Maximovich/Maksymowicz Polish or Ukrainian

[MaksKat]

Hello, I'm looking for an opinion on this.:

I am trying to figure out if the name Maxemovich, in my family, is Ukrainian or Polish. Long story, but here it goes...

My great-grandmother was from Kut-tovsteki (sp?) near Tovste. The spelling of her maiden surname appears several different ways in different records that I have. Ellis Island has Maksimowics, (I think). Her grave says Maxemovich. Her marrage certificate says Maksymowicz. She came to the US in early 1900s. From what my father remembers, she always spoke Ukrainian and very little English. She married a Ukrainian man, and was Orthodox. Her parents are listed as Francis and Pearl (Boiko) Maxemovich, in her obituary. Dispite the Anglicised birth names, they never came to the US. (I later found out "Pearl's" real name was Paraska)

I have a copy of a letter that was written by her sister-in-law in Polish. In the letter she is writing to a priest in what I guess was then Poland (Galicia) to to obtain her sister-in-laws baptismal records from a church. The name and location of church is not listed. This priest's name is listed as "Ks. Proboszcza Francizek Rachel." Her parents are written as Francizek Maksymowicz and Parania Bojko.

Although she has always assimulated with being Ukrainian, I am asking if there is a possibility her father was actually a Pole, so I know whether or not I have to look through Roman Catholic as well as Greek Catholic records in Kut... Were there Ukrainians with the name Francis/Francezek?

Also, does having the surname name "Bojko", mean that her mother's family might have been from Boyko region in the Carpathians? or was this name very common?

Thanks for any clues!!
MaksKat

[Hannia]

Proboszcz = Pastor

From late 18th century to 1919 wies/village Kotowka was hamlet size >
the filial GC and RC Churches were in Kopyczynce. Husyatyn was
the powiat/adm district and Kopyczynce was the gmina/judicial-
tax district > Tarnipolskie wojiwodstwo > Galicia, administered by
ethnic Poles for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

In the Interwar Period (1919-1938) when this region was a part of
Reconstituted Poland, which had not existed for the previous
125 yrs, Kotowka continued to exist w/the filial churches continuing
to be located in Kopyczynce. However during this time Kopyczynce
was both the powiat and gmina.

Post WW2 The Ternipol Region became a part of SSR Ukraine,
under Soviet domain until 1991, when Ukraine became independent.

Today selo/village Kotivka still exists > Husyatynskij (Husyatyn)
raion/district > Ternopilska (Ternopil) oblast/region> Ukraine,
latest zip code 48270.

[Hannia]

You're lucky. LDS has filmed both RC and GC Records:

Title
Księgi metrykalne, 1705-1945

Authors
Kościół rzymsko-katolicki. Parafja Kopyczyńce (Kopyczyńce) (Main Author)

Notes
Mikrofilm zrobiony z rękopisów w Archiwum Państowe w Warszawie i w Archiwum Państwowe, Ternopil'.
Record group 485, series 1, files 37, 39-40.
Roman Catholic parish registers and transcripts of births, marriages and deaths for Kopyczyńce (Kopyczyńce), Galizien, Austria; later Kopyczyńce (Kopyczyńce), Tarnopol, Poland; later Kopychynt︠s︡i, Husi︠a︡tyn, Ternopil', Ukraine. Includes: Oryszkowce, Kotówka-Teklówka. Text in Latin, with some in Polish.

