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  • 11 June 2022 3:26 AM
    Reply # 12813130 on 8749726

    Cate:  I have what I hope is a pleasant surprise for you.

    I am a subscriber to Ancestry.  Took their autosomal (non-gender) DNA test along with my 2 siblings.  About 30 of my DNA cousins invited me to VIEW their DNA matches to facilitate my genealogy research.

    To satisfy my curiosity, I searched many of my  DNA cousins family trees for HARMAGYI surname.  To my surprise I found several that have:  Maria HARMAGYI (1816-1878) married to Georgius ROMAN (1815-?) on their tree.

    Most fascinating is T. TSEHLEDIY who shares 30 cM DNA with me and 9 cM DNA with you.  She is a 4th cousin born in Ukraine.  I collaborate with her.

    My brother and sister have distant DNA matches to family trees with Maria and Georgius on them (distant = 6 to 20 cM).  My 2C1R, R. Stiner shares 166 cM DNA with me and 9 cM DNA with OR managed by PamReady.  I have two more DNA cousins that also have Maria and Georgius on their family trees.

    All four of my grandparents were born late 1800s in Galicia region of Austria Hungary.  Today birthplaces are in Eastern Slovakia and Zakarpattya Oblast, Western Ukraine.  Maria and Georgius were born in same region of Galicia.

    My Ancestry username is slavicamerican.  My true surname is RUSZNAK.

    If you wish to follow up, please message me on Ancestry.  If you want to collaborate, I prefer email.

  • 10 June 2022 1:32 PM
    Reply # 12812542 on 8749726
    Anonymous

    My family surnames are Harmagyi, Polyak, Lyuteran, and Uhrin.  I can go back to great grandparents or great-great grandparents only. My grandparents came to the US separately between 1888-1898. His job was in mining and then he switched to steel-making in western Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders of St. Michael Byzantine Catholic church in  Farrell in 1905. My mother was born in Sharon PA.

  • 17 May 2022 5:52 PM
    Reply # 12784153 on 8749726

    David Nystoriak  - reply to his query, you may descend from Theodor Nystoriak who married Julia Haszczyc (aka Haschytz). I believe Julia is the daughter of Joseph Haszczyc and Maria Pokryszczak. The records do not go back far enough for me to have determined how Joseph might be related to my grandmother Justina Haszczyc from Lipna. However Joseph may have also been married to Thecla Haszczyc who is Justina's sister.


  • 01 April 2022 2:42 AM
    Reply # 12689723 on 10796903
    Anonymous

    Wow, thanks so much Petro for all of this wonderful information. Yes, my parents decided to put the double "ss" in my name before the "t" so that Canadians wouldn't call me "Natasha" - they thought the double -s before the -t would make the pronunciation more clear! Unfortunately it was all for nought, as people continually mispronounce my name!

    Yes, Naziriy Yaremchuk! I am basically 100% certain we're related. he looks so much like my father and grandfather it's uncanny! My grandfather and father are both singers too, and have a very similar singing style as Naziriy, down to the style of vibrato. Everyone from my family are singers and musicians, so I don't doubt we're related to Naziriy. And what a great coincidence that your wife is a Yaremchuk too!


    Petro Z wrote:

    Hi Nastassia,

    Thanks to Tom Peters right to the point finding it looks like your ancestors originating from (todays name) Нижні Синівці village, Чернівці province in Western Ukraine - small village of less than 1000 some 70km south of Chernivtsi, next to Porubne/Seret boarder crossing. It is a geographic  Bukovina and historically mostly Rusyn populated region. There're two small next Synivtsi villages: Lower and Upper. 

    RE your question about "czuk/chuk" family suffixes:

    Your last name rooted from Yarema(Jarema) male first name (EN: Jeremy). The [pronounsed: chook] suffix means "son-of" like Scandinavian "-sson".

    There're different spellings because of various legal authorities during centuries: Austrian, Polish, Romanian, and different ears of Canadian immigration officers (how they heard it then - so spelled it).

    Yaremchuk (Jaremchuk, Yaremchouck, Jaremczuk etc) are pretty common last name in Western Ukraine, some in Eastern Poland. Please google for Ukr singer Nazarij Yaremchuk. And my dear wife's maiden name is Yaremchuk, from Lviv (former Lemberg) vicinity.


  • 09 November 2021 2:17 AM
    Reply # 12112275 on 8749726

    David:  It would help to know what, if any, organizations you belong to or subscribe to.  For instance, Ancestry.com, My Heritage and so forth. 

    On helpful resource is website FamilySearch.org run by the LDS Church.  They also operate Family History Centers open to the public at selected hours.  Centers have computers and genealogy research software as well as access to digital records of all type (tax records, voting lists, traditional sources such as US Census and Passenger Ship records).  Membership to website is free. 

    It is also useful to take a DNA test.  Most offer the autosomal (non-gender) test.  Accurate to 4 generations.  One advantage of the test is it finds matches on both paternal and maternal side.

    Purchase of a DNA kit allows one to search for DNA matches for no additional cost.  However, researching  matches requires a subscription.  Most sites allow you to upload a DNA file taken at one company to their website.

     I highly recommend uploading your DNA file to GEDmatch.com.  They accept DNA tests from ALL companies.  They find hundreds of matches from their database.  Basic membership is free with email registration.

    Once C-RS members know what resources you have access to, they can focus their suggestions to you. 

