Here are resources on genealogy and family searches.
Free searches for records on victims of WWII:
1. Arolsen Archives- International Center on Nazi Persecution (formerly International Tracing Service)– This organization, based in Germany, has an unbelievable amount of records on victims and survivors of Nazi persecution.
Displaced persons camps after WWII:
1. Dpcamps.org– A wealth of information on camps that existed throughout the world.
Russian, Ukrainian and Polish archives:
1. Ukrainian archives– The official English website for archives in Ukraine.
2. Russian archives– The official website for archives in Russia.
3. Russian Archives Forum– A forum run by Russian archives to help patrons.
4. ArcheoBiblioBase– An English website that provides a wealth of information on archives in Russia.
5. Polish archives– The official English website for archives in Poland. Due to border changes, some archives for areas formerly of Russia are in Poland.
U.S. archives:
1. Genealogy program of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services– This program has a great collection of immigration records.
Phone directories:
Nomer.org– A great address and phone directory for many cities of Russia and Ukraine. The database of all registered Ukrainians can be found here. Only works in Russian. Use this website for translating names from English to Russian.
CIS White Pages – Another good phone and address book for Ukraine and Russia.
Postal codes:
Postal codes for all regions of Ukraine
ZipRussia– Postal codes for all regions of Russia
Maps of Ukraine:
The Gesher Galicia Map Room– for researching Jewish ancestry in the area now in Poland and Ukraine
Maps of Russia:
Social networks for the former USSR:
Free Translation Web sites:
Transliteration:
Transliterating English to Russian in One Step
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hi,
we are looking for grandmother in Ukraine, her name is Lena Ohatnicova, how can I get some info, please let us know if you can help?
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Please send me a private message at bepa.miller at mail.ru with everything you know about her. I’ll try to help you as much as I can.
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My father was Joseph Garfincle and my grandparents were from Russia but I don’t know much more maybe you can help me!
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Is your father or his siblings alive to tell you more?
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My Granmother maiden name is
Vera pavlitchkova
married name is
Vera Bacsik
Russian who was born in ukraine “stalino city”
Russian orthodox.
She was a prisoner of war.
Married to “Bila or Bela” Bacsik a Hungarian Musician who played bass.
Ended up in Canada, Toronto
My dad, Paul Bacsik was born 13 oct 1949 Germany, Heidelberg
My grandmother and father who was 6 at the time came to Australia in 1955
I don’t know of any family or if I have any at all but I’m hoping for the best and hoping me and dad aren’t alone
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If your grandmother was a prisoner of war of the Germans, I highly recommend making a free search request here- https://www.its-arolsen.org/en/information/request-for-information-on-victims-of-nazi-persecution/ Also have you contacted Australian archives for your grandmother’s immigration records? I will be happy to help with your search for free. Contact me at bepa. miller at mail. ru.
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I’m looking for family of motenko and rudenko in russia or Austria my parents imagrate from austria to new york by boat in 1942
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Have you had much luck on Ancestry.com to find relatives?
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I’m hoping to get back in touch with family that we lost contact with a couple of decades ago.
I know the surname and I remember a few people’s first names in the family.
Unless they have moved, I know that they come from Nowostawce (Новоставці) near the city of Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine.
Any tips?
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If you send me the info at bepa. miller at mail. ru, I can see if I can find anyone for you. No charge.
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Hi!
I am looking for my uncle. He was born to my grandmother in Siberia, after their whole family was deported from Estonia. My grandmother got married in Siberia and got my uncle. They lived at Cherepanov. My grandma then moved back to Estonia with my uncle, but left her husband behind. However, my uncle decided to move back to Russia and no one knows about his whereabouts now.. Would you be able to help me?
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I will be happy to help. You’ll need to send all known information to bepa.miller at mail.ru.
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Hi. This might be a hard one – on my mother’s side, her dad was a Russian Officer in WW1, I believe a Lieutenant. He fought in the Civil War, with the White Army, was captured, and sent to a camp. He escaped, and went to St Petersburg (Leningrad), found his family all shot, then crossed the German lines and made his way to Morocco, where he died. Somewhere along the line, he marries, had 2 children, my mum, and uncle (d.2003). Mum says the name he used was a fake name, so as mum is quite old (73 yrs) I would like to maybe find out who her dad was, his real name, where he was from, and are there any living relatives? I am hoping to visit Russia late 2018/early 2019, to show my son where his roots lay. We live in Australia. Is there any hope here?
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I don’t know if you’ll be able to find information that quickly. I highly recommend your mother DNA test with Family Tree DNA and then 23andme. Have you tried collecting documents on her father from his death record and immigration records? Also collect records on the uncle to see if there is a difference in information. I hope that helps. Good luck!
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I’m adopted from Arkhangelsk Russia. I know my parents information if you could help find them in some way. Email me at pamelafarrell93@gmail.com
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I sent you a message. Check your spam box if you don’t see a message from me.
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I am looking for any living relatives for my father. He was born in Ukraine surname Samilenko. We are planning a trip to Ukraine in September. Supposedly he lived in either KREMENCHUK or KHMELNYTSKY. I am hopeful we can locate someone. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Tricia
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I didn’t have any luck finding anything but I recommend posting here- https://www.ukraine.com/forums/forum/personals/genealogy, https://www.facebook.com/groups/UkrainianGenealogy/ and https://www.facebook.com/groups/NashiPredky/ Have a wonderful trip and take lots of pictures! I highly recommend visiting the local cemeteries, besides the local people.
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Thank you!
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Yad Vashem, together with its partners, has collected and recorded the names and biographical details of millions of victims of systematic anti-Jewish persecution during the Holocaust (Shoah) period.
https://yvng.yadvashem.org/
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Thanks for the link. I will consider it for the Free Databases page, which has two databases on anti-Jewish persecution.
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