Subjects
Austria, Galizien, Kopyczyńce (Kopyczyńce) - Church records
Poland, Tarnopol, Kopyczyńce (Kopyczyńce) - Church records
Ukraine, Ternopil′, Husi︠a︡tyn, Kopychynt︠s︡i - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
Latin
Polish

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Mikrofilmowało The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971-1998

Physical
na 11 rolkach mikrofilmu ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Akta urodzeń 1705-1745 - FHL INTL Film [ 766228 Item 3 ]
Akta urodzeń 1705-1722 - FHL INTL Film [ 766228 Item 4 ]
Akta urodzeń 1723-1745 - FHL INTL Film [ 766228 Item 5 ]
Akta urodzeń 1745-1768 - FHL INTL Film [ 766228 Item 6 ]
Akta urodzeń 1772-1779 - FHL INTL Film [ 766228 Item 7 ]
Akta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1776-1777 - FHL INTL Film [ 766228 Item 8 ]
Akta urodzeń 1778-1786, 1836-1850, 1745-1862 -- Akta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1828-1855 -- Akta małżeństw 1710-1770, 1745-1779 - FHL INTL Film [ 766229 ]
Akta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1784-1827 -- Akta zgonów 1724-1770, 1745-1779, 1778-1784 - FHL INTL Film [ 766230 ]
Indeks urodzeń 1840-1944 (Oryszkowce), 1840-1944 (Kotówka, Tek.),1939-19414 (Kopyczyńce) -- Indeks małżeństw 1939-1944, 1891-1900, 1901-1939 (Kopyczyńce), 1900-1939, 1890-1899 (Oryszkowce) -- Akta zapowiedzi 1891-1908 - FHL INTL Film [ 2006731 Items 3 - 4 ]
Akta urodzeń 1942-1945, 1943 (Kopyczyńce), 1943 (Kotówka-Teklówka),1943 (Oryszkowce) -- Akta zgonów 1944 (Oryszkowce), 1943 (Kotówka-Teklówka), 1943-1945 (Oryszkowce), 1944 (Kotówka-Teklówka) -- Akta urodzeń 1942-1945 -- Status animarum 1860-1931 - FHL INTL Film [ 2006731 Items 5 - 6 ]
Volume 485-1/37 Akta małżeństw 1855-1890 - FHL INTL Film [ 2125362 Item 4 ]
Volume 485-1/39 Akta urodzeń 1862-1898 - FHL INTL Film [ 2125362 Item 6 ]
Volume 485-1/40 Akta urodzeń 1876-1898 - FHL INTL Film [ 2125362 Item 7 ]
Akta urodzeń 1705-1722 (druga kopia) - FHL INTL Film [ 2328859 Item 9 ]
Akta urodzeń 1705-1745 (druga kopia) - FHL INTL Film [ 2328859 Item 10 ]
Akta urodzeń 1723-1745 (druga kopia) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328860 Item 1 ]
Akta urodzeń 1745-1761 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328860 Item 2 ]
Akta urodzeń 1745-1768 (druga kopia) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328860 Item 3 ]
Akta urodzeń 1772-1779 (druga kopia) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328860 Item 4 ]
Akta urodzeń 1778-1785 (Kopyczyńce), 1785-1786 (?), 1778-1786 (Kabowce), 1778-1786 (Kotówka), 1778-1786 (Suchostaw), 1778-1786 (Jabłonów), 1778-1786 (Howiłów), 1778-1785 (Huwiłowek), 1778-1784 (Karaszyńce), 1778-1786 (Przemiłow), 1779-1785 (Klunec), 1778-1786 (Chorosłków), 1778-1786 (Chłopówka), 1778-1786 (Uwisła), 1778-1786 (Celiow, Mazurówka), 1780-1785 (Myszkowce), 1778-1786 (Niżborg Stary), 1778-1786 (Niżborg Nowy), 1778-1785 (Krogulec), 1778-1786 (Kociubińce), 1778-1786 (Oryszkowce), 1778-1785 (Hadynkowce) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328860 Item 5 ]
Akta małżeństw 1710-1770 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328860 Item 6 ]
