Christmas comes but twice a year, so does Easter,
mostly.(Myroslaw Lomatski)
Easter is 12 April, 2009 by the western (gregorian) calendar
and 19 April, 2009 by the eastern (julian) calendar
Important
Dates:
Ukrainian Independence Day- August 24th ,
1991
First Ukrainians enter Manitoba
as mercenary troops in Lord Selkirk's hired Swiss de Meuron Regiment -
1817
First Ukrainian Settlers arrive at Montreal
- September 7th, 1891
Time in Ukraine
There
are only
days left until
Christmas Eve, Tuesday, January
6th, 2009
There
are only
days left until the New Year,
Thursday, January 1st, 2009.
Watch this space
for information about the
Ukrainian Christmas Celebration
on January 6th, 2009
Meetings: Ukrainian
Genealogy Group - Prince Edward Island and the Ukrainian Canadian Club of PEI
because the membership is scattered across
the Island, we have decided that meetings will be called only once or twice
a year. However, if you would like help with your family tree, please call me:
Ted @ 902 569-8611or by eMail ted@lomatski.caEach meeting includes a
problem solving & question period. Maps will be available for consultation.
The next meeting
will be rescheduled in the fall
Researching
and Travelling in Ukraine
So
you got there, what now?
The
realities of research in Ukraine
A
slide show of Ted's recent trip to Ukraine
Bring
along your research questions!
New
Members and the Curious always welcome!
Resources for the
Genealogist
Canadian
Genealogy Centre - at the Library and
Archives of Canada. Now you can do a direct search for your ancestors!
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, and the two newly created provinces of Saskatchewan,
and Alberta). This endeavour continued every 10 years from
1906 to 1956, at which time the Census of the Northwest Provinces became part
of the Canada-wide census. Through this research tool you can access digitized
images of original census returns, which recorded the names of family members,
their sex, marital status, year of immigration to Canada, post office address,
etc. 1906 Census transcription
form in PDF format - legal size paper: Download Here
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- the new version of Personal Ancestral File (PAF
5) is available by download only, at no cost. This is one of the best
software packages around and the only one I am aware of that will accept cyrillic
letters and print out properly. However, if you are running anything older
than WIN98, you should download PAF 4, which unfortunately does not support
cyrillic. I understand that WIN95 will work with the drivers, but if you are
hesitant, best to stick to the previous version and put your cyrillic notes
into a word processor file. Go to: http://www.familysearch.org/ Family History Centre,
10
Northridge Parkway (off St Peter's Road behind the KFC), Charlottetown, PE.
Tel 902 566-1013 (call ahead to reserve a computer or fiche reader)
Hours are Tuesdays 1900h - 2100h and Thursdays 0900h - 1600h.
East European Genealogical
Society - Most popular EEGS current areas: Galicia
including east Galicia (Ukraine) and west Galicia (Poland) followed by Volhynia
and Bukovina. Popular EEGS pre-WWI areas: Austro-Hungarian Empire
(Bohemia, Bukovina, Galicia, Hungary, Moravia), German Empire (East Prussia,
Posen, Silesia, West Prussia), Russian Empire (Bessarabia, Congress Poland,
Ekaterinoslav, Grodno, Kherson, Kiev, Volhynia), and Romania. Popular EEGS
Current countries: Austria, Belorus, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine. Popular EEGS Ethnic groups:
German, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Slovakian, Jewish, Mennonite, Romanian.
Popular EEGS Religions: Roman and Greek Catholic, Lutheran, Judaic,
Mennonite, Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox, Bohemian / Moravian Brethren.
Canadian Red Cross Tracing
Service- Each year Canadian Red Cross staff and volunteers
handle about 6,000 tracing cases. If you wish to place an inquiry with the
Tracing Service, please ensure that you provide us with the following
information: Full name of sought person, Date of birth or age, Father's name,
Mother's name, Last known address, Date of last news, Reason for separation,
Reason for search, Personal background information, Your full name, Address,
Your relationship to the sought person For further information on the Tracing
Service or to submit your tracing request, please contact your
local Red
Cross office.
Toronto Ukrainian Genealogy Group- 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.
Those who wish to receive further information, contact the
St. Vladimir Institute - 416 923-3318 or by eMail svi@stvladimir.on.ca or Sonia
Tkachuk van Heerden - 416 461-2104 or by eMail soniavanheerden@hotmail.com
A listing of useful Ukrainian
and Genealogical sites
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/
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.
