Lviv Oblast Genealogical Records

Lviv 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.

Lviv 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.

Lviv 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 Lviv 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.

Lviv 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.

Lviv 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.

Lviv 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 Lviv 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.

Lviv 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.

Lviv 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.

Lviv 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 Lviv Oblast

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Ukraine
1Melnyk (Russian: Melnik)10,5011:2547.43%1
2Koval8,9751:29711.04%9
3Kozak6,9131:38621.22%65
4Boiko (Russian: Boyko)6,5381:4086.04%5
5Kovalchuk5,6251:4756.16%8
6Baran4,8751:54831.61%241
7Olyinyk (Russian: Oliynik)4,8061:5557.67%13
8Kohut (Russian: Kogut)4,6031:58030.19%249
9Kravets4,3221:61812.85%60
10Bodnar4,2991:62119.91%153
11Kushnyr (Russian: Kushnir)4,2601:62711.28%46
12Vovk3,8531:69312.46%76
13Zhuk3,8101:70113.19%86
14Voitovych (Russian: Voytovich)3,6771:72632.09%365
15Shevchuk3,5841:7454.95%10
16Moroz3,4111:7835.88%16
17Voloshyn (Russian: Voloshin)3,2031:83312.32%104
18Bylyk (Russian: Bilik)3,0981:86214.15%152
19Kyt (Russian: Kit)3,0901:86450.51%854
20Zaiats (Russian: Zayats)3,0751:86823.12%298
21Hnatyv (Russian: Gnativ)3,0441:87768.24%1,252
22Kulyk (Russian: Kulik)2,9751:8977.74%41
23Kachmar2,9711:89972.61%1,391
24Popovych (Russian: Popovich)2,9321:9118.11%51
25Soroka2,9231:91311.44%110
26Mazur2,8701:9307.51%43
27Sydor (Russian: Sidor)2,7981:95449.00%935
28Savka2,7541:96943.67%824
29Huk (Russian: Guk)2,7511:97023.97%362
30Khomyn (Russian: Khomin)2,6971:99057.59%1,181
31Lytvyn (Russian: Litvin)2,6821:9958.52%73
32Kostyv (Russian: Kostiv)2,6651:1,00247.67%951
33Pankyv (Russian: Pankiv)2,6581:1,00438.34%718
34Romanyv (Russian: Romaniv)2,6401:1,01142.42%837
35Matveev2,4871:1,07323.88%427
36Petryshyn (Russian: Petrishin)2,4521:1,08940.04%851
37Romanyuk2,3751:1,1246.25%45
38Pavlyk (Russian: Pavlik)2,3091:1,15623.76%463
39Kolodyi (Russian: Kolodiy)2,3071:1,15727.12%551
40Yavorskaia (Russian: Yavorskaya)2,3061:1,15820.89%396
41Kravchuk2,3031:1,1594.84%26
42Leskyv (Russian: Leskiv)2,2801:1,17157.33%1,446
43Babyi (Russian: Babiy)2,2441:1,19010.92%164
44Khoma2,2141:1,20638.09%914
45Salo2,1691:1,23135.45%853
45Yaremko2,1691:1,23148.13%1,237
47Datsko2,1641:1,23446.93%1,201
48Borys (Russian: Boris)2,1631:1,23439.74%981
49Kovalyk (Russian: Kovalik)2,1621:1,23543.06%1,082
50Kuzyk (Russian: Kuzik)2,1441:1,24535.48%872
51Pavlyuk2,1341:1,2515.77%49
52Yavorskyi (Russian: Yavorsky)2,1261:1,25622.36%472
53Pavlyshyn (Russian: Pavlishin)2,1251:1,25641.97%1,070
54Shvets2,1241:1,2575.07%36
55Ylkyv (Russian: Ilkiv)2,1151:1,26239.55%1,004
56Stadnyk (Russian: Stadnik)2,1111:1,26512.17%201
57Kostyuk2,0871:1,2796.09%58
58Markyv (Russian: Markiv)2,0671:1,29256.77%1,616
59Levytskaia (Russian: Levitskaya)2,0551:1,29917.37%347
60Martynyuk (Russian: Martinyuk)2,0471:1,3045.84%57
61Vasylyshyn (Russian: Vasilishin)2,0341:1,31331.53%802
62Maksymyv (Russian: Maksimiv)2,0151:1,32541.61%1,140
63Yaremchuk1,9941:1,33913.82%271
64Makar1,9921:1,34041.88%1,163
64Vozniak (Russian: Voznyak)1,9921:1,34032.87%867
66Kynash (Russian: Kinash)1,9901:1,34245.97%1,296
67Dmytryshyn (Russian: Dmitrishin)1,9891:1,34250.95%1,483
68Prots1,9651:1,35952.00%1,540
69Panchyshyn (Russian: Panchishin)1,9501:1,36964.19%1,990
70Romanyshyn (Russian: Romanishin)1,9461:1,37245.34%1,310
71Savchyn (Russian: Savchin)1,9381:1,37842.12%1,205
72Korol1,9291:1,3847.80%119
73Pavlyv (Russian: Pavliv)1,9081:1,39950.72%1,555
74Dorosh1,8971:1,40721.90%537
75Mykhailyshyn (Russian: Mikhaylishin)1,8961:1,40845.68%1,373
76Yarema1,8941:1,41031.36%873
77Rybak (Russian: Ribak)1,8841:1,41711.47%217
78Stelmakh1,8801:1,42017.79%419
79Khomiak (Russian: Khomyak)1,8741:1,42521.93%545
80Muzyka (Russian: Muzika)1,8701:1,42812.46%256
81Kovalyshyn (Russian: Kovalishin)1,8661:1,43158.61%1,882
82Ylchyshyn (Russian: Ilchishin)1,8391:1,45257.24%1,867
83Kukhar1,8211:1,46621.61%559
84Dmytryv (Russian: Dmitriv)1,8201:1,46739.92%1,219
85Levytskyi (Russian: Levitskiy)1,7981:1,48517.83%448
86Demchuk1,7821:1,4989.44%177
87Tkach1,7761:1,5035.31%62
88Petryv (Russian: Petriv)1,7751:1,50429.16%856
89Zvarych (Russian: Zvarich)1,7661:1,51225.71%726
90Dydukh (Russian: Didukh)1,7651:1,51328.12%831
91Lutsyv (Russian: Lutsiv)1,7391:1,53545.70%1,529
92Savchuk1,7331:1,5413.87%29
93Pryshliak (Russian: Prishlyak)1,7301:1,54358.39%2,043
94Melnychuk (Russian: Melnichuk)1,7251:1,5484.21%39
95Nakonechna1,7231:1,54919.86%536
96Demkyv (Russian: Demkiv)1,7031:1,56852.08%1,831
97Lozynskaia (Russian: Lozinskaya)1,6941:1,57637.26%1,222
98Tsap1,6811:1,58834.23%1,117
99Petryk (Russian: Petrik)1,6751:1,59413.90%341
100Fedak1,6721:1,59745.42%1,601
101Pelekh1,6661:1,60249.67%1,780
102Havrylyuk (Russian: Gavrilyuk)1,6531:1,6154.00%37
103Medved1,6501:1,61814.50%374
104Karpa1,6461:1,62279.29%3,083
105Trush1,6371:1,63126.92%859
106Yakymyv (Russian: Yakimiv)1,6361:1,63258.10%2,165
107Yurkyv (Russian: Yurkiv)1,6331:1,63542.77%1,516
108Duda1,6241:1,64427.83%911
109Kryl (Russian: Kril)1,6231:1,64540.44%1,424
110Hyrniak (Russian: Girnyak)1,6211:1,64769.96%2,730
111Mykytyn (Russian: Mikitin)1,6151:1,65338.02%1,323
112Sheremeta1,6131:1,65524.39%770
113Semenyuk1,6001:1,6694.79%63
114Dumych (Russian: Dumich)1,5961:1,67373.28%2,927
115Nakonechnyi (Russian: Nakonechniy)1,5901:1,67919.17%567
116Fedyshyn (Russian: Fedishin)1,5771:1,69353.17%2,039
117Babiak (Russian: Babyak)1,5751:1,69537.89%1,367
118Kysyl (Russian: Kisil)1,5671:1,70411.90%303
119Chaban1,5561:1,71611.13%282
120Lozynskyi (Russian: Lozinsky)1,5541:1,71839.33%1,459
121Kurylo (Russian: Kurilo)1,5411:1,73216.56%489
122Kruk1,5401:1,73420.02%630
123Vaskyv (Russian: Vaskiv)1,5391:1,73569.04%2,852
124Senkyv (Russian: Senkiv)1,5371:1,73749.76%1,951
125Tymchyshyn (Russian: Timchishin)1,5351:1,73949.42%1,938
126Yvanyshyn (Russian: Ivanishin)1,5341:1,74035.96%1,315
127Pasternak1,5291:1,74630.12%1,064
128Yvanyv (Russian: Ivaniv)1,5251:1,75146.97%1,851
129Novosad1,5221:1,75419.51%614
130Tkachuk1,5181:1,7592.64%18
131Kuts1,5031:1,77613.52%393
132Yatsyshyn (Russian: Yatsishin)1,4911:1,79136.28%1,381
133Havryliak (Russian: Gavrilyak)1,4781:1,80646.14%1,874
