This blog is written and produced by Ronald Dale Karr. I’m a graduate of Bucknell University, and I hold a Ph.D. in History from Boston University and an M.S. in Library Science from Simmons College. A retired academic reference librarian (University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1985-2016), I’ve also worked as a librarian at Northwestern University and at the U.S. Department of Transportation. I’m the author of several books and numerous articles in historical and library journals.
This blog traces my search for my Ukrainian ancestry through the town once known as Mosty Weilkie, in Galicia (now Velyki Mosty), in hope this might be of help to other Ukrainian-Americans searching for their ancestral roots. I’m particularly interested in making contact and sharing information with relatives.