East European Genealogical Society

09/01/2026

After a year off, we were happy to be back at the Cooks Creek Heritage Day this past Sunday. It was a sweltering but enjoyable day with good food and friends! Our volunteers (Chris, John, Lisa, and Denise) were more than happy to discuss genealogy those stopping by the table.

08/27/2026

**Update: please see comments for more information** If you've found your ancestors on a US passenger manifest you can learn more by understanding the meaning of the codes and markings. Learn more in the seminar Unlocking Notation Codes on Alien Passenger Lists to be presented by the PGSM on September 12, 2026. Pre-registration required.

The PGSM website offers Polish-Americans the opportunity to connect with other researchers and access to web links and databases, along with the latest events & happenings in Polish-American research.

08/24/2026

Here is another gem from small town newspapers! This one was published in The Rossburn Review [Rossburn, Manitoba] on 30 Apr 1981. Lucky you if you have Yaskiw family from the area. :) As the second image reminds us ... trust but verify! Errors were identified and a correction issued the following week.

08/21/2026

Be sure to visit the EEGS table and volunteers at the Cook's Creek Heritage Museum 53rd Heritage Day on Sunday August 30th!

Cooks Creek Heritage Museum - A Prairie Museum dedicated to Manitoba's Pioneers from the Eastern European Slavic Countries

08/19/2026

If you're interested in learning how to use the Polish State Archives website, Robinn Magid is giving a virtual presentation "An introduction to navigating the Polish State Archives website" on August 23 to the Orange County Jewish Genealogical Society. Registration is free for Society members and $5 for non-members. Click the link below for details.

Presented by Orange County Jewish Genealogical Society (Free/$) (VIRTUAL) We normally meet the 4th Sunday of the month. Virtual meetings are via Zoom. You must

08/16/2026

Matricula, for those not familiar with the site, is a digital platform for church records. It’s focus is more central Europe; however, they do have smaller collections from southwestern Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovinia. In the following free webinar offered by the Germanic Genealogy Society, Thomas Aigner discusses this resource and explores future directions.

Presented by Germanic Genealogy Society (Free) (VIRTUAL) The lecture, presented by its founder Thomas Aigner, introduces Matricula (www.matricula-online.eu) as

08/14/2026

Here's a map that may interest some of you. :)

🗺️ Slavic Languages in Austria-Hungary (1914)

✍️ This map illustrates the distribution of the major Slavic languages within the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the eve of World War I, including approximate population figures for each group.

Language groups shown:
East Slavic
• Ukrainian (2,700,000)
• Rusyn (1,350,000)
West Slavic
• Czech (6,520,000)
• Slovak (1,990,000)
• Polish (5,030,000)
South Slavic
• Slovene (1,270,000)
• Serbo-Croatian (5,690,000)

📯 Significance for Carpatho-Rusyns:
The map clearly distinguishes Rusyn as a separate East Slavic language spoken by approximately 1.35 million people. The Rusyn-speaking territory corresponds to the traditional Carpatho-Rusyn homeland in the Carpathian Mountains — primarily Subcarpathian Ruthenia, the Prešov Region, and the Lemko Region.

08/12/2026

It can seem impossible to search overseas archive websites without knowing the language. Perhaps the presentation “How to Find Unique Records from Ukrainian Archives without Knowing Russian or Ukrainian“ given by Samuel Lerner on behalf of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington can help. The meeting is free for members and costs $10 for non-members. Click the link for details.

Zoom meeting, free for members of JGSGW. Nonmembers may register to attend for a fee of $10. Samuel (Sammy) Lerner will be demonstrating how he has developed a multistep process […]

08/09/2026

The things you can find in the newspaper! The 1985 Shoal Lake Tourist Guide was digitized on newspaperarchive.com with the 19 Jun 1985 edition of The Shoal Lake Star. The map shown below is from the guide and identifies land owners in the R.M. Note that this is Shoal Lake, Manitoba. Can you find your family (presuming Facebook didn't compress too much)?

08/06/2026

If you're in or around Lamont, Alberta on August 16, perhaps check out Ukrainian Day 2026 at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village. Click the link below for more details.

Celebrate 135 years of Ukrainian immigration to Canada with a day filled with Ukrainian culture, history, music, dance, food, and community.