History
The Heart that Rests in the Highlands
In 1982, a year after William Saroyan’s death on May 18, a Moscow airport was filled with solemn chaos as members of the Writers Union of Armenia prepared to receive the precious ashes of the […]
Family Histories
Research
The Armenian Families of Havav
The path to recreating the lost memories of our families and homeland is often winding and arduous. The many fragments rarely can be joined to form a coherent and comprehensive image of the lives once […]
Family Histories
In memory of Megerditch Mouradikian
By Lisa M. Megerditch Mouradikian, my great-great-grandfather, the only son of his parents, was born late in the 19th century in Kharpert, a region known as the cradle of the Armenian nation. Kharpert was located […]
Family Histories
Aghabab the Great
Mesrob Pasha (as he was affectionately known to his family and friends, Aghabab to his grandchildren) wasn’t a man of many words, but he loved his country and his countrymen. He was born during a […]
Family Histories
Brothers from Bitlis: How the bond of genocide made William Saroyan part of my family
There once were two little refugee boys living displaced on two different continents. They grew to be tall, lively men from Bitlis, a now occupied former Armenian city. They also became famous writers and ultimately […]
History
Armenian Memory Project
In the spring of 1915, Nigoghos Mazadoorian and his father Garabed came across an early ripening mulberry tree while walking through their orchards in Ichmeh, a village in the Ottoman Armenian province Kharpert. As per […]
Research
Armenian Immigration to North America through the 1930s: A Compilation of Primary Sources
Abstract Researching Armenian genealogy presents unique challenges, in large part due to the scarcity of records in the Armenian homeland and the scattering of families who survived the Armenian Genocide. Many Armenians immigrated to North […]
Literary Corner
“Verabrogh” (Survivor)
The stories herein are all based on the real-life account of the late Nerses Manougian (1912-1974). On a dark night some years after 1923, young Nerses Manougian, an orphaned survivor of the Armenian Genocide, cycled […]
Family Histories
The quest for my roots and hope to belong
This is my story, as an international adoptee searching for my birth mother and other family members through DNA testing. I go through the background for my search and give you a picture of the […]
Family Histories
Lessons from Nvart: Beyond Armenian Genocide Recognition
April 24th has always been a complicated day for me. For the Armenian community, it is the day we commemorate the Armenian Genocide, which “began” on this day 106 years ago with the deportation and […]