STOP! DO NOT ORDER! Out of Stock! ------------------------------------- Ukrainian Genealogy: A Beginner’s Guide; by John D. Pihach; 289 pp; Softcover; 2007; 8 x 10; Item # UA01

John D. Pihach's Ukrainian Genealogy is a guide to tracing one's Ukrainian ancestry in Europe. Consideration is also given to North American records that are specifically Ukrainian or relate to the immigrant experience. Because the overwhelming majority of people of Ukrainian origin in Canada and the United States have roots in western Ukraine or southeastern Poland, the guide concentrates on the resources of those regions. This handbook is intended primarily for those whose ethnic roots are Ukrainian, although some of the material in it may be useful to other groups with roots in Ukraine.

Chapters 1 and 2 discuss general topics that are preliminary to research. Personal names are examined in chapter 3. Chapters 4 and 5 outline the early religious experiences of Ukrainians in North America and the church records that are available. Chapter 6 addresses the crucial question of determining the name of the European ancestral community. Chapter 7 explains how to locate places on a map, describes the various administrative divisions that existed in the past, and looks at the many types of maps that pinpoint the location of the ancestral village and even the actual home. The resources for learning the history of a specific region are covered in chapter 8. Chapters 9 and 10 are devoted to church-based birth, marriage, and death records, the principal overseas genealogical resource. Chapters 11 and 12 survey other overseas materials. Several appendixes describe Ukrainian transliteration schemes and present a key to the scripts of the languages that were used in record keeping; provide a starting point for research by other ethnic groups with roots in Ukraine; and list useful Web sites.

