Clay in My Boots: A Romp Through My Genealogical Past

Following is the itinerary developed with Diana to visit Lutzk , Kremenets , Shunsk, and Rivne in Ukraine: Aug 9 - Day 1: Picked up from the airport, we have an afternoon walking tour of Lviv and the active Synagogue and visit other Jewish sites in Lviv. Maybe visit the archives of Lviv, as they may have some information related to Rivne and Ternopil region (Kremenets).  Aug 10 - Day 2: We leave for Krements via Brody. There are 2 beautiful castles: Olesko and Pidgirtsi. Brody is very rich with Jewish history, the birthplace of Austrian Jewish writer Josef Roth. Brody still has a huge building of the 18th century Synagogue which was much destroyed during the 2nd WW. But the building is still impressing. There is a big Jewish cemetery near Brody. Maybe spend time in Pochayiv with a beautiful Orthodox complex or we just make a photo stop and continue to Kremenets . Stay for an overnight in the area of Kremenets maybe in Pochayiv. Aug 11 - Day 3: We continue our vis...

Feb 11, 2018 My sister, Carol Rubin said she’d love to join my on my trip to explore Lithuania and Ukraine. Feb 17, 2018 Carol and I plotted out a tentative plan to fly into Warsaw, attend the IAJGS Conference, then tour Ukraine followed by Lithuania and then fly home from Vilnius. We booked our flights and split up responsibilities for excursions and lodging. Mar 21, 2018 I discovered the website  tourguides.viator.com  where you are able to connect with local Tour Guides who can lead you on excursions be they an hour or more, a whole day, or custom multi-day trips.  After interviewing a number of tour guides, reading their reviews, understanding their willingness to travel, and getting some rates; we decided that having a tour guide/interpreter for our entire trip to Ukraine and then to Lithuania would be ideal. We selected Diana Borysenko from Lviv, Ukraine and Marius Galadauskas from Vilnius, Lithuania to help us customize our Heritage Tours. Apr, 12, 2018 My ...

Jan 1, 2018 In my geneology letter to my family, I shared that  the International Association of  Jewish  Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) is meeting in Warsaw, Poland August 6-10, 2018.  I'm seriously considering attending and in coordination with my trip, I am looking to do excursions to Lithuania and Ukraine to visit some  ancestral  homes. If anyone would like to join me, I think it will be a very  fascinating  trip. IAJGS Program: http://www.iajgs2018.org/program_schedule.cfm