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A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Ukraine using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. {{Ukraine-sidebar}} | A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Ukraine using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. {{Ukraine-sidebar}} | ||
== Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation == | == Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation == | ||
[[File:Miriam Weiner at the Kiev Historical Archives.png|alt=|left|thumb|500x500px|Miriam Weiner at the Kiev Historical Archives in Ukraine, August 1991. ]] | [[File:Miriam Weiner at the Kiev Historical Archives.png|alt=|left|thumb|500x500px|'''Miriam Weiner at the Kiev Historical Archives in Ukraine,''' August 1991. ]] | ||
The Routes to Roots Foundation was created by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Weiner_(genealogist) Miriam Weiner], who is a genealogist specializing in the research of Jewish roots in Poland and the former Soviet Union. In her 30+ years of experience in Eastern European archives, she collected vast amounts of information and material. Much of her data was originally published in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Ukraine_and_Moldova Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova]'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Poland Jewish Roots in Poland],'' but is now available online through the [http://www.rtrfoundation.org Routes to Roots Foundation website.] The site includes many resources to help you research your Jewish roots including a town-by-town index/inventory of surviving Jewish records in archives, maps, surname and Holocaust list databases, informative articles, and much more! | The Routes to Roots Foundation was created by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Weiner_(genealogist) Miriam Weiner], who is a genealogist specializing in the research of Jewish roots in Poland and the former Soviet Union. In her 30+ years of experience in Eastern European archives, she collected vast amounts of information and material. Much of her data was originally published in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Ukraine_and_Moldova Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova]'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Poland Jewish Roots in Poland],'' but is now available online through the [http://www.rtrfoundation.org Routes to Roots Foundation website.] The site includes many resources to help you research your Jewish roots including a town-by-town index/inventory of surviving Jewish records in archives, maps, surname and Holocaust list databases, informative articles, and much more! | ||
== Find the Town == | == Find the Town == | ||
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[[File:Surname Search Result - Ukraine.png|alt=|left|thumb|532x532px|'''Standard Surname Search Result''', [https://www.rtrfoundation.org rtrfoundation.org] ]] | [[File:Surname Search Result - Ukraine.png|alt=|left|thumb|532x532px|'''Standard Surname Search Result''', [https://www.rtrfoundation.org rtrfoundation.org] ]] | ||
[[File:Ukraine 9-up.png|thumb|1017x1017px|Examples of various types of Ukrainian Jewish documents. Click on the image to see an enlarged version. '''Source:''' Miriam Weiner Archives. |alt=|none]] | [[File:Ukraine 9-up.png|thumb|1017x1017px|'''Examples of various types of Ukrainian Jewish documents.''' Click on the image to see an enlarged version. '''Source:''' Miriam Weiner Archives. |alt=|none]] | ||