Genealogical research on the Kondratiuk family is bedevilled by the many spellings of “Kondratiuk” found on source documents. According to census records Prokop could read and write Ukrainian but did not speak English. It appears that he had difficulty communicating the English spelling of his name. Some misspellings might also have occurred when transcribing the name from the Cyrillic to English alphabet.
Spellings of Kondratiuk found in various source documents include:
- Kondratink: 1906 Passenger List for the Mount Temple
- Kondoytink: Henderson’s Winnipeg Directory, 1907
- Kondratik: Henderson’s Winnipeg Directory, 1909
- Kondratick: Marriage Certificate for Prokop and Julia Macuira
- Kondratuke: Henderson’s Winnipeg Directory, 1910
- Kondertace: 1911 Census for Prokop Kondratiuk household
- Kondratue: 1911 Census for Pauline Kondratiuk
- Kondratuk: 1914 Marriage Certificate for Pauline Kondratiuk
- Kongpick: 1921 Census for Julie Macuira household
In each of the above examples it is clear from other information that the source documents pertained to members of the Kondraituk family. However the misspellings do make applicable records more difficult to find!