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FEEFHS Journal Volume 12, 2004 FEEFHS Journal Who, What and Why is FEEFHS? Editor: Thomas K. Edlund. [email protected] The Federation of East European Family History Societies Editorial Assistant: Marissa Warkentin (FEEFHS) was founded in June 1992 by a small dedicated group of Line Editor: Irmgard Hein Ellingson American and Canadian genealogists with diverse ethnic, religious, and national backgrounds. By the end of that year, eleven societies FEEFHS Executive Council had accepted its concept as founding members. Each year since then FEEFHS has grown in size. FEEFHS nows represents nearly two 2004-2005 FEEFHS officers: hundred organizations as members from twenty-four states, five Ca- President: Dave Obee, 4687 Falaise Drive, Victoria, BC V8Y 1B4 nadian provinces, and fourteen countries. It continues to grow. Canada. [email protected] About half of these are genealogy societies, others are multi- 1st Vice-president: Kahlile Mehr, 412 South 400 West, Centerville, purpose societies, surname associations, book or periodical publish- UT. [email protected] ers, archives, libraries, family history centers, online services, insti- 2nd Vice-president: Marsha Gustad, 19415 Tara Drive, Brookfield, tutions, e-mail genealogy list-servers, heraldry societies, and other WI 53045-4807. [email protected] ethnic, religious, and national groups. FEEFHS includes organiza- 3rd Vice-president: Brian J. Lenius. [email protected] tions representing all East or Central European groups that have ex- Secretary: Mila Snapp. [email protected] isting genealogy societies in North America and a growing group of Treasurer: Don Semon. [email protected] worldwide organizations and individual members, from novices to professionals. Other members of the FEEFHS Executive Council: Founding Past President: Charles M. Hall, 4874 S. 1710 East, Salt Goals and Purposes: Lake City, UT 84117-5928. The fall of the Iron Curtain opened up exciting new possibilities Immediate Past President: Irmgard Hein Ellingson, P.O. Box 101, for genealogical research, but also generated significant new prob- Gafton IA 50440. [email protected] lems in knowing where to find the needed records. One goal of Previous Past President: Duncan B. Gardiner, 12961 Lake Avenue, FEEFHS is to disseminate information about new developments and Lakewood, OH 44107-1533. [email protected] research opportunities in Eastern and Central Europe as soon as pos- The Editor of the FEEFHS Journal: Thomas K. Edlund sible. This multi-ethnic federation is very effective in helping fam- ily historians with various ethnic and religious backgrounds who To subscribe: Subscription is $40 per year for non member personal or often seek similar types of information from the same hard-to-find institutional subscriptions. A subscription request form is found at the locations. In the process members of FEEFHS have learned much back of this publication. FEEFHS members receive a free subscription more about available resources in North America and Europe. as a benefit of membership. FEEFHS publicizes the publications, services, and activities of its member societies. FEEFHS develops online and printed databases To become a member: Simply fill out the application at the back of this of pertinent resources, maintains liaison with other organizations publication and mail it along with your membership dues, or visit the worldwide that share interests, serves as a clearinghouse for infor- FEEFHS homepage at <feefhs.org>. Dues for calendar year 2005 are mation on the existence and services of member societies, and pro- $35 per year for individuals and small organizations (under 250 mem- motes public awareness of member societies. FEEFHS also helps to bers), $40 for families (2 spouses receiving 1 journal), $45 per year for create new ethnic or national genealogy societies where none exist medium-sized organizations (250–500 members), and $60 per year for but a need exists. FEEFHS volunteers are in active indexing selected large organizations (over 500 members). Special provisions exist for FHL microfilm collections and East European record searches. societies and non-commercial organizations in Eastern Europe who can- UNITY-HARMONY-DIVERSITY is our motto. We welcome all not afford to join. FEEFHS greatly appreciates sponsors and patrons who societies and individuals, regardless of present or past strife in the contribute more than the minimum amount to help offset the expenses of homelands of Eastern Europe. its many services, including its website. The founders, elected and ap- pointed officers, editor, and convention speakers all serve without com- pensation and thus contribute significantly toward FEEFHS goals. Services: FEEFHS communicates with its individual and organizational FEEFHS, headquartered in Salt Lake City, is non-sectarian and has no members in many ways: connection with the Family History Library or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FEEFHS appreciates the LDS contribution to fam- 1) FEEFHS Journal, formerly FEEFHS Newsletter, published since ily history in collecting, microfilming and sharing genealogy records. December 1992. 