July – Research Like a Pro: Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran and Orthodox Resources for Eastern European Research – Alina Khuda
If you exhausted all Canadian/US sources and finally could figure out your ancestral location in the Eastern Europe what is next? We will discuss how to start your research in the Eastern Europe and what resources are available for your ancestral location depending on the religion. Main repositories for Jewish research in Poland, Ukraine and Romania; main repositories for Lutherans in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and US databases; Catholic and Orthox Resources in the Eastern European Archives. When it is the right time to approach local priest and community? How to deal with change of border or name of the ancestral village itself?