The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA Home Lands 2012-02-11T07:08:43-05:00 urn:uuid:2dc82550-2da9-4749-800c-878d91d7fbae Homeland series form urn:uuid:e4c53c91-dc9a-4f83-8ab8-7a36d9c881d3 2010-03-29T15:23:26-04:00 Homelands series: Scottish and other heritage pages Arlene Johns urn:uuid:2c256569-433b-4240-9346-780b25bea146 2010-12-28T11:23:58-05:00 <p> &#160;View the&#160;PDF pages from The Tribune-Democrat&#39;s December 26 edition of Homelands.</p> Notables urn:uuid:0e62afcd-3135-4098-beae-c877e5921054 2010-12-26T01:00:00-05:00 Medical programs, scientific research bring new immigrants to area BY RANDY GRIFFITH urn:uuid:34ae1225-f558-48fa-978d-3025ca8f57d1 2010-12-26T01:00:00-05:00 <p> When Hai Hu was looking for a new opportunity, his expertise in developing computer software to study molecular biology brought him offers from top universities &#8211; and Windber Research Institute.</p> 'I enjoy being here' BY BERNIE HORNICK urn:uuid:ba748486-8ace-49c1-b53d-892332d97f51 2010-12-26T01:00:00-05:00 <p> Denicia Greaves, 25, found the United States to be a melting pot when she enrolled at St. Francis University in Loretto a handful of years ago.<br /> But not more so than her native Trinidad and Tobago, a Caribbean nation off the coast of Venezuela.</p> Scottish Recipes urn:uuid:955cbf93-c5b6-4219-be05-1ae8d51b8dbf 2010-12-26T01:00:00-05:00 Immigrants still trekking to region BY SANDRA K. REABUCK urn:uuid:1cde84c1-5796-43c2-85a3-db293f4932de 2010-12-26T01:00:00-05:00 <p> They may not be the huddled masses coming through the ports at Ellis Island, Philadelphia and Baltimore of yesteryear, but immigrants&#160; are still arriving in the Cambria-Somerset region.</p> Slang words have basis in Scottish heritage BY TOM LAVIS urn:uuid:32122aba-ec95-4ad5-b467-cf9b4038620a 2010-12-26T01:00:00-05:00 <p> Growing up in Johnstown, Jane Oleksak thought because of her parents&#8217; lack of formal education, they simply invented words to get a point across. It wasn&#8217;t until she was more educated herself that she discovered that many of the words she thought were slang actually have a basis in Scottish heritage.</p> Groups of Welsh immigrants settled in Ebensburg BY SANDRA K. REABUCK urn:uuid:b1ad6d00-db71-4e9c-a4ba-42d95f7a3654 2010-12-26T01:00:00-05:00 <p> The historic town of Ebensburg, seat of Cambria County government, traces its roots back to a still young American nation when Welsh settlers immigrated here.</p> 'They really accepted us' | Newcomers find Cambria-Somerset region to be inviting BY RANDY GRIFFITH urn:uuid:64195a00-0e7b-4a1b-a906-2213677317d5 2010-12-26T01:00:00-05:00 <p> When Dr. Justin Boccardo and his wife, Dr. Maria Paula Jofre, told family in Argentina they were moving to Johns-town, Jofre&#8217;s grandfather went to his map collection.</p>