2) FEEFHS tables at major national, state, and regional conferences. Sending mail: Please send membership requests, applications, dues, ad- This started in the spring of 1993. dress changes, subscription requests, back-issue orders, etc. to: Trea- 3) FEEFHS International Convention in North America, held each surer, c/o FEEFHS (address listed below). spring or summer since May 1994. 4) FEEFHS Resource Guide to East European Genealogy, pub- Articles: FEEFHS actively solicits original articles on topics significant lished 1994-1995 (replaced by FEEFHS website). to family history research in Central and Eastern Europe. Member soci- 5) FEEFHS “HomePage” on the Internet’s World Wide Web since eties are also invited to submit previously published articles for possible mid-May 1995. This large “destination” website includes a republication in FEEFHS Journal. Send article submissions to Editor, HomePage/Resource Guide listing for many FEEFHS member c/o FEEFHS (address listed below). Submissions received by mail must organizations, surname databases, detailed maps of Central be on 3.5" floppy, zip disk, or CD-R and in WordPerfect 5.1 or higher and Eastern Europe, cross-indexes to access related sources, and format or MS Word. Disks cannot be returned. E-mail submissions are much more. The address is <feefhs.org>. The FEEFHS webpage also accepted at [email protected]. A style guide is available by is currently being upgraded regarding both content and request from the editor. appearance. 6) Regional North American conferences -- the first was at Calgary, Copyright © 2005 by FEEFHS. All rights reserved. FEEFHS Journal, Alberta, Canada in July 1995. ISSN 1077-1247, formerly FEEFHS Newsletter, is published by 7) Referral of questions to the appropriate member organization, FEEFHS, P.O. Box 510898, Salt Lake City, UT 84151-0898. professional genealogist, or translator. 2 FEEFHS Journal Volume XII T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s F r o m t h e E d i t o r a n d P r e s i d e n t ’ s M e s s a g e This Issue............................................................................................................................................................... 4 by Thomas K. Edlund, FEEFHS Journal Editor From President Dave Obee .................................................................................................................................. 5 by Dave Obee, FEEFHS President R e s e a r c h A r t i c l e s Genealogical Records and Research in Ukraine ............................................................................................... 6 by Kahlile Mehr and Marek Koblanski The Imperial Austrian School System .............................................................................................................. 14 by Franz Gerhard Soural Tracking Graves by Satellite ............................................................................................................................. 18 by Dave Obee Rabbi Arye-Leyb ben Meyshe ber Shifman from Pukhovichi....................................................................... 26 by Leonid Smilovitsky The Glagolitic Alphabet and Its Use in Croatian Church Records ............................................................... 30 by Gordon L. McDaniel The Molecular Genealogy Research Project ................................................................................................... 38 by Ugo A. Perego, Natalie M. Myres and Scott R. Woodward Piecing Together the Story: 19th Century German Immigration to America ............................................... 41 by Adele Maurine Marcum Lutheran Church Records: Looking for Lake Wobegon ...............................................................................48 by Irmgard Hein Ellingson Ethics in Genealogy, More Than Being Nice ................................................................................................... 58 by G. Alvin Murray The Family History Library Catalog ............................................................................................................... 64 by Steven W. Blodgett World War I Draft Registration Records ........................................................................................................ 66 by Joanne M. Sher The Swabian Colonies in the South Caucasus................................................................................................. 71 by Joseph B. Everett Molodia: Settlement