John D. Pihach received a BSc degree in physics from the University of British Columbia and studied studio fine arts at Vancouver Community College. He has spent many years wandering about Asia and Europe and has made a dozen trips to Eastern Europe, where he has done genealogical research at several archives. He works as a weather observer and is the library chairperson of the East European Genealogical Society in Winnipeg and is the author of several articles in Galician genealogy.
