The following records were compiled by Debbie Greenlee. She is the owner and author of this page.
This site includes an introduction to the spis books.
The PDF files to the left are a translation of the records contained in the “Spis Parafialny” (status animarum in Latin) for the villages within the jurisdiction of the Bukowsko Roman Catholic Church except for the village of Bukowsko itself. These villages include Bełchówka, Kamienne, Karlików, Kożuszne, Płonna, Przybyszów, Ratnawica, Szczawne, Tokarnia, Wisłok, Wola Piotrowa, Wysoczany, Zboiska and Wolica. Most of these villages were predominantly Greek Catholic however, since some Roman Catholics did live in the villages, the priest had to count them. The dates of events in the villages vary greatly. However, except for the village of Bukowsko, the earliest date was 1809 in Bełchówka and the most recent date was 1979 in Zboiska.
You will find numerous question marks in my translation as well as notations that I could not read the image. The “spis” is falling apart and it has torn pages. The pages did not have lines so the writing was often haphazard, written in pencil, colored pencil and pen. There were places where information was written over other information. There were inconsistencies when it came to the placement of information on the pages. It was difficult sometimes to connect families. It was impossible to put the “spis” information into a table so it is presented similar to the way it appears in the book itself.
Due to the fact that many people were Ukrainian, Łemko and so on, great care was taken to insure that I spelled given names, surnames and places correctly. I used several reference books to accomplish this.
Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, William F. Hoffman
First Names of the Polish Commonwealth: Origins and Meanings, William F. Hoffman
Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia, Brian J. Lenius
Słownika nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych, Kazimierz
Rymut
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Photos, transcriptions and English translations © 2021 Deborah Greenlee; no claim made to original records; used at this website by express permission; all other rights reserved.