Akta małżeństw 1745-1779 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328860 Item 7 ]
Akta zgonów 1729-1769 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328860 Item 8 ]
Akta zgonów 1745-1779 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328861 Item 1 ]
Akta zgonów 1778-1786 (Kopyczyńce), 1778-1785 (Niżborg Stary), 1778-1786 (Niżborg Nowy), 1778-1784 (Celejów), 1778-1784 (Uwisła), 1778-1786 (Chłopówka), 1778-1786 (Chorostków), 1779-1786 (Kluince), 1778-1786 (Wierzchowce), 1778-1785 (Przemiłow), 1778-1785 (Karaszyńce), 1778-1785 (Howiłów Wielki), 1778-1784 (Howiłow Mały), 1778-1786 (Suchostaw), 1778-1786 (Jabłonów), 1778-1786 (Oryszkowce), 1778-1786 (Kotówka), 1778-1786 (Hadynkowce),m 1778-1786 (Zabińce), 1778-1786 (Kociubińce), 1778-1785 (Myszkowce), 1778-1784 (Krogulec) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328861 Item 2 ]
Akta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1771, 1773, 1772, 1774 -- Akta małżeństw, zgonów 1775 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328861 Item 3 ]
Akta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1776-1777 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328861 Item 4 ]
Akta małżeństw, urodzeń, zgonów 1876 -- Akta urodzeń, malżeństw, zgonów 1877-1894 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328861 Item 5 ]
Akta małżeństw 1784-1827 -- Akta urodzeń 1784-1827 -- Akta zgonów 1784-1827 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328862 Item 1 ]
Akta małżeństw 1828-1855 -- Akta urodzeń 1828-1844 -- Akta zgonów 1828-1848 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328862 Item 2 ]
Akta urodzeń 1845-1862 -- Akta zgonów 1848-1862 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328862 Item 3 ]
Akta małżeństw 1784-1937 (Celejów, Mazurówka) -- Akta urodzeń 1784-1898 (Celejów, Mazurówka) -- Akta zgonów 1784-1939 (Celejów, Mazurówka) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328862 Item 4 ]
Akta małżeństw 1784-1865 (Kociubińce) -- Akta urodzeń 1784-1856 (Kociubińce) -- Akta zgonów 1784-1856 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328863 Item 1 ]
Akta małżeństw 1784-1896 (Kotówka, Tekłówka) -- Akta urodzeń 1784-1859 (Kotówka, Tekłówka) -- Akta zgonów 1784-1893 (Kotówka, Tekłówka) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328863 Item 2 ]
Akta małżeństw 1784-1882 (Niżborg Nowy i Stary) -- Akta urodzeń 1784-1859 (Niżborg Nowy i Stary) -- Akta zgonów 1784-1857 (Niżborg Nowy i Stary) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328863 Item 3 ]
Akta małżeństw 1828-1887 (Niżborg Stary) -- Akta urodzeń 1828-1865 (Niżborg Stary) -- Akta zgonów 1828-1873 (Niżborg Stary) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328863 Item 4 ]
Akta małżeństw 1784-1889 (Oryszkowce) -- Akta urodzeń 1784-1856 (Oryszkowce) -- Akta zgonów 1784-1878 (Oryszkowce) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328863 Item 5 ]
Akta małżeństw 1784-1878 (Suchostaw, Jabłanów, etc.) -- Akta urodzeń 1784-1860 (Suchostaw, Jabłanów, etc.) -- Akta zgonów 1784-1879 (Suchostaw, Jabłanów, etc.) - FHL INTL Film [ 2328892 Item 1 ]

