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Transnistria was a geographic freak, but a historic reality. The name was coined by the Fascists to designate a territory of about 16,000 square miles, designated for the annihilation of Jews deported from Romania. It was an area situated in south-western Ukraine, between the River Dniester to the west, the River Bug to the east, the Black Sea to the south, and a line beyond the city of Moghile...
Broad project to list European immigrants from any European country. From any European country and any date (Century). Everyone is welcome to collaborate and add more profiles.
GRanDMA refers to the Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry GRanDMA contains genealogical information on individuals, most of whose ancestral lines can be traced to Mennonite and Hutterite communities in Prussia (now Poland) and South Russia (now Ukraine). It is the product of collecting and merging data from thousands of family histories, church records, obituaries, governm...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Lemberg/Lwow/Lviv now in the Ukraine, formerly Galicia. Lemberg Ghetto Lemberg on JewishGen Lemberg in Jewish Encyclopedia LEMBERG (Polish, Lwow): Table of Contents Karaites. Taxes and Business Restrictions. Protection of the Magistracy. Institutions. Capital of Galicia, Austria; 180 miles east of Cracow and 6...
Volhynia (Polish: Wołyń, Ukrainian: Волинь, romanized: Volyń, French: La Volhynie, Latin Lodomérie ) is a historical region in Central and Eastern Europe, situated between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. While the region's borders are not clearly defined, the territory still carries the name is Volyn Oblast, located in western Ukraine. Volhynia has changed hand...
The area around the city of Chernivtsi/Czernowitz in Bukovina, now in Ukraine, included many Jewish communities linked by history, commerce, and family. The major nearby communities were Storojinet in the southwest, and Sahdhora to the north, and several smaller Jewish communities were also nearby. This project seeks to help bring together the families with roots in the Czernowitz-Sadhora-Storo...
❢IMPORTANT❢==Do not start adding random people to this project. It helps nobody and will quickly turn it into some sort of flame-war regarding who belongs and who doesn't. Please read the goal of the project below. After you understand what the project is about and you want to add relevant people, please make sure that you inform Volodya Mozhenkov , so that profiles are not duplicated.==About==...
The Lviv Ghetto or the Lwów Ghetto (also known as Lvov or Lemberg Ghetto , Polish: getto lwowskie) was a World War II ghetto set up in the city of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine) on the territory of Nazi-administered General Government in German-occupied Poland. It was one of the largest Jewish ghettos established by Nazi Germany after the joint Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland. The city was a home to o...
Tracing the roots of the Mennonites and Hutterites who moved from German speaking lands, including modern day Germany, Austria, Hungary and Poland to Russia (modern day Ukraine), where they lived for about a century before coming to America and Canada. Includes direct ancestors shortly before the move to Russian controlled lands (1650) and direct descendants up to about 1950 of those who arrive...
Coordinates : 50°00'N 26°38'E Modern Region: Khmelnytski (Khmel’nyts’ka Oblast’) Country: Ukraine Town History * Early 1600s: Jews in small numbers were present. Belogorodka then in the Kingdom of Poland. * 1747: Blood Libel court case in Zaszlav regarding a murder that took place at the Zachaliska Inn, located on the main road between Belogorodka and Mishnow (now Mykhniz). One of the defen...
The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress Poland's military academy revolted, led by lieutenant Piotr Wysocki. They were soon join...
Ukrainian Brazilians (Portuguese: Ucraino-brasileiro, Ucraniano-brasileiro; Ukrainian: Українські бразильці, Ukrayins'ki Brazyl'tsi) are Brazilian citizens born in Ukraine, or Brazilians of Ukrainian descent who remain connected, in some degree, to Ukrainian culture. In 1994, 400,000 people of Ukrainian descent lived in Brazil, 80% (or approximately 350,000) of whom lived in a compact region a...
