Relatives

[tisabusy]

Looking for surname TRATCH and SHYIAN in the Ukraine

[Hannia]

There are about 50 million people living in Ukaine!!!

I can probably help you w/your search for surviving relatives, if I had more than surnames to go on.

Where did they immigrate? Where did they settle?

What sort of documentation do you have about these people?

Is there any oral history?

In order to make the connection to Ukraine, Date & Place of Birth are critical keys.

[tisabusy]

Mother maiden name was Shyian, came to Canada in 1948. Mother was 6 years old when her parents left her behind and went to Canada. Mother's Date of Birth Feb. 27, 1923.

[Hannia]

All info taken from
NA - Genealogy Research
http://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html
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Mother (nee Shyian) immigrated to Canada in 1948.

<Post-1935 Immigration Records

Records of immigrants arriving at Canadian land and sea ports from 1 January 1936 onwards remain in the custody of Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Requests for copies of landing records should be mailed to the undernoted office:

Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Public Rights Administration
365 Laurier Ave West
15th Floor
OTTAWA, ON K1A 1L1

Please note that the following conditions apply: Applications for copies of documents must be submitted on an ⌠Access to Information Request Form■ by a Canadian citizen or an individual present in Canada. Fee: $5.00, payable to the Receiver General for Canada The request must be accompanied by a signed consent from the person concerned or proof that he/she has been deceased twenty years. Proof of death can be a copy of a death record, a newspaper obituary or a photograph of the gravestone showing name and death date.

The request should include the following information: full name at time of entry into Canada, date of birth, year of entry. Additional information is helpful, such as country of birth, port of entry, and names of accompanying family members. For access to your own landing record, please visit or write to your nearest Canada Immigration Centre or Canadian Consular Office. Fee: $30.00 for a certified copy for legal purposes. If you do not require a certified copy, you can submit your request on a Personal Information Request Form at no charge.

Copies of Access to Information Request Forms and Personal Information Request Forms can be obtained from most Canadian public libraries and federal government offices. >

Excerpt from above link.
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Her parents immigrated in 1929.

Under IMMIGRATION on above link, there is a database search you can do online for Mother's parents. You want to look at Passenger Lists 1925-1935. If they do not appear in that database, you will have to actually view the films yourself. All how to information is there.

PS>Be flexible with name transliteration. Bare in mind that the only correct spelling of the name is in its original language, using the original alphabet.

Schian/Shyane/Schian/Schyan/Scian
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You really want to do both searches. It is always best to double check all documentation.

Once you have info on Mother's parents, which will include place and date of birth, you can do an archival inquiry overseas. That inquiry will provide you with name of siblings etc. With that information in hand, you can then proceed to write a letter to village/town mayor and inquire re any surviving relatives.

When you obtain name of town/village, I will help you with archival address and address to mayor.

If you run into a problem, please remember that there are no dumb questions. Feel free to ask and I will try to help.