These websites, books and organizations will help you find your family in Ukraine.
Websites
- Archives of Ukraine: Genealogical Research <scarch.kiev.ua/Eng/genealogia.php/>
- Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press <www.ciuspress.com/>
- Cyndi’s List: Eastern Europe <www.cyndislist.com/eastern-europe>
- Digital Atlas of Ukraine at Harvard University <gis.huri.harvard.edu>
- Eastern European Genealogical Society <www.eegsociety.org>
- FamilySearch Wiki Ukraine <www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Ukraine>
- Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies Ukraine Resources <www.feefhs.org/resource/ukraine>
- Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia (HALGAL) <www.halgal.com>
- GenForum: Ukraine <genforum.genealogy.com/ukraine>
- Gesher Galicia <www.jewishgen.org/galicia>
- Historical Atlas of the 20th Century <users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm>
- InfoUkes <www.infoukes.com>
- JewishGen <jewishgen.org>
- Lemko Genealogy Primer <lemko.org/genealogy/primer.html>
- Perry-Castañeda Library: Ukraine Maps <www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ukraine.html>
- Tracing the Tribe <tracingthetribe.blogspot.com>
- Ukraine Genealogy Forum <genforum.genealogy.com/ukraine/>
- Ukraine Mailing List <www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-ukr.html>
- Ukraine Message Boards <boards.ancestry.com/localities.eeurope.ukraine/mb.ashx>
- Ukraine WorldGenWeb <www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukrwgw/>
- Ukraine World GenWeb: Mailing Lists <www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukrwgw/maillist.htm>
- Ukraine historical regions <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Historical_regions_in_Ukraine>
- Ukrainian Town Location Guide <www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukrwgw/ukrainetown.html>
Books
- A History of Ukraine by Paul Robert Magocsi (University of Washington Press)
- Encyclopedia of Ukraine, 5 vols., vols. 1 and 2 edited by Volodymyr Kubijovyc and vols. 3-5 edited by Danylo Husar Struk ( Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies)
- Finding Your Ukrainian Ancestors 4th edition by Muryl Andrejciw Geary (Heritage Publications)
- Galician Villagers and the Ukrainian National Movement in the Nineteenth Century by John-Paul Himka (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies)
- Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia by Brian J. Lenius (self-published)
- In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents: Volume I: Polish; Volume II: Russian by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman (Langline)
- Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories (The Jewish Genealogy Series) by Miriam Weiner (Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots)
- Peasants with Promise: Ukrainians in Southeastern Galicia 1880-1900 (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies)
- Sources for Researching Ukrainian Family History by Paul J. Himka (Libraries Unlimited)
- Ukraine: A History, 4th Edition by Orest Subtelny (University of Toronto Press)
- The Ukrainian Americans by Kevin Osborn (Chelsea House, out of print)
- The Ukrainian Americans: Roots and Aspirations, 1884-1954 by Myron B. Kuropas (University of Toronto Press)
- Ukrainian Genealogy by John D. Pihach (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press)
- Ukrainian Recipes edited by Joanne Asala (Penfield Books)
- The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation by Andrew Wilson (Yale University Press)
- Ukrainians in North America: A Biographical Directory of Noteworthy Ukrainians in the United States and Canada edited by Dmytro M. Shtohryn (Association for the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies)
Organizations
- Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Kyiv 24 Solomianska St., Kyiv 03110 Ukraine, +380 (044) 275-2777, <www.archives.gov.ua/en>
- Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Lviv 3a Soborna Sq., 79000 Lviv, Ukraine, +380 (0322) 72-30-63, 97-86-57 <www.archives.gov.ua/en>
- Consulate General of Ukraine in New York 240 East 49 St., New York, NY 10017, (212) 371-5690, <www.ny.mfa.gov.au/en>
- Embassy of Ukraine in Canada 310 Somerset St. West, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 0J9 Canada, (613) 230-2961, <www.canada.mfs.gov.ua/en>
- Embassy of Ukraine to the United States of America 3350 M St. NW Washington, D.C. 2007, (202) 333-0606, <usa.mfa.gov.ua/en>
- Harvard University Ukrainian Research Institute 34 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138, (617) 495-4053, <www.huri.harvard.edu>
- Immigration History Research Center University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts, 311 Andersen Library, 222 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55455, <www.umn.edu/ihrc>
- Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe Box 905 Stn. M, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2J6, Canada, <www.sggee.org/databases.html>
- The Ukrainian Genealogical Society 127 Taunton Ave., West Berlin, NJ 08091, <www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukrgs/index.htm>
- Ukrainian Museum-Archives 1202 Kenilworth Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113, (216) 781-4329, <www.umacleveland.org>
- Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority Har Hazikaron, PO 3477, Jerusalem 91034 Israel, <www.yadvashem.org>
A version of this article appeared in the July/August 2012 issue of Family Tree Magazine
