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Below are various sites that you can explore to find locations of many of the shtetls in Ukraine.  Most of these sites are for major towns, so I would suggest that you start at just
www.mapquest.com
first; locate the general area and continue searching that area until you find your ancestral shtetl.  On some computers, you may have to add the prefix: http:// before the
www.mapquest.com 
This would depend upon what computer browser you are using and which site is being contacted.

An excellent site to find information about most European countries is at http://searcheurope.com
and type in the name of the country you wish to research in the search field.  This site is a great source to find information for almost every European country.

Global Gazetteer is a great web site. It is a directory of  2,880,532 of the world's cities and towns, sorted by country and linked to a map for each town.  A tab separated list is available for each country.
www.calle.com/world/ 

World-Wide Gazetteer
www.fallingrain.com/world/index.html

Maps of Ukraine
http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/97/Roman_Zakharii/maps.htm

Map of Ukraine
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3511/GaliciaW.htm

http://travel.kyiv.org/map/

http://www.ukrainianweb.com/ukraine.htm

Maps

Here are various sites that you can explore to find locations of many of the shtetls in Ukraine.  Most of these sites are for major towns, so I would suggest that you start at just
www.mapquest.com 
first; locate the general area and continue searching that area until you find your ancestral shtetl.  On some computers, you may have to add the prefix: http:// before the
www.mapquest.com 

http://www.expediamaps.com   This would depend upon what computer browser you are using and which site is being contacted.  The Library of Congress has all the maps you desire.  Also try
http://www.infoukes.com/lists
where there is a keyword search program.

Antique Maps - Art International offers antique maps, prints and globes at Art Source International

Cadastral Maps - these are land maps showing property lines and the names of owners of houses, often created for tax purposes. see the Central State Historical Archives in L'viv (Tsentralnyi Derzhavnyyi Istorychnyi Arkhiv m. L'viv, a.k.a. TsDIAL web site
http://www.eegsociety.org

City Maps of Ukrainian cities -
http://www.lemko.org/maps/cities/index.html 

http://infoukes.com/ua-maps/cities/

General Maps of Ukraine - maps of various scales and sizes 
http://www.infoukes.com/ua-maps/ 

http://www.infoukes.com/ua-maps/road-map/

Ivan-Frankivsk Oblast Map Server
http://www.sbedif.if.ua/city/src/region.en.htm

A fantastic source of Local Maps - MultiMap that helps you find the town of your choice and the surrounding towns are at
http://www.multimap.com/index/UP1.htm
Once you have brought this page up, use the "Find" on your toolbar and type in the name of the town you are looking for.  This site hasn't missed much as there are about 4,000 names of villages, cities and towns listed.  If you print out a map, be sure to set your printer to 'Landscape'.

For custom map service, contact East Europe Connection Lkrupnak@erols.com  Another source is
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm 
Try also, the Road Atlas at
http://www.infoukes.com
 select Genealogy then Ukraine - Road Atlas.

Road Atlas - excellent map site - very detailed in both English and Ukrainian spellings
http://www.lemko.org/atlas/atlas.html

An excellent sites for Distances between major cities in Ukraine - http://www.brama.com/travel/route.html 
and
http://www.brama.com/travel/pics/ukrmap2.gif 

Cherkaska Oblast Map Major towns included in this Oblast Clickable Map include: Talnoye; Uman; Zvenigorodka; Katerinapol; Novo Mirgorod; Kamenla; Smela; Cherkassy; Kanew and Zolotnosa
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw/cherkaskamap.html

Cherkassy area map
http://www.kyivstar.net/eng/map/ 

Glückstal Colonies Region Map

Click to enlarge map

High resolution (100,000 : 1) maps of the southeastern corner of Poland, with a small portion of Ukraine and the Slovak Republic can be seen at http://lemko.org/maps100/index.html 

Lemko area maps of former part of Poland.  You have to drill down to get to the map site, but it is worth it.
http://lemko.org/lih/churchir/chirmain.html  

Lemko area maps of former part of Poland.  You have to drill down to get to the map site, but it is worth it.
http://lemko.org/lih/churchir/chirmain.html

http://www.lemko.org/atlas/atlas.htm
for searching for Ukraine Villages and
http://www.lemko.org/atlas/UAmap.html

Library of Congress Map Collections - 1544 to 1996 - a huge collection. The American Memory Maps can give you the graphic view of settlements, cities, battles and territories at
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mapcoll23.html  
The Library of Congress Geography and Map Division (LCMD) Russian maps have a scale of 1:126,000 (1 cm = 1.26 km/1 inch = 2 miles) and have Cyrillic lettering that will indicate the historical Russian name that may or may not be the same as the Yiddish name that you know.  The LCGMD Russian maps have two longitude scales with Polkova = 0 and Paris, France = 0.  To convert from Polkova to Greenwich, add 31 degrees 20 minutes to the longitude value shown on the map.  

