In 1775 – 1849 Bukovina (German: Bukowina/Buchenland, Ukrainian: Буковина, Romanian: Bucovina) was an integral part of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria within the Habsburg empire. Since 1849 it was a separate administrative unit, the Dutchy of Bukovina. In the interwar period Bukovina was under Romanian jurisdiction. After WWII Northern Bukovina was part of Soviet Union, and after 1991 - Ukraine, while Southern Bukovina is in Romania.
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| Bukovina divided between Ukraine and Romania |
Here is my selection of online resources I recommend for Bukovina family research. (I will be updating this post with new links, as new websites and online research tools constantly keep popping up).
Primers
FamilySearch Wiki page on Bukovina
Foundation for East European Family History Studies page on Bukovina
Himka, John-Paul. Galicia and Bukovina: a research handbook about Western Ukraine, late 19th and 20th centuries, 1949-, Alberta.
Online Maps
On Mapire:
Bukowina (1773–1775) - First Military Survey
Distrikt Bukowina (1773–1776) - First Military Survey
Galicia and Bucovina (1861–1864) - Second military survey of the Habsburg Empire
Habsburg Empire (1869-1887) - Third Military Survey (1:75000)
Note: cadastral maps on Mapire do not include Bukovina!
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| Bukowina map from the Austro-Hungary First Military Survey |
Maps of Czernowitz, Bukovina and Surrounding Areas on Ehpes
Bukovina Religions Map ca. 1900 on Gesher Galicia
Maps of Bukovina and region on JewishGen
Maps on Jewish Galicia and Bukovina
Old maps of Bukovina on Wikimedia
G. Freytags Karte der Bukowina (1915)
Gazetteers, Town Locators
Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder, Vol. 13 Bukovina
Bukovina villages, towns, cities, and their Germans
JewishGen Gazetteer
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| Austrian Gazetteer of Bukovina, 1907. |
FamilySearch Catalog for Bukovina. Also search for your specific town (Tips on how to do it on A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Digital Images in the FamilySearch Catalog
Ehpes - Czernowitz/Bukovina Databases
Searchable databases for Czernowitz and Bukovina on GeneaSearch
Bucovina Vital Records Database by JewishGen
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| Databases on Geneasearch |
Dedicated Websites
Jewish Galicia and Bukovina
Jewish Bukovina: Sources for Genealogical and Family History Research
Ehpes website on Jewish heritage of Czernowitz/Sadagora
Research Project on Galician and Bukovinian Jewry
Jewish Bukovina and Transylvania
Czernowitz.de website dedicated to German heritage of Bukovina
Hungarian Bukovina project
Czernowitz Street Names
Plan of Czernowitz with the new street name, house numbers and elevation
Nomenclature of Czernowitz street names (Austrian, Romanianm Soviet)
The Czernowitz Street Name Translator
Czernowitz & Suburbs City Directories
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| Plan of Czernowitz, with the street names and house numbers |
Vital Records at Archives
Catalog of metric records at State Archives of Chernivtsi Region, Ukraine (In Ukrainian)
Catalog of metric records at Suceava Archives, Romania (In Romanian)
Blogs
Czernowitz blog
The Ehpes Blog
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| The Ehpes blog |
Facebook Groups, Societies
Bukovina Interest Group on Facebook
Bukovina Societies of the Americas
East European Genealogical Society
