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Search the Family History Library
Provincial Genealogical Societies
Vital Records For Canada And The USA
Canadian Archival Resources on the Internet
Ukrainian Media on the Internet
Message Boards/Forums & Mailing Lists
General
Research Tools
Practical "How To's"
This menu is maintained and updated periodically. Please report any broken links. If you know of any additional information about genealogy resources on the internet, or if you have comments or suggestions, please e-mail at Links update
These Links are arranged in an order in which you can process a search. You should first refer to the Researching Your Roots: Steps to Take page. This explains in detail the search process. This page should pretty well answer most of your questions. The links on this page cover a much broader area of enquiry and should be referred to when you reach a "roadblock." These links are also of a more general nature and cover matters such as Ukrainian culture, technical, travel and other items that may interest someone with a Ukrainian background.
Starting With Yourself Write down what you already know about your family and yourself. Fill in a pedigree chart, starting with yourself. You should gather all your Vital Records (birth, marriage, civil and church records). Then write down everything you know about your family and put it on Pedigree and Family Group charts. Other online pedigree charts are found here and family group charts are found here
The following link has pretty well any form you will need doing your research. http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forms/download.html
Talk to your Family
Explain to your family and family friends that you are compiling a family history and you need their help. Here are some sites, which give you interview tips.
http://genealogy.about.com/od/oral_history/ - A collection of articles on interviewing relatives
http://www.genealogyforum.com/gfnews/october02/gentrek1002.htm - Outlines the process and some questions to ask
http://www.ehow.com/how_1278_research-family-history.html - A good overview of the process
http://www.genealogy.com/70_tipsoral.html - Good questions along with related links
http://www.dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/oralHistory.html - Step by step guide to doing an oral history
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=66 - Tips for Oral History Interviewing
http://www.cyndislist.com/oral.htm -
Oral History links at Cyndi's List
Locate their Birthplace Once you know the name of the village/town your ancestors came from you should next consult a Gazetteer. The Gazetteer will give you the correct spelling of the village/town or an alternative spelling, e.g. Polish. The Gazetteer will also indicate the parish to which it belonged, which might be in a nearby village or town. This will point you to the correct church records. An excellent site, which explains the process for locating a birthplace is found at http://www.halgal.com/findingvillage.html
Gazetteers for researching
Halychyna/Eastern Galicia
Gemeindelexikon
der im Reichsrate vertretenen
Königreiche und Länder - Gazetteer of the Crown Lands and Territories
Represented in the Imperial Council
Volume 10: Galizien (Galicia). Vienna, 1907.
Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia - by Brian J. Lenius. 1999.
To order a copy click Order Form
Istoriia mist i sil Ukrainskoi RSR - A History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR 1967-1974.
Skorowidz miejscowoœci Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej - Index to Places of the Republic of Poland 1934
Slownik
geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów slowianskich -
Geographic Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Countries
15 volumes. 1880-1902
http://english.mapywig.org/viewpage.php?page_id=8 - Scanned old maps. Polish Military Geographical Institute (1919-1939) developed and printed topographic maps which, in the 1930s were rated among the best in the world.
http://www.galiziengermandescendants.org/Galicia%20Map.htm - Other Maps of Galicia.
http://www.daily.lviv.ua/index.php?karta - A clickable map of Lviv oblast (in Ukrainian) with raion boundaries. One can also select a location from a drop-down list, and it will be highlighted on a raion map:
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/ - The JewishGen ShtetlSeeker Search the towns in Central and Eastern Europe, using exact spelling or the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex system.
http://www.multimap.com/ - Multimap.com is one of the best searchable online maps for anywhere on the Globe
http://www.terraserver.com/ - The Terraserver site gives you an satellite picture for anywhere on the globe. You can either get an approximate location with your pointer or use the Search Tools to find the place you are searching. The best resolution gets to 1 inch equaling 1.08 kilometers. Subscribing to the site gets you to roof-top quality.
www.mapquest.com - MapQuest - whether trying to locate a town for your family tree, or trying to find a local address, this is a great site for current maps
Microsoft Expedia Maps - Place Finder- Expedia Maps results will give alternate spellings and similar sounding names of towns
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/3felmeres.htm -
3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary done around
1915. Excellent detail.
http://home.
http://www.ukraine.com/ - Ukraine.com History, maps and more.
http://www.pgsa.org/images/Pol1921.gif - Map of Poland-1921
Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny - (WIG) in 1919 - 1939. A recently re-opened website with pre-ww2 topographical maps (at present only Polish maps), available for viewing or download. These are good quality maps of 100K Polish (WIG) maps.
http://igrek.amzp.pl/ - Old maps of Poland and central Europe? Mapster provides you with direct links to thousands of archive maps, published in various internet services.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw/ - Rootsweb: Ukraine Genealogy Old and new maps of the Ukraine, surname searches, lots of genelaogy information and research tool.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw/ukrainetown.html - Ukraine Town Location Guide
http://www.fallingrain.com/world// - Global Gazetteer - Adirectory of 2,880,532 of the world's cities and towns, sorted by country and linked to a map for each town. A tab separated list is available for each country
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw/fhc.html - Cities, Regions/Oblasts and Church Records - found in the LDS Family History Library Catalog.
Search the Family History Library for any microfilms on the village. Go to http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp .
To search the library to see if they have any ancestors in their records go to: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Go to your nearest Family History Center and order the films. You can locate the nearest FHC at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp - There are more than 3,400 centers worldwide.