This site includes tips, money, credit cards, currency exchanges, barbers and
beauty shops, tracing Genealogy Roots, photos of many cities and so much more
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
Cyrillic and Polish for Windows 95/98/Me (Not
XP)
This guide will allow you to type in Ukrainian without purchasing any other
programs. It allows you to use virtually any word processor, spread sheet or
database. The best part is that there are QWERTY compatible keyboards which
means that the keys are in the same place as we are used to in the English speaking
world. If you are interested, please contact me at: ted.lomatski@canada.com
George Primak's transliterated Ukrainian Keyboard
layout - for Windows XP (and 2000) [It has been tested and works with VISTA] 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. Biography Assistant
makes it easy for you to record these special family memories because it helps
you decide what to write about. That leaves you free to concentrate on the most
important part — telling the story! To get started, select one of the categories
listed. http://www.genealogy.com/bio/
Ukrainian Customs and Information -
contains information on feast and celebration dates as well as customs
associated with Christmas and other celebrations - http://www.oocities.org/ukrcustoms/
The Day - Weekly Digest - Ukrainian
newspaper in English (also Ukrainian and Russian) offers an inciteful look at
the issues in Ukraine today, their relation to world realities and the impact
of Ukrainian customs, history and religions on present day events. A very concise
and readable publication. http://www.day.kiev.ua/DIGEST/
(click on the English word day at the top left to get the English version.
Cyndi's List - is one of
the most comprehensive genealogy related lists there is on the web with over
112,000 links! If you have not tried it out yet, please do, it will quickly
become your favourite tool! - http://www.cyndislist.com
Canada - http://www.cyndislist.com/canada.htm
ARCHEION - Ontario's
Archival Information Network ARCHEION is a searchable gateway to online
descriptions of archival fonds and collections found in archives across
Ontario. Repositories are institutional members of the Archives Association of
Ontario. The components of ARCHEION include: Descriptions of archival documents
The ability to search the descriptions Contact information for the archives
where the documents can be accessed ARCHEION aims to be a comprehensive online
research tool, a one-stop gateway to information about the documentary heritage
of Ontario. http://archeion-aao.fis.utoronto.ca/
American Family Immigration History Centre
- Ellis Island - this site was created to help people
search for and tell stories about the over 22 million passengers and members
of ships' crews who came to America through Ellis Island and the Port of New
York between 1892 and 1924. http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp
British Commonwealth and the USA
- by Alan Tupman is another site with links to relevant materials for the British
Commonwealth and the USA. Where there is a page that already provides considerable
information, then a link is provided to save unnecessary duplication. In all
cases there should be a maximum of two links between you and the source data.
http://freespace.virgin.net/alan.tupman/sites/
1901 British Census - the
Public Record Office has put the 1901 census on the web. Unfortunately, it has
become overloaded and is shut down for server upgrading. The Public Record
Office is the national archive of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. It
brings together and preserves the records of central government and the courts
of law, and makes them available to all who wish to consult them. The records
span an unbroken period from the 11th century to the present day.
http://www.census.pro.gov.uk
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://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/misc/emig/
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. When I tried it, I was pleased
to find that their search engine took wild cards, so that I was able to come up
with the original spellings - all those uks, iuks, ucks, etc. When you do come
up with the records, you can click on the entry and they give you a bit more
information - enough to come up with a link. However, they charge $7CDN for a
copy of the transcript. On the other hand, there is enough information for you
to go back to the source document yourself. Definitely worth checking out! -
http://istg.rootsweb.com/newcompass/pcindex.html
Hamburg Port Site The city of Hamburg, accommodating emigrants in the past and to this very
day, is in exclusive possession of lists of those who passed through her utilizing
the harbor. Bremen and other cities lost almost all these precious lists, but
only Hamburg managed to safeguard complete records covering the flow of emigrants
from 1850 to 1934. What makes these lists so valuable, is the fact that even
the hometowns from whence the emigrants came is recorded. It seems that these records are now only available at Ancestry.com which is a subscription site. Look for German Records http://ancestry.com
LI-RA-MA Collection - the LI-RA-MA
Collection (MG 30 E 406) consists of documents created by the Imperial Russian
Consular offices in Canada during the period 1898 to 1922. The Passport/Identity
Papers series consists of about 11,400 files on Russian and East European immigrants
(Jews, Ukrainians, Poles, Finns, etc.) who settled in Canada in the first two
decades of the twentieth century. The files include documents such as passport
applications and background questionnaires. Many of the records are written
in Russian Cyrillic; the National Archives does not provide a translation service.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogie/022-908.008-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. For further information,
consult Sallyann Sack's publication The Russian Consular Records Index and Catalogue,
or contact the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Washington, P.O. Box 31122,
BETHESDA MD 20824-1122.
