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Willingdon - now part of Kalyna County and Vegreville AB and Melnyk

Willingdon - now part of Kalyna County and Vegreville AB and Melnyk

Posted: 19 Jul 2013 1:53AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Melnyk Willingdon AB from Rivna Ukraine.
Hi All! My Baba and Gido came to Willingdon AB from Rivna Ukraine (now Ivano-Franivske Oblast) near Kalush Western Ukraine. My Dad, Bill Melnyk and his brothers and sister lived all grew up on the farm too. I read in these posts about - Boychuk - my late Aunt Mary-Anne married Herb Boychuk. Also, my Dad regularly played in the Willingdon annual golf tournament and did try to keep in touch with his classmates from over 50 years ago. Perhaps I might be able to help?

My search is for my grandparents relatives in the Ukraine. In reading my Grandfather (Gido) memoirs, Baba's Uncle came to Canada before her (she arrived around 1932).

Gido was involved in three wars prior to arriving in Canada in 1930 and is from the village Rivna, near Kalush. Their names are John and Mary Melnyk. Anyone from the old country?

Re: Willingdon - now part of Kalyna County and Vegreville AB and Melnyk

Posted: 19 Jul 2013 6:52PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: MELNYK, BOYCHUK
Hi, What is your Guido's given name. Your Baba's given name, Maiden name?
If you are searching for family in Ukraine - these names may be helpful.

Did the memoirs - mention names of your Grandparents parents in Ukraine ?
There are Message Boards - Mail lists - that you can post to -for Ukraine -

Alberta GenWeb - Local History book site - online
shows many MELNYK families - perhaps your family submitted family history/story to the Local History Book Project
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canab/lhb/alberta-lhb-McKi...

What is your source of info re Rivna [Rivno] near Kalush?
Do a Google search for both -

Re: Willingdon - now part of Kalyna County and Vegreville AB and Melnyk

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 7:16PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Melnyk
Thank you for this information. I am confused as to why my grandparents are not included in this publication because they arrived in the Mundare area of Alberta in the thirties. My source is my Gido's memoirs.

Thank you again for your help.

Re: Willingdon - now part of Kalyna County and Vegreville AB and Melnyk

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 8:58PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: MELNYK
Hi, Perhaps the reason the family does not appear in the publication:

Families submitted family History/Stories to the Local History Book Project in the mid to late 1980's
If the family did not submit information / perhaps were not aware of the project - or ?
Unless others mentioned your family - as neighbours - or some family connection -

There may also be other Publications that have not been listed at the Alberta GenWeb Local History Book site.


Cheers, Stella
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