Table of Contents

• List of Abbreviations
• List of Illustrations
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Beginning Your Research
• Practical Suggestions
• Beginning at Home
• Genealogy Books
• Genealogical Societies
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• Libraries
• Chapter 2: Historical Preliminaries
• The History of the Ukraine
• Immigration to North America
• Books, Publishers, and Bookstores
• Chapter 3: Names
• Name Variations
• Given Names
• Origins
• Table of Transcriptions, Equivalents, and Diminutives
• Surnames
• Origins and Root Meanings
• Surnames Derived from Given Names
• Surnames Derived from the Place of Residence or Origin
• Surnames Derived from Occupations, Professions, and Social Status
• Surnames Derived from Individual Characteristics
• Endings
• Chapter 4: Church Records in Canada
• Background
• Locating Records
• The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Church
• The Roman Catholic Church
• The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
• The Russian Orthodox Church
• The Romanian Orthodox Church
• The Independent Greek Church
• The United Church and the Presbyterian Church
• The Baptist Church
• Chapter 5: Church Records in the United States
• Background
• Catholics
• Orthodox
• Protestants
• Locating Records
• The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Church
• The Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Church
• The Roman Catholic Church
• The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.
• The Orthodox Church in America and the Russian Orthodox Church
• The Presbyterian Church
• The Baptist Church
• Chapter 6: From Europe to North America
• Home Sources
• Passenger Lists and Immigration Records
• Passenger Lists in General
• Hamburg’s and Other Ports’ Passenger Lists
• Other Immigration Records
• Postwar Refugee Records
• Steamship Photos
• Naturalization and Citizenship Records
• Church Records
• Census Returns
• Homestead and Land Records
• Vital Records
• Vladimir Kaye’s Dictionaries, and Other Publications
• National Registration
• Military Records
• Obituaries and Funeral-Home Records
• Chapter 7: Locating the Ancestral Home
• Gazetteers
• Administrative Divisions
• The Russian Empire
• The Austro-Hungarian Empire
• Poland
• Soviet Ukraine
• Hungary and Romania
• Maps
• Ukraine’s Oblasts
• Detailed Topographical Maps
• Josephinische Landesaufnahme and Franziszeische Landesaufnahme Maps
• Cadastral Maps
• The Cadastral Community Boundary Definition
• Feldskizzen
• Texts
• Indikationsskizzen
• Katasterkarten
• Updates
• Austrian Map Terms
• Aerial Photographs
• Chapter 8: Regional History
• Regional History Books
• Statistical Publications and Church Schematisms
• Travel Guides and Travelogues
• Maps
• Metrical Records
• Archival Records
• Chapter 9: Metrical Records
• Church Jurisdictions
• Record Keeping
• The Availability and Location of Records
• Greek Catholic Records
• Lviv Archeparchy
• Peremyshl (Przemysl) Eparchy
• Stanyslaviv Eparchy
• Mukacheve (Mukachiv) Eparchy
• Presov Eparchy
• Hajdudorog Eparchy
• Kholm (Chelm) Eparchy
• Roman Catholic Records
• Orthodox Records
• Accessing Records
• Conducting Research in Person
• LDS Microfilms
• Working in the Archives
• Archival Terminology
• Writing to Archives
• Sample Letters to Archives and Others
• Addresses of Archives
• Ukraine
• Poland
• Slovakia
• Romania
• Hungary
• Russia
• Chapter 10: Working with Metrical Records
• Birth Records
• 1711 Birth Record, Orthodox, in Church Slavonic
• 1777 Birth Records, Greek Catholic, in Church Slavonic
• 1779 Birth Records, Orthodox, in Russian
• 1818 Birth Records, Greek Catholic, in Latin
• 1896 Birth Records, Orthodox, in Church Slavonic and Russian
• 1919 Birth Records, Greek Catholic, in Ukrainian
• Marriage Records
• 1784 Marriage Records, Greek Catholic, in Latin
• 1842 Marriage Records, Greek Catholic, in Latin
• 1896 Marriage Record, Orthodox, in Church Slavonic and Russian
• 1919 Marriage Record, Greek Catholic, in Ukrainian
• Death Records
• 1756 Death Record, Greek Catholic, in Latin
• 1831 Death Record, Greek Catholic, in Latin
• 1897 Death Record, Orthodox, in Church Slavonic and Russian
• Deciphering Unfamiliar or Difficult Handwriting
• House Numbers
• The Julian and Gregorian Calendars
• Words Lists
• The Names of Months
• Latin Genealogical Terms
• Latin Names of Occupations and Social Status
• Latin Terms for Causes of Death
• Ukrainian Genealogical Terms
• Russian Genealogical Terms (pre-1917 Spellings)
• Polish Genealogical Terms
• German Genealogical Terms
• Romanian Genealogical Terms
• Chapter 11: Austrian Land Records
• Units of Measure
• The Josephinian Cadastre
• The Franciscan Cadastre
• The Stabile Cadastre and Updates
• Other Land Records
• Chapter 12: Other Overseas Resources
• Confession Lists
• Revision Lists, Family Lists, and Censuses
• Austrian Military Records
• Works on the Nobility
• Emigration Records
• Appendix 1: Languages
• The Ukrainian Alphabet and System of Transliteration
• The Russian Alphabet
• Differences between the Ukrainian and Russian Alphabets
• The Church Slavonic Alphabet
• The Polish Alphabet
• The German Alphabet (Current and Gothic)
• The Romanian Alphabet
• Appendix 2: Other Ethnic Groups with Roots in Ukraine
• Polish Roots
• Jewish Roots
• German Roots
• Mennonite Roots
• Rusyn Roots
• Czech and Slovak Roots
• Russian Roots
• Appendix 3: Useful Websites
• Churches in North America
• Catholic Websites
• The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Church in Canada
• The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Church in the United States
• The Roman Catholic Church
• The Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Church
• Orthodox Websites
• Protestant Websties
• Churches Elsewhere
• General Genealogy
• Genealogical Societies in Canada
• Government
• Canada
• Provincial Archives
• The United States
• European State Archives
• Bibliography
• Genealogy
• Cartography and Toponymy
• Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Languages
• National and Regional History
• Names and Onomastics
• Ukrainians in North America
• Index

About the Author:

John D. Pihach received a B.Sc. degree in physics from the University of British Columbia and studied studio fine arts at Vancouver Community College. He has spent many years wandering about Asia and Europe and has made a dozen trips to Eastern Europe, where he has done genealogical research at several archives. He works as a weather observer and is the library chairperson of the East European Genealogical Society in Winnipeg and author of several articles in Galician genealogy.