Semak-Halamaj

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Originally Posted by IreneLviv

Hannia: Semak is a popular name. same as there is a number of Semenivka villages in Ukraine
I can bet these addresses you gave belong to East Ukraine - Gorky street in a W-Ukrainian village? Impossible!

Never say never. It is a Soviet phone book. Anything is possible.

[Hannia]

SI,

This is not the first time that I have made such a mistake. I get overly enthusiastic. Eureka is exciting. I am just glad that at least we now know that Semaki is the Italian version of Semenivka. BTW my mistakes keep Irene awake.

[IreneLviv]

He says the village was located near Lviv and was destroyed - how do we know if this info is correct?
There is, for instance, a village of Semakivtsi in the Ivano-Frankivsk region- also not very far from Lviv.
Halamai is a rare name and it is better to start with Rava-Ruska.

[Hannia]

I found no Halamaj in Ivano-Frankivsk, but at there are at least 20+ in Lviv. We might even be able to find some in Sokal. My favorite site tells me that there are currently