I recently learned that my maternal grandmother, Catharina Barna, was born in Odrzechowa which lies just north of Nowotaniec and Bukowsko. I am eager to find...
Alice, Learning about the villages in this part of Poland is difficult as not much has been published about them - in English anyway. Your grandmother's...
Welcome to the list, Alice. I have an 1877 map on my Web site that shows Odzrechowa and the surrounding area. It is not an easy map to look at on the computer...
Alice, I think I figured the church situation out. The Roman Catholic parish for Odrzechowa before WWII was located in the village of Besko. The Greek Catholic...
Dave, Thanks! I have heard from Ron. Yes, I believe we are second cousins, something like that. What a small world! Carol ... cousin. ... Minersville. My ...
Debbie, Not much. When I called St. Nicholas' Church back in '96 to see if they had any record of the marriage of my great-grandparents they told me there was...
Yes, lots of common names between us. I haven't gotten far enough yet but we're probably all related here so "hello to you cuz"! Good luck with your...
These people were living in Odrzechowa and Sieniawa in 1886. The spellings are the best that I could make out from a Latin birth record. Anyone researching...
Has anyone ever heard of the people living in the valley of the San river being called "The Dolinianie"? I think it translates to the "valley people" . Last...
Gloria, I looked them up with a Polish search engine ( http://www.szukacz.pl/Szukaj/Szukaj.aspx?pc=polska&q=dolinianie&ct=polska ) and found some interesting...
Philip, Most of the webpages, I referred to deal with the current Podkarpacie province and the historical inhabitants of its southern part. These are divided...
That's fascinating information Jan, thanks for translating all that! I am especially intrigued by the Dolinianie being called a mixture of Poles and...
Philip, Thank you for posting this tour. I was impressed with the fact that it is structured around the people on the tour, their interests, ancestors and...
Philip,
I would be more inclined to put the Bukowsko Triangle partially in "Dolinanie" territory and partially in Lemko territory. My reasoning is based on...
... I have no argument with that and upon rereading my previous message on this topic I felt it was oversimplistic. ... Yup, I think Bukowsko, Nowotaniec and...
South of the village of Bukowsko is a village which used to be 100% Lemko. The town was empty after Operation Wisl~a until the 1960's when a fundamentalist...
I've just come across a website that could possibly interest some of you. Its the website of a high school in Sanok. There are 5 pages of names of graduates...
Thank you very much for that Jan. I scanned the first page and saw a few BT names there including Pawel~ Ples'niarski. It was also interesting to see names...
I don't know what part of Poland Joseph Temeczko came from, but thought it was a touching story. Debbie;-) Today: February 13, 2003 at 18:50:32 PST N.Y.C. Will...
Thank you for the address, would very much like to get to the list but as I do not read Polish I need help . WHICH NUMBERED SIT DO I TURN TO AFTER THE ORIGINAL...
Elizabeth,
Henryk Schudmak graduated in the school year 1930-1931 as can be seen on
http://www.psicom.republika.pl/ucznio1.html
If you wish to check for...
Hi all, I am trying to read an 1873 Rusyn birth record written in Polonized Latin. This is an unusual record apparently involving a dignitary of some sort. I...
Hello Philip, I've had a look at this and I've reached some conclusions about bits of it but I can't really examine it too closely as even the double...
That's very helpful, Jan, both your translation and the Latin guide. My current knowledge of Latin comes mostly from French courses and heavy duty vocabulary...
Hi all, Here is an offer from the rusyns mailing list regarding a book that may be of interest to you. The short & sweet version -- $25 incl. S&H for the book...
Philip, Yes, you'll get the book. I've already received mine though I purchased it directly from the authors/publisher. Hoffman and Shea also published a...