This project is here to give us a greater insight into the lives of our ancestors from across the empire and to help us work together to find our common roots. List of Austro-Hungarian Jews Wikipedia>===Famous People Sigmund Freud : Father of Psychoanalysis. Theodor Herzl : Father of Zionism. Stefan Zweig : Novelist, playwright, journalist, biographer. Franz Kafka : Novelist.
GENI projects about Ukraine: International Ukrainian Portal - major information. Geni naming conventions - Ukraine - specific factors of Ukrainian genealogy. People of Ukraine - umbrella project listing people of various affiliations. Ukrainian Coffee Corner - collaboration project. Ukraine - History Factors - umbrella project for the historical events. Ukraine is a unitary state w...
This umbrella project aims to collect all other GENI projects, which are collections of profiles based on professions, achievements, ethnic groups, affiliations to schools and various organizations, and prominent people associated with Ukraine. Additionally, there is a listing of awards and honors, some issued by institutions of Ukraine, some foreign, but often given to the people of Ukraine. ...
GENI projects about Ukraine: International Ukrainian Portal - major information. People of Ukraine - umbrella project listing people of various affiliations. Ukrainian Coffee Corner - collaboration project. Ukraine - History Factors - umbrella project for the historical events. Jewish Communities of Ukraine - list of Jewish Shtetls. For basic profile naming principles on the GENI ne...
This umbrella project lists all GENI projects related to the History of Ukraine. If you have Ukrainian ancestry, please follow this project. Please join and contribute to this project by adding ongoing historical GENI projects, specifying this project under documents, images, photos of helpful charts, and other information that might be useful for Ukrainian ancestry research. DO NOT add profi...
This project is dedicated to tracing ancestors in Ukraine, its present territories, and the historical lands of the Kyivan Rus' and Taurida. This portal provides a list of online genealogy sources, such as registries and archives of Ukrainian documents. If you have Ukrainian ancestors or study ancestral lines deriving from Kyivan Rus' and Taurida, please follow and participate in this projec...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from Sokiryany (Sekurian), Ukraine.You can find a google group named Sokiryany Jewish Roots that contains some 130 Secureni descendants, as of November 11th, 2019. group focuses on the Jewish families of Sokyryany, Ukraine. ==Links==* Jewish Gen Town Finder Page * Sokyryany Google Groups
This project aims to list profiles of Ukrainian opera singers. Every person who performed on the opera stage in Ukraine or was known as an opera singer from Ukraine in other countries will fit this project. If you have a Ukrainian individual in your family tree who was known for her/his performances on the opera stage, please add them to this project. It would be great if brief biographies wer...
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century until 1795, when its territory was occupied by the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Habsburg Empire of Austria. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania included the lands of much of the former Kievan Rus and other neighboring states, including present-day Lithuania , Belarus , most of Ukraine , and parts of...
Ukraine FamilySearch Genealogy Research Groups are resources where individuals can post specific genealogical questions or translation requests regarding a country or region in the world. The community consists of individuals who wish to collaborate and help one another find answers. To find a research group, you can go to one of two places: 1. FamilySearch Community: found on the FamilySearch ...
This project is to bring people with common Ukrainian connections. Due to the difficulty of searching for Eastern European records, it is a benefit for all of us with ties to Ukraine to have a resource like this for additional help. >> Any links, stories or historical references are welcome. * Jewish Records of Odessa, Ukraine * Jewish Ukraine * YIVO Archives re Ukraine * Ukrainian Jews' Fate I...
The Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise is a Ukrainian award. It is awarded for distinguished services to the state and people of the Ukrainian nation in the field of state building, strengthening the international prestige of Ukraine, development of economy, science, education, culture, art, health care, for outstanding charitable, humanistic and public activities. The Order is named for Yarosla...
The Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest population of Jews in the world. Within these territories the Jewish community flourished and developed many of modern Judaism's most distinctive theological and cultural traditions.Jews have been present in contemporary Armenia and Georgia since the Babylonian captivity. Records exist from the 4th century showing that there were Armenian cities...