Ukraine, Poltava, Metrical Books, 1741-1937

What is in This Collection?

This collection contains records of birth, baptism, marriage, death, and burial from metrical books kept by Orthodox churches in the Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

These records are written in Ukrainian. For help reading them see:

• Ukraine Languages
• Ukrainian Genealogical Word List
• Russian Genealogical Word List
• Russia Handwriting

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Baptism Name of child Name of parents Date of birth Child’s gender Date of baptism

Marriage Name and age of bride and groom Names of bride’s parents Names of groom’s parents Date of marriage

Death Name and age of deceased Names of parents or spouse Date of death Gender of deceased

Collection Content

For additional details about these records and help using them see Ukraine, Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records.