Church Records

HarryBaytalan

I am compiling a family tree from archive images of the Greek Catholic Church (Birth, Marriage and Death Records) for Wola Dolholuka (Stryi) Austria. I have found three links covering the years of 1835 to 1900 inclusive. Seeing that the citation found within these links states that a database exists for the period 1600-1937, I am wondering if this particular church has any data available for the years preceding 1835, and the years after 1900? Any links to the requested information would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you, Harry Baytalan

Sanra

@HarryBaytalan

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Julia Szent-Györgyi

I'm not sure what you mean by the citation stating "that a database exists for the period 1600-1937". Where did you see this?

These are all fairly-recently-filmed registers held by the Central State Historical Archives in Kiev, Ukraine, and what I'm seeing in the catalog is that Wola Dołhołucka records are on film reels that have other Greek Catholic church registers going back to 1784 and up to 1926 (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bfilm_number%3A2377682 and https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bfilm_number%3A2043535). Perhaps there's a collection summary page (somewhere that I haven't found) giving the full outside bounds of the records included?

I'm pretty sure that what was filmed was all that was available: it doesn't look like the archive limited the filming in any way. If there are more registers surviving, they're not at the state archive. Perhaps someone at the church (if it's still going) or at the local library or government office would know more about Wola Dołhołucka (Volia-Dovholutska) specifically, but I dare say right now is not a good time to be trying to get in touch with anyone there.

HarryBaytalan

Sanra, great suggestions, thank you!

Julia Szent-Györgyi, attached is a screenshot of Page 60 of the Birth Record for my Grandfather, Nicolaus, showing the citation that comes up at the bottom of each of the 320 pages of the Dolholuka (Stryj) Greek Catholic reel. The link provided below covers the years 1866 to1887.

Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRSL-SP8?i=59&wc=QVPH-NQP%3A180600901%2C205186001%2C205187401&cc=1910265

The other two links that I have found include:

(Covering 1835 to 1865) (159 Pages)

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RSD-WXW?wc=QVD7-WB4%3A180600901%2C183126501%2C183126502&cc=1910265

(Covering 1888 to 1900) (257 Pages)

Perhaps the citation makes a general statement saying "1600 - 1937" for all churches, as there were many in that area? I fully agree that now is not a good time to be trying to get in touch with anyone there... Glory to Ukraine!

Thanks so much for your help!

Julia Szent-Györgyi

Oh, it's at the end of the Cyrillic bit, so I skipped right over it, but yeah, that's the collection title as a whole: apparently, it includes records as early as 1600 and as late as 1937. (I'd be interested to know which Greek Catholic church has records surviving all the way back to 1600. Even the big northern cities like Pozsony and Kassa only have spotty "coverage" that far back. Further south, we're talking start dates in the mid-1700s, because Ottomans.)