Family History Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 http://www.lds.org
Join a genealogy group such as the Toronto Ukrainian Genealogy Group (TUGG) for additional help. TUGG meets in the Board Room of St. Vladimir, 620 Spadina Avenue, on the second Tuesday of the month, from September to June from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The members are first to fourth generations, and they are researching their personal family histories in Canada, the United States and also in Ukraine or Poland. All meetings are held in English. TUGG Membership Form
CAN-TUGG. A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the activities of the Toronto (Canada) Ukrainian Genealogy Group (TUGG) and genealogical resources applicable to Ukrainian genealogical research. To subscribe send "subscribe" to can-tugg-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or can-tugg-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).
Networking with other genealogists, even if not Ukrainian, could be helpful. You may find someone else researching your name, the history of your town and other related documentation.
Ukrainian Genealogy Group - Ottawa - http://www.geocities.com/uggncr/ottawa.html
Lemko Site (Lemkos are a group of Ukrainians from a mountainous area of Ukraine - also known as Ruthians) offers much information about the country, history, religion, etc.- http://www.lemko.org
The Carpathian Connection - http://www.tccweb.org/
Carpatho-Rusyn Knowledge Base - http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/
Carpatho-Rusyn Society - 125 Westland Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 - http://www.carpathorusynsociety.org/
Carpatho-Rusyn
Genealogy Web Site - The goal at this site is
to promote genealogical research for those whose ancestors may be Carpatho-Rusyns
(also known as Rusyns, Rusins, Rusnaks, Ruthenes, Ruthenians, Carpatho-Russians,
Carpatho-Ruthenians, Carpatho-Ukrainians and Lemkos). http://www.rusyn.com/East European Genealogical Society, Inc.,
P.O. Box 2536, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 4A7 http://www.eegsociety.org
Federation of Eastern European Genealogical Societies,
P.O. Box 510898, Salt Lake City, UT 84151-0898 http://feefhs.org
There are numerous
active Polish genealogical societies throughout the United States,
including the following:
Polish
Roots: The Polish Genealogy Source. http://www.polishroots.org/
Polish Genealogical Society of America, 984 North
Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622 http://www.pgsa.org
Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org/
Avotaynu, Inc., 155 N. Washington Avenue, Bergenfield, NJ 07621 http://www.avotaynu.com
JewishGen components include JewishGen Discussion Group, the JewishGen Family Finder, a directory of InfoFiles, ShtetLinks and ShtetlSeeker - http://www.jewishgen.org/
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto) is part of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) and its over 60 member organizations. http://www.jgstoronto.ca/index.html
Provincial Genealogical Societies
The following is only a partial list. There are hundreds of genealogical societies in Canada. To locate a society of interest, you can search AVITUS, a Directory of Canadian Genealogical Resources.
- Alberta
- Alberta
Family Histories Society
Alberta Genealogical Society
Société généalogique du Nord-Ouest - British Columbia
- British Columbia Genealogical Society
- Manitoba
- Centre
du patrimoine, Société historique de Saint-Boniface
Manitoba Genealogical Society - New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Genealogical Society
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society
- Northwest Territories
- NWT Genealogical Society
- Nova Scotia
- Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Ontario
Genealogical Society
Société franco-ontarienne d'histoire et de généalogie - Prince Edward Island
- Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society
- Quebec
- Fédération
québécoise des sociétés de généalogie
Québec Family History Society - Saskatchewan
- Saskatchewan
Genealogical Society
Société historique de la Saskatchewan
SEARCHING THE VITAL RECORDS FOR ANCESTORS BORN IN CANADA AND THE USA
Vital records are the best places to look for dates of events such as births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. In addition, they often give information such as parents' or children's names, occupation, place of residence, and age.
For addresses and holdings, select one of the locations listed below:
Northwest Territories, Birth Records, Marriage Records, Death Records
American Birth, Marriage & Death Records
SEARCHING
CANADIAN PASSENGER LISTS
1865
to 1922 - Passenger Lists, 1865-1922 are
digitized and on line. You can search and scroll through the passenger
lists by going to:
http://www.collecti
1919 to 1924- For
arrivals from 1919 to 1924, it is suggested that you first search for a
possible record in the Form 30A series. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-908.004-e.html
Passenger lists 1925 to 1935 - You can search this data base by going to:http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/immigration-1925/001012-100.01-e.php
Post-1935 Immigration Records - Copies of Access to Information Request Forms and Personal Information Request Forms can be obtained from most Canadian public libraries and federal government offices. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-908.007-e.html
Nanaimo Family History Society Passenger List Indexing
Project -
aim is to index arrivals at Halifax and
Quebec (Montreal is included in the Port of Quebec) from 1900 to about
1921 when
the passenger lists were discontinued for a
time in favour of the form 30A. This is a large project that will take
many years and would not be possible without the many volunteers who are transcribing
the lists. Currently the project is indexing Quebec arrivals from 1908
onwards. Quebec Ports for the periods 2 Jul 1908 to 2 Oct1908, 25 Jul 1909
to 26 Apr 1910 and 17 Sep 1910 to 13 Oct 1910 has been completed
http://members.shaw.ca/nanaimo.fhs/
LI-RA-MA Collection - The Likacheff-Ragosine-Mathers (LI-RA-MA) collection (MG 30 E406) consists of documents created by the Imperial Russian Consular offices in Canada during the period from 1898 to 1922. http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/10/100808_e.html
The National Archives
in Washington, D.C., holds a similar collection of records compiled
by the Russian Consular offices in the United States.http://www.jewishgen.org/jgsgb/jgsgb-resources.html#AJGSFiche
InGeneas Database - contains Canadian passenger and immigration records from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries; well-worth exploring
Immigration
to Canada
Lots of information about ships arriving in Canada during the 19th century
along with info for other countrie
Old Homes
of New Americans
The Country and the People of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
and Their Contribution to the New World
Pier 21
At Pier 21 on the Halifax waterfront, 1.5 million immigrants first set foot
on Canadian soil
The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
Boston
Passenger Records
This site lists the NARA and FHL film numbers for indexes and the actual passenger
records
Ellis
Island Passenger Records
The Official website of the Ellis Island Foundation and the
index to the ship arrival lists for 1892-1924 when most of our immigrant
ancestors arrived in North America.
