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Searching for Ancestors Using Parish Registers and Confessional Lists in Ukrainian Archives

For the majority of families that lived in the territory of modern-day Ukraine prior to the early 20th century, parish registers (metric books) and confessional lists remain the primary, and often the only, source of information regarding birth, marriage, death, and family composition. Working with these documents requires an understanding of how they are structured, […]

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Where to Start Searching for Genealogy in Ukraine: From Family Archives to Archival Requests

Genealogical research is often envisioned solely as working with archives: requests, waiting for responses, old documents. In reality, the path to one’s roots begins much earlier — at home, with conversations with relatives and with papers that have been lying in closets for years without attracting attention. Only after completing this preparatory stage is it

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