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Galicia (in Ukraine and Poland). This group provides information for finding your Galician ancestors and living relatives.

Discussions go beyond providing genealogical research help, that is beyond the simple collection of names and dates. Religion, culture, politics, macro history, and current events in Eastern Europe are frequently debated.

An appendage website is at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Galicia-Ukraine-Poland


[This is the former Austrian Empire province of Galicia, the areal extent of which is now located in southeastern Poland and southwestern Ukraine. This is NOT the Galicia in Spain.] Halychyna (Ukrainian name and origin of term Galicia) Galicja (in Polish language) Galizien (in German | Austrian)

MAP of Austria's Galicia: http://www.feefhs.org/maps/ah/ah-galic.html

Poles , Galizien Germans, Jews , Ukrainians , Carpatho-Rusyns (Ruthenians, Rusyns, Rusins, Rusnaks, Carpatho-Russians , Lemkos, Bojkos / Boikos / Boykos, Hutsuls

Administrative boundaries as of 1998 map: Magocsi, P. R., ed. 1998. Historical atlas of East Central Europe. University of Washington Press.

Austrian Galicia province (Draft) delineation created on 9/14/2004. copyright 2004

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Re: Greek Catholic Church in Russian Empire
Hello Kim, While the Russian Empire tolerated the Roman Catholic Church in the Empire (comprised of mostly Poles, Lithuanians, etc.), after ca. 1831 the Empire
Posted - Thu May 23, 2013 11:50 pm
Laurence Krupnak
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Re: Greek Catholic Church in Russian Empire
Laurence, Thank you for this information. Answers some questions for me. Family always just vaguely said they left the Greek Catholic Church. Sounds like the
Posted - Thu May 23, 2013 11:38 pm
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Russian Catholic Church
Russian Catholic Church An introductory note on terminology-- We tend to describe ourselves using a shorthand reference as Russian Catholics and we refer to
Posted - Thu May 23, 2013 11:38 pm
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Re: The changes in studying archival material
Hello Kim, See my post titled Greek Catholic Church in Russian Empire. Volyn (aka Volhynia) was in Russian Empire. _______ Lavrentiy ... From: kimka514 To:
Posted - Thu May 23, 2013 11:27 pm
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Re: The changes in studying archival material
http://books.google.com/books?id=hC0-dk7vpM8C&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=Ukrainians+marrying+Polish&source=bl&ots=vDcMMIPb-l&sig=IU8cCfU9Qmul6RPEZNo3-IFvytE&hl=en&s
Posted - Thu May 23, 2013 11:23 pm
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