Examples of completed research

Two families.
Two documented histories.

The Antoniuk family from Galicia and the Khylko family from Polissia illustrate work with different archival sources, including records from the Austrian period and the Russian Empire. Both studies are available in full, with documents, biographies, tables and family charts.

Cover of the Antoniuk family study

Galicia · 48 pages

The Antoniuk family

Tiahliv · Prystan

Parish records, household histories, wartime events and family charts come together to tell the story of several generations.

PDF · 12.9 MB · no registration · in Ukrainian
Cover of the Khylko family study

Polissia · 27 pages

The Khylko family

Stuhivshchyna · Khlupliany

A generation-by-generation account with biographies, tables of children and documentary illustrations of a family from Polissia.

PDF · 17.5 MB · no registration · in Ukrainian

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These studies show the format of the result and how different sources are used. You can commission research for any historic Ukrainian region; its depth and scope depend on your question and the surviving records.

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