for Galicia in both Polish and Ukrainian archives, please see '''[https://www.geshergalicia.org/inventories/ Gesher Galicia Inventories.]''' | |||
==Reading Records== | ==Reading Records== | ||