Ukraine, Western Ukraine, Catholic Church Book Duplicates, 1600-1937

What is in This Collection?

This collection of church records for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (as well as smaller segments for the Armenian and Roman Catholic Church) covers the years 1600-1937.

This collection includes indexes of baptisms and images of baptisms, marriages, and deaths for Catholics living in the parishes of Eastern Galicia (Galizien), a province of the Austrian Empire, now located in western Ukraine. The records are duplicates created by priests for the civil authorities. Austrian place names are used in the browse because the records predate the period when the area belonged to Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is the largest Eastern Catholic Church of its own law. The name Greek Catholic Church was introduced by Empress Maria Theresa in 1774 in order to distinguish it from the Roman Catholic and Armenian Catholic Churches. Church registers were created by authorized church priests in order to record important events, such as baptisms, marriages, and deaths or burials in the life of its members.

For a list of records by religion, document type, and dates currently published in this collection, select the Browse link from the collection landing page. For additional details about these records and help using them see Ukraine, Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

These records are written in Ukrainian. For help reading them see:

• Ukraine Languages
• Russian Genealogical Word List
• Russia Handwriting

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records: