Odessa Oblast Genealogical Records

Odessa 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.

Odessa 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.

Odessa 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 Odessa 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.

Odessa 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.

Odessa 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.

Odessa 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 Odessa 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.

Odessa 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.

Odessa 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.

Odessa 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 Odessa Oblast

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Ukraine
1Shevchenko8,1321:3086.05%2
2Bondarenko7,3891:3396.32%3
3Yvanova (Russian: Ivanova)7,3721:34012.06%14
4Tkachenko6,5991:3796.24%6
5Kravchenko6,3911:3926.50%7
6Yvanov (Russian: Ivanov)6,1141:41012.46%24
7Kovalenko5,5011:4554.74%4
8Melnyk (Russian: Melnik)4,9731:5043.52%1
9Boiko (Russian: Boyko)4,7611:5264.40%5
10Cheban4,0631:61656.68%687
11Bondar4,0571:6176.24%12
12Polyshchuk (Russian: Polischuk)3,7531:6675.53%11
13Koval3,6471:6874.48%9
14Kovalchuk3,6321:6903.98%8
15Shvets3,4271:7318.19%36
16Popova3,3591:7469.05%48
17Tkach3,1491:7959.41%62
18Shevchuk3,0511:8214.21%10
19Popov2,9921:8379.50%72
20Rudenko2,9851:8395.32%20
21Kolesnyk (Russian: Kolesnik)2,9031:8636.09%25
22Kushnyr (Russian: Kushnir)2,9011:8637.68%46
23Chumachenko2,8961:86527.90%429
24Melnychenko (Russian: Melnichenko)2,8751:87110.98%103
25Tsurkan2,7931:89731.79%526
26Petrenko2,7061:9254.96%21
27Tkachuk2,6581:9424.63%18
28Lysenko (Russian: Lisenko)2,6451:9474.50%15
29Mazur2,6181:9576.85%43
30Honcharuk (Russian: Goncharuk)2,6131:95810.32%111
31Diachenko (Russian: Dyachenko)2,6041:9626.07%34
32Stoianova (Russian: Stoyanova)2,5671:97664.34%1,437
33Belous2,5131:9977.50%61
34Marchenko2,4081:1,0404.18%17
35Stoianov (Russian: Stoyanov)2,3981:1,04467.13%1,657
36Pavlenko2,3841:1,0504.85%23
37Chaban2,3541:1,06416.84%282
38Muntian (Russian: Muntyan)2,3221:1,07938.25%863
39Volkova2,2851:1,0969.82%138
40Honcharenko (Russian: Goncharenko)2,1721:1,1536.08%53
41Klymenko (Russian: Klimenko)2,1671:1,1564.00%22
42Moroz2,1551:1,1623.71%16
43Ponomarenko2,1031:1,1914.64%28
44Kucherenko2,0791:1,2058.42%120
45Petrova2,0531:1,2208.77%135
46Kozhukhar2,0461:1,22441.70%1,120
47Shcherbyna (Russian: Scherbina)2,0311:1,2337.15%88
48Oleinyk (Russian: Oleynik)2,0151:1,2439.17%151
49Mykhailova (Russian: Mikhaylova)2,0101:1,24610.70%180
50Vasyleva (Russian: Vasileva)2,0071:1,2488.08%117
51Savchenko1,9921:1,2573.47%19
52Kolesnychenko (Russian: Kolesnichenko)1,9601:1,27822.62%537
53Palamarchuk1,9271:1,3009.25%162
54Levchenko1,9251:1,3014.33%31
55Romanenko1,9201:1,3045.76%64
55Stepanenko1,9201:1,3047.43%107
57Kuznetsova1,8951:1,3226.53%85
58Boichenko (Russian: Boychenko)1,8901:1,32517.97%423
59Terzy (Russian: Terzi)1,8671:1,34180.86%2,734
