CWarschak@aol.com wrote: > > My ancestors are German and Czech so I have never been concerned with > Galician research but, just out of curiosity, would someone enlighten me on the > ethnic backgrounds, etc. of White Russians, as opposed to "Dark Russians?". ********* The term White Russians refers to Belarusians. In the past, the Russian peoples were divided into the following categories: Great Russians Little Russians White Russians Carpatho-Russians The above terms are no longer accpetable, the following terms are now used: Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, and Carpatho-Rusyns, respectively. _______ Lavrentiy Krupniak .