Index to Russian Consular Records. Lists over 70,000 persons who transacted
business with the Russian Czarist consulates in the United States from about
1849-1926. Shows surname, given name, place of residence and locator reference
to microfilm in the U.S. National Archives that contains the original documents.
Indexed using the Daitch Mokotoff Soundex System. (7 fiches). http://www.jewishgen.org/jgsgb/jgsgb-resources.html#AJGSFiche
Library and Archives of Canada -
databases available on internet. General Descriptions of Fonds and Collections
- General Inventory (This includes a listing of fonds from private individuals
and community organizations including material relating to Ukrainians and other
Slavic Groups in Canada. Researchers can search under family name, location
in Canada, Ukrainian organization and other titles) Finding Aids Textual
Documents - Records created by Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government
of Canada. Canadian Expeditionary Force - First World War /Attestation
Records/ Court Martials of the First World War (Prototype accessible onsite
only) Post Offices /Lists information post offices and postmasters/ Dominion
Land Grants, Immigration Records (1925-1935) Prime Ministers Papers
(Prototype accessible on site only) Audio Visual Records - Films, videos
and sound recordings - Photographs - Works of art and caricatures.
Library (now Collections Canada) -
collections focus primarily on Canadiana, works in all subjects written by,
about or of interest to Canadians, published in Canada or abroad.http://www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.htmll
Canadian Literature Research Service
Canadian Children's literature Literary manuscripts
Electronic collection of Canadian books and periodicals
Jacob M. Lowy Collection of rare Hebraica and Judaica
Microform Collections
Music Printed music, Music archives Recorded sound and
video
National, provincial/territorial, county and city
directories
National bibliographies of foreign countries
Newspapers
Official publications of Canadian federal, provincial and
territorial governments
Official publications of foreign governments and
international organizations
Preservation Collection of Canadiana
Rare books
Reference Collection
Obituaries On-Line (Free) All these
links lead to obituaries, death or funeral notices, mostly from newspapers,
but all are free, although 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://www3.sympatico.ca/bkinnon/obit_links6.html
Genealogical Gazetteer
of Galicia - Brian J. Lenius. The "Expanded Data Edition" of the
Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia for the pre-WWI Austrian Crownland of Galizien
(Galicia) includes over 14,000 place names. This 345 page book also includes
22 maps and is based on 1896-1914 information. List of 6300 communities and
estates (Polish names). Includes the Administrative and Judicial Districts,
current country, Land Cadastral Community, Roman Catholic parish and diocese,
Greek Catholic parish and eparchy, Evangelical Lutheran/Reformed parish, Mennonite
circuit, and Jewish Registration District for each village, town, city, and
estate. List of over 3441 smaller places (hamlets, etc.) and alternate names
for villages. List of 4052 Ukrainian Place Names cross-referenced to the Polish
names of communities (villages, towns, and cities) and estates. Names are given
both in transliterated Ukrainian and Cyrillic form. List of German language
place names and a separate list of places known to have had German inhabitants,
including the 18th and 19th century German colonies which had Polish names.
Map of Galicia illustrating the Administrative Districts, showing a grid for
the 1:200,000 Austrian "Mitteleuropa" map series and the Poland/Ukraine border.
21 maps of Galicia. Each map (1:490,000 scale) represents a map in the 1:200,000
Austrian "Mitteleuropa" map series and up to eight maps in the 1:75,000 map
series and shows the Administrative District boundaries, pinpointing a total
of 641 places to aid in locating ancestral villages. Each community in the gazetteer
listing refers to one of these places. Includes latitudes and longitudes (in
Greenwich and Ferro). Sources for genealogical records incl. names and addresses
of archives, etc. for vital records, references to published articles and inventories.
Hundreds of informative endnotes and 12 additional tables (eg. alternate parish
names). ISBN 0-9698783-1-1 (3rd edition, Expanded Data Edition) http://www.lenius.ca/GazetteerOrder/GazetteerOrderForm.htm
The 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
Language Tools - Look up words with
general and specialized dictionary / thesaurus tools or translate words, text
or web pages into another language with this great collection of reference tools.
