If you search for your lost roots in Western Ukraine, South-Eastern Poland, or plan to visit a village or town of your predecessors in the Ukrainian or Polish part of Galicia as part of your genealogical research, Lviv Ecotour can help you organize your trip by booking hotels, providing transportation and the knowledgeable English, Ukrainian and Polish speaking interpreter/driver who can assist in finding your possible relatives and act as an interpreter in communicating with the local people, archives and government in the area who may have knowledge or records of your relatives. Lviv Ecotour can help you locate and contact the state archives in Ukraine and assist in filling out genealogical applications at archives and civil registry offices. Transportation and services of the interpreter/driver are included in the price.

If you are looking for information and images of your ancestral town or village in Western Ukraine or South-Eastern Poland prior to your visit to the area, trying to find long-lost relations who have been separated through immigration, wars or deportations, or if you aim to trace your roots without leaving your home country, please consider the following:

1. Simply let us know the name of the community where your ancestors lived and their names, and we will try to establish if any of your long-lost relatives might still be there.

2. We will send you digital photographs of the area and will ask permission to take pictures of people who have the same family names as your ancestors who left the area.

3. We will also send you town pictures and pictures of tombstones with family names if they exist.

4. People often cannot find their ancestral towns because of historical name changes or misspellings. Our local knowledge may help.

5. We may also help by providing some town/village history.

6. If your potential relatives still live there we will provide their address, telephone number and other contact information, if available.

7. We will provide you with a digital image of a contemporary detailed map of the town/village area of your interest.

8. Finally, we will try to establish what tribal group, or ethnic group, your town/village can be attributed to based on its geographic location.

To help you understand the quality and size of photographs that our customers receive please view this sample image. For other details about our genealogical research please read our FAQ section.