Slobodians from Werbycia

[PeteHraber]

My Grandmother Mary Slobodian Hrabar came from the town of Werbycia. So did her sisters- Sonia, Catherine, and Anna- and her brother Bohdan. Their parents were Mykyta Slobodian and Eudochia Semenka.

Does anyone know where to find Werbycia?

Thanks,
=Pete=

[IreneLviv]

THis is near Shumsk - in the Ternopil region.
By the way, have you received the pics??

[PeteHraber]

Your wonderful pictures and sounds made me feel as if I were there. Many thanks for those.

Do you mean the Shumsk east of Kremenec' or the Shumsk near Zytomyr?

[Hannia]

Verba means willow tree and its descriptive variants are a common name for
villages in Ukraine.

There are three+ such same-named villages in the Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivska
& Chernivtsi regions.

(Most immigrants took spouses that had emigrated from their own districts
or regions. This helped create a comfort zone for them, since they were so
far away from their homeland.)

[PeteHraber]

I appreciate your analytical insight, Hannia.
Here are their spouse's origins, hoping that may help locate the right willow.
Mary married Ivan Hrabar from Pomoneta.
Sonia married John Mykytka from Zaliniw.
Katherine married Konrad Chmylowsky.
Anna married Teodor Nakonezcny from 'Wierzbica' Austria which sounds pretty close to home.

[Hannia]

Using Shtetlseeker.com:

Pomoniata (Помонята) coordinates 49.24-24.26. Verbytsya (Вербиця)
is located 1.9 miles SW of Pomoniata. Verbytsa coordinates 49.23-24.24.
Zalanuv (Заланив) is located 6.4 miles NE of Pomoniata. Coordinates 49.28-24.32.
All are hamlet size.
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During Austro-Hungarian and Interwar Periods, Zalanuv (Заланив in Ukrainian) was called
Zalanow in Polish > Rohatyn was both powiat and gmina. It was predominantly a
Ruthenian/Ukrainian village/selo w/its own GC church. The filial RC Church was in Rohatyn.

Verbytsya (Вербиця), less than 2 miles away, is actually located in Zhydachivskij
(Zhydachiv) raion > Lvivska oblast/region.

http://proteplo.com.ua/?c=maps&i=102...=generate&q=75

[Hannia]

Title
Metrical books, 1775-1865

Authors
Greek Catholic Church. Wierzbica (Chodorów) (Main Author)

Notes
Microreproduction of original manuscripts at the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in L′viv.
Greek Catholic Church records (births, marriages, deaths) for Wierzbica (Chodorów), Galizien, Austria; later Wierzbica (Bóbrka), Lwów, Poland; now Verbyt︠s︡i︠a︡, Z︠H︡ydachiv, L′viv, Ukraine. Filmed with records from other villages. Text in Latin.
Record group 201, series 4A, files 662-666.

Subjects
Austria, Galizien, Wierzbica (Chodorów) - Church records
Poland, Lwów, Wierzbica (Bóbrka) - Church records
Україна, Львів, Жидачів, Вербиця - Метричні книги
Ukraine, L′viv, Z︠H︡ydachiv, Verbyt︠s︡i︠a︡ - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
Latin

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1995

Physical
on 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Volume 201-4A/662 (title board is labeled wrong) Births 1775-1814 (some years missing) - FHL INTL Film [ 1925439 Item 5 ]
Volume 201-4A/663 (title board is labeled wrong) Births 1785-1813 - FHL INTL Film [ 1925439 Item 6 ]
Volume 201-4A/664 (title board is labeled wrong) Deaths 1785-1860 - FHL INTL Film [ 1925439 Item 7 ]
Volume 201-4A/665 Births, deaths 1835 -- Births, marriages, deaths 1836-1842 -- Births, marriages, deaths 1845-1846 -- Births, marriages, deaths 1849-1850 - FHL INTL Film [ 1925439 Item 8 ]
Volume 201-4A/666 Births, marriages, deaths 1835-1843 -- Births, marriages, deaths 1845-1850 -- Marriages 1851-1854 (filmed with Suchrów) - FHL INTL Film [ 1925439 Item 9 ]
Volume 201-4A/666 (cont.) Births, marriages, deaths 1851-1865 (filmed with Suchrów) - FHL INTL Film [ 2008425 Item 1 ]