Looking for family in Kharkiv

[myostar]

Hi. I'm looking for my mother-in-law's family in or around Kharkiv. Her family name is Zimovec. Can anyone tell me how or where I can look for information on them. The internet does not have white pages for the Ukraine. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Robin

[Serhii]

The best way is to ask directly in a special service ( so called Address table ) in Kharkiv. Hope you know that the city and area ( oblast) have huge population and territory. You could ask someone from Kharkiv to do it for you. But , please, always remember that all those services take money for search. A telephone books never contain full and correct information. I could help you but I live 4 hours by car from Kharkiv.

[Hannia]

Robin,

I am having a very difficult time locating Mother-in-law's ancestral village.

Could Holodhayagara possibly be Rajhorodok/Rajgorodok in Barvinkovinskij
(Barvinkove) raion/district? Nearby villages are Karpovka, Donestkoye, Stary
Karavan, Golovinevka, Semyonovka, Starodubovka, Nikolayevka, Schurovo.

I think HOLOD = Horod. Hay = Raj (pronounced Raay - double a like aye)???

Maybe running thru district centers w/her willl pin things down???

Balaklia
Barvinkove
Blyznyuky
Bohodukhiv
Borova
Valky
Velykij Burlyk
Vovchansk
Dvorichna
Derhach
Zachepylivka
Zmiyiv
Ezyum
Kehichivka
Kolomak
Kracnohrad
Kracnokurtsk
Kupyansk
Lozova
Nova Vodolaha
Pervomaysk
Pechenihy
Sakhnovshzyna
Kharkivskij (Kharkiv) raion
Chuhuyiv
Schevchenkove

PS> I suspect that Zimovetz is a Cossack name. It means WINTER RESIDENT.
I have also come across the surname in Belorus as well???

[Hannia]

Serhij,

I found a link that covers both the city of Kharkiv and the entire Kharkiv oblast, but it
is in Russian and I am having trouble transcribing the surname Zimovec into appropriate
Russian, so the search does not accept my request.

Please help.

Thank you.

[myostar]

thanks for the posting. Robin

[Serhii]

Hannia,

How can you do all this !! It has different pronunciation but spelling is close. In Russian it is З И М О В Е Ц.

Do you have the same information for Kryvyi Rih ? I am seeking one name there.
My best.

[Serhii]

Hannia,

Some notes upon Holodnayagara. It can be Holodnay Gora or Golodnaya Gora in Russian. He gave you correct pronunciation but spelling of it in Russian is different. ( letter O is pronounced as a sound A ).

In Ukrainian it is Холодна Гора or Голодна Гора. Perhaps it is a village in Barvinkovskyi region. In Russian the spelling is ХОЛОДНАЯ ГОРА or ГОЛОДНАЯ ГОРА.