The talk began with an overview of research strategies, both online and in-country, following classical methods of metrical book research. It was enhanced by many… Read More »Otsi, Pani Matky and the Lower Szlachta: Sharing tips from my genealogical research on clergy and lower nobility ancestors in Galicia and Kiev Gubernia by Michael Lang

It will probably come as a surprise to many people that there were a large number of Canadians who were working, living, or travelling in… Read More »Coverage or Cover-up? Frederick Griffin’s Soviet Stories During the Man-Made “Great Famine” in Ukraine by Jars Balan

This presentation by Elaine Kalynchuk was about her family members in Alberta and Western Ukraine who gave her information to start a family history book… Read More »Family Bonds between Bukovina and Alberta: And together we are creating a Family History Book

Michael Buryk (Nashi Predky, Somerset, NJ) and Myron Momryk (Ukrainian Genealogy Group – National Capital Region) presented a short description about Ukrainian immigration to the… Read More »Canada vs. the U.S.:  A comparison of Ukrainian immigration from the earliest days to the present (A co-presentation with Nashi Predky) 

With the expansion of medieval Scandinavians into Eastern Europe and their intermixture with the local cultures, there arise questions of identity and memory. How much… Read More »Thoughts of Home: A study of Rus’ contacts with Scandinavia during the Viking Age