Special Interest: Genealogy Group

June Genealogy Group Meetings

East Side Meeting - Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Chardon Library, 110 East Park Street, Chardon, OH 44024 from 1:30 - 3:30

West Side Meeting - Thursday, June 27, 2013 at Parma-Ridge Library,  5850 Ridge Road, Parma, OH 44129 from 1:30 - 3:30

These will be the last meetings until fall. 

The purpose of this meeting will be planning for the 2013-2014 season.  We will discuss what worked, what didn't, what we want to accomplish and ways to implement those goals.  So, put on your thinking caps and bring those good ideas to make next year one that will see much success in our ancestral research.

Please plan to share any new websites or information you may have found.  That is the main goal of this group.  Member helping member and of course meeting with each other and having a good time.

If you have not attended our genealogy group but would like to join us - please, feel free to do so.  Newcomers are always welcome. We have a wide range of skill levels in researching, so you will fit in perfectly. 

If you have not tried your family names on www.familysearch.org lately, I urge you to do so.  Many new names have been indexed in the Slovakia Church and Synagogue records. Some records are able to be viewed and copied.  If you find a record - copy it.  You never know how long these records will be available due to licensing agreements made when the records were microfilmed or digitized.  Be sure to cite your source including the website and the location of the original records.

You may find your search more successful, if you don't enter a first or last name but go directly to the residence space and put in your village name.  This may or may not work - depending on whether the village had a church or if your ancestors had to go to a neighboring village to worship.  Consulting a map may give you the name of the alternate village.  Be resourceful.  You may need to add a last name if you have gotten to many entries to view.

Keep in mind, the spelling may not be exactly as you have seen it here in the US.  The records I viewed, appeared to have Hungarian spellings.

Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday or Thursday.  Good luck with your research!!

Entertainment: Simply Slavic Ethnic Hertiage Festival

 

Saturday, June 15, 2013 

Noon to Midnight

100 Federal Plaza, Youngstown, OH 

Admission: $3.00 (12 and under free)

Simply Slavic was created to celebrate Greater Youngstown's colorful Slavic community.  The event began in 2011 to educate both the region's large number of Slavic descendants and the community at large about Slavic heritage. 

Keeping with its mission, the event will showcase the rich traditions of the Mahoning Valley's Slavic culture with food, music, dance and customs of the various Slavic ethnicities represented here with an  

Ecumenical Blessing and Parade of Flags

A Slavic Kitchen featuring homemade foods from more than a dozen churches, businesses and ethnic groups (including the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon Chapter of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society)

An Ethnic Heritage Tent where each of the Slavic groups from around the region will create exhibits to educate visitors about the culture of their region through items like maps, flags, pictures, language lessons and information about famous immigrants from that country.

A Market Place of vendors selling imported dolls, eggs, linens, and apparel reflecting the various nations of the festival.

A Baking Contest where amateurs can submit their favorite items to be judged by area Slavic celebrities and

The Wasko Stage featuring music and entertainment throughout the day to include four of the regions most colorful folk dance troupes including Cleveland's Living Traditions Folk Ensemble and Harmonia.

The modern day European nations representing the origins of Slavic ancestry are Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.  Although the Carpatho-Rusyns have no nation per se, they are within this area and will be represented as well.

Schedule of Events*

12:00 Noon - Opening Ceremonies - Ecumenical Blessing and Parade of Flags

12:40 PM - Tamburaski Orkestar Nocne Sove (Night Owl Tamburitzans)

1:30 PM - Youngstown Ukrainian Dancers

2:15 PM - Del Sinchak Orchestra

3:00 PM - Happy Hearts Junior Tamburitzans

3:45 PM - Del Sinchak Orchestra

4:30 PM - Living Traditions Folk Ensemble (Polish set)

5:15 PM - Del Sinchak Orchestra

6:00 PM - St. Nicholas Russian Dancers

6:45 PM - Tamburaski Orkestar Nocne Sove 

7:30 PM - Living Traditions Folk Ensemble (Slovak  Rusyn set)

8:30 PM - Harmonia 

Midnight or Later Conclusion

* Event Schedule Subject to Change

If you have attended this event, you will be pleased to know that the event area has been expanded to two city blocks to give everyone more elbow room and allow people to interact in a better street fair-like layout.  Ken Shirilla, event chairman, states, "We also have more food vendors to feed the people later in the day and provide non-stop live entertainment until midnight". 

The Youngstown-Warren-Sharon Chapter of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society will man a food booth, so stop by and say, "Hi" or lend a hand if needed.

Parking - all legal "on street" parking is free on Saturday and several privately owned lots and garages are near the festival site. 

To get more information about this wonderful event go to www.simplyslavic.org or info@simplyslavic.org  Ken Shirilla can be reached at 330-503-9874.

Don't forget to look for The Eastern European Congress of Ohio's booth to lend a hand or offer support that will bring attention to the need for Eastern European awareness in Ohio.  For information go to info@eecoh.com or call 330-659-0961. 

Come on out and support our culture.