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Explanation of the HalGal Database

Using the HalGal Database is easy!

First, type in the village or parish name

You can type in:  
  • Polish without the diacritic marks (no hooks, slashes or accents)
  • Ukrainian in English transliterated form (not Cyrillic).  For a list of Ukrainian letters and their transliterated equivalent, please visit my HalGal Database Transliteration Table.  For searching this database, do NOT type apostrophe ( ' ) for the Ukrainian soft sign.

Then just click the OK button.

 

There are two separate search methods:

  • Proper Polish Search will yield results in proper Polish spelling with diacritic marks (hooks, slashes and accents) plus transliterated Ukrainian.  This is not Ukrainian in its proper Ukrainian alphabet, but rather a transliterated form using letters in the Roman alphabet (like English).
  • Proper Ukrainian Search will yield results in proper Ukrainian Cyrillic spelling along with a transliterated form.  The Polish results is a simplified format that does not use proper Polish letters of the alphabet that contain diacritic marks (hooks, slashes and accents.)

 

What villages and parishes are currently in the Database? 

This Database is based on the holdings of Greek Catholic parish registers housed at the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in the city of Lviv.  Any village or parish that is listed in that archive's Greek Catholic parish registers'  inventory will be in the HalGal Database.  I've also included any of the popular spelling variations for each of the villages.

Important Note:  Please understand that some village names were popular.  One can find dozens of villages with popular names across western Ukraine and southeastern Poland.  Sometimes, the archive's inventory includes specific information on the specific county of the particular village.  But in many cases, such information is not listed.  The only way to determine the correct village is to read the particular church register.

Explanation of Results

Several items will be given if the village or parish is found in the HalGal Database. 

The first table/row contains the locality's name in the following formats:
  • Simple Polish, which is Polish without the diacritic marks.
  • Polish, which contains the specific diacritic marks.
  • Ukrainian Transliteration, which is the Ukrainian spelling using my English Transliteration Format.  For further information on the transliteration system I use, please consult my page on my transliteration table.
  • Ukrainian Cyrillic, which is how the name appears in proper Ukrainian.
  • UkrNoApostrophe, which is an incorrect transliteration, but a field that is necessary for the database to work. (It's simply a proper Ukrainian Transliteration without the apostrophe.)

Important Note:  Getting the different alphabets of the world to work correctly on a website is a challenge....not only for the programmer, but for the user (which is you!).   You may have to set your browser to read the text on the page in the right language setting....commonly known as ENCODING.   For Internet Explorer users, when you are looking at a particular page, click on VIEW on the top line of your computer.  Then click on ENCODING.   Choose one of the following:

  • For Polish, choose the encoding Central European Windows.  (this will make the Ukrainian Cyrillic NOT work)
  • For Ukrainian Cyrillic, choose the encoding Cyrillic Windows or Cyrillic 1251.  (this will make the Polish NOT work)

The second table contains the specific information on that locality's church registers housed at the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine, city of Lviv.  Here's an explanation of each of the columns:

Sprava:  This is the file number used by the archives.  You can use this file number when requesting information from the archives to help speed the process.  Please note that you MUST ALSO include the information FOND 201, OPYS 4a.   This is the catalog number used by the archives to organize their enormous collection of documents, books and records.   So, for example, if you are interested in Sprava number 6247, the full catalog number for this church registry is:    Fond 201, Opys 4a, Sprava 6247.

DocDescription:  This is a full description of the type of document as listed in the inventory.  Please note that Bishop's Copy means that this is a copy of the original church register that had to be made by each parish priest for the Bishop.

Dates1 and Dates2:  Sometimes, the inventory lists two sets of dates for the particular church register.  It is not clear which dates are correct.  In my own experience, I've found that sometimes the first set of dates is right, sometimes the second.  Again, the only way to determine which is correct is to read the actual church register.

Additional Information:  Sometimes, the inventory listed additional information, such as the name of the county (povit, powiat) of the particular village and/or parish.  This information is especially critical for names of localities that are common across the region.

Film:  This is the Film Number of the records as cataloged by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.  These films are available for use either at the Family History Library or your local Family History Center.  For information on requesting the microfilms from your local Family History Center, please visit my page on the the Family History Library and Family History Centers.

I would like to thank the administration and staff of the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine, city of Lviv, especially its director, Dr. Diana Pelts!

Ready to try some searching yourself?   Visit the HalGal Database of the Greek Catholic Church Registers of TsDIAL.

 

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