Armenian Genealogy Forum

Hello Mac date on the back of your document is not 1709, but rather 1259 you can check from ottoman numbers from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/EgyptphoneKeypad.jpg Date on the back is 1259 on Rumi (Solar Ottoman Calendar) it corresponds to year 1843-44 in Gregorian calendar. I a...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ZlTtDz6Ts
songs are accompanied with historic photos of Armenian people

the men on left with something similar to dough making is probably making cigkofte (raw meatball). this is a traditional food from kharput region made by very thin grounded meat, fine bulghur, hot spices snd hot pepper paste. these ingredients are made a mixture, kneaded (impasted) for hours and tur...