Luhansk Oblast Genealogical Records

Luhansk Oblast Birth & Baptism Records

Ukraine Birth & Baptism Index (1784-1879)

An index of over 14,000 records of births and baptisms, including parents' names and other details.

Miscellaneous Births & Baptisms Index (1534-1983)

A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.

Luhansk Oblast Marriage & Divorce Records

Miscellaneous Marriage Index (1662-1945)

An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Luhansk Oblast Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Newspapers Covering Luhansk Oblast

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Duma Voter Lists (1906-1907)

An index to over 200,000 names found in lists of registered voters for parts of Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and Latvia. The index lists name, voting qualification, residence, property value, age and more.

Jewish Names in US State Department Files (1910-1929)

An index of close to 10,000 Jews named in State Department files. The records cover Palestine, Romania, and Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Georgia, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, Tripoli, Barca, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.

Luhansk Oblast Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Luhansk Oblast Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Eastern European Holocaust Memorials (1939-1945)

A database containing more than 17,500 people whose names are recorded on Holocaust memorials in 28 communities in present-day Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine.

Luhansk Oblast Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Luhansk Oblast

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Luhansk Oblast Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Luhansk Oblast Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Luhansk Oblast Reference Works

Dictionary of Jewish Surnames in Russian Empire (1500-1900)

A work which list the history and etymology of Jewish surnames found in the Ukraine, Belorussia, Bessarabia, Lithuania, and Russia.

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.

Miriam Weiner Eastern European Archival Database (1800-1960)

An index to predominantly Jewish records held in the archives of Belarus, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland and Ukraine.