Ellis
Island Database record search in One Step
This site has been turned back on after resolving legal threats from the Ellis
Island Foundation which hosts the Ellis Island records database.
http://linktoyourroots.hamburg.de/ltyr/Suchmaske/en/1,3825,,00.html - Hamburg Port Site has records from 1890-1902. This site has changed to a FEE based service for basic searches. All the data pertaining to the emigrant lists are being processed and brought to the Internet, here at this center. Currently there is access to the years: 1890-1905.
http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/misc/emig/ - Hamburg Passenger Lists - available at the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) lists all passengers that sailed from the Port of Hamburg from 1850 - 1934 which covers the bulk of Ukrainians immigrating to the new world.
http://istg.rootsweb.com/newcompass/pcindex.html - The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - The Compass is a guide to help locate shipping records and other immigration information. It includes such information as immigration and naturalisation,ethnic, immigrant, emigrant and maritime resources. It consists of a number of links, that are well organised.
History of Castle Garden and Ellis Island
Immigration History Research
Center
A useful source on immigration and ethnic history in America
http://www.polishroots.org/immigration/primer.htm - This guide helps clear up the confusion about leaving the Old Country and arriving in the New World.
http://www.polishroots.org/paha/polish_lithuanian_emigration.htm - Soviet Archival Sources for the Study of Emigration From the Lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to America
Texas
Seaport Museum
Listing of immigrants to Galveston, Texas between 1844-1954.
U.S. Passenger
Arrival Lists
A list of microfilm numbers for passenger arrival manifests available at the
US National Archives, including Canadian border crossings
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/research_topics.html - NARA Site The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the repository for the permanently valuable records of the United States Federal Government, as well as Presidential papers and historical materials. Here's how you can get started in researching NARA's holdings:
Bremen Passenger Lists 1920-1939
Hamburg
Passenger Lists: New Indexes
A new Index available from the LDS Family History center
Steamship Historical Society
They have the largest archive for ship photos that we know
of in the United States
Cimorelli Immigration
Manifests Online
Includes an online version of the Morton Allen Directory which
is used to locate ship arrivals by port, date, by ship's name
Immigrant
Ships
Ship descriptions collected by the site owner
Immigration
and Naturalization Service (INS)
Annotations made on passenger lists at time of arrival of immigrant
Annotations made on passenger lists at time of arrival of immigrant
Immigrant
Ships Transcribers Guild
This site has transcribed lists of ships of potential interest to PolishRoots
users (i.e., Post-war refugee resettlements from Europe to Australia).
Index
of
International
Refugee Organisation
A list of European refugees destined for Australia in 1950
Maritime
Timetable Images
Images of passenger ship brochures.
National Archives (US) Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals
New
York Passenger Lists 1820-1897
A list of microfilm numbers available from the LDS for the listed period
New
Steamship Consultants
Commercial site selling passenger ship memorabilia
SS
St. Louis
A moving narrative of the voyage of this ship from Europe to Cuba
Copies are found in the National Library of Canada or on microfilm or fiche in the legislative or university libraries in each province. You can do some on-line searches at the following URL: Naturalization Records Link
Census Records For Western Canada 1881 - 1901- The 1901 census is particularly useful because it asks for date and place of birth, age, relationship to head of household, religion, racial origin, occupation, year of immigration and year of naturalization. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020122_e.html
Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906 - In order to track the high rates of population growth in western Canada, the Canadian government called for a special census of the prairie provinces Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. This continued every 10 years from 1906 to 1956, at which time the Census of the Northwest Provinces became part of the Canada-wide census. 1906 Census transcription form in PDF format - legal size paper: Download Here
Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906 - To Search The Data Base
The Census of Canada 1911 covered the nine provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) and two territories (the Yukon and the Northwest Territories) that were then part of Confederation.- http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html
There was compulsory registration in Canada during World War Two. Everyone over the age of 16 was to fill in a detailed questionnaire - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-907.006-e.html
Homestead files are available from: The archives of the province where they were located. The National Archives of Canada, at their ArchiviaNet web site have a database of those who received Patents only. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020111_e.html
For a list of those who purchased land from the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), check the CPR Database at the Glenbow Archives web site. http://www.glenbow.org/lasearch/cpr.htm
Prairie Settlement: The First Major Wave (1870 - 1896) - Canada in the Making - Pioneers and Settlers. http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/pioneers/pioneers10_e.html#dominion
Searching
for Lost Relatives
The International Red Cross in Kyiv may be able to search for relatives with
whom you lost contact - either in Ukraine or in North America.
Red Cross in Kyiv - http://www.redcross.org.ua/English/english.htm
Canada Red Cross - http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000005&tid=003
American Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org/
American Red Cross, The Holocaust and War Victims Tracing and Information Center, 4700 Mount Hope Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215-3231- http://www.redcross.org/services/intl/holotrace/index.html
Auschwitz
Jewish Center - Pl. Ks. Jana Skarbka 3-5, 32-600 Oswiecim, Poland
http://www.ajcf.org
Canadian Archival Resources on the Internet
General resources
Canadian Genealogy Centre - at the National Archives & Library of Canada is now on line.
Bob's Your Uncle, eh! - Toronto Reference Library search engine
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/index.shtml -
OliveTreeGenealogy.com
Search for your ancestors
in free Ships' Passenger lists, Naturalization Records, Palatine Genealogy, Canadian
Genealogy, USA Genealogy, Native American Genealogy, Huguenots, Mennonites, Almshouse
Records, Orphan Records, church records, military muster rolls, census records,
land records and much more.
Canadian Genealogical Projects Registry - Alberta Family Histories Society
http://www.cyndislist.com/ - Cyndi’s
List. More than 128,300 links in 119,950 categorized and cross-referenced
links; more than 150 categories.
Canada - http://www.cyndislist.com/canada.htm
Indexes to archival material
http://www.ryerson.ca/archives/links.html - Ryerson University Library list of archives
ArchiviaNet (National Archives of Canada / ArchiviaNet (Archives nationales du Canada)
British Columbia Archives Vital Event Indexes
Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild
Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management - Online Genealogical Resources
Federal, provincial and territorial archives
National Archives of Canada - databases available on internet. Records created by Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government of Canada. Dominion Land Grants, Immigration Records (1925-1935) and tons more.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/index-e.html - National Library of Canada - collections focus primarily on Canadiana, works in all subjects by, about or of interest to Canadians, published in Canada or abroad.
ARCHEION - Ontario's Archival Information Network ARCHEION is a searchable gateway to online descriptions of archival fonds and collections found in archives across Ontario. http://archeion-aao.fis.utoronto.ca/
Northwest Territories Archives
Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Records Office
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador
Library
of Congress, Jefferson Building, Second Street SE, Washington,
D.C. 20540 http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage
New York Public Library, 42nd Street & Fifth Avenue,
New York, NY 10018 http://catnyp.nypl.org
United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s
Heritage Abroad
1101 Fifteenth Street NW, Suite #1040, Washington, DC 20005 http://www.preservationcommission.org
United States National Archives, Cartographic & Architectural Branch,
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 http://www.nara.gov
United States National Archives – The Genealogy Page
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20408
http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/genindex.html
World Monuments Fund, 95 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor, New York,
NY 10016
http://www.wmf.org/
http://www.archives.gov.ua/Eng/Archives/index.php - General List of Oblast and central archives
http://lemko.org/genealogy/oblasts.html - Oblasts and Raions in Ukraine
http://www.minjust.gov.ua/?do=lr&sort=a&pid=str_ust_rags - Lists the RAHS Offices in the various Oblasts. The system of RAHS (registration acts of civil state [formerly ZAHS]) state archives. There are district (raions) archives of RAHS, city archives and oblast archives. The network of RAHS archives numbers over 700 institutions.
The RAHS's archival system holds their records for 75 years. After this time period, according to law, all documents must be transferred to the state archives. Sometimes an individual book covers many years. For example, birth records in small towns. Therefore, until the last year included in the book is more than 75 years old, the book remains in the RAHS office.
http://lemko.org/genealogy/addresses.html - Addresses for Archives in Western Ukraine and SouthEastern Poland
Postal Code References
http://www.ukrpost.org.ua/clients/ukrpost/ukrposten.nsf/CatalogV?OpenView
http://meta-ukraine.com/en/spravka/newindex.asp
http://lemko.org/lih/indexuke.html - Alphabetical listing of the Villages/Towns in Ukraine in English and Cyrillic and the Oblist they belong to.
http://lemko.org/genealogy/galiciapl.html - Metrical books, 1607-1945 Greek Catholic Consistory, L'viv. An overview of the Vital and Marriage Records From Greek Catholic and Orthodox Parishes in Former Austrian Galicia, Former Malo Rus, Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus (former Byelorussia) available through the Mormon Family History Library (FHL).
http://lemko.org/genealogy/galicia.html - Lists the file numbers for the villages and towns of the Metrical books, 1607-1945 Greek Catholic Consistory, L'viv.
http://www.genealogicaltree.org.ua/eng/eindex.html - The Ukrainian Center of Genealogical Research serves to bring your family together. The team of professional genealogists try to connect you with your past - the history of your family!
Documentary Surveys Research Papers
Archival Institutions of Ukraine: Guide (Kyiv, 2000) (in Ukrainian)
Central State Archive of Public Organizations of Ukraine: Guide / Compiled by B. Ivanenko, O. Bazhan, A. Kentii, N. Makovs'ka, A. Soloviova. - Kyiv, 2001. - 496 pp. (in Ukrainian)
Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Lviv: Guide / Compiled by O. Hnievysheva, U. Iedlins'ka, D. Pel'tz, H. Svarnyk, I. Svarnyk, N. Franko. - Kyiv, 2001. - 412 pp. (in Ukrainian)
Archival Repositories of Ukraine: Selected Bibliography of Guides, Directories, Indices, Surveys of Archival and Museum Collections (titles in language of publication)
Publications of Ukrainian Archives. 1925-2003: Bibliographic Index (In Ukrainian)
Archival Ukrainica Abroad: Directories, Guides, Surveys
Canadian Archival Holdings Pertaining to the History of Ukraine: A Preliminary Check-list / - Compiled by Bohdan Kravchenko. - Kyiv; Edmonton, 1990. - 36 pp.
Ukrainica in Austria: Archives,
Libraries, Museums. A Preliminary Check-list
Compiled by Petro Rychkov. - Kyiv, 1993. - 48 pp. (in
Ukrainian)
Documentary Sources Relating to Ukraine in Repositories in the United Kingdom: A Preliminary Check-list / - Compiled by Janet M. Hartley. - Kyiv; London, 1993. - 94 pp.
