April 22, 2024 | History, Research
Folk Religion: Vampires
The ancient beliefs help us understand how our ancestors explained the world around them. Let me tell you some facts about the mountain people discovered recently.We......
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August 16, 2023 | History, Research
A Boyko Village Photo Tour
We often fall in love with some towns and villages when we come to do local genealogy research. Ilnyk in the Carpathian Mountains is one......
February 20, 2019 | History
Choosing the Place to Build
Dear friends, we decided to take a closer look at the homes of Ukrainians living in the end of 19-th and beginning of 20-th century......
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