Most Common Surnames in Luhansk Oblast

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Ukraine
1Bondarenko8,9201:2637.63%3
2Shevchenko8,0251:2935.97%2
3Tkachenko7,3721:3196.97%6
4Kovalenko7,3141:3216.30%4
5Kravchenko6,7511:3486.87%7
6Kovaleva4,5631:51515.28%83
7Bondar4,4991:5226.92%12
8Yvanova (Russian: Ivanova)4,4941:5237.35%14
9Popova4,4691:52612.04%48
10Myroshnychenko (Russian: Miroshnichenko)4,1771:56210.36%40
11Popov3,7941:61912.05%72
12Lysenko (Russian: Lisenko)3,7731:6236.41%15
13Kovalev3,7691:62314.97%113
14Yvanov (Russian: Ivanov)3,5971:6537.33%24
15Honcharova (Russian: Goncharova)3,5841:65515.78%144
16Savchenko3,5801:6566.24%19
17Petrenko3,4041:6906.24%21
18Serhyenko (Russian: Sergienko)3,3741:69612.55%96
19Rudenko3,2361:7265.77%20
20Boiko (Russian: Boyko)3,1351:7492.90%5
21Zynchenko (Russian: Zinchenko)2,9611:7939.31%71
22Ovcharenko2,8881:81313.09%150
23Klymenko (Russian: Klimenko)2,8341:8295.23%22
24Honcharov (Russian: Goncharov)2,8321:82915.83%193
25Levchenko2,8001:8396.30%31
26Kuznetsova2,7261:8629.39%85
27Melnyk (Russian: Melnik)2,7211:8631.93%1
28Kolesnykova (Russian: Kolesnikova)2,5371:92617.90%278
29Marchenko2,5181:9334.38%17
30Vasylenko (Russian: Vasilenko)2,5041:9385.59%30
31Kolesnyk (Russian: Kolesnik)2,5011:9395.25%25
32Diachenko (Russian: Dyachenko)2,4591:9555.74%34
33Fomenko2,4261:96813.87%197
34Sydorenko (Russian: Sidorenko)2,3951:9815.40%32
35Pavlenko2,3651:9934.81%23
36Kuzmenko2,3621:9955.04%27
37Kharchenko2,3261:1,0105.40%33
38Tyshchenko (Russian: Tischenko)2,3041:1,0206.31%50
39Nesterenko2,2951:1,0247.13%67
40Romanenko2,2941:1,0246.89%64
41Kravtsova2,2421:1,04818.88%346
42Lytvynova (Russian: Litvinova)2,2241:1,05614.55%247
43Kuznetsov2,1971:1,0699.37%133
44Oleinyk (Russian: Oleynik)2,1871:1,0749.95%151
45Volkova2,1751:1,0809.35%138
46Ponomareva2,1721:1,08219.38%390
47Liashenko (Russian: Lyashenko)2,1571:1,0899.00%128
47Prykhodko (Russian: Prikhodko)2,1571:1,0896.01%52
49Ponomarenko2,1431:1,0964.73%28
49Vasyleva (Russian: Vasileva)2,1431:1,0968.63%117
51Kolesnykov (Russian: Kolesnikov)2,0711:1,13418.10%368
52Shapovalova2,0591:1,14113.69%255
53Koval2,0441:1,1492.51%9
54Yurchenko2,0371:1,1535.49%47
55Novykova (Russian: Novikova)2,0241:1,1618.76%139
56Eremenko2,0121:1,1688.88%145
57Velychko (Russian: Velichko)1,9961:1,1777.48%99
58Moroz1,9941:1,1783.44%16
59Karpenko1,9891:1,1814.75%35
60Chumak1,9611:1,1989.58%165
61Morozova1,9301:1,21710.69%192
62Hryhorenko (Russian: Grigorenko)1,9241:1,22110.28%182
63Lytvynov (Russian: Litvinov)1,9011:1,23615.53%335
64Tarasenko1,8831:1,2486.18%78
65Kravtsov1,8811:1,24919.54%469
66Cherednychenko (Russian: Cherednichenko)1,8761:1,25211.97%233
67Radchenko1,8731:1,2546.92%95
68Kozlova1,8401:1,2779.36%169
69Kostenko1,8361:1,2795.18%54
70Panchenko1,8251:1,2874.75%42
71Petrova1,8211:1,2907.78%135
72Zaitseva (Russian: Zaytseva)1,8151:1,2949.62%178
73Kovtun1,8131:1,2965.60%66
74Ponomarev1,8021:1,30419.58%497
75Vasylev (Russian: Vasilev)1,7591:1,3359.08%173
76Smyrnova (Russian: Smirnova)1,7511:1,3428.23%159
77Makarenko1,7341:1,3555.77%81
78Volkov1,7281:1,3599.36%189
79Kyrychenko (Russian: Kirichenko)1,7191:1,3674.90%56
80Babenko1,7101:1,3745.63%79
81Shapovalov1,6941:1,38713.50%321
82Myshchenko (Russian: Mischenko)1,6891:1,3915.27%68
83Kornyenko (Russian: Kornienko)1,6771:1,4016.24%97
84Naumenko1,6741:1,4036.64%112
85Tytarenko (Russian: Titarenko)1,6661:1,41010.43%223
86Kononenko1,6631:1,4137.12%136
87Shcherbak (Russian: Scherbak)1,6611:1,4149.62%204
88Novykov (Russian: Novikov)1,6491:1,4258.78%181
89Honcharenko (Russian: Goncharenko)1,6431:1,4304.60%53
90Poliakova (Russian: Polyakova)1,6421:1,43110.42%229
91Martynenko (Russian: Martinenko)1,6411:1,4326.15%98
92Stepanenko1,6171:1,4536.26%107
93Pavlova1,6011:1,4678.76%191
94Morozov1,5991:1,46911.22%276
95Demchenko1,5801:1,4875.21%80
96Lytvynenko (Russian: Litvinenko)1,5751:1,4923.84%38
97Kozlov1,5531:1,5139.30%211
98Davydenko (Russian: Davidenko)1,5471:1,5196.40%126
99Kovalchuk1,5361:1,5291.68%8
100Yvashchenko (Russian: Ivaschenko)1,5291:1,5366.37%127
101Hlushchenko (Russian: Gluschenko)1,5241:1,5418.21%188
102Petrov1,5231:1,5427.90%174