Archival Ukrainica Abroad: Selected Bibliography
http://www.archives.gov.by/eindex.htm -
National Center For Archives and Records Management (Belarus)
http://www.archyvi.lt -
Lithuanian Archives Department
Polish Archives on the Net - This webpage provides basic information about archives in Poland
http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.eng.php - PRADZIAD - the Data base. Now has Galician Greek Catholic and Roman Catholic films listed from the so called "Zabuzanskie" Archive
http://www.agad.archiwa.gov.pl/eng/index.eng.html. - For those of you researching families who lived in the eastern territories, Galicia, Lwow(Lviv), etc. prior to 1945 there is another source that is available to you. The "Archiwum Glowne Akt Dawnych" (agad) in Warsaw is the depository of all documents from 1604 to 1945 dealing with all former Polish territories confiscated by the USSR in 1945, including church and civil records.
Repositories
of Primary Sources - Europe -
Central source for archives of the different counties of Europe
http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/?CIDA=43 -
Polish State Archives
http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/ev/index.html -
State Archives of Przemysl
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/index.shtml -
Archives Worldwide
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html -
Repositories of Primary Sources,
http://www.routestoroots.com - MIRIAM
WEINER is a noted professional genealogy researcher, who will trace one's
Jewish roots in
http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/russia/xukraine.html - A valuable source of history sites and articles on Ukraine. From the Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, an elite boarding high school located in countryside South Korea, this learning site includes other country's histories.
http://www.infoukes.com/history/ - A collection of Ukrainian history sites from INFOUKES
http://www.artukraine.com/histgallery.htm - The Art of the Long, Bitter Struggle Against Those Who Would Rule Ukrainian Lands and Oppress the People
http://www.oseredok.org/ucec/harvest/english.html - Harvest of Dreams, Shows a history of the first Ukrainian settlers in Canada. a site of the Ukrainian Cultural and Education Centre 'Oseredok'.
http://home.swipnet.se/roland/ukrainiantribes.html - an essay written by Z Kuzela and published in Ukraine - a concise Encyclopedia by the Shevchenko Scientific Society. It gives short descriptions of the various ethnic groups of Ukrainian origin includes a map showing the areas where the groups were traditionally located.
http://www.halgal.com/galicia.html - A collection of sites about Galicia/Halychyna
http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/97/Roman_Zakharii/galicia.htm - A site listing the districts, cities, towns and history of Galicia
http://www.kresy.co.uk/galicja.html - A brief history of Galicia from a Polish Perspective
http://www.ku.edu/~eceurope/hist557/index.htm - A series of 20 lectures and bibliography on "NATIONALISM AND COMMUNISM IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE FROM 1772 TO THE PRESENT." It is from the course History 557, which was given in the Spring of 2002 by Anna M. Cienciala.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Ukrainian-language - A history of the Ukrainian language
http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/ - the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine (IEU) a comprehensive source of information in English on Ukraine, its history, people, geography, society, economy, and cultural heritage.
http://vlib.iue.it/history/europe/ukraine.html - A huge site from the World-Wide Web Virtual Library with many Ukrainian-related URLs
http://www.cossackweb.com/?f - A collection of sites related to Cossack history
http://www.answers.com/topic/history-of-christianity-in-ukraine - A History of Christianity in Ukraine
http://timelines.ws/countries/UKRAINE.HTML - A timeline for Ukraine
http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/history.html - A timeline for Poland
http://www.kki.pl/pioinf/przemysl/prz_glow.html - History of Przemysl, Polish version.
http://www.zum.de/whkmla/timelines/meh/tlrussia.html - A timeline for Russia
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/html/e-timeline.html - A timeline for Canada
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-themed-timelines - The mother of all timeline sites covering timelines of many different sibjects. An valuable learning site.
http://www.allempires.com/empires/polish_lit_full/polish_lit1.htm - The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1795) - Complete Article
http://www.poloniatoday.com/historyix.htm - A Brief History of Poland
http://www.jasinski.co.uk/wojna/index.htm - Polish Warfare 1450 to 1699
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~koby/political/toc.html - Detailed History of Poland
http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/eceurope/christpol.html - History of Poland Illustrated with Stamps
http://historicus.umk.pl/vl/ - A very Useful Links Page about Poland
http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/index.htm - Accounts and Galleries from Great War Books and Magazines with more than 7500 Authentic Period Photos, Illustrations and Newsarticles
http://www.worldhistory.com/ - A world history search engine with 547,290 articles/pages and 61,311 events
http://www.canadianstudies.ca/NewJapan/sigdates.html - An excellent Timeline on Canadian History.
