Like 'Memory of the People', but for Ukrainian settlers
Search indexed documents from 17-18th centuries from various archives of Russia and Ukraine
Access to document scans
Persons in database
after AI processing What does this mean?
Indexed settlements
Accounting for surname variability
Processing large data arrays to find where no one expected
Collaborative work to solve genealogical puzzles
* features in development or planned
Write to us if you didn't find an answer to your question
The project philosophy is based on exchange. Everyone who contributes (indexes, scans) receives unlimited search access. Participation terms for others will be formed later. If you can confidently read 17-18th century cursive, you can index available documents. Or donate your scans so other project participants can index them.
Absolutely free for those who donate documents or participate in indexing.
First priority covers former Russian Empire territories with large Ukrainian populations, currently in Russia - Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh, Saratov, Astrakhan provinces, Don Cossack Host Oblast. Second priority covers former Sloboda Cossack regiment territories, now in Ukraine (modern Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts) and Russia (modern Kursk, Voronezh, Belgorod oblasts). Last - Hetmanate regiment territories and others. However, with ready indexes, materials can be added out of order.
Some documents were collected during years of independent genealogical research in Russian and Ukrainian archives. Others were donated by project participants in exchange for search system access.
17-18th centuries was the period of greatest migration activity of Ukrainian population of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russian Empire. By late 18th century most formerly free Little Russian peasants were enserfed and migration became more orderly and traceable by documents. However, for some territories we are ready to include later documents in the search database.
Hard to say yet. But it will constantly improve accounting for Ukrainian surname morphology.
According to Ukrainian data, over 19,000 children were deported and forcibly relocated to Russia during the war. This is a name-by-name list created from statements of parents, relatives, local authorities or witnesses. If you know anything about their whereabouts, contact the 'Children of War' portal via the link below.
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