Genealogy
is a hobby for me that has taken on much more importance to me
than I ever expected it to, and that's a pleasant surprise. It has introduced me to
distant places, interesting people and
new perspectives. Some of the information
I've collected is specific to my family and some of it is of general interest
like my section on maps. It has taken me years to
collect all of this and I expect it will take me years to put it all on the
Web as well. Meanwhile, I'm still collecting...
What's Here
General Interest
Bukowsko Triangle Miscellany
Wolica (Волиця, Volytsia)
Bukowsko
Special thanks to Debbie Greenlee for contributing almost all of these and
many other records. In addition to these records, there are a few more elsewhere on the site.
Wola Sękowa (Wola Senkowa, Воля Сенькова, Volia Sen’kova)
Wola Piotrowa (Воля Петрова, Volia Petrova)
Przybyszów (Прибишів, Prybyshiv)
Morochów (Морохів)
Morochów records include some records for Mokre and Zawadka.
Nagórzany (Нагоряни)
- Civil records of births, marriages, and deaths for
Nagórzany covering 1898 to 1945 –
Nadolany
Nowotaniec (Новотанець, Novotanets’, ד בנוביטַניץ', Novitanitz)
Karlików (Карликів, Karlykiv)
Dudyńce (Дудиньці)
Dudyńce and Pobiedno
Pobiedno
Zawadka Morochowska
Rzepedz (Реп'ядь)
Mokre
Wysoczany
Zarszyn
Pielnia (Пельня)
Pielnia records include often records for Pobiedno, Dudyńce, Jędruszkowce, Markowce, and Podgaj.
Płonna
Kamienne
Szczawne
Wisłok Wielki
Zboiska
Bełchówka
Tokarnia
Niebieszczany
Komańcza
Minersville, Pennsylvania, USA
Minersville was a common destination for people emigrating from the
Bukowsko Triangle.
Jaworzno, Poland
Personal
- Surnames significant in my family.
- A list of my relatives that passed through Ellis Island.
- Places significant in my family, including towns
like Wolica,
Nagórzany,
Zboiska, Königsau,
Neudorf-by-Drohobycz, Dolina and Minersville, PA.
- A description of the ethnicities of my family.
My four grandparents were of three different ethnicities. My father's father
was a Lemko (aka Rusyn, Ruthenian, Ukrainian)
from Wolica. My
father's mother was a Pole from Nagórzany.
My mother's parents were both Galizien
Deutsche, although we're not entirely sure about my mother's mother. She spoke German and
we think she was from Neudorf-by-Drohobycz. My
mother's father was from Königsau (near Neudorf).
Miscellaneous
More Surnames And Their Location
- Bończak / Bon'czak / Bonczak / Bonchak / Bonchack / Bonshak
- Bryła / Bryla
- Cysarczyk, Silarska and Burnat
- Petry / Petri
- In or around Dolina, Ukraine (Austria-Hungary)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania
- Wolf / Wolfe
- In or around Dolina, Ukraine (Austria-Hungary)
Places
My grandparents were all born in Galicia which has had its map redrawn quite
a few times in the last 150 years. In addition there was quite a mix of people
living there and thus a mix of languages. This all makes places a little
hard to identify sometimes. In the cases where a town's name has changed
or it has had multiple names, I've tried to indicate both.
This information is being slowly expanded to a more complete
form here.
- New Britain, Connecticut
- I don't know a thing about this town expect that a lot of Bończaks
moved to it according to the Ellis Island Database.
- Dolina, Ukraine
- Located approximately 30km southeast of Stryj.
- Formerly (pre WWI) part of Austria-Hungary. Part of Poland during
the period between WWI and WWII.
- My relatives from here were Galizien Deutsche.
- Neudorf by Drohobycz, Ukraine
- Located approximately 20km northwest of Stryj. It would appear on the same
map as Dolina but apparently is too small to rate for inclusion in
Mapquest's database.
- Formerly (pre WWI) part of Austria-Hungary. Part of Poland during
the period between WWI and WWII.
- My relatives from here were Galizien Deutsche.
- Bolechow / Bolechov, Ukraine
- Located approximately 15km southeast of Stryj and 10km northwest of Dolina.
- Formerly (pre WWI) part of Austria-Hungary. Part of Poland during
the period between WWI and WWII.
- My relatives from here were Galizien Deutsche.
- Königsau / Koenigsau, Austria-Hungary
- Located approximately 15km north-northwest of Stryj.
- Formerly (pre WWI) part of Austria-Hungary. Part of Poland during
the period between WWI and WWII.
- My relatives from here were Galizien Deutsche.
- Königsau changed names and populations after WWII and is now
Rivne, Ukraine. It is not the big Rivne near L'viv.
- Königsau has its own Web
site created and maintained by the incredibly energetic and
knowledgeable Angela Fabian. The main text is in German but most is also
available in English. If you are interested in Königsau, don't waste your
time here at my Web site! Angela's has a wealth of information.
Links
- You can contact me via email at philip@semanchuk.com.
- The maps above come to you courtesy of MapQuest (obviously), but I never
would have found them without the help of The
JewishGen Shtetl Seeker.
- Königsau's Web site.
- The Ellis Island Database search interface is awful. I am extremely
grateful to Stephen Morse and JewishGen (again) for providing for free an
alternate interface that
is worlds better.
- FEEFHS, the Federation of East European
Family History Societies. Full of good stuff.