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Most of the records of genealogical interest are organized into Central State Historical Archives for each province (oblast) of Ukraine. | Most of the records of genealogical interest are organized into Central State Historical Archives for each province (oblast) of Ukraine. More and more of these regional archives are uploading online records of metrical books and revision lists. | ||
*[https://old.archives.gov.ua/Eng/Archives/regional.php '''Regional State Archives of Ukraine'''] Links to contacts for each state (province) archive. | |||
:*[https://old.archives.gov.ua/Db/ '''Databases of archives of Ukraine'''] Descriptions of record collections in each archive. Very helpful for determining whether the state archive has records that help with genealogy as opposed to just government business. | |||
:*[https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/research-in-eastern-ukraine-using-russian-empire-records '''Research in Eastern Ukraine using Russian Empire Records'''] Tutorial describes and demonstrates navigating this website to find metrical records (church books) and revision tales (census-like taxation records) | |||
'''Archives of Ukraine''']. This site is available in English and provides links to the web pages of individual archives in Ukraine, with contact information, information about holdings, and other information about using the archive. Online catalog information about holdings varies from archive to archive, with some providing more detail about the contents of their collections than others. | |||
====Writing to a Local Church==== | ====Writing to a Local Church==== | ||