Recent Updates to website
13 September 2024 - Added links to new articles
5 January 2022 - Added video from 2019 USC's Innovate Armenia about genealogy, DNA testing and identity.
16 November 2021 - Reworked website to include section specific to Armenian genealogy
30 October 2021 - Added link to article on the demography of the Lidje region in the research section
25 June 2021 - Added maps for Shadakh and Zara and updated map of all villages combined
24 June 2021 - Added map of Lije and Hayni
14 February 2021 - Added eighth video in series of tutorials for Armenian Genealogy
12 February 2021 - Added seventh video in series of tutorials for Armenian Genealogy
4 February 2021 - Added sixth video in series of tutorials for Armenian Genealogy
29 January 2021 - Added fifth video in series of tutorials for Armenian Genealogy
16 January 2021 - Added fourth video in series of tutorials for Armenian Genealogy
9 January 2021 - Added third video in series of tutorials for Armenian Genealogy and added new website links, particular related to maps, and updated the Links and Videos menus
6 January 2021 - Added second video in series of tutorials for Armenian Genealogy
2 January 2021 - Added first video in series of tutorials for Armenian Genealogy
6 June 2020 - Added video from 2019 Innovate Armenia - my talk on Genealogy and Armenian Identity
20 May 2020 - Added map of Erzinga villages and updated location of Khoubek on the Kghi map
18 September 2019 - added link for article ‘You have found your family. How can we find ours?’
18 December 2018 - added links in the research section to the seven part series in Armenian Weekly about the available source records for Armenian genealogy
25 February 2018 - new links in Articles section for articles Raffi Bedrosyan and George Aghjayan. Removed menu item for photographs from the 1st Armenian Genealogy Conference though it can still be accessed through this link - https://westernarmenia.weebly.com/armenian-genealogy-conference-2016.html
13 November 2017 - added link in Research section to article "The Armenians of Hazari: Recreating the Demographic History"
26 August 2016 - added link to article in the About section from the WPI Alumni magazine (Turning Point)
6 July 2016 - added link to article by Fatih Gökhan Diler and beginning to rework the photographs section
2 July 2016 - added link in research section to my article on the demographic of the Moush district which has been posted to the houshamadyan.org website and also a added link to new article by Khatchig Mouradian
19 May 2016 - revised map of Moush district, added video link to interview on Bill Coleman's This is Worcester and added links to publicity about the first-ever Armenian Genealogy Conference
19 March 2016 - added map of the Moush district
17 March 2016 - added link in research section to my article on the demographics of the Kharpert district which has been posted to the houshamadyan.org website
4 March 2016 - updated maps to include Kochhisar district and added link to new article by Aris Nalci
29 January 2015 - Added video of the panel on Western Armenian and the Hidden Armenians from the 2015 ANCA-WR Grassroots Conference.
20 January 2015 - Added map of Arapgir region
23 December 2015 - added links in research tab to databases of Armenian orphans in the American orphanage in Kharpert and the graduates of Euphrates (Yeprad) College. Also added link to Mark Arslan's Armenian Immigration Project website.
17 December 2015 - added links to 3 important articles by Aris Nalci
2 December 2015 - added the entire 1840 census for the village of Sakrat in the Research section.
28 November 2015 - added link to article by Avedis Hadjian
13 November 2015 - added video "Turkey's Hidden Armenians search for stolen identity"
26 October 2015 - removed images of Hairenik Daily as they will be housed on a separate website. Added link to article "The Search for Family during the Chaos of Genocide" in the Research section.
30 September 2015 - added images from Hairenik Daily that contain genocide era family searches (under Research menu)
7 September 2015 - added link to article "1.5 Million Minus 2: DNA Testing Brings Ancestors Back from the Dead"
14 August 2015 - added map of Deyr Zor - a resource for the study of the Armenian Genocide
13 August 2015 - added map for the churches and other Armenian cultural sites - most included in photographs
11 August 2015 - added Nazaretian House in Aintab to the Cilicia section of photographs
10 August 2015 - added Sis to the Cilicia section of photographs
8 August 2015 - added Sp. Boghos of Tarsus to Cilicia section of photographs
4 August 2015 - added article "A New Source for Armenian Roots" in research section
27 July 2015 - added links to two articles
15 July 2015 - added Sp. Asdvadzadzin of Hajun to Cilicia photographs
7 July 2015 - added Sp. Hagop vank of Hajun to Cilicia photographs
2 July 2015 - added Sp. Asdvadzadzin of Aintab to Cilicia photographs
29 June 2015 - added slide show of ruins of Dersim
28 June 2015 - added photographs of Sp. David vank of Abrank near Mamakhatoun (Tercan/Terjan)
27 June 2015 - added photographs of Hazari and Chmshgadzak to Dersim section
26 June 2015 - added Halvori vank and Sp. Kevork of Kodarij to Dersim photographs
25 June 2015 - added Mazgerd churches to Dersim photographs
24 June 2015 - started Dersim section to photographs and added most recent article on hidden Armenians
2 June 2015 - added map of Polormer region
1 June 2015 - added Sp. Khach vank of Satou-kegh to photographs
30 May 2015 - added Sp. Sarkis and Sp. Giragos of Diyarbekir to photographs
28 May 2015 - added Sp. Lusavorich of Chungush and Sp. Garabed of Adish to photographs
27 May 2015 - started page for Diyarbekir and Chungush in photographs section
26 May 2015 - finished Khapert/Palu section of photographs with Sp, Garabed, Sp. Hagop and a cemetery chapel in Kharpert
25 May 2015 - added Tadem vank and Sp. Toros of Sakrat to photographs
24 May 2015 - added Khoulavank and Sp. Krikor Lusavorich church of Palu to photographs section
23 May 2015 - added pictures of Havav village taken by my cousin, Steve Mesrobian, when we traveled together in May 2012 to the village of his ancestors
22 May 2015 - began section on Kharpert and Palu in photographs
21 May 2015 - added video links and completed section on Mush and Bitlis in photographs
19 May 2015 - added Khaskiugh, Sp. Arakelots vank and Sp. Garabed vank to Mush photographs
18 May 2015 - added to churches in the village of Por, link to Matthew Karanian's book on Historic Armenia and Descendants of the Remnants of the Sword to articles
13 May 2015 - added region of Shadakh to photographs
12 May 2015 - added region of Moks to photographs
10 May 2015 - added Van City to Iran section to photographs including old walled city of Van, Sp. Bartholomew, Sp. Echmiadzin, Sp. Marinos and Varakavank
9 May 2015 - added Akhtamar and Artemid to photographs and changed format of photographs menu
8 May 2015 - added Sp. Kevork of Goms, Sp. Garabed of Sorp and Sp. Sahag of Khndzorg into photographs, added a map combining all the districts mapped thus far and added articles to research page
7 May 2015 - added Kughi and Ginj/Jabaghchour to maps and chapel and cemetery of Varents to photographs
6 May 2015 - added Palu to maps and Sp. Asdvadzadzin vank of Ganjak to photographs
5 May 2015 - changed format of photographs page and added Sp. Haroutiun vank of Deveboynu
4 May 2015 - added Lim monastery to photographs
3 May 2015 - website created
