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Hi Hannia,
It's taken awhile to reply because I was finishing reading Anna Reid's book "Borderland", it was good but needs to be updated, it ends just before the Orange Revolution. Also, I actually have the first volume of Ukraine Encyclopedia in hard copy, but the online version you pointed out is better.
The meaning of Ruthenian to me has been just a term I found for language on 1920's and 1930's US Census forms for the Ulchaks. I then used it to narrow down the part of Galicia, (eastern half) with Austria Hungarian 1890 and 1905 census and ethnic group maps, before I finally found the ship's lists. Your reference to the 1600's made me first go to Wikipedia (where they labled it "culturally loaded"), and then go back to the Union of Lublin. Hmmm, is there a better term nowadays?
I am thinking that what I would really like is contact with a person living somewhere near Ozerna, family or not. I think I will put a posting on your penpal board. In the meantime, could Irene please give me an idea of the cost of either a search in the archives, or contacting an Ulchak in Ozerna?
I caught your citation of the book "Austro-Hungarian life in town and country, 1903" and have started reading it, thanks for the information, I really appreciate it.
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