Wysoczany Deaths 1784 – 1865 (Gmina Komańcza, Powiat Sanok, Poland)

The following records were compiled by Debbie Greenlee. She is the owner and author of this page.

There are other Wysoczany records on this site.

These records were digitized by the Przemyśl Civil Archive and can be found online. However, if you would like a digital image of the record rather than look for it online, please contact Debbie Greenlee.

These records are considered civil records because they were copies of the Greek Catholic church deaths given to the Urząd Stanu Cywilnego (USC) / vital records office in the gmina of Komańcza.

Polish diacriticals were used in order to spell the names correctly and you will need to use them in your search terms. Surname spellings changed a bit through the years so you should be flexible when searching. For example, Oleksyk might be spelled Olexik.

DATES: In at least one case the priest wrote the wrong date, 30 February 1823. That wasn’t even a Leap Year!

SURNAMES: If you are used to seeing a surname spelled with diacriticals but don’t find the name in this index, try searching without the diacritical. For example, Jabczuga may be found as Jabcuga, Mosiołek may be found as Maciołek and Gadzała may be found as Gadzalski because that’s how it was written in the original record. You may find Sekelik spelled Sekelyk, Sekiela and Sekeła and Cenejka can be found spelled Ceneyka and Cineyka. Though not a surname from the area you will find Mitrik also spelled Mytrik.

WOMEN’S SURNAMES were spelled using the nominative masculine endings; -ska is -ski and -cka is -cki. So if you are looking for a woman with the surname Jaworska, search on Jaworski. Surname spellings changed a bit so you should be flexible when searching. I have a hunch that with some women when ‘aka’ was used it referred to her maiden name. Since I am not sure about that, I included the other surname.

Not all records include a father’s name or a spouse’s name.

AGE/YEAR: Depending on what the priest wrote in the record either the age of the person or the year of birth will appear in this column. In some cases the deceased was considered illegitimate so only the mother’s name was listed in the death record. If that is the case then you will see (mother) along with the mother’s name in the FATHER column.

SPOUSE: If the deceased was married, the spouse’s name will be listed if it was in the record. If the spouse is a woman, the surname listed may either be her married name or maiden name.

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Footnotes

^*Same family and there at least seven listed in this index.

^†Record is crossed out in the book.

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