My grandfather way born on May 1, 1890 in Kameneta-Podolsk. On his marriage license, he states his

LegacyUser

My grandfather way born on May 1, 1890 in Kameneta-Podolsk. On his marriage license, he states his parents names as Maxim Slobodian and Maria Walidura. How would I go about finding records to prove any of this information?

Ellie Vance

It's possible he could be from Kamyanets Podilskyy, now located in Ukraine.

Do you know which religion he belonged to? This will help us determine what records might be available.

Also, do you know if he was from the city itself or a surrounding area? Do you have any additional sources that provide clues about the hometown?

 

 

LegacyUser

Hi,

 

They were Greek Orthodox and when the church closed, they went to the Anglican church. Unfortunately, this is my roadblock. I have nothing else other than he arrived in Canada in 1911, but his immigration records have yet to be found.

Ellie Vance

Have you tried searching this collection?

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-russian-empire/Pages/introduction.aspx

I'm not seeing any Greek catholic records in the catalog for Krakow. But there are some Roman catholic ones, but there are quite a few - might take some time to go through them.

LegacyUser

Yes, I have. He does not appear there. Krakow is Polish records - no? Why would a person go through that catalog?

 

Thanks,

 

Deb

Ellie Vance

Deb,

Many of these records are not yet indexed, which means they can't be searched simply by typing in a name. Instead, they have to be searched through page, by page to find the people you are looking for. By looking in the catalog, you can see exactly which records are available for the location that you need

Ellie Vance

These are the records available on FamilySearch for Krakow. You could also check https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/ and https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/ to see what they have.

 

LegacyUser

Thank you.

Ellie Vance

Deb, I just realized that I was helping two people at one - one dealing with Krakow in the Poland genealogy research group and yours. I accidentally put on here to have you look for greek catholic records in the catalog for Krakow when that should have gone to the other person! I'm sorry about that and to be so confusing!!

Ellie Vance

I will look to see what records are available for your location Sorry about that, I totally thought you were the one that needed help with Krakow. Oops!

LegacyUser

I thought I was going crazy LOL! Thanks!

User15905087387858944320

https://gwar.mil.ru/heroes/?groups=awd:ptr:frc:cmd:prs&types=awd_nagrady:awd_kart:potery_doneseniya_o_poteryah:potery_gospitali:potery_spiski_zahoroneniy:potery_voennoplen:frc_list:cmd_commander:prs_person&page=1&last_name=Слободян&birth_place_gubernia=Подольская&first_name=Максим

 

первая мировая война 1914-1918 есть Слободян Максим , может это поможет вам, с уважением Лариса.

User15905087387858944320

https://gwar.mil.ru/heroes/?groups=awd:ptr:frc:cmd:prs&types=awd_nagrady:awd_kart:potery_doneseniya_o_poteryah:potery_gospitali:potery_spiski_zahoroneniy:potery_voennoplen:frc_list:cmd_commander:prs_person&page=1&last_name=Валидура&birth_place_gubernia=Подольская

превая мировая война 1914-1918 Валидуда( Валигура)

User15905087387858944320

Что бы найти метрические книги( записи ) надо узнать населенный пункт точно , где он родился . Не только губернию , но и село , деревню , город .

User15905087387858944320

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=1130235&query=+place:"Россия, Подолье, Каменец Подольский, Каменец Подольский"&subjectsOpen=1130243-50

Это записи метрических Лютеранской церкви , Каменец - Подольск. Я думаю , что ваши предки были православными .

Ellie Vance

Yes, Larissa makes a good point. It's important to know the name of the village. Do you know if your ancestors were from the city of Kamyanets Podilskyy itself or just from the region? Narrowing that down will help to find records.

The links that Larissa posted above are from some Russian WWII military websites. They can be a good way to determine where a surname is coming from.

LegacyUser

Hi,

 

These last few posts, how to I get the English translation? I also do not know the name of the village. I was hoping his naturalization papers would say, but they don't. They don't even know the port he came to.

Ellie Vance

If you use the browser Google Chrome, you can right click anywhere on the page and it will translate it into English for you!

LegacyUser

Is it possible to research a marriage record with just the names of his parents?

 

 

Ellie Vance

Marriage records for this area are not indexed which means you aren't able to just type in a name to search for records, which necessitates page by page searching for the record. That's why knowing the exact town they came from is so important.