BASED ON the list of 19' century authors who researched Slovenian antiquity — it is self evident that the witnesses in the region recognized the fact that Slovenes were the autochthonous people in Slovenia and proximal lands. The presence of Slovenes was recognized and routinely acknowledged. Among such authors were Matevž Ravnikar Poženčan, Davorin Trstenjak and Peter Hicinger, as well as the Russian Jurij Venelin. After WWI (i.e. after 1918) this knowledge was gradually forgotten and only few individuals entertained it.
      The research was resurrected by the Rev. Ivan Tomažič in 1981 with the establishment of the fund »Foundation for the Advan(ement of Researdi and Promotion of Slovenian History«. At first I. Tomažič and Dr. Joško Šavli published a few papers, then Tomažič expanded the project to books in collaboration with Dr. Joško Savli and the academician Matej Bor. He and his colleagues rediscovered the History (and Prehistory) of the Slovenian People and disseminated the findings about their ancestors. Other Slovene and foreign scholars gravitated to the project and from 2001 the flow of ideas flourished under the heading »Origin of Slovenes«.
      Other groups and individuals began to emulate and expand the work of Bor, Tomažič and Šavli. Under their guidance or independently this spawned many publications. New media and technology provide easier exchange of ideas and access to sources of publication. Thus there are ever more sources of raw data and more data processing and synthesis is demanded. There are many more possibilities for research teams and/or individuals to contribute significantly to this movement.