State Archives of Khmelnytskyi region preserves the lion's share of documents from the territories of the former Podolsk province, which are the territories of modern Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, partly Odessa and Kirovohrad regions. There are also some documents from historical Volyn. Despite the fact that many archival documents were lost in the fire of 2003, the collection of the State Archives of Khmelnytskyi region continues to be indispensable for researching the genealogies of people from the Podolia region. The State Archives of Khmelnytskyi region digitized most of its registry books a long time ago. However, researchers could only work with digital copies of documents from computers in the archive's reading room. The process of providing remote access to the existing digitized files of the State Archives of Khmelnytskyi region began only in 2020. Today, several dozen registry books and confessional lists are already available for download on the archive's website. New archive files are available every month. This applies to the registry books of both Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. We hope that this process will continue.
In addition to the birth records, the archive website is gradually publishing materials from the Podilskyi Noble Collection (f. 230) – a fairly well-preserved collection that includes hundreds of archival files on the history of the Podilskyi gentry and nobility. The fund includes personal files for individual noble families, as well as genealogical books and various lists of nobles.
The website of the State Archives of Khmelnytskyi Oblast publishes materials from Fund 226 – Podilskyi Treasury Chamber. For genealogy researchers, this fund is interesting primarily for the presence of revision lists – tax censuses that the Russian Empire conducted in Right-Bank Ukraine in 1795, 1811, 1816, 1834, 1840, 1850, and 1858. Unfortunately, many revision lists from Podilskyi were destroyed in a fire in 2003. The fund was closed to researchers for a long time. After years of restoration and attribution of surviving materials, the preserved documents from this fund became available for study.
The archive reference section is important - here you can download an annotated register of funds, two volumes of a guide to the archive funds, consolidated catalogs of metric books, lists of repressed people in the Khmelnytskyi region. Descriptions of funds from both the pre-Soviet and Soviet periods are actively published.
State Archives of Vinnytsia Region also actively works with digitization of descriptions. This applies to funds from both the Soviet and pre-Soviet periods. When researching a family tree, it is worth paying attention not only to the presence of birth records, because for some areas of Vinnytsia region they are extremely poorly preserved. For example, settlements of the former Teplytsky and Haisynsky districts are characterized by considerable gaps in birth records. However, it is worth paying attention to the funds of the volost boards - there you can find family lists, revision censuses, and village census protocols, which can compensate for the lack of birth records. The State Archives of Vinnytsia Region are also working to fill the site with copies of archival files, including birth records from the archive collection.
It is worth paying attention to the card files - in the Vinnytsia archive, researchers have long had a geographical catalog available, which greatly facilitated the search for materials regarding certain settlements of the Vinnytsia region. The geographical catalog of the DAVIO became one of the first archival catalogs digitized in Ukraine. Digital copies of this card catalog can still be used today.
Another catalog worth paying attention to is the card index of dispossessed persons.
State Archives of Chernivtsi Region, fortunately for genealogical researchers, at one time collaborated with the Utah Genealogical Society. Today, the metric books that were stored in the archive as of the two thousandth year are available for viewing on the familysearch online website. Of the documents that the archive has published on its website in recent years, these are documents of the mayors of the communes of Myguchany (Mykhailivka) and the town of Sadhora for 1918-1944. In these documents, you can find lists of residents, information about the socio-political, economic, and cultural life of the community. The publication of photographic materials has also been initiated. Currently, the archive website presents old photos from Sadhora, as well as some collections from the Soviet period and the period of independence. In the reference section, you can download a guide to the archive's funds, an annotated register of descriptions, and a register of funds, which will give the researcher an idea of what materials can be found in the archive of the Chernivtsi region.
