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Ievgeniia Petrenko

Founder of UkrainianRoots.ca
Professional Genealogist. Research area: Ukraine, USSR, Russian Empire, Austro-Hungary.
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Canada


  • DNA
  • Family History Research
  • Other Speciality

  • DNA
  • Document Retrieval / Record Agent
  • Ethnicity / Religion
  • Family History Research
  • Military

  • Family History Research
  • Writing & Publishing

  • Author/Writer
  • Editor

  • Document Translation

Founder of UkrainianRoots.ca, a research service dedicated to Ukrainian genealogical research and archival investigation.

Specialist in historical and genealogical sources from Ukrainian archives, including parish registers, civil records, census documents, and wartime collections. Conducts research across all regions of Ukraine, with a particular focus on the Kharkiv and Kyiv regions.

Contributor and co-editor of eight volumes of The Memory Book of Ukraine: The Kharkiv Region, participant in the preparation of The National Book of Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933 in Ukraine, and editorial board member of the Encyclopedia of Historical and Cultural Monuments of Ukraine.

Supports diaspora clients—mainly from the United States and Canada—in reconnecting with their ancestral roots. Offers document translation, family tree reconstruction, consulting, and heritage travel planning.

Engaged in preserving historical memory through both academic and public-facing projects. Passionate about making Ukrainian archival sources accessible to families around the world.


  • 21st Century
  • 20th Century
  • 19th Century
  • 18th Century
  • 17th Century

Ukrainian, Russian, Church Slavonic, Spanish can be translated to English


Master's Degree in History and Museology (MA)