59Volkov1,8671:1,34110.11%189
61Olyinyk (Russian: Oliynik)1,8601:1,3462.97%13
62Karpenko1,7841:1,4044.26%35
63Kuzmenko1,7591:1,4243.75%27
64Babenko1,7531:1,4295.77%79
65Havrylyuk (Russian: Gavrilyuk)1,7521:1,4294.24%37
65Petrov1,7521:1,4299.09%174
67Kostenko1,7331:1,4454.89%54
68Sokolova1,7201:1,4569.77%195
69Maksymenko (Russian: Maksimenko)1,7191:1,4576.63%105
70Mykhailov (Russian: Mikhaylov)1,7071:1,46711.27%251
71Nykolaeva (Russian: Nikolaeva)1,6771:1,49314.87%378
72Pavlova1,6731:1,4979.16%191
73Chumak1,6511:1,5178.07%165
73Vasylev (Russian: Vasilev)1,6511:1,5178.53%173
75Kravets1,6491:1,5194.90%60
76Yurchenko1,6401:1,5274.42%47
77Cherneha (Russian: Chernega)1,6291:1,53723.86%737
78Chernyi (Russian: Cherniy)1,6281:1,5387.28%148
79Fedorova1,6201:1,5468.80%190
80Panchenko1,6151:1,5514.20%42
80Yshchenko (Russian: Ischenko)1,6151:1,5515.27%77
82Dymova (Russian: Dimova)1,6121:1,55460.60%2,330
83Kolomyets (Russian: Kolomiets)1,5961:1,5694.53%55
84Kovaleva1,5921:1,5735.33%83
85Yakovenko (Russian: Iakovenko)1,5821:1,5834.94%69
86Martynyuk (Russian: Martinyuk)1,5731:1,5924.49%57
87Kharchenko1,5701:1,5953.64%33
88Uzun1,5471:1,61966.11%2,704
89Smyrnova (Russian: Smirnova)1,5441:1,6227.26%159
90Vasylenko (Russian: Vasilenko)1,5211:1,6463.40%30
91Fedorenko1,5141:1,6544.73%70
92Kuznetsov1,5131:1,6556.45%133
93Dydenko (Russian: Didenko)1,5021:1,6675.81%106
94Balan1,4841:1,68821.09%705
95Nykolaev (Russian: Nikolaev)1,4791:1,69316.20%500
96Demchenko1,4781:1,6944.88%80
97Haidarzhy (Russian: Gaydarzhi)1,4771:1,69677.90%3,395
97Tarasenko1,4771:1,6964.85%78
99Burlaka1,4651:1,70915.06%462
99Chernaia (Russian: Chernaya)1,4651:1,7096.80%155
101Tyshchenko (Russian: Tischenko)1,4591:1,7164.00%50
102Semenyuk1,4501:1,7274.34%63
103Kyrychenko (Russian: Kirichenko)1,4361:1,7444.10%56
104Alekseenko1,4351:1,7456.04%130
105Stepanova1,4341:1,7469.72%265
106Moskalenko1,4321:1,7495.06%89
107Soloveva1,4271:1,7559.61%262
108Savchuk1,4151:1,7703.16%29
109Sokolov1,3981:1,79110.01%284
110Yvanchenko (Russian: Ivanchenko)1,3961:1,7946.47%154
111Nazarenko1,3951:1,7954.15%59
111Sydorenko (Russian: Sidorenko)1,3951:1,7953.15%32
113Dymov (Russian: Dimov)1,3901:1,80262.42%2,855
114Balaban1,3861:1,80726.19%1,020
115Pavlov1,3831:1,8119.65%273
116Lytvynenko (Russian: Litvinenko)1,3721:1,8253.34%38
117Onyshchenko (Russian: Onischenko)1,3701:1,8284.67%84
118Fedorov1,3581:1,8449.06%258
119Prokopenko1,3571:1,8455.28%108
120Kozachenko1,3531:1,85110.95%329
120Nesterenko1,3531:1,8514.20%67
122Kyrylenko (Russian: Kirilenko)1,3521:1,8529.31%270
123Dmytryeva (Russian: Dmitrieva)1,3431:1,86512.59%416
124Novykova (Russian: Novikova)1,3411:1,8675.81%139
125Kovalev1,3381:1,8725.31%113
126Poliakova (Russian: Polyakova)1,3261:1,8898.41%229
127Dudnyk (Russian: Dudnik)1,2991:1,9286.99%187
127Honchar (Russian: Gonchar)1,2991:1,9284.93%101
129Melnychuk (Russian: Melnichuk)1,2941:1,9353.16%39
130Chernenko1,2891:1,9436.04%158
131Kravchuk1,2811:1,9552.69%26
132Hryhorenko (Russian: Grigorenko)1,2691:1,9736.78%182