Map of Ukraine
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/ukraine/map.htm 

Maps of Russia and the FSU (Former Soviet Union)  Republics - be prepared to stay online for quite some time, if you want to see one of the largest collections of different types of maps.  This site is fabulous and offers a huge variety of maps that include such titles as Bukovina Maps; Ukraine Maps and Distances; Ex-USSR map; Maps of Europe in different eras; Russian Far East Maps; Belarus Maps; Ukraine Maps; Kazakhstan Maps:  Georgia Maps; Tajikistan Maps; Crimea Maps; Uzbekistan Maps; Azerbaijan Maps; Kyrgyzstan Maps; Moldova Maps; Turkmenistan Maps; Armenia Maps; Caucuses Region Maps; Baltic States Maps including Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia; and more at
http://users.aimnet.com/~ksyrah/ekskurs/maps.html

Map of Russian/Poland Guberniyas:
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~feefhs/maps/ruse/re-polan.html   
Old Map Site offering links to various parts of Ukraine: http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~feefhs/maps/ruse/re-ukrai.html  
I also like the road atlas site, offered by Infoukes, showing the location of most Ukrainian villages:
http://infoukes.com/ua-maps/road-map/ 
See also my Ukraine Guberniya page

Maps of Ukraine -  tons of information at
http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/
click on English version and happy hunting!

Oblasts - topography maps of each Ukrainian Oblast (Province) are on-line.  Note: not all are available yet. 
 http://www.infoukes.com/ua-maps/ 

Old Map Site offering links to various parts of Ukraine http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~feefhs/maps/ruse/re-ukrai.html

I also like the Road Atlas site, offered by Infoukes, showing the location of most Ukrainian villages:
http://infoukes.com/ua-maps/road-map/

http://lemko.org/atlas/atlas.html
which offers a clickable map.  The more you click, the closer you come to the area of research.

Russian-Austrian Border - vicinity of L'viv, prior to WW I.  The map is in color
http://feefhs.org/maps/ruse/re-ukrai.html 

Satellite map of Vilyavche (Vilyavtsy)
http://www.maplandia.cz/ukrajina/chernivetska/vilyavche/

Travel Guides to the Ukraine, includes maps, guides to lodgings and other resources
http://www.looksmart.com/r?key=Ukraine&search=
1&isp=ac&comefrom=iac-search    
There are other Ukrainian links at this site that may also be of interest.   Consider also joining Ukrainian Travel - a web discussion community relating to traveling in Ukraine: Subscribe UkrainianTravel-subscribe@onelist.com
or a shortcut
http://www.onelist.com/community/UkrainianTravel

Ukraine Navigator - a great web site that offers a road map of Ukraine and if you click on the region of interest, you can drill down to a much more detailed map
http://www.polynet.lviv.ua/ukraine/Navigator 

Ukrainian City Maps - a collection of maps of Ukrainian cities http://www.infoukes.com/ua-maps/ 

City/Town/Village Search Engine - this is a multilingual (English/Ukrainian) search engine to aid in finding a village, town or city
http://www.infoukes.com/ua-maps/ 

http://travel.kyiv.org/map/ 

The later site includes a map of Crimea, Kyiv Metro and Hotel Map along with maps of Cherkassy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Crimea, Dniepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkov, Kherson, Khmelnytsky, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Luhanska, Lutsk, L'viv, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Uzhhorod, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhya and Zhitomir 

Ukrainian Map Server - hard copies of individual oblasts/districts are available for purchase from Infoukes, Inc.
http://infoukes.com/ua-maps/oblasts/ 

Zakarpats'ka at this site, (loads slowly)  printed with Cyrillic lettering and is a Soviet era map
http://www.infoukes.com/ua-maps/oblasts/oblast01/b05.jpg

Note: You can write a letter to the village council of Hryniv and ask them to contact your relatives, if any still reside there. There are some costs charged.

Kal'nycja (aka Kalnica, Kalnica ad Lisko and Kalnica ad Cisna where "ad" is Latin and means near) Excellent color map in Latin characters: http://lemko.org/maps100/Pages/Pg102.html

Kamionka (Kamianky) - located in the Podvolochisk Raion. 
http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_free?link=btwn/
twn-map_results&event=find_select&level=5&lat=495500&lng=260167

Komarno: Located southwest of L'viv.
http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_free?width=
500&height=300&level=5&lat=496333&lng=237000

Peremyshl (Peremyshl' in Ukrainian) and other sites: This is an easy to search site that includes a interactive Road Atlas of Ukraine, Music and a clickable map of the Eparchy of Peremyshl:
http://lemko.org

Oblast Maps

Please let me know if there is a favorite link of yours that is not included in my site and I will be happy to add it to Jewish Web Index