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Family history research

Find out where your family comes from.

We trace your ancestors through the archives of Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Lithuania and Russia, generation by generation, and give you their names, dates and places.

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Your ancestors, connected across generations. Every fact shows the record it comes from, so you can check it yourself. And where we found nothing, we say so.

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Mykhailo Kovalchuk

1842-1909
  1. Born12 April 1842Hrusheva

    Родился Михаилъ у Петра и Анны Ковальчуковъ.

    Mykhailo was born to Petro and Anna Kovalchuk.

    Sample Regional Archive, file 42, page 12 (back)

  2. Married22 October 1867Hrusheva

    Михаилъ Ковальчукъ съ Екатериною Бондарь.

    Mykhailo Kovalchuk married Kateryna Bondar.

    Sample Regional Archive, file 47, page 8

  3. Died6 January 1909Hrusheva

    Умеръ Михаилъ Петровъ Ковальчукъ.

    Mykhailo, son of Petro Kovalchuk, died.

    Sample Regional Archive, file 62, page 2

  4. Not found

    The marriage of his grandfather Ivan. We searched the village records for 1785-1789 and say so in the report, with where to look next.

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  1. You tell us names, places and years

    A family story or an uncertain spelling is enough to begin.

  2. We check which records still exist

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  3. We search and read the records

    We look for the person and follow the family connections.

  4. You receive the report

    A family chart, the findings and a clear account of any gaps.

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