Piatak's in Ukraine - Austria

[Hannia]

K,

Looks to me like your PATIENCE and PERSEVERANCE are finally going to pay off !!!

All hats off to you.

[Kenappat]

Waiting for your response to my e-mail.....

[Hannia]

K,

I take it that you are waiting for Viktor. If he has not gotten back to you yet, be patient. This time of the yr things are very hectic. Many Ukrainian descendants making trips to Ukraine.

[Kenappat]

Hannia: No luck yet...have not discovered ancestry of Grandfather Piatak. Still waiting to hear from Viktor,know he is busy but "time is of the essence"...(Jozef's daughter is 92) want to tell her before it's too late. Can you advise where in the Village of either Starzawa or Mosciska - address ? to where I can write for help? thank you. Pat.

[Hannia]

Pat, I just spoke to Viktor. The Lviv Archives have the material, but have not catalogued it yet. Please understand that the Archives are under govt control and things frequently do not move as quickly as they should. He has not forgetten you. He has been staying on top of this w/Archives. He has made a trip to the village and located one very old register, but the important documentation is in Lviv Archives. He told me that he has apprised you of his progress or lack of, but until the archivists do their job, his hands are tied.

You can make a request at Moscyska RAHS (district archives), but they do no research. They only provide you a document, for example a birth certificate. Before submitting the inquiry, you will first need to obtain an ANTHEKA or PRIVACY RELEASE thru your nearest Ukrainian Embassy or Consulate. There is a fee for the privacy release. You will have to provide RAHS with exact birth date of the person you are researching. This process too, will take time.

I have the RAHS addresses, which I can post later.
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Address to RAHS in Mostyska district center town > Ministry of Justice, formerly called Civil Regiistration Ofc:

Відділ реєстрації актів цивільного стану
Мостиського районного управління юстиції
вул. Грушевського, 6
м. Мостиська, 81300
Україна - UKRAINE

[Hannia]

Старява > Мостиський район

Selo/village Staryava was formally founded in 1461, however the settlement was first documented in 1374.
Today, divided between Poland and Ukraine (1981 Polish side became Stawiska and SSR Ukrainian side retained Staryava). Up until 1939 it belonged to the Dobromyl county. Today the Ukrainian side has a population of 910 people. Staryava belongs to the Cherneve village cluster in the Mostyska district.

During WW2 the Ukrainian residents were brutalized by all sides. Many were killed and others were sent to Siberia. The Ukrainian residents that landed up on the Polish side were harassed by the Polish govt until they were resettled to the once German occupied territories in Western Poland.
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