Ukraine Research Tips and Strategies

Ukraine Wiki Topics

Ukraine Beginning Research

Finding Town of Origin Getting Started Online Learning Record Finder Research Strategies

Record Types

Census Church Records Civil Registration Compiled Genealogies Directories Emigration & Immigration Jewish Records Land & Property Military Records Nobility Online Genealogy Records Population Records Religious Records Taxation Voting Records Websites

Ukraine Background

For Further Reading Gazetteers History Languages Maps Naming Customs Periodicals Social Life & Customs

Ukraine Genealogical Word Lists

German Latin Russian Ukrainian

Cultural Groups

Cultural Groups

Local Research Resources

Archives & Libraries Societies Local FamilySearch Center

Ukraine

Research Strategies

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page The Ukraine Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Ukraine. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Ukraine Research Strategies

• Getting Started
• "How to" Guides
• Record Finder
• Finding Town of Origin
• Online Learning - Video classes
• Ukraine Beginning Research
• Obtaining Civil Documents in Ukraine
• Online Genealogy Records

Language Helps

• Old Church Slavonic reading guide tutorial
• German Gothic Handwriting Guide tutorial
• Russian Genealogical Word List
• Ukraine Languages

Ukraine Research Tips

• Geneteka - contains indexes for different records for Ukraine
• Samples and Guidance for Reading Ukraine Birth, Marriage, and Death Records

Russian Empire Records

• Finding Lost Russian and Ukraine Families
• Research in Eastern Ukraine using Russian Empire Records -includes revision lists

Jewish Research in Ukraine

• Finding Jewish Ancestors from Ukraine
• Tracing Your Jewish Roots in Ukraine Tutorial. Instructions for using:
  
  • Gesher Galicia
  • JewishGen
  • JRI Poland

Historical Places

• Germans from Russia Church Records
• Black Sea Germans
• wolhynien.de/ Volhynia sources
• Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia
• Help Reading Catholic Vital Records of Galicia/Halychyna

Ukraine Research Communities

• FaceBook Group - Ukrainian Genealogy

Record Availability by Time Period

Record Type	Record	Start	End Availability
Church	Metrical books	1607	>75 years
Civil Registration	Civil registration	1920	>100 years
Census	Revision lists	1719	1859
Census	Family lists / local censuses	1860	1920
Census	Russian Empire census	1879	1897
Church	Confession lists	1723	>75 years
Compiled Genealogy	Nobility lineage books	1785	1920
Military	Conscription lists	1874	1920