Looking for Skorobahaty relatives

[MichaelR]

Looking for relatives of Leopold Skorobahaty born in 1914 in Ivano Frankivsk ( formerly Stanyslaviv ).
Thanks

[Hannia]

Hello Michael.

Leopold is a very rare given name. It is rooted in Old German and means BRAVE PERSON.

I have seen the surname spelled Skorobohaty and Skorobahaty. It is the same name, transliterated
differently. Skorobohaty means QUICKLY RICH. This surname rings of Cossack heritage??? Cossack
surnames had/have a humorous quality to them. In the 17th century the Khmielnicky Cossacks were encamped in
this general area of Stanislawow and Tarnipol. After the various battles, some Cossacks settled down in this region.

Are you sure that your family was from Ivano-Frankivsk, a large city,or from one of the many villages in one
of the districts of the region of Ivano-Frankivsk? Bare in mind that immigrants frequently referred
to their regional or district center town as place of origin for geographical reference, because their own
villages were small.

As per Ellis Island there was a small bunch of Ruthenians/Ukrainians surnamed Skorobohaty,emigrating from
Austro-Hungarian Empire during the Great Immigration at the turn of the 20th century. Looks like the ones
from Stanislawow Region were emigrating from the village, Stankowce, in the Dolyna District.
Stankowce was hamlet size. The filial Greek Catholic Church was in Cerkowna and the filial
Roman Catholic Church was in Bolechow. Dolina was the powiat/ administrative district and Bolechow
was the gmina/judicial-tax district > Galicia/HALYCZYNA Province, administered by ethnic Poles for the
Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The Dolyna District is in the foothills of the Carpathian Mtns. Ivano-Frankivska oblast/region is very beautiful.

Other Skorobohaty coming thru Ellis Island are shown as emigrating from Tarnipol/Ternopil Region, specifically
from places such as Olejiv and Lozova.

Does the name Stankowce ring any bells?

What religion did Leopold practice? Did he consider himself a Ukrainian or a Pole? Do you have any paperwork
of any kind?

Many peasants have migrated to the larger towns for economic reasons.

Get in touch w/ Ihor, a teacher in Ivano-Frankivsk proper. He has performed some difficult searches
successfully. I highly recommend him. igor@micro.il.if.ua

[Hannia]

I am not sure whether Cerkowna GC Records have already been filmed by LDS or are only in queue.
Cerkiwna - - - -film # 5904-5906. Check w/Mark Dusyk. He stays on top of what has or has not been
filmed. mgdusyk@telus.net

Galicia - vital records

Have you ever worked w/LDS films?

If not, go thru FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.

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