Murphy’s #Genealogy Law in action. The person you’re researching *might* be on one of the top lines. 🙄

I sort of accidentally fell into a story that just keeps unraveling & I can’t stop digging. To give a taste, I’m now trying for long shot documents in England & Lebanon, and I’m loving every minute because I get a kick out of ancestors (not mine in this case, but still fun!) who make you work for it. 🤓🥵🤪

Hey y’all, remember a couple of weeks back when I told you about a Ukrainian Etsy shop owner you could help (thanks to those of you who quietly did so! 🙏)? Well, I just heard from him today and while they had to leave their home, they’re still in Ukraine, and astonishingly, he and his wife are re-opening their Etsy shops and they would greatly appreciate any purchases you might be interested in making. By way of example, here’s a wheeled album storage I had ordered that just happened to arrive the Saturday before Russia invaded.

Both of the shop URLs are in the comments of this post, but please consider doing a little shopping if you can. Thank you so much!

Someone posted about Osturna kroj today over on Twitter, which caused me to dig out this classic with the Osturna mayor. That’s my niece, Lindsay, on the left. Took a couple of women about 20 minutes to get us in these. They’re more complicated than they look!

Ukraine Independence Day 2021 (Live) – If you’d like to a quick overview of Ukraine’s history, and to see a teary-eyed Zelenskyy appreciating it all. And not so incidentally, a swift but blunt description of the Holomodor when the Soviets killed 4 million Ukrainians through starvation in a single year. Ukrainians are survivors. (English subtitles available)