Our database of surnames and villages
We’ve been fortunate to work with so many people. When we reflect on all the research we’ve done, it reminds us of how many new friends we’ve made and villages we’ve visited.
We’ve compiled over 1,600 surnames and over 180 villages that we’ve explored through our genealogy research work and made it available as a resource to help you get started in your own family research.
How to search
Click on a letter or start typing in the search field below. You can also see all the villages and towns we’ve researched in our genealogy tracking map.
Whether you find a name that matches or not, we can help you take the first step. Contact Us
Name of the Town, its Variations and misspellings
Nowadays Administrative Location in Ukraine/Poland
Administrative Location before WWI
Administrative Location in the Interwar Period
Surnames I Dealt with and Their Various Spellings
Городище, Horodyshche, Gorodyshche, Horodyszcze, Horodishtch, Gorodishche, Horodischtsche
Horodyshche, Rivne Region, Rivne Province, Ukraine
Gorodishche, Rovno Ujezd, Volhynia Gubernia, Russia
Horodyszcze, Gmina Buderaz, Powiat Zdolbunow, Wolynskie, Poland
Tarnogorski, Ruker, Czarnowska, Czerwinski, Zmijewski, Wierzbicki
Шпанів, Shpaniv, Shpanow, Szpanów, Shpanuv, Spanov
Shpaniv, Rivne Region, Rivne Province, Ukraine
Shpanov, Rovno Ujezd, Volhynia Gubernia, Russia
Szpanow, Gmina Rowne, Powiat Rowne, Wolynskie, Poland
Tarnogorski, Ruker, Czarnowska, Czerwinski, Zmijewski, Wierzbicki