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Rusyn surnames

  • 14 March 2020 1:12 PM
    Reply # 8827269 on 8816545
    Anonymous

    Hi Bruce,

    My paternal Rusyn grandparents also settled in Cohoes, where I was raised. Mikolaj Rak (Rock) and Teodora Hryckanycz. He was from Wola Cieklinska in Jaslo County and she came from Wysowa (same as Wyszowatka?) in Gorlice County. I have been to the vatra in Zdynia. Nice to meet you.

    Steve Rock

    Mahopac, NY

    Bruce Romanchak wrote:

    My paternal grandparents were Basil / Wasil  Romanchak / Romanczak (1881-1928) who came (1898) from Radocyna in the Gorlice district of Malopolski and Justina / Justyna  Hostych / Haszczyc (1882 - 1951) who came (1899) from nearby Lipna. They settled in the Cohoes area of New York and helped found St Basil's in Maplewood.  

    ...My known ancestral villages are :  Konieczna, Zdynia, Nieznajowa, Czarne, Dlugie, Wyszowatka ...



  • 14 March 2020 12:35 PM
    Reply # 8827218 on 8749726

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    All four of my grandparents were born late 1800s in Austria Hungary.  Today, 3 of their birth locations are near Kosice and Humenne/Michalovce in Eastern Slovakia.  Fourth near Uzhhorod in Zakarpattya Oblast Western Ukraine.

    They settled near Uniontown in Fayette County PA (coal mines) and Monessen in Westmoreland County PA (steel mills).

    I've taken autosomal (non-gender), Y-DNA (paternal only), and mtDNA (maternal only) DNA tests.  Accuracy is 4 generations, 10 generations and 60+ generations, respectively.  DNA is VERY useful since my grandparents left few documents and records.  Also, many errors/confusion in remaining records.

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    I'm an avid researcher.  Willing to collaborate with DNA cousins, and others possibly connected to me by surname and/or geography.

  • 14 March 2020 11:49 AM
    Reply # 8827147 on 8749726
    Bob Sedlock

    Can you anyone give me some leads on Slovakian church records having to do witih marriage.  I am looking for records in the Lipany / Presov / Sabinov) area.  I have found all inclusive groups that go from 1 to 193 and 1 to 658.   Not sure where marriage records are sepecifically located within groupings.   It can be very daunting going through these records one by one while  having to decipher the priests handwriting and language. 

    Also, I have found baptism records in both groupings for the same person but are not necessarily mirror image of each other.  Why is that?

    Thanks for any information you can provide on this topic. 

  • 12 March 2020 12:35 PM
    Reply # 8823498 on 8749726
    Sharon Jarrow

    Hi,

      Thank you for stopping by this new site.  My family is in Ukraine and I must say finding church records was not easy.  They live in the villages high up in the Carpathian Mountains. The churches are in the villages and I remember a small church the priest brought out a rather small tablet with info on births, marriages, etc. I expected a ledger? and was told there had been a church fire and older records were destroyed. 

       I will check around to find more information on church records and finding what you need in your research,

    Sharon

  • 12 March 2020 11:36 AM
    Reply # 8823383 on 8749726

    Hi!  My name is Bob Sedlock and I am researching two families - Sedlock (Sedlack, Szedlock) and Kinch (Kinc').  Sedlocks are from Lipany, Slovakia which is located about 40 miles northwest of Presov.   Kinch's are from Reponoje, Slovakia. Today its name is Reponne (sp?), Ukraine  which is located near Uzerhod.  Both familes ended up in Duquesne PA.  Other spouse names are Rudosh (Tjuska, Ukraine) and Banayas (Reponne).

    I  have been going through Slovakian church records one by one trying to establish connections but its extremely hard when you have limited information. 



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  • 12 March 2020 11:08 AM
    Reply # 8823333 on 8820466
    Sharon Jarrow wrote:

    Hi Bruce,

      Thank you for stopping by the forum. I hope others will join us and connect with some of your surnames.

    Sharon 

  • 11 March 2020 12:24 AM
    Reply # 8820466 on 8749726
    Sharon Jarrow

    Hi Bruce,

      Thank you for stopping by the forum. I hope others will join us and connect with some of your surnames.

    Sharon

  • 10 March 2020 7:06 AM
    Reply # 8816545 on 8749726

    Hi Sharon,

    My paternal grandparents were Basil / Wasil  Romanchak / Romanczak (1881-1928) who came (1898) from Radocyna in the Gorlice district of Malopolski and Justina / Justyna  Hostych / Haszczyc (1882 - 1951) who came (1899) from nearby Lipna. They settled in the Cohoes area of New York and helped found St Basil's in Maplewood.  

    Other family surnames are Bilanski, Czarnonoga, Danilak, Dyrdycz, Hyczko, Kawka, Kotanski, Lyskanycz, Lysko, Onuszczak, Pelesz, Premus, Pyrtko, Rozdzielski, Ryniawiec, Suchowacki and Uram.

    My known ancestral villages are in the same area where Malopolski meets Podkarpackie and the Slovak border:  Konieczna, Zdynia, Nieznajowa, Czarne, Dlugie, Wyszowatka ...

    Regards,

    Bruce Romanchak

  • 16 February 2020 11:46 PM
    Reply # 8751246 on 8749726

    Hi Tom,

      I have to believe somehow we are related.  I believe in Transcarpathia many Povchanych families lived. The name was Americanized to Pohanish as my grandfather  spelled it and Pohonich as his  brother spelled it. My grandfather, Mihaly was born in Verkovyna Bystra and my grandmother ,Anna in Lubyna. 

    Sharon

  • 16 February 2020 8:57 PM
    Reply # 8750989 on 8749726
    Anonymous

    According to my grandfather's immigration paper, he entered the country under the of Alexander Pohanich, aka Alex Brendzovich.  However, his naturalization paper, specifically oath of allegiance he signed it as Alex Brenzovich, and his order of court admitting petition he officially changed his name fro Alexander Pohanich to Alek Brandzovich.  In my search there are several theories 1) He was evading the Austro-Hungarian government, 2) on one trip to the homeland, I was told that there were so many Brenzovich's in the village that he used Pohanich-Brenzovich to distinguish himself from the rest.  3) On another trip, I was told he used the name Pohanich because it was the name of the land owner on which he lived.  Not sure will ever know the real true story.  Just wanted to share using this new feature of the C-RS website.

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