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by Kevork
Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:07 pm
Forum: I'm Looking for...
Topic: Partamian, Kutchukian
Replies: 0
Views: 3798

Partamian, Kutchukian

Hi, I'm trying to put the pieces of a puzzle together and I need some help. Partamians are from Marash, but were dispersed to Roumenia, Kessab and Baghdad. Kutchukians are from Boursa. My grandmother was very young during the genocide. She was a Kutchukian. She believes that all her brothers and sis...
by Kevork
Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:14 pm
Forum: I'm Looking for...
Topic: Armenian Genealogy
Replies: 5
Views: 8949

Re: Armenian Genealogy

Hi Debbi, I think this infatuation with Genealogy and searches is a western phenomena. The answers unfortunately are back east. I am trying to put pieces together too. I find it very frustrating. The problems we face are many. Armenians did not always have family names. Even within the same family, ...
by Kevork
Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:23 pm
Forum: Armenian Genocide 1915
Topic: Help with research for novel?
Replies: 4
Views: 15136

Re: Help with research for novel?

If you want to understand life as it was during the deportations & Genocide, read Taner Akcam's "You Rejoyce My Heart" and Ajemian's "A Knock at the Door ", to start. Marriages were normally arranged. Depending upon the location of the village, women were usually veiled, and ...