134Shved1,4631:1,82522.29%780
135Stefanyshyn (Russian: Stefanishin)1,4521:1,83939.38%1,598
136Fedyk (Russian: Fedik)1,4461:1,84633.88%1,314
137Havrylyv (Russian: Gavriliv)1,4431:1,85056.26%2,424
138Stakhyv (Russian: Stakhiv)1,4411:1,85361.21%2,676
139Hrynyk (Russian: Grinik)1,4291:1,86844.43%1,865
140Protsyk (Russian: Protsik)1,4221:1,87734.17%1,366
141Chernyi (Russian: Cherniy)1,4111:1,8926.31%148
142Danylyv (Russian: Daniliv)1,4031:1,90348.78%2,124
143Stasyv (Russian: Stasiv)1,3981:1,91051.21%2,262
144Kostyk (Russian: Kostik)1,3891:1,92225.67%990
145Kulynych (Russian: Kulinich)1,3811:1,93310.67%307
145Pylypyv (Russian: Pilipiv)1,3811:1,93336.75%1,558
147Ylnytskaia (Russian: Ilnitskaya)1,3751:1,94222.84%877
148Rak1,3681:1,95216.08%552
149Shpak1,3631:1,9597.31%185
150Soltys (Russian: Soltis)1,3621:1,96036.18%1,554
151Dudych (Russian: Dudich)1,3571:1,96768.26%3,245
152Struk1,3561:1,96923.07%902
153Romanchuk1,3551:1,97010.44%306
154Diakyv (Russian: Dyakiv)1,3481:1,98037.19%1,622
155Husak (Russian: Gusak)1,3451:1,98510.16%301
156Senyv (Russian: Seniv)1,3391:1,99450.15%2,318
157Hryb (Russian: Grib)1,3371:1,99718.06%661
158Dydyk (Russian: Didik)1,3271:2,01212.57%420
159Lutsyk (Russian: Lutsik)1,3251:2,01519.11%717
160Hural (Russian: Gural)1,3231:2,01833.96%1,487
160Khomyk (Russian: Khomik)1,3231:2,01834.33%1,501
162Hrytsai (Russian: Gritsay)1,3221:2,01912.58%424
163Kuzyv (Russian: Kuziv)1,3161:2,02940.23%1,830
164Hrynchyshyn (Russian: Grinchishin)1,3121:2,03558.29%2,821
165Kobryn (Russian: Kobrin)1,3111:2,03647.38%2,217
166Hrytsyk (Russian: Gritsik)1,3001:2,05431.78%1,395
167Turchyn (Russian: Turchin)1,2891:2,07118.71%723
168Shchur (Russian: Schur)1,2831:2,08115.21%558
169Kuzma1,2751:2,09428.87%1,266
170Mysko (Russian: Misko)1,2691:2,10424.71%1,049
171Leshchyshyn (Russian: Leschishin)1,2621:2,11558.48%2,959
172Senyk (Russian: Senik)1,2581:2,12225.58%1,114
173Andrushko1,2521:2,13225.09%1,091
174Ylnytskyi (Russian: Ilnitskiy)1,2421:2,15023.42%1,017
175Khanas1,2351:2,16267.19%3,520
176Matskyv (Russian: Matskiv)1,2261:2,17846.25%2,344
177Myskyv (Russian: Miskiv)1,2251:2,17950.98%2,618
178Denys (Russian: Denis)1,2241:2,18151.58%2,655
179Stetsyk (Russian: Stetsik)1,2141:2,19959.98%3,174
180Hrytsyv (Russian: Gritsiv)1,2091:2,20841.69%2,100
181Yatskyv (Russian: Yatskiv)1,2031:2,21931.85%1,544
182Humenyuk (Russian: Gumenyuk)1,1831:2,2574.27%92
183Dubyk (Russian: Dubik)1,1821:2,25936.81%1,868
183Polyshchuk (Russian: Polischuk)1,1821:2,2591.74%11
185Yvanyk (Russian: Ivanik)1,1801:2,26247.41%2,513
186Bereza1,1781:2,26617.19%731
187Belous1,1771:2,2683.51%61
187Chernaia (Russian: Chernaya)1,1771:2,2685.46%155
189Vasylyv (Russian: Vasiliv)1,1761:2,27035.66%1,810
190Martyn (Russian: Martin)1,1731:2,27642.72%2,240
191Horyn (Russian: Gorin)1,1671:2,28837.87%1,955
192Bokalo1,1601:2,30186.37%4,916
193Tymkyv (Russian: Timkiv)1,1561:2,30921.59%1,002
194Barabash1,1501:2,3218.64%297
195Marko1,1471:2,32837.35%1,966
196Hulaia (Russian: Gulaya)1,1461:2,33027.94%1,386
197Duma1,1411:2,34039.45%2,107
198Lutsyshyn (Russian: Lutsishin)1,1331:2,35649.07%2,734
199Yvanets (Russian: Ivanets)1,1271:2,36924.25%1,187
200Mysak (Russian: Misak)1,1241:2,37547.65%2,672