Discovering My Roots

27 June 2009
The following was written by The Generations Network, parent company of www.Ancestry.ca:
Canada Day is not only a great day to spend with family – it’s the perfect time to get together and learn more about how your family came to be Canadian.  To celebrate our 142nd birthday, for the first time Ancestry.ca is making [...]

27 June 2009

By Jim Onyschuk
 
When planning your genealogical vacation, some advance preparation is essential. First, you have to know exactly where your ancestor lived. For example, if your grand-father was Ivan Ivanovich Ivanchuk and was from Zeleny, you wouldn’t want to visit the village of Zeleny near Zapporiziya, when he actually came from Zeleny near Zhytomyr. [...]

17 March 2009
By Jim Onyschuk
The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as “the banns,” were a religious tradition by which engaged couples had to announce their intention to marry. In Ukrainian it is called “zapovdiv” and in Polish “zapowiedzi”
Normally, for three successive Sundays the Banns were published. This was commonly done by the priest pronouncing from [...]

18 October 2008
Do You Have Your Long Form Birth Certificate?
By Jim Onyschuk
Are you planning to do genealogical research in Ukraine? Then you should have a copy of your Long Form Birth Certificate, especially if you are seeking information from a vital-statistics or civil-registry office, known as a RAHS Office. Here you could request birth, marriage [...]