Changing Places, Changing Borders: Overcoming geographic challenges
Dave Obee
Content
Welcome
47s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 6s
Places and borders
30m 18s
Evolution of Poland
7m 32s
Austro-Hungary
3m 26s
Recording Place Names
4m 13s
Announcements / prizes
1m 32s
Questions / answers
8m 49s
About this webinar
Yes, it has been possible to be born in one country, get married in another, and die in a third -- without ever leaving your home. The boundaries in Eastern Europe have been redrawn many times over the years, presenting challenges for modern-day genealogical researchers. But this phenomenon has not been confined to that area; even Canada has seen at least 50 boundary revisions between its provinces and territories. When jurisdictions have changed, it is especially important to learn how to interpret and record information.
About the speaker
Dave Obee is a journalist and genealogical researcher who has written a dozen books and given more than 700 presentations at conferences and seminars in Canada, the United States and Australia since 1...
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Comments (106)
Excellent webinar with such important information - not only for those researching in Eastern Europe, but anywhere! Knowing where boundaries are and were in the past, is so important. Dave was clear and very specific, and his use of maps was phenomenal. Highly recommended.
This is exactly where my family, including my mother comes from...Lviv and a small community just outside. My grandparents were born in Austro Hungary, while my mother was born in Poland -- they never moved from the small village of Witko Nowy.
Dave Obee always has a wealth of information he freely shares with our genealogy community. Thank You!
Amazing - packed full of lots of great information. It's a subject best described with maps. I see that I need to expand my research to include more maps! My father (and his ancestors back to early 1800's) lived in a town 20 km. northeast of L'viv so this info was "spot on". Thanks David Obee for sharing all the research you've done.
I would have liked to hear a bit more about how the country border changes impacted archival locations.
I have ancestors in the Russia-Poland area and this was very helpful in locating them further and understanding how they came to be there as Germans.
Dave Obee's presentations are always fantastic and full of information. Thank you!
Amazing! My Kukuk line is from Neklo and I was thrilled to see pictures of the church there. Thank you so much.