Links to Useful Sites
Organizations :
Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) was organized in 1992 as an umbrella organization that promotes family research in eastern and central Europe without any ethnic, religious, or social distinctions. It provides a forum for individuals and organizations focused on a single country or group of people to exchange information and be updated on developments in the field. While it primarily serves the interests of North Americans in tracing their lineages back to a European homeland, it welcomes members from all countries. Resource Guide Listings of Organizations Associated with FEEFHS
Bukovina Society of the Americas : This site is a goldmine of information about Bukovina which was the easternmost crown land of the Austrian Empire; now divided between Romania and Ukraine. Map of Bukovina in 1939 (courtesy B.S.A.).
Gesher Galicia is the Special Interest Group for those
with Jewish roots in the former Austrian Province of Galicia. Gesher Galicia
(meaning "Bridge to Galicia") has nearly 1000 members in countries
around the world. They have a web page devoted to Galician research organizations.
Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (SGGEE) : The SGGEE is devoted to the study of those people with German ancestry who lived in present-day Poland and also those people who lived in the western part of present-day Ukraine, in the old pre-World War II province of Volhynia. Auch vorhanden auf Deutsch.
East European Genealogical Society (EEGS) : The EEGS "identifies and marshals genealogical resources for east European research". Galicia is one of the most popular regions in their mandated area of interest.
Personal Pages :
http://www.felizienthal.com Jim Lang created this website featuring a trip to the village of Felizienthal (now, Dolynivka), and telling the story of his quest to find this village on behalf of the Lang family. Sadly, the church in Felizienthal burned down in October 2006 but Jim has created a new website with a wealth of information about the Lang family and the village. This website is password protected. For access please contact Jim at jim@jlang.com.
http://users.uniserve.com/~morbeus/ : Put up by the GGD webmaster and focused on the Gauer surname. Murray's ancestral village is Bedrykowce, district Zaleszczyki in Galicia.
http://www.galizien-online.de/ : Veit Olschinski created this German language website with information and links about Galicia
Genealogy of Halychyna / Eastern Galicia : Put up by Matthew Bielawa who is Vice President of the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast, Inc. It "provides general information on Halychyna/Eastern Galicia, a region that is often misunderstood or ignored in North America ... Halychyna is Ukrainian, Galicja is Polish, or as commonly referred to in English as Galicia".
http://www.felizienthal.de/ :
A German-language site put up by Lorez Guntner with more information on the village of Felizienthal.
http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/ESE/galicia-d.html : Put up by Manfred Daum, who is an active member in the Hilfskomittee der Galiziendeutschen, Stuttgart (the mother organization of the GGD). These pages are in German, but there is also an English version of his site.
http://ingeb.org/NameList.html : Frank Petersohn created this site to highlight his collection of "Volkslieder, German and other Folk Songs" that he has collected but this page highlights the surnames he has researched.
http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/97/Roman_Zakharii/galicia.htm : Roman Zakharii has collected a tremendous amount of information about Galicia on his site. He lists numerous cities in Galicia with information and pictures.
http://www.galizien-kraus.de/ : Werner Kraus has collected information (including more than 10,000 names of former residents and descendants) about a number of German speaking settlements in the vicinity of Lemberg, Galicia. The pages are in German.
http://www.semanchuk.com/gen/ : Philip Semanchuk's "Semanchuk-A-Rama" includes information and links about the villages of Dolina, Neudorf and Bolechow with particular focus on his ancestors from those villages. Well worth a look