http://www.zum.de/whkmla/ - This World History site contains links to ENCYCLOPEDIC DESCRIPTION OF HISTORY - NARRATIVE TEXTS, DICTIONARIES, MAPS, BIOGRAPHIES ETC. and HISTORY COURSES
TOP
Other
Ukrainian Web Sites
Genealogy of Halychyna / Eastern Galicia - focuses on genealogical study for those researching their Ukrainian and Polish roots in Halychyna / Eastern Galicia / Western Ukraine. Excellent material on reading vital records - http://www.halgal.com
Introduction to Genealogical Research - An site for both those starting and well versed in Austrian-Hungarian research. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/genealogy/articles/introgenres.html
Brama - Ukraine - a very comprehensive and current site featuring Arts and Culture, Business, Calendar of Events, Computing and Software, Education, Entertainment Humor, Forum, Issues, Law, News and Media, Nova Khvylia (New Wave), Services, Shopping, Sports, Travel, about Ukraine, Government of Ukraine, Embassies, Ministries, etc. - http://www.brama.com/
Ukrainian Roots - Genealogy Webring Home Page - Premier webring homepage dedicated in bringing together web sites devoted to Ukrainian genealogy research. The first and only webring exclusively for Ukrainian genealogy web sites. - http://ukrcommunities.8k.com/ukrroots.html
http://www.yes.net.ua/tel/ - a Ukrainian phonebook on the Web. It is in the Ukrainian language. It doesn't include all of the Oblasts
Famous Ukrainians List - http://www2.uwindsor.ca/~hlynka/ukfam.html
Myron Hlynka's Favorite UKRAINIAN WEB LINKS - http://www2.uwindsor.ca/~hlynka/uklink.html
The Ukrainian Wedding - T he
following description is a generalized version of a typical wedding in 19th
century rural Ukraine. Although these weddings traditions varied a great
deal from region to region, they universally involved a series of complex
ceremonies that served many different functions.
The traditional Ukrainian wedding can be divided into three phases: the pre-wedding
phase, the wedding day, and the post-wedding phase. The wedding activities are
illustrated below with both historic images and recent photographs from various
regions of Ukraine. Click on each photo for more detail about it. - http://129.128.116.48:8890/photo_archives/pages/weddings/roots_tradition.html
Ukrainian Recipe Links - http://www2.uwindsor.ca/~hlynka/ukrecipe.html
InfoUkes - http://www.infoukes.com/
Ukraine site with genealogy links.
Oleh Baran's
Links to Ukrainian Sites Around the World
One of the most comprehensive links to all things Ukrainian
http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/WWW/oleh/ukr-page2.html#History
http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/WWW/oleh/ukr-info.html
Ottawa doesn’t seem to be a town with a highly-visible Ukrainian presence. There’s nothing like Winnipeg’s North End, or Toronto’s Bloor West Village. But look a bit deeper, and you’ll see that we have left our mark on the city in a whole range of ways, from public monuments to street names, from cemeteries to gardens. http://www.infoukes.com/ucpbaott/touring.htm
Ukraine
on the Internet - A link to many varied topics of interest to Ukrainians.
http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/groups/ukraine_hp/ukrnet.html#personal
General Facts About Ukraine - if you want to know about the country, then this site has a lot to offer and is about Ukraine today if you are interested in traveling there in the future. http://www.uazone.net/Ukraine_General.html and also a page dealing with a Guide to Kiev including photos http://www.uazone.net/Caption.html and http://www.uazone.net/Ukraine_toc.html
Ukrainian Customs and Information - contains information on feast and celebration dates as well as customs associated with these celebrations - http://www.geocities.com/ukrcustoms/
Velykyi Tyzhden' - Ukrainian Easter Week - Ukrainian Easter celebrations, rites and customs http://ukrainian-easter.20m.com/
The Day - Weekly Digest - Ukrainian newspaper in English (also Ukrainian and Russian). http://www.day.kiev.ua/DIGEST/
Ukrainian
Research Page
This page has
many excellent links for the genealogist and researcher and historian and covers
all nationalities in the area.
http://www.maxpages.com/poland/Ukrainian_Research
A Dictionary
of Period Russian Names (and some of their Slavic roots)Being
a compilation of over 25,000 Russian names
Taken from period sources - http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/
Naming customs in Poland and Ukraine - http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/naming.html
Ukrainian
Heraldry / Coats of Arms
http://heraldry.com.ua/MAIN/main_eng.html
Ukrainian Heraldry - http://heraldry.com.ua/index.php3?lang=E&id=1478
Ukraine
- State Symbol (The Trident / Tryzub)
See the new revised coat of arms and learn the history of our symbols.
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ua-arms.html#uarm
Pictures of Castles in Ukraine - http://www.castles.com.ua/
Jewish Web
Index / Ukraine - very comprehensive links to all things Ukrainian
http://jewishwebindex.com/ukraine.htm
Polish Research Website - documents from Halychyna (Galicia) and Bukovia are held in the archivies in Warsaw. http://members.xoom.com/agadadm/
Researching Russian Roots - very practical advise on how to do research in Russia, as well as links to Ukrainian and Belarussian genealogical information. http://www.mtu-net.ru/rrr/how.htm
Revelations from the Russian Archives - provides many links to material on Soviet history and its represive measures, such as the Ukrainian Famine, deportations and collectivisation. http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/intro.html
Ukrainian Media on the Internet
Magazines/Journals
Forum: A Ukrainian Review (Ukrainian Fraternal Association)
[Toronto: English Language]
Canada Ukraine MONITOR Magazine
[Toronto: English Language]
Newsletters
UCPBA Toronto Newsletter --
ONLINE [Toronto, English Language]
UCPBA Windsor
Newsletter -- The Windsor Viter [Windsor, English Language]
Newspapers
The New Pathway [Toronto, Ukrainian Language]
Radio
Chin Radio Ukrainian
Broadcast - On radio tune into FM 100.7- Monday to Friday from 9:00-9:30
pm. To listen live on computer click this URL and click the "Listen Live
On Computer" button.
Radio Canada International - Ukrainian
Program [Montreal: Ukrainian Language]
Television
Kontakt Ukrainian TV Program [Toronto: English/Ukrainian
Language]
Svitohliad Ukrainian TV
Program [Toronto: English/Ukrainian Language]
http://www.genealogybuff.com/ - A site that lets you search about 200 family history databases for your surname in one fell swoop.