[Hannia]

Title
Metrical books, 1862-1906

Authors
Greek Catholic Church, Kopyczyńce (Kopyczyńce) (Main Author)

Notes
Microreproduction of original manuscripts in the State Archives of the Ternopil Oblast in Ternopil, Ukraine.
Record group 487, series 1, files 117-120.
Greek Catholic church records (births, marriages, deaths) for Kopyczyńce (Kopyczyńce), Galizien, Austria; later Kopyczyńce (Kopyczyńce), Tarnopol, Poland; later Kopychynt︠s︡i , Husi︠a︡tyn, Ternopil', Ukraine. Includes Kotówka. Text in Latin, with some in Polish.

Subjects
Austria, Galizien, Kopyczyńce (Kopyczyńce) - Church records
Poland, Tarnopol, Kopyczyńce (Kopyczyńce) - Church records
Ukraine, Ternopil′, Husi︠a︡tyn, Kopychynt︠s︡i - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
Latin
Polish

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1998

Physical
on 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Volume 487-1/117 Deaths 1862-1882 - FHL INTL Film [ 1764374 Item 10 ]
Volume 487-1/118 Marriages 1869-1897 -- Marriages (Kotówka) 1892-1896, 1869-1891 - FHL INTL Film [ 1764374 Item 11 ]
Volume 487-1/119 Deaths 1878-1894 -- Deaths (Kotówka) 1878-1894 - FHL INTL Film [ 1764375 Item 1 ]
Volume 487-1/120 Births 1896-1906 - FHL INTL Film [ 1764375 Item 2 ]

[Hannia]

"Bojko", mean that her mother's family might have been from Boyko region in the Carpathians?
or was this name very common?

______________________________________________________

Boyko or Boiko is the name for a distinctive group of Ukrainian montagnards of the Carpathian highlands.
The Boykos inhabit/ed the central and the western half of the Carpathians in Ukraine, Dolyna and a part
of Rozhniativ raions (districts) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province), Skoliv, Turka, parts of Drohobych,
Sambir and Staryi Sambir raions of Lviv Oblast, Volovets and parts of Velykyi Bereznyi and Mizhhirya
raions of Zakarpattia Oblast), and the adjacent areas of southeast Poland and northeast Slovakia.

Bojko/Boyko is a very common surname. Sure, Grandmother's family may have been from the Carpathian
Region, back in the 14th century, when surnames started to come into use.

There are no shortcuts. You will have to work backwards and TAKE IT STEP BY STEP.

[MaksKat]

Wow! Thank you Hannia for your fast reply and all your information... but I am afraid that Kotivka might not be the same selo as Kut-Tovstecki? (not sure how to spell it exactly in Ukrainian) I want to make sure that it is. I can't find any information on this hamlet online. I am trying to find Kotivka on a map but can't.

The Kut I am looking for was once Kąt Toustecki in Polish. It was in "Tarnopil Skalat Powiat, Touste Gmina". I know where "Kut" was located on a old map of Poland but it is very hard to find any information for it online since I am not exactly sure if the selo still exists or if it is just a part of Tovste, Ukraine now. Here is a mapquest of present day "Tovste" and you can see the triangular piece of land directly underneath it. This is where Kat Toustecki was located. Tovzte I was told that Kat/Kut means corner by a Ukrainian friend.

The letter to the priest was written in 1953, but i do not know who was in charge of this area then. I assume Soviets, but why would the letter be written in Polish and not Russian or Ukrainian? This and the fact that my great great grandfather was named Francis is what confuses me about whether he was Polish or Ukrainian.

Sorry if this is confusing. i can't help it because I am confused. ha!

I appreciate all your time
MaksKat

[MaksKat]

Originally Posted by Hannia

______________________________________________________

Boyko or Boiko is the name for a distinctive group of Ukrainian montagnards of the Carpathian highlands.
The Boykos inhabit/ed the central and the western half of the Carpathians in Ukraine, Dolyna and a part
of Rozhniativ raions (districts) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province), Skoliv, Turka, parts of Drohobych,
Sambir and Staryi Sambir raions of Lviv Oblast, Volovets and parts of Velykyi Bereznyi and Mizhhirya
raions of Zakarpattia Oblast), and the adjacent areas of southeast Poland and northeast Slovakia.

Bojko/Boyko is a very common surname. Sure, Grandmother's family may have been from the Carpathian
Region, back in the 14th century, when surnames started to come into use.

There are no shortcuts. You will have to work backwards and TAKE IT STEP BY STEP.

Very true! First I have to find out what church she was baptised in!!
I still don't know if she was (Roman or Greek) Catholic or Orthodox...
that will take some time!
Thanks again!
MaksKat