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.

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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

Rakowa, Rakova

Rakowa, Gmina Tyrawa Woloska, Powiat Sanok, Podkarpackie, Poland

Rakowa, Sanok County, Galicia, Austria-Hungary

Rakowa, Gmina Mrzyglod, Powiat Sanok, Lwow, Poland

Bobik, Bobyk, Kostyk, KoŚcik, Byc, ByĆ, Byts, Zelinski, ZieliŃski, Czerepaniak, Cherepaniak, Jakim, Jakym, Yakim, Yakym, Horniatko, Gorniatko, Jurcaba, Jurtsaba, Yurcaba, Yurtsaba, Kapcio, Klebuc, KlebuĆ, Kustrzycki, Kostrycky, Kustrytskyj, Kostrzycki, Letnik, Letnyk, Marusiak, Setnyk, Sotnyk, Setnik, Sotnik, Szewczyk, Shewchyk, Shevchyk, Diakun, Dziakun, Chamulak, Khamulak, Gamulak, Khamuliak, Gamuliak, Lysyk, Łysyk, Łysik, Klebuc, KlebuĆ, Klebuts, Dwulit, Dwolit, Dvulit, Dvolit, Litwin, Litvin, Lytvyn, Laniak, Łaniak, Marusiak, Wislocka, WisŁocka, Vyslotska, Vislotska, Ros, RoŚ, Lesieczko, Lesiechko

Шпичинці, Shpychyntsi, Shpichintsi, Spichentsy, Spichentzy

Shpychyntsi, Khmelnytskyi Region, Khmelnytsky Province

Spichentsy, Berdychev Ujezd, Kiev Gubernia, Russia

Spicentsy, Vinnitsa Province, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Dunko, Tykhonenko, Tyhonenko, Dunko, Katryn, Katrin, Kuzmenko, Kusmenko, Kostyk, Kostik, Leshchuk, Leszczuk, Mazur, Masur, Serdiukov, Starykov, Starikov, Tarasiuk, Krut, Tykhonenko, Tyhonenko, Tikhonenko, Vasylyshyn

Kwiatoń, Kwiaton, Kwaton, Kwiton, Kviton

Kwiaton, Gmina Uscie Gorlickie, Powiat Gorlicki, Malopolskie

Kwiaton, Gorlice County, Galicia, Austria-Hungary

Kwiaton, Gmina Kwiaton, Powiat Gorlice, Krakow, Poland

Adamcio, Adamtsio, Muczka, Muchka, Krajniak, Krayniak, Krainiak, Honczar, Honchar, Gonchar, Pyrczo, Pyrcho, Pyrcio, Wislocki, WisŁocki, Vislotskyi, Stefanowski, Stefanovski, Halczak, Halchak, Galczak, Galchak, Lazorko, Lasorko, Kardasz, Kardash, Iwanczyn, IwaŃczyn, Iwanchyn, Ivanchyn, Wojtowicz, WÓjtowicz, Wojtowich, Vojtovych, Voytovych, Voitovych, Stafanowska, Stefanowski, Stefanovski, Zabawski, Zabavski, Szymonczyk, SzymoŃczyk, Shymonchyk, Shimonchik, Salej, Saley, Salei, Wojkowski, Wujkowski, Vojkovski, Vujkovski, Bihuniak, Biguniak, Lukaczyn, Lukachyn, Lukachin, Izbianski, IzbiaŃski, Isbianski, Izbianskyi, Gamba, Hamba, Romcio, Romtsio, Mysliwec, MyŚliwiec, Myslyvets, Medwid, Medvid, Niedzwiedz, Kisielewski, Kiselevskyi, Cymbala, CymbaŁa, Tsymbala, Werchanowski, Wierzchanowski, Verhanivskyi, Varkhanovskyi, Kostiow, KostiÓw, Kostiw, Kostiv, Pawczak, Pawchak, Pavchak, Darikowski, Darykowski, Darikovski, Dziamba, Prusak, Pyrcz, Pyrch, Kostyk, Zyla, ŻyŁa, Zhyla, Chudka, Khudka, Hudka, Czygra, Chygra, Chyhra, Krynicki, Krynytskyi, Gal, Lukaczyn, Lukachyn, Gabor, Habor, Zuraw, Żuraw, Zurav, Zuravel