Ukraine Genealogy
Guide to Ukraine ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
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Country Information[edit | edit source]
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova. Ukrainian is the official language.[1]
Getting Started[edit | edit source]
Ukraine Map[edit | edit source]
Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]
Ukraine has 24 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtonomna respublika), and 2 municipalities (mista, singular - misto) with oblast status**
Because most of Ukraine's population speak Russian and Ukrainian, there are two different ways of spelling names of cities, historical cites, last and first names and many other words in English. One will be based on Russian and another - based on Ukrainian. Below is a table that will help you identify the right spelling of cities.
| English (Ukrainian) | Ukrainian | English (Russian) | Russian |
| Cherkasy | Черкаси | Cherkasy | Черкасы |
| Chernihiv | Чернігів | Chernigov | Чернигов |
| Chernivtsi | Чернівці | Chernovtsy | Черновцы |
| Crimea or Avtonomna Respublika | Крим або Автономна Республіка | Crimea or Avtonomnaya Respublika | Крым или Автономная Республика |
| Krym (Simferopol') | Крим (Сімферополь) | Krym (Simferopol) | Крым (Симферополь) |
| Dnipropetrovs'k | Дніпропетровськ | Dnepropetrovsk | Днепропетровск |
| Donets'k | Донецьк | Donetsk | Донецк |
| Ivano-Frankivs'k | Івано-Франківськ | Ivano-Frankovsk | Ивано-Франковск |
| Kharkiv | Харків | Kharkov | Харьков |
| Kherson | Херсон | Kherson | Херсон |
| Khmel'nyts'kyy | Хмельницький | Khmelnitsky | Хмельницкий |
| Kirovohrad | Кіровоград | Kirovograd | Кировоград |
| Kyiv | Київ | Kiev | Киев |
| Luhans'k | Луганськ | Lugansk | Луганск |
| L'viv | Львів | Lvov | Львов |
| Mykolayiv | Миколаїв | Nikolaev | Николаев |
| Odesa | Одеса | Odessa | Одесса |
| Poltava | Полтава | Poltava | Полтава |
| Rivne | Рівне | Rovno | Ровно |
| Sevastopol | Севастополь | Sevastopol | Севастополь |
| Sumy | Суми | Sumy | Сумы |
| Ternopil' | Тернопіль | Ternopol | Тернополь |
| Vinnytsya | Вінниця | Vinnitsya | Винница |
| Volyn' (Luts'k) | Волинь | Volyn' (Lutsk) | Волынь |
| Zakarpattya (Uzhhorod) | Закарпаття (Ужгород) | Zakarpatskaya (Uzhgorod) | Закарпатская (Ужгород) |
| Zaporizhzhya | Запоріжжя | Zaporozhye | Запорожье |
| Zhytomyr | Житомир | Zhytomir | Житомир |
FamilySearch Resources[edit | edit source]
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.
- Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
- Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
- Historical Records
- Family History Center locator map
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Ukraine," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine, accessed 23 March 2016.