Our services

We can help with:

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Genealogical research

A comprehensive genealogical study of your family, resulting in a detailed family tree. We trace Jewish roots within Ukraine and beyond, working with vital records, revision lists, resident registers, censuses and other sources on the history of Jews in Ukraine.

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Document search

Targeted search for archival records important for Jewish genealogy: birth, marriage and death records, get (religious divorce) documents, ritual registers, household registers (house books), and taxpayer lists. We work with Ukrainian and foreign archives that preserve materials on the history of Jewish communities.

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Proof of Jewish ancestry

Search for and analysis of documents that can confirm Jewish ancestry or recorded Jewish nationality for submission to consulates and government authorities (repatriation, citizenship, return programs). We take into account the specifics of Jewish law, naming traditions, and the particular ways Jews were recorded in different historical periods.

Reviews

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We approached them with a rather complex request: we needed to confirm my grandfather’s Jewish ancestry in order to submit documents to the consulate. Our family had only a few old photographs and oral memories left. The team carried out in-depth research, found vital records, resident lists and even documents from another archive abroad. As a result, we received a clearly structured report with copies of all the documents and detailed explanations on how to use them in legal procedures. Thanks to their work, we were able to complete the process of confirming nationality, for which we are sincerely grateful.
Raya MilshteinUSA
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I had long wanted to learn more about the Jewish branch of our family, but I had no idea where to start on my own. The specialists asked many clarifying questions, checked several possible towns where my ancestors might have lived, and explained which sources would be worth looking for. Already after the first stage of research, they found vital records of my great-grandparents’ birth and marriage, as well as old resident lists with our surnames. I was pleasantly impressed by how carefully everything was explained: each document, the context, and the different possible spellings of the names. Now we not only have the collected documents, but also a clear family story that can be passed on to our children.
Inna GilgurFrance

Jewish presence in the Ukrainian lands has a centuries-long history

Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Drohobych, Kamianets-Podilskyi, as well as hundreds of small towns in Podillia, Volyn, Halychyna and the Dnipro region, were important centers of Jewish life, education, crafts and trade. It was here that the rich Jewish history of Ukraine took shape — from medieval communities to modern shtetls and major centers of Ashkenazi culture.
When researching the genealogy of Jews in the Ukrainian lands, it is essential to take into account the specifics of the historical context: frequent changes of borders and administrative divisions, the different languages of the sources (Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, Polish, German), the tradition of religious marriages, distinct Jewish naming systems, as well as the large-scale loss of documents in the twentieth century as a result of the Holocaust, wars and repressions.
Specialized Jewish genealogical research in Ukraine is, above all, the ability to read sources in context. We bring together archival collections, Jewish vital record books, digital databases, memoirs, maps and international Jewish genealogy resources in order to reconstruct as accurately as possible the history of your Jewish family and bring its voices back into the historical record.