132Todorova1,2691:1,97361.01%3,075
134Hordyenko (Russian: Gordienko)1,2641:1,9814.78%100
135Andreeva1,2551:1,9958.10%239
135Arabadzhy (Russian: Arabadzhi)1,2551:1,99552.25%2,619
137Ostapenko1,2521:2,0004.90%109
138Osypenko (Russian: Osipenko)1,2511:2,00211.12%382
139Skrypnyk (Russian: Skripnik)1,2471:2,0085.90%160
139Smyrnov (Russian: Smirnov)1,2471:2,0087.26%207
141Doroshenko1,2461:2,0105.03%118
142Kara1,2411:2,01840.94%1,992
143Babyi (Russian: Babiy)1,2401:2,0206.03%164
144Arnaut1,2351:2,02864.52%3,370
145Semenova1,2281:2,0397.87%237
146Tymoshenko (Russian: Timoshenko)1,2221:2,0494.28%87
147Makarenko1,2151:2,0614.04%81
148Kozak1,2131:2,0653.72%65
149Orlova1,2031:2,0829.20%305
150Vdovychenko (Russian: Vdovichenko)1,1951:2,09612.66%478
151Rotar1,1921:2,10124.71%1,145
152Stepanov1,1911:2,1039.80%337
152Tereshchenko (Russian: Tereschenko)1,1911:2,1033.84%75
154Eremenko1,1891:2,1065.25%145
155Kolysnychenko (Russian: Kolisnichenko)1,1841:2,11513.85%544
156Slobodianyuk (Russian: Slobodyanyuk)1,1771:2,1289.83%344
157Chebotar1,1711:2,13929.89%1,473
158Kornyenko (Russian: Kornienko)1,1631:2,1534.33%97
159Solovev1,1621:2,1559.58%338
160Voloshyna (Russian: Voloshina)1,1531:2,1726.20%186
161Morozova1,1501:2,1786.37%192
162Mykhailenko (Russian: Mikhaylenko)1,1491:2,1805.02%142
162Romanyuk1,1491:2,1803.02%45
164Todorov1,1481:2,18161.55%3,459
165Kulyk (Russian: Kulik)1,1371:2,2032.96%41
166Bondarchuk1,1321:2,2124.83%134
167Myshchenko (Russian: Mischenko)1,1281:2,2203.52%68
167Vlasenko1,1281:2,2204.02%90
169Kychuk (Russian: Kichuk)1,1231:2,23061.40%3,539
170Nykolenko (Russian: Nikolenko)1,1211:2,2348.89%320
171Kozlova1,1151:2,2465.67%169
172Taran1,1141:2,2484.74%132
173Novykov (Russian: Novikov)1,1051:2,2665.88%181
174Nykolaenko (Russian: Nikolaenko)1,0971:2,2836.31%199
175Herasymenko (Russian: Gerasimenko)1,0951:2,2873.92%91
176Babych (Russian: Babich)1,0891:2,3003.50%74
177Velychko (Russian: Velichko)1,0811:2,3174.05%99
178Zaitseva (Russian: Zaytseva)1,0801:2,3195.72%178
179Khomenko1,0761:2,3272.83%44
180Pavlyuk1,0721:2,3362.90%49
181Zhuk1,0691:2,3433.70%86
182Heorhyeva (Russian: Georgieva)1,0681:2,34561.52%3,756
183Antonyuk1,0661:2,3494.64%140
184Dmytryev (Russian: Dmitriev)1,0651:2,35112.70%562
185Alekseeva1,0641:2,3547.59%281
186Poliakov (Russian: Polyakov)1,0601:2,3638.25%309
187Hryhoreva (Russian: Grigoreva)1,0531:2,3788.27%314
187Samoilenko (Russian: Samoylenko)1,0531:2,3784.89%156
187Ylchenko (Russian: Ilchenko)1,0531:2,3785.42%172
190Dobrovolskaia (Russian: Dobrovolskaya)1,0481:2,39011.28%490
191Yatsenko1,0421:2,4033.82%94
192Myroshnychenko (Russian: Miroshnichenko)1,0411:2,4062.58%40
193Bezhenar1,0401:2,40832.63%1,879
194Voloshyn (Russian: Voloshin)1,0311:2,4293.96%104
195Liashenko (Russian: Lyashenko)1,0281:2,4364.29%128
195Topal1,0281:2,43654.74%3,437
197Yvanenko (Russian: Ivanenko)1,0241:2,4465.95%206
198Kryzhanovskaia (Russian: Krizhanovskaya)1,0231:2,44812.93%604
199Semenov1,0181:2,4608.06%319
200Andreev1,0121:2,4757.96%316