missing wings

tracy is concerned that by the time we figue out where to go and how best to get there, the prices will be so high they will not be able to go.... tracy just finished using facebook and cant stop writing in third person. she is also very tired from searching for flights... cant you just pay someone to do this for you???

Dimitri Todoschuk

According to the write up we have photocopied from what I believe is a town history in Saskatchewan, Dimitri Todoschuk was from City of Zastawna, Cherniwtsi District of Bukovina, Austria.

Geographically, here's what we are reseaching;

• There is a township for both Cherniwtsi, and Zastawna. Which is correct, or is/was there a town district of Zastawna in Cherniwtsi? Or other such clarification...

Looking up 'Zastavna on Wikipedia says that it is a city in 'Chernivtsi 

Oblast' (province) of Chernivtsi.

• What is the border changes of Austria versus, Romania, versus Ukraine etc? 

there was a change of borders in   

Zastawna

Sunday, Nov 23, 2008

I found Zastawna!!!

heres a link to the page in Wikipedia for 'Bukovina' (which explains interestingly that the Romanian spelling is 'Bukovina', the Ukrainian spelling is 'Bukovyna' and the German and Polish spelling is 'Bukowina' - whew, more clarity)

Anyways, back to the map. click on the link above to go to the main page for Bukovina, there's a map from 1901 on the right hand side of the page. click it to make it larger. just above and slightly to the left is Zastawna.

And i have found it to be Zastavna in a more contemporary map. (I love googlemaps!)

View Larger Map

welcome from tracy

hi all. not much more to add than what trish said. I think we are both pretty excited to do this trip. Especially if we can ever figure out the border changes, town names (Is Vaslauti still called Vaslauti, and if not, what is it?) and so on. It will be quite the adventure and I cant wait to get there and immerse ourselves in a new area and culture. I'm also expecting to be transported to the past as our imaginations take us to what life was like when our anscestors lived these streets and breathed this air (well perhaps a less polluted air?)

Anyways, we WILL be faithful writers and keep posting our steps. please do leave lots of comments and any information you guys have on our anscestors and/or the area.

Cheers! Bud zdorov and La revedere (if the language page I went to is correct, these are goodbye in Ukrainian and Romanian... my apologies if I just swore or something :D)

Welcome Message from Trish

Here we go...

In the attempt to add more branches to the family tree, Tracy and I are working on a trip to Romania and Ukraine this christmas to see what we can see.

Definitely, please, send us any hints you can think of, maybe we can put up some pictures, and Tracy and I promise to send updates on our progress (fingers crossed) daily as we travel. the availability of the internet will determine how much we can post.

I've added a map, but it seems you'll have to zoom out to see anything. I am hoping to mark the places we would like to visit, so again if you have anything to add, please let us know.