Formal UGG-NCR meetings for this season follows our traditional approach of being convened on the fourth Tuesday of each month, with the exception of December where there we will not be any meeting. Meetings will also be suspended for the summer months of June, July and August. Start time is 7:30 PM (Eastern) unless otherwise noted.
Since the start of January 2020, the UGG-NCR’s formal monthly meetings have been delivered as on-line “Webinars” rather than in-person presentations / discussions.
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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
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 visuals of actual records and websites and media from research trips to Ukraine. The talk then went specifically into the history of the clergy and the lower nobility in Ukraine under Poland, Austria Hungary, and the Russian Empire. Guided tours of several online sources were given to discover clerical roots and use them to further one’s own genealogical research.
Michael Lang is the son of displaced persons (DPs) who emigrated to Connecticut after WWII. In his youth, Michael visited his Polish and German ancestral villages with his father, an avid amateur genealogist who passed the same passion on to his son. Michael has been doing genealogical research on his Ukrainian mother’s roots since 2004. He has travelled to Ukraine twice to visit ancestral villages and search for relatives’ graves, and to research records. Michael lives in Ottawa and is President of the high tech company, Frequentis Canada Limited. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. Michael is the great-grandnephew of renowned Ukrainian choir director, composer and ethnomusicologist Alexander Koshetz. He is also a trained musician and composer of Orthodox Liturgical music, and a choir director at Christ the Saviour (Carpatho-Russian) Orthodox Church in Ottawa. Michael is a member of the East European Genealogical Society (EEGS), where he has published an article on his research.
A video recording of Michael’s Webinar presentation can be found here. Michael also prepared a summary of the main on-line links discussed in the Webinar (contained here). And Michael has also provided written responses to some of the questions submitted during the webinar.
© Michael Lang 2022. All rights reserved. No images or content from this presentation may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the presenter. Access to this recording is solely for educational and informational purposes.