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/paul/index.html -
A Dictionary of Period Russian Names(and some of
their Slavic roots) Being a compilation of over 25,000 Russian names. Taken
from period sources - by Paul Wickenden of
Thanet
http://maxpages.com/poland/Member_Surnames -
A growing list of Ukrainian and Polish surnames. Clicking the name will
take you to an e-mail page of someone researching that name. It's a place
to add your own surnames you are searching.
http://www.ancestry.com - Ancestry,
Incorporated
http://www.herby.com.pl/herby/indexslo.html - Enter a surname and see how many phone listings there were for people in Poland with that name in 1990. Type in the name and you will get a list of them. Click on Tutaj znajduja sie objasnienia skrotow and it will give the the names of the abbreviated provinces. Next click on Zobacz mape, and you can see where they were located.
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/gre-anci.php - The names listed here were used in ancient Greece.
Embassy of Ukraine in Canada - 310 Somerset St., Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0J9 Tel. (613) 230-2961; Fax (613) 230-2400 http://209.82.14.226/ukremb/contacts.shtml
http://dfait-maeci.gc.ca/english/missions/rep-can1e.htm - Canadian Representatives abroad by country
http://www.embassy.org/embassies/index.html - Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C.
http://www.hermitagemuseum.ca/
http://www.king.igs.net/~bdmlhm/obit_links.html - Obituaries On-Line All these links lead to obituaries, death or funeral notices, mostly from newspapers, but all are free, Some sites may require you to register or allow cookies to be set. Some are for the current day only, some are archived for a week, a month, or more. Also included are death registers.
http://www.findagrave.com/index.html - Find a Grave - Another good source for locating grave sites.
http://www.geocities.com/ukrainianfamilies/ - Ukrainian Community and Family Histories- this website provides links to sources for names of pioneers, primarily in Western Canada.
http://www.radixindex.com/surnameindex/surnameindex.shtml - RadixIndex! Here you can find databases and resources relating to genealogy, family history research in Hungary.
Message Boards/Forums & Mailing Lists
Mailing lists and message boards are two resources that offer incredible opportunities for beginning researchers as well as the veteran family historians.
So why both lists and boards?
While there are many similarities, there are differences and occasions when
one or both will best suit your research needs. Both mailing lists and message
boards can be found for a vast array of surnames, localities, and topics
and are completely free to use. Each forum provides an opportunity to post
a query or data to learn or share information, make contact with fellow researchers,
or help others by making data publicly available to all. Both offer
browsing and searching of posted messages.
Mailing lists are
an e-mail forum for discussion among a group of researchers who subscribe
to a list. Some list subscribers have e-mail capabilities, but not Web access.
Those on a mailing list receive all messages posted to a list by others.
The fact that you must subscribe to (join) a list in order to post or receive
messages from it encourages serious researchers and makes them relatively
immune to spam
and other undesirable content.
Mailing lists function more "in the moment" than message boards do. The "real-time" discussion on a list often includes queries and responses on a specific thread until all aspects of the initial query have been thoroughly answered or covered.
One valuable tool to aid mailing list subscribers in viewing message board posts is the "gateway," which makes board posts available on a corresponding list with a link to permit replying on the board. The boards that makes use of the gateway option carry a yellow highlighted notation to that effect as well as a yellow envelope icon.
Message/Bulletin
boards require Web access in order to search, browse, or post
a message. Also, anyone can post on a message board whether he is a serious
researcher writing about an ancestral line or someone with only a passing
interest in the subject. Data such as wills, deeds, obituaries, or biographical
information can be recorded by anyone -- regardless of whether they have
any connection to, or interest
in, the individuals about whom they are posting.
Message boards operate more as a repository so that future visitors may respond -- weeks, months, or even years later. Boards are a great place to archive data. Additionally, the boards have a wider audience due to their searchability through RootsWeb or Ancestry's interface, meaning a greater number of researchers will probably see your message on a board than on a list. However, most "experts" or "locals" are subscribed to the lists in their areas of major research or geographic area. Not all mailing list subscribers check message boards.
Messages found on all message boards and most mailing lists are searchable, but a major difference between the two is that the boards are searchable on a global basis while list archives are searchable on a list by list and year-by-year basis. Both archives are both browseable on an individual basis. Anyone can search or browse boards and lists.
For many lists and boards gatewaying provides the best of both worlds by playing to the strengths of both the message board and mailing list forums. Utilize both lists and boards to get the max out of your researches. And, don't just post once and wait for answers. Remember to give help as well as ask for it -- that's what these forums are all about.
Bulletin Boards are a great part of genealogy on the internet. You can post a message about the surnames or regions you're researching. And you can read others' posts as well! Helpful Hint: Please don't use a subject heading such as "family research". Please try to be more specific, such as "Researching village of Husiatyn" or "Surnames: Szklar/Shklar & Dutka". This is successful strategy sure to yield better results than the mysterious generalizations.
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.onyschuk - Onyschuk Forum
http://genforum.genealogy.com/ukraine/ - Ukraine Genealogy Forum
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GaliciaPoland-Ukraine - Yahoo's Galicia Mailing List. Information for finding your Galician ancestors and living relatives. A very active list where questions are answered.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/poland/ - Polish Board at Genealogy.com
Ukrainian and Polish
Bulletin Boards at Ancestry.com
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.eeurope.ukraine (broken
down by Ukrainian oblast)
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.ceeurope.poland(broken down by Polish region)
CAN-TUGG. A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the activities of the Toronto (Canada) Ukrainian Genealogy Group (TUGG) and genealogical resources applicable to Ukrainian genealogical research. To subscribe send "subscribe" to can-tugg-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or can-tugg-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).
