LDS Question

[stephencureatzj]

Hey there everyone I trust that are all keeping well.

My good friend Ihor has helped me in my research, thank you again Ihor! He mentioned in his research that there are no Greek Catholic Registers in the Ternopil archives for Syn'kiv. I know that LDS Library has a microfilm of records for Ternopil Province. Is anyone able to confirm whether there is or isn't any records from Syn'kiv on the LDS microfilm for Ternopil??

Thanks for all of your help! Happy New Year!!!!

Stephen

[Jiggy]

Stephen, I am not expert but my understanding is that whatever is in the archives has been filmed. If they don't have records than LDS could not have filmed them unless for some reason they went missing afterwards which I think is highly unlikely but not out of the realm of possiblities.

In order to check LDS (which again, I am not an expert) you would need to know alternate names for the village. Some villages I researced were indexed under the Polish name of the town and not it's Ukrainian name that it now has. LDS does not cross reference names when searching on their site.

Also, I have found their new site not as user friendly. Its been awhile since I have been on it but when you go there it used ot havet he option of using their old site. I have found the new site doesn't bring up film that I am currently viewing (and ordered from them) on one of the Ukraine villages but comes up on the old site. So at first if you don't see it keep checking and asking.

Perhaps someone here can double check for you that has more knowledge of the site and of village names but I doubt that they exist if they are not at the archives.

Sandra

Sandra

[stephencureatzj]

Thanks Sandra,

That's kind of what I thought but I thought I'd take a wild stab just incase. Not that I don't trust Ihor as I do, but I have to ask because I want to keep going back and need to find sources that corroborate the details as you know. Ihor said that the records are in Zalishchyky, so they may not be on that particular film.

What other sources are available for us in Ukraine that we can access to go back farther? Do local history books exist?

Thanks again and have a great weekend!

Stephen

[Jiggy]

Stephen,

I have no idea if there areI other resources. I really don't think there are any like you mentioned. I do know that the actual churches may have records not filmed or different than what LDS has filmed. You see the church made copies of births, deaths and marriages and submitted to the "State". It was the "copies" that were filmed. Sadly during two wars many records lost or destroyed. REcords have been found in old barns etc as a Priests would give to someone to hide. People died, memories fade.

My cousin visited Ukraine in the spring and one of our cousins still living in the village is the treasurer of the church so she arranged for him to see the records. What he saw was VERYdifferent than what we have viewed on film from LDS. The Priest had "family records" where they recorded (in Ukrainian - not Latin like the official church records were) by family name/units births, marriages and deaths for each particular family. He was able to get information dated back further than what LDS had filimed. Again, these were different records and I have no idea if each church did it. The Priest did mention that someone had been there to film these particular documents (due to language barrier - my cousin is not fluent in Ukrainina but knows enough to get by we can only assume it was the LDS).

LDS has many, many records that they have filmed as well that have not been indexed, meaning you cannot search them on their site yet. It takes many volunteer man hours to index them and so they sit waiting to be done. It is always good to keep checking on their site.

I have no idea if you would be able to contact a church directly and if they would handle your request. My cousin had access because of our resident cousin being so connected to the church.

Good Luck
Sandra

[stephencureatzj]

Thanks Sandra!

This is exactly what I was thinking would be my last hope, to contact the Greek Orthodox church in Syn'kiv to see if they have records kept themselves. Beyond that I'll just be guessing

Thanks again for the info and suggestion, confirms that I'm thinking along the right lines.

Have a great week!

Stephen