103Ostapenko1,5171:1,5495.94%109
104Dudnyk (Russian: Dudnik)1,5081:1,5588.12%187
105Reshetniak (Russian: Reshetnyak)1,5041:1,56218.59%586
106Sokolova1,5031:1,5638.54%195
107Borysenko (Russian: Borisenko)1,4871:1,5806.09%123
108Ruban1,4741:1,5949.28%225
109Nazarenko1,4731:1,5954.38%59
110Fedorenko1,4721:1,5964.60%70
111Zaitsev (Russian: Zaytsev)1,4561:1,6139.51%245
112Fedorova1,4451:1,6267.85%190
112Mykhailova (Russian: Mikhaylova)1,4451:1,6267.69%180
114Soloveva1,4391:1,6329.69%262
115Herasymenko (Russian: Gerasimenko)1,4341:1,6385.13%91
115Zhuravleva1,4341:1,63814.15%444
117Serdyuk1,4311:1,6425.69%114
118Smyrnov (Russian: Smirnov)1,4281:1,6458.31%207
119Medvedeva1,4161:1,65911.55%331
120Berezhnaia (Russian: Berezhnaya)1,4081:1,66813.61%432
121Vasylchenko (Russian: Vasilchenko)1,3991:1,6799.43%264
122Kucherenko1,3901:1,6905.63%120
123Belousova1,3751:1,70817.16%596
124Yakovenko (Russian: Iakovenko)1,3701:1,7154.28%69
125Semenova1,3581:1,7308.71%237
126Alekseeva1,3551:1,7349.66%281
127Vlasenko1,3541:1,7354.83%90
128Tereshchenko (Russian: Tereschenko)1,3511:1,7394.36%75
129Poliakov (Russian: Polyakov)1,3501:1,74010.50%309
129Zayka (Russian: Zaika)1,3501:1,7409.85%292
131Skrypnyk (Russian: Skripnik)1,3441:1,7486.36%160
132Hrebenyuk (Russian: Grebenyuk)1,3391:1,7548.93%257
133Yshchenko (Russian: Ischenko)1,3261:1,7724.33%77
134Onyshchenko (Russian: Onischenko)1,3121:1,7904.48%84
135Pavlov1,3051:1,8009.11%273
136Zakharova1,2891:1,8229.44%294
137Hrytsenko (Russian: Gritsenko)1,2851:1,8285.60%141
138Prokopenko1,2801:1,8354.98%108
139Zhukova1,2771:1,84010.37%330
140Denysenko (Russian: Denisenko)1,2661:1,8564.83%102
141Bondareva1,2641:1,85817.24%670
141Voloshyna (Russian: Voloshina)1,2641:1,8586.80%186
143Medvedev1,2601:1,86412.48%447
144Vorobeva1,2571:1,8698.02%234
145Andreeva1,2501:1,8798.07%239
146Stepanova1,2461:1,8858.44%265
147Kondratenko1,2441:1,8887.65%219
148Polyshchuk (Russian: Polischuk)1,2391:1,8961.83%11
149Fesenko1,2341:1,9047.41%214
150Melnykova (Russian: Melnikova)1,2311:1,90810.75%366
151Mykhailov (Russian: Mikhaylov)1,2301:1,9108.12%251
152Doroshenko1,2281:1,9134.95%118
153Matvyenko (Russian: Matvienko)1,1991:1,9595.69%161
154Kolomyets (Russian: Kolomiets)1,1901:1,9743.38%55
155Orlova1,1881:1,9779.08%305
156Butenko1,1871:1,9797.70%240
157Berezhnoi (Russian: Berezhnoy)1,1761:1,99814.33%575
158Yatsenko1,1751:1,9994.30%94
159Fedorov1,1741:2,0017.83%258
160Shcherbakova (Russian: Scherbakova)1,1681:2,01113.24%521
161Dydenko (Russian: Didenko)1,1671:2,0134.51%106
162Holovko (Russian: Golovko)1,1631:2,0204.95%131
163Kulyk (Russian: Kulik)1,1571:2,0303.01%41
163Yakovleva1,1571:2,0308.24%279
165Shevchuk1,1541:2,0361.59%10
166Zhuravlev1,1521:2,03914.78%616
167Sokolov1,1481:2,0468.22%284
168Kutsenko1,1451:2,0527.27%230
169Belous1,1441:2,0533.41%61
170Perepelytsa (Russian: Perepelitsa)1,1411:2,0599.94%361
171Babych (Russian: Babich)1,1351:2,0703.65%74
172Tkacheva1,1341:2,07214.87%639
173Solovev1,1271:2,0849.29%338
173Yhnatenko (Russian: Ignatenko)1,1271:2,0846.64%208
175Yvanenko (Russian: Ivanenko)1,1261:2,0866.54%206
176Semenov1,1111:2,1148.80%319
177Shvets1,1071:2,1222.64%36
178Alekseev1,1011:2,13410.12%402
179Borysova (Russian: Borisova)1,1001:2,1369.63%371
180Kosenko1,0961:2,1437.19%248
181Mykhailychenko (Russian: Mikhaylichenko)1,0921:2,15115.44%698
182Hordyenko (Russian: Gordienko)1,0901:2,1554.12%100
183Baranova1,0851:2,1658.44%310
184Hryhoreva (Russian: Grigoreva)1,0811:2,1738.49%314
185Kalashnykova (Russian: Kalashnikova)1,0801:2,17517.13%825
186Konovalova1,0761:2,18311.69%496
187Myronenko (Russian: Mironenko)1,0701:2,1955.26%166
188Kyseleva (Russian: Kiseleva)1,0671:2,20210.51%442
189Belousov1,0621:2,21216.57%805
190Antonova1,0581:2,22010.59%455
191Ermolenko1,0521:2,2339.50%395
192Afanaseva1,0491:2,23911.97%531
192Zhukov1,0491:2,23910.66%459
194Zakharov1,0481:2,2429.74%408
195Moyseenko (Russian: Moiseenko)1,0471:2,24411.86%520
195Olyinyk (Russian: Oliynik)1,0471:2,2441.67%13
197Zakharchenko1,0461:2,2465.60%183
198Parkhomenko1,0421:2,2544.55%142
199Bozhko1,0361:2,2688.67%345
199Maksymenko (Russian: Maksimenko)1,0361:2,2684.00%105
199Stepanov1,0361:2,2688.53%337