Ukraine Mailing
Lists
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-ukr.html
RootsWeb Mailing Lists - http://lists.rootsweb.com/
Ukraine Message
Boards
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.eeurope.ukraine
RootsWeb Message Boards - http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/script/main/rw
Ukraine WorldGenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw/ -
Research tips, history and links.
Ukrainian Linguistic
Resources
http://lingresua.tripod.com/online/
Searchable translating dictionary and tools for learning the language—it
even has sound bites of common Ukrainian phrases.
Genealogy Blogs
Sally Jacobs has started a new blog entitled
The Practical Archivist. It is labeled as "Archiving tips and geeky tidbits
for genealogists, history buffs, and keepers of the family photo album. Plenty
of archiving tips and geeky tidbits for genealogists, history buffs, and
keepers of the family photo album.
http://practicalarchivist.blogspot.com/search/label/search%20tips
Historical weather site for
Environment Canada. Here you can
see what the weather was like on a particular date. What was the weather like
when you were born or when your grandparents arrived in Canada? here's the
start page:
http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/
Encyclopaedia Britannica - is over 200 years old. It is free on the web, and now features "Britannica's Heritage", a collection of articles from their past tomes. - http://www.britannica.com
Paul's Guide
to Cyrillic and Polish for Windows 95/98/Me (Not XP*)
This guide will allow you to type in Ukrainian without purchasing any other
programs. http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~ptdziemi/cyrilpol/
George Primak's transliterated Ukrainian Keyboard layout - for Windows XP (and 2000) is along the line of Paul's and is available at: http://www3.sympatico.ca/primak/page12.htm
Biography Assistant - Welcome to Biography Assistant, your personal research assistant for writing biographies about your relatives or an autobiography about yourself. http://www.genealogy.com/bio/index.html
Language Tools - brings you several language tools like dictionaries and translation tools, biographical and quotation resources, maps, stock quotes http://www.itools.com
Ukrainian/English Language Dictionaries & Keyboard
Ukrainian Phonetic Keyboard: http://www.shklar.org/keyboard/
English-Ukrainian Dictionary: http://lingresua.tripod.com/cgi-bin/olenuapro.pl
Ukrainian-English Dictionary: http://lingresua.tripod.com/cgi-bin/oluaen.pl
Online Ukrainian Dictionary: http://ulif.org.ua/ulp/dict_all/
'Nova Mova.com.ua' is the first web-project in Ukraine, which deals with the problem of the Ukrainian language policy and situation, its development and usage. http://www.novamova.com.ua/
Ukrainian Transliteration Table: http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/katmandu/sgman/trukr.htm
http://www.kindredkonnections.com/genmaps.html - Site where you can order large size genealogy charts
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/WLLatin1.asp#doctop - Lists the most common Latin words used in genealogy
http://archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm - Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid. This dictionary defines about 15,600 words.
http://www.guernsey.net/%7Esgibbs/roman.html - Roman Numeral and Date Conversion with Roman Calculator.
http://www.pogonowski.com/main.php?page=home - There is a Polish to English Dictionary and an English to Polish Dictionary on this site. If you are have an English word and wish to translate it to a Polish word, use the English Version, and the opposite for translating a Polish word. The Polish version also has the alphabetical letters, which you can just click on so you can use the correct spelling of a Polish word. You do not need to hunt for the correct
http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/terms.html - Polish Terms - This page is devoted to helping you decipher Polish documents and other records. Below you will find the names of the months, common Polish terms, Polish occupations, and causes of death. Several excellent links to other web pages can be found here. Certain letters of the Polish alphabet are not found in the English alphabet, and substituted letters and symbols are used to replace Polish diacritical marks.
http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translators.php - Translate text and web pages online for free - just select the URL option and enter the address of the page to be translated. Many languages are included such as Polish and Russian. However, Ukrainian is not included.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages/slavic.html#ukrainian - Dozens of Slavic-based Dictionaries.
http://www.hermetic.ch/cal_stud/cal_art.html -
The Julian and Gregorian Calendars - a
website which gives a history and explains the differences in the Julian, Gregorian
and Orthodox calendars.
Here is an easy to use converter: http://www.hermetic.ch/edc/edc.htm
Practical "How To's"
RetouchPRO Tutorials. Here you'll find tutorials about photo restoration, retouching, and manipulation. - http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/
US Centre for Military History- probably the best site to start looking at if you have had relatives serve in the US military. It is an official gov't site. http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moha
Canadian War Museum- http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/cwme.asp
A Selected Bibliography of Canadian Military History Since Confederation - by Desmond Morton Director, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/programs/misc/dmbib.html
Regiments.org - lists of links to all Commonwealth units, Commonwealth military history http://regiments.org/milhist/about/index.htm
Commonwealth War Graves Commission - using this site, you can find the exact location of any Canadian or Commonwealth war grave. This site gives more information from a historical perspective than the Veterans Affairs Canada site. However, they should be used in conjunction for a more complete dossier. http://www.cwgc.org/
Veterans Affairs Canada - they consider one of their roles to be the preservation of the memory of our veterans' deeds. Useful information, links. http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=memorials
Books of Remembrance - these books are on display in the Peace Tower and list all of Canada's war dead. You can find the page listing a particular name and download/print it out. http://collections.ic.gc.ca/books/remember.htm
Directorate of History & Heritage- DND's history section. Lots of useful links and information. They are also compiling a complete on-line listing of Canada's war memorials. The results so far can searched by location. http://www.dnd.ca/hr/dhh/engraph/home_e.asp
This section is for members to show their site.
Jim Onyschuk has a family genealogy site at: http://www.onyschuk.com
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