April 1, 2021 | video
Kosmach Pysanka
It is not easy to have a fresh look at the tradition of painting pysankas because it so popular! We’re seeing the photos of so......
Tag Archive: hutsuls
June 8, 2020 | History
Pentecost in a Rich and a Poor Family
In this post, I would like to present a first-person narration about the real events on Green Holiday (Holy Trinity Holiday or Pentecost) in the......
March 31, 2020 | History
12 Facts about Godparents
Who are the people we find in the column titled “Patrini” when we research birth records? How are they related to the family we are......
November 5, 2019 | History
The Exotic Medicine of Our Ancestors
Today we will learn about some extraordinary methods that our ancestors used to cope with their diseases, at times when there were no doctors around......
May 2, 2019 | History
Hutsul Funeral Practices
Hutsuls, one of the groups of Ukrainian highlanders, are extremely colorful and original people. Even the most bitter and sad events - funerals - were......
January 29, 2019 | History
Life Cycle: Birth
When carrying out genealogy research in the archives and working on metric records, I often ask myself,” what’s really hidden behind all this data from......
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