Research-It! - brings you several language tools like dictionaries and
translation tools, biographical and quotation resources, maps, stock quotes
... the list is long, go have a look for yourself. Find-It! - Find what
you're looking for with ease using the finest Internet search tools for the
web and discussion newsgroups or find people, software or anything else. http://www.itools.com
Ukrainian Community and Family
Histories- this website provides links to sources for names of
pioneers, primarily in Western Canada.
http://www.oocities.org/ukrainianfamilies/
Carpathian Rus' Sites &
Organisations
Rusyns, Rusins, Rusnaks, Ruthenes, Ruthenians,
Carpatho-Russians, Carpatho-Ruthenians, Carpatho-Ukrainians and Lemkos
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
Carpatho-Rusyn
Genealogy Web Site - Although this site focuses on Carpatho-Rusyn
genealogy, it is recognized that the ethnic background of persons from areas
where Carpatho-Rusyns lived (primarily where Poland, Slovakia, the Ukraine, and
Hungary adjoin or nearly adjoin) is often in doubt. Many other ethnic groups
previously lived or now live in this area (Polish, Slovak, Hungarian,
Ukrainian, German, Jewish, and others). Understandably, many persons whose
ancestors come from this area are unclear of their ethnic origins. Also, there
was intermarriage between such groups before and after immigration. The focus
at this web site is on information that may aid those interested in genealogy
in tracing their ancestors, all or some of whom may have been Carpatho-Rusyns.
Much of this information may be found in listings and publications of other
ethnic groups. Unlike organizations or individuals whose goals are to primarily
promote ethnic identity, 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/
Embassy of Ukraine in Canada - 310
Somerset St., Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0J9 Tel. (613) 230-2961; Fax (613) 230-2400 http://www.infoukes.com/ukremb/l
Vital and Marriage Records From Greek Catholic
and Orthodox Parishes in Former Austrian Galicia, Former Malo Rus,
Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus (former Byelorussia) http://lemko.org/genealogy/galicia.html
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). The parish records identified are not the only
ones available from the FHL. They are only the most recent records obtained
by the LDS. To determine the complete list, consult the LDS Family History
Library Catalog (FHLC). http://lemko.org/genealogy/galiciapl.html
Halychyn / Galician /
Polish / Austrian / German / Russian related Sites
German Genealogy: Tips for Researchers -
this site is good for those dealing with terminology on old
Austrian (Galician) documentshttp://www.genealogienetz.de/misc/tips.html
Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
- background on St. Petersburg and the creators of the Museum, first and foremost
on Catherine the Great. Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg as his "Window
to the West" and both the city and the museum have from the 18th to the 21st
century had strong connections with the West, some friendly, some forced.
You will find traces of such connections even in Ottawa. The Canadian Friends
of the Hermitage is the membership and volunteer arm of The State Hermitage
Museum Foundation of Canada. The Rt. Hon. Ramon Hnatyshyn is the Honorary
Chairman of the Foundation. http://www.hermitagemuseum.ca/ and
http://www.hermitage.ru/
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
Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe
- this web page is devoted to the study of those people with German ancestry
(generally of the Lutheran, Baptist, or Catholic faiths) who lived in present-day
Poland (including those lands known previously as West and East Prussia, Posen,
Silesia, and Pomerania), and also those people who lived in the western part
of present-day Ukraine, in the old pre-World War II province of Volhynia (generally
from the city of Kiev on the east to the present-day Polish border on the
west, and from the city of Zhitomir on the south to the city of Kowel on the
north). http://www.sggee.org/
Ukrainian
Genealogy
Genealogy of Halychyna / Eastern Galicia
- focuses on genealogical study for those researching
their Ukrainian and Polish roots in Halychyna / Eastern Galicia / Western
Ukraine http://www.halgal.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
InfoUkes- this site has
many articles on genealogy as well as a mailing list forum for asking questions
related to Ukrainian genealogy. There are also different areas for history,
culture and computers, etc. http://www.infoukes.com
Ukrainian Research Page This page has many excellent links for the genealogist
and researcher and historian and covers all nationalities in the area. - highly
recommended. http://www.maxpages.com/poland/Ukrainian_Research
US Centre for Military
History- probably the best site to start looking at if you're interested in
US military history or have had relatives serve in the US military. It is an
official gov't site. http://www.army.mil/
Regiments.org- lists of links
to all Commonwealth units, Commonwealth military history
http://www.regiments.org/
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/
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
Census of the Northwest Provinces,
1906
Canadian Representatives abroad by country
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