I humbly offer my thoughts in review of this book on the facebook page of Dournovo Family in North America which describes the earliest days of Orest Dournovo and his …
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Imagine you’re sitting around a campfire (when they were permitted) at your summer family reunion. The oldies are sharing stories about their past. The firewood crackles. The stories continue and …
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When researching his book The Russian Refugees, Mike Andruff reflected on other refugee experiences to compare and contrast to his family’s. One such refugee story came from an old school …
Monica my busy marketing manager at Heritage House Publishing mentioned that Canada ‘s History magazine wrote a book review of The Russian Refugees in their August/September issue. See below for …
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Media is always good. The July issue of the Mosaic BC newsletter placed a Spotlight on the Homeglen Legacy Fund. See article placed in the bottom third of the newsletter. …
A beautiful poem by Jerry Mihailoff was written and dated August 9, 1986. Uncle Mikes Farm was a heartfelt retrospection of Jerry’s life experience on Mike Kosheiff’s farm. The poem …
Multi-generations of refugee families typically exhibit an upward mobility in subsequent generations through education and Lueba was the Kosheiff family’s first university educated family member. She became a teacher and …
Two men walking home from the pub, arm in arm, singing old Russian songs to the delight of their listening neighbours, doing back breaking work clearing and cropping the land …
One thing about examining history is that it creates cross references and questions. Val Thiessen’s recent post referenced Prince Leo Galitzine. A similar name but spelt slightly differently (Prince Alexander …
Valerie Leah (Boyd) Thiessen provides a master class in family history presentations. If history is meant to be shared, Kosheiff Nasedkin – A Family History does so with flair. In …