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Frequently Asked Questions

How can I find friends and relatives in the United States?

The Privacy Act makes it difficult for any agency of the United States Government to disclose private information and addresses of individuals.
When seeking information, provide to the agency as much information and documentation as possible (for example, a birth certificate or information about the date and place of birth), and explanations of why you are seeking the individual.

Suggestions for your search:

1. Hire a detective agency in the USA
http://dmoz.org/Business/Business_Services/Fire_and_Security/Security/Investigation/Investigators
http://www.antiterrorism.org/investigative_services.html

2. If you are an Ukrainian citizen or the person you are looking for is an Ukrainian, seek the assistance of the Ministry Foreign Affairs in Kyiv:
Directorate of Consular Service
Mykhailivska Square 1,
Kyiv-018, 01018
Phones:(044) 293-44-88, 293-05-96
Faxes:(044) 293-00-66, 293-94-93
E-mail:cons@mfa.gov.ua

or the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States http://www.ukraineinfo.us/

Embassy of Ukraine
3350 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
tel: (202) 333-0606
fax: (202) 333-0817
Other nationalities should contact their embassies in Kyiv, or in Washington, DC.

3. Place an advertisement in a local newspaper in the area where you believe your relative or friend may be living.

4. To contact family members disappeared as a result of war, civil disturbance, or natural disaster, contact the Ukrainian Red Cross http://www.redcross.org.ua/

National Committee
30, Pushkinska St., Kyiv, 01004, Ukraine
tel.+38-044-235-01-57, fax +38-044-246-56-58

5. Conduct a search on the internet
The following web sites on the internet may be useful:
http://www.searchsystems.net
http://people.yahoo.com/
http://www.infospace.com
http://www.switchboard.com
http://www.ussearch.com/
http://www.ancestry.com
http://www.zabasearch.com
http://www.theultimates.com/white

6. For genealogical interests, contact the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Main branch: Family History Department, 50 East North Temple Street, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84150. Telephone: (801) 240 2584 or 240 2331. http://www.familysearch.org/

7. For passenger lists of immigrants to the U.S., land records, and naturalization records, write to: National Archives and Records Administration, Suitland Reference Branch (NNRR), Room 103, Washington National Records Center, WASHINGTON DC 20409. Telephone: (301) 763 7410
http://www.archives.gov/index.html

8. U.S. Telephone Directories
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/teldir.asp?page=/eng/namc/us

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