ARCHIVAL RESEARCH IN UKRAINE

We Specialize in Archival Research in Ukraine

Ukraine Roots offers family-history research services to help you uncover your ancestral roots in Ukraine. 

We aim to find valuable family records essential for building a family tree or establishing familial connections. Our services involve searches for various archival records that can shed light on your family history.

Our services include:

1. Archival Record Search:

• Types of Records: We search for metrical records of births, marriages, and deaths, school records, voters' and taxpayers' lists, church records, old phone directories, and other archival documents that may illuminate your family history.

• Research Locations: Our primary research locations are Western Ukrainian archives, such as those in Lviv. We also arrange research at archives in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Lutsk, and Uzhhorod at the time of your visit to Ukraine.

• Civil Registry Offices: Research at Ukraine’s Civil Registry Offices, which house more recent vital records, can be pre-arranged for the time of your visit.

2. Sharing Expertise in Archival Procedures:

• Complex Process: Searching for archival records in Ukraine can be a lengthy and complex process. It typically involves placing requests for specific documents, waiting for material to be obtained, and searching through voluminous records handwritten in old Slavonic, Polish, or Latin.

• Effective Methods: We are familiar with the archival procedures in Ukraine and have developed effective methods to overcome challenges posed by bureaucratic procedures, multiple languages, archaic handwriting, and long delays in obtaining responses to requests for records.

3. On-Site Assistance:

• Genealogical Research Support: If you wish to visit Ukraine to conduct your own genealogical research, we offer assistance and support as interpreters, guides, and sources of local knowledge.

Ukraine Roots is dedicated to helping you connect with your family's history through detailed and diligent research. Contact us to start your journey into the past and uncover your ancestral heritage.