A picture of the home-farm house in Plattekille, NY, taken in 1932.
Father, Theodore Barbatsuly at hand pump. Paternal grandmother, Calopie (Mavrovites) Barbatsuly to right of father in image.
Mother, Katina Barbatusly is standing at railing.
Also pictured are several other family members, including children and infants, and boarders on the front porch and in the front yard of the farm house.

The farm house was built in the 1830's and consisted of 102 acres, a large house, a cottage, a dairy, hay barn, and silo. Later, another cottage and chicken coop were added.
"Besides subsitance farming, my parents took in Greek tourists as boarders in Summer and hunters in the Winter. Many times us children had to give up our bed for paying guests. There was no central heating so winters were cold. All of Pop's brothers (4) and sister (1) that were in the US helped as best they could. They came from NYC, about 2 hours away, with their families. As us children grew up and went into the world, farming and tourist were given up. Then my father had to retire with bad health. The property is now in the possession of my brother John. "

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