  • 08 November 2021 6:02 PM
    Reply # 12111427 on 8749726
    David Nystoriak

    My grandparents helped to found St Nicholas in Cohoes . One of my grandmothers was from Lipna also. She was a Haschytz. My grandfather was from Mustova region . He was the youngest of 7 boys but when they came thru Ellis Island the spellings of the last name were all different. I would like to connect with anyone who could help me find connections.

  • 04 November 2021 2:10 AM
    Reply # 12098341 on 8749726

    Cody:  LDS Church operates Family History Centers (FHC) located near most cities in North America and Europe.  FHC staff are volunteers doing genealogy research for the Church.

    FHCs were closed to the public during the Pandemic, but are now open again.  Public access is granted to their computers containing software apps used by LDS headquarters.  Contact local FHC for hours.

    If you go, take a USB drive to download findings.  Staff is usually willing to help.

  • 03 November 2021 12:23 PM
    Reply # 12096411 on 12084367
    Anonymous

    Tom, 

    Thank you for the reply. 

    That Mochtyak surname appears in many forms and spellings on many documents. It's so muddled. 

    I typically use FamilySearch for my research, so I'm limited in some record collections--and I don't foresee a trip to Salt Lake City in my immediate future. I'm not sure if Ancestry is any better when it comes to records of the former Austria-Hungary. Then again, one should get something for one's money. 

    Years ago, I wrote a letter to the mayor/administrator of Drahnov to inquire if he was aware or had record of the Draveczky family that resided there around the turn of the century. Unsurprisingly, he didn't. 

    I've never traveled there, so I'm wondering what the cemeteries are like. Were they largely destroyed during the wars? Were most people buried without headstones? When power shifted from the Hungarians to the Slovaks, were Hungarian cemeteries neglected? 

    So much history has been lost. Much of it deliberately. When my grandmother, who has been dead for 20 years, asked her father about his family history, he looked at her and said, "We're American," and refused to share anything more. 

    I get the impression that things in the Old Country were not very good and, when they left, they never looked back. 

    Cheers, 

    Cody 


    Anonymous wrote:

    Cody,

    The Draveczki/Mochtyak problem is quite difficult.  The baptism that you cite indicates Istvan Draveczki is Roman Catholic and Erzsabet Mochtyak is Greek Catholic.  The Porostov GC records begin in 1876.  If they married there, you are out of luck.  The Mochtyak name is pretty rare.  You might try to search GC parishes in the Porostov area for the surname.

    The RC records of Drahnov are in Zemplinske Kopcany.  Here is a link to those records:

    https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/727739?availability=Family%20History%20Library


    Unfortunately, they are digitzed but not available because some of the dates fall into the privacy area.  The only way to view them is in the library at Salt Lake City or hire someone to view and copy the relevant entries for you.  The death of Istvan Draveczki will probably be found there before 1911.  The records pertaining to Istvan Draveczki Jr and wife Helena Balaz will be there as well as Maria Draveczki who married Ferencz Hartman.  Their marriage records may shed some light on where they were born.  You will need every bit of info that you can lay your hands on to ccrack this case.

    Good luck!

    Tom Peters


  • 30 October 2021 9:48 AM
    Reply # 12084367 on 8749726

    Cody,

    The Draveczki/Mochtyak problem is quite difficult.  The baptism that you cite indicates Istvan Draveczki is Roman Catholic and Erzsabet Mochtyak is Greek Catholic.  The Porostov GC records begin in 1876.  If they married there, you are out of luck.  The Mochtyak name is pretty rare.  You might try to search GC parishes in the Porostov area for the surname.

    The RC records of Drahnov are in Zemplinske Kopcany.  Here is a link to those records:

    https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/727739?availability=Family%20History%20Library


    Unfortunately, they are digitzed but not available because some of the dates fall into the privacy area.  The only way to view them is in the library at Salt Lake City or hire someone to view and copy the relevant entries for you.  The death of Istvan Draveczki will probably be found there before 1911.  The records pertaining to Istvan Draveczki Jr and wife Helena Balaz will be there as well as Maria Draveczki who married Ferencz Hartman.  Their marriage records may shed some light on where they were born.  You will need every bit of info that you can lay your hands on to ccrack this case.

    Good luck!

    Tom Peters

  • 18 October 2021 10:15 AM
    Reply # 11589287 on 8749726
    Cody H

    Hello!

    I was hoping that someone would be able to tell me whether my great-great grandmother's surname is Hungarian, Slovak or Rusyn. All that we were ever told is that side of the family is Hungarian. 

    While living in the US, she went by Elizabeth Draveczky and resided in Cleveland, OH.

    The oldest record of hers that I have been able to locate is the Greek Catholic Baptismal record  of her daughter Maria from 1878, which lists her maiden name as Erzsa Mochtyä. The baptism occurred in what is now the village of Porostov, Sobrance, Slovakia. 

    Elizabeth immigrated to the US in 1911 and listed on her last place of residence as Deregnyo, which is now Drahnov, Michalovce District, Kosice, Slovakia. She is listed as being Magyar. 

    Depending on the record, however, some subsequent records listed her as being Hungarian and some listed her as being Slovak. 

    To make things more confusing, her death certificate, witnessed by her son, lists her maiden name as Moztyak. 

    With her daughter being baptized in the Greek Catholic Church, I'm thinking that she was Rusyn. That theory might be supported by my DNA profile, which listed Hungary and the Podcarpackie Vovoidship region of extreme southeastern Poland as my ancestral hotspots. The Hungarian DNA, I believe, comes from her husband, Istvan Draveczky. 

    If anyone has any information about her surname, I would greatly appreciate it. This is the one line of my family for which I hit a brick wall. 


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