Need address to Village mayor / Hlukhiv

[vnc]

Does anyone happen to have the current address and village mayor name for Hlukhiv raion, Suny/Sumska Oblast?

This information would be greatly appreciated to continue my family research by writing a letter there. I do know about the 2 IRC's.

Thanks!
Vera

[Hannia]

Hluhiv is the name of both the district center/fair size town (population over 10 thousand people???) and also the name of the district itself. I don't mean to put a damper on your search, but generally these letters are more effective, when the village is small. Are you sure that your family was from Hluhiv, the town proper, or from a small nearby village? Immigrants frequently referred to their district center as place of birth, for geographical orientation, because their own villages were very small.

List of all villages in Hluhivskij Raion.
Banuchi
Bachivsk
Bereza
Bobylivka
Budyvelne
Vilna Sloboda
Horile
Dunayetz
Esman
Zemlyanka
Katerynivka
Komarivka
Kucherivka
Nekrasove
Oblozky
Pervomayske
Peremoha
Poloshky
Pryvilya
Pustohorod
Svarkove
Semenivka
Sluch
Sopych
Sosnivka
Starykove
Studenok
Suhodil
Uzdychya
Ulanove
Fotovyz
Khodyne
Chervone
Cherneve
Shevchenkove
Yastrubschyna

Shalyhyne and Hluhiv are the two large towns in the district.

address to town mayor:

Sumska Oblast
Hluhivskij Raion
Hluhiv
Holova Mista
UA 41400

There are some records available thru LDS. Will require lots of digging.
Place details ('Ukraine, Sumy')
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Libr...t_disp=Ukraine,_Sumy

Have you tried a local archives inquiry? There is no prepayment!

Sumy State Archives Address:

Hosudarstvenij Arkhiv Sumskoji Oblasti
m. Sumy
v. Sadovaya, 49
director: Larissa Zayika
UA 40030

E-mail: pm@arhiv.sumy.ua

PS>Records over 100 yrs old are in Kiev Historical Archives!

[vnc]

Dear Hannia,

Thank you for your help - it is very much appreciated. The village I am looking for is gloucow/glukow. This is what was told to me and is listed on any documents I have. I now understand that this may be the name of the district itself with your help. I will keep researching (and learning). If I can ever help you out here (usa) please ask - I would more than happy to.

Thanks again,
Vera

[Hannia]

What is the family oral history?

The Polish transliteration/spelling of the village name throws me. Glo/ucoW? Something spelled w/letter W, generally has a Polish feel, whereas something spelled w/letter V has a Russian feel.

And you know for a fact that it was in Sumska Oblast?
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Hlukhiv/Hluhiv was a place of master craftsmen of porcelain & faience. At the turn of the century there was a renowned porcelain factory located there. Name of family that ran it was Markovyches. The technique and artistry of the Ukrainian ceramic manufacturer was so high that these Ukrainians masters were invited to other lands, where they helped with startup of same industry there.

PS>Doing some reading about Ukrainian folk art and handicraft. Found above info in Ukrainian Encyclopedia, prepared by Shevchenko Scientific Society (1963).

[vnc]

I also got thrown off with the transliteration/spelling. I only found 2 references on the internet to the spelling. If you go to google.com (usa version) and type in glukow for a search word, it will bring up 2 pages of results. The first is on the first page at the bottom http://www. bildinformationsdienst.de and on the second page under Moscovia. Google will translate both pages. I researched the web pages related to a company that was listed in the first search to also verify location (bildinsformationsdienst.de).

As per father oral history, the town/village was a very large (before WWII) in the Ukraine. Many references to the cossacks,some landmarks. My grandparents killed during invasion of WWII. Lots of relatives were living there, many went to Siberia during this period. 3 children survived, (2 sons displaced with war, 1 daughter remained in the Ukraine).

Exact Grandmother Surname: Milioutina
Most likely Grandfather Surnames: Shumitzki, Shumitsky
Shoumitsky, Shoumitzky


Thanks Hannia for the information you shared, I will research to learn more. I can't believe how much I have learned so far! thanks again.

Vera

[Hannia]

You might consider searching for lost family during WW2 thru Intl Red Cross!

<The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, unfortunately, is unable to assist individuals that may be searching for either their Ukrainian or American relatives either here in Ukraine, or in the United States.

As an alternative, you may want to consider the possibility of trying to contact your relatives through the International Red Cross or Ukrainian National Red Cross Society in Kyiv. They may be able to search for relatives with whom you lost contact √ either in Ukraine or in the United States. If you last had news of them in Ukraine during World War II, that is, before May 1945, please provide any identifying information to the Red Cross. The Red Cross will search for relatives lost in Ukraine during World War II even without an address.

However, if you last had news from your relatives more recently, the Red Cross requires an address no older than 20 years from the time of the request. There is no cost for searches, but they may take a considerable amount of time (one year or longer).

Red Cross in Kyiv
02004 Kyiv
vul. Pushkinska, 30
Tel.: (38-044) 234-1870, 230-2898, 228-6110
Fax: (38-044) 234-5082

American Red Cross National Headquarters
2025 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Tel.: (202) 737-8300 >

Excerpt from
http://www.usinfo.usemb.kiev.ua/amci...tives_eng.html

PS> This post applies applies to other countries as well. Address List of National Red Cross for other countries below. Just click on country name.

Red Cross Red Crescent - The directory
http://www.ifrc.org/address/directory.asp

[vnc]

Thanks Hannia, I will also try them to see if I can locate any relatives.

Vera