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Hi there

My first advice is that, if you are at all uncertain of the location, be very careful that you travel to the correct place. There were at least 11 places called Augustówka in inter-War Poland (which included much of what is now western Ukraine) and presumably others outside its then borders in neighbouring Belarusian and Ukrainian USSR.

Having said that, I think the most likely candidate is the village Augustówka / Avgustivka about 8km SSW from Zborów / Zboriv in the region of Tarnopol / Ternopil. If the family was Polish (or other) Roman Catholic, the parish of worship was Koniuchy. If the family was Ukrainian Greek Catholic, the church was in Avgustivka itself. This village was primarily Ukrainian (Ruthenian): circa 1907, the population was 112 Roman Catholic, 553 Greek Catholic and 15 Jewish.

Where the records are, and whether they survive, may well depend on the religion and nationality.

Hi, I have done Armenian research professionally and I have to tell you that current prospects are not good if, as in your case, ancestors came from what is today Turkey (whereas Armenian genealogical research in Armenia, Georgia and elsewhere is feasible). Many records do not survive; any that do survive seem inaccessible. Some records were taken to Yerevan during the 1915 Genocide or later events such as the great population exchange (which affected Armenians as well as Greeks). But the chances of finding anything for a family are always slim.

Bluebird

Hi

I undertake Greek research professionally and I can tell you it will be tricky to try to get records out of Turkey. However, some Greek church and civil registers were removed to Athens in the aftermath of the collapse of the Megali Idea and the great popluation exchange in 1922/23.

Where did they come from in Turkey? Post-WW2 the Greek population in Turkey was pretty much restricted to Constantinople/Istanbul, Imbros and Tenedos.

With a little more information, I could perhaps give you a better idea of the possibilities.

Bluebird

Hi Diane
You really need to be able to find a place of birth to make progress, especially as the name looks more Ukrainian than Polish - he could have been a Greek Catholic from what is now the SE of Poland or W Ukraine. Did Teodor become a naturalised British subject? If so, there might be some record of his place of birth in his naturalisation record. Or was he a UN-recognised Displaced Person at the end of WW2? If so, there are surviving records (not online, in Germany) which could give a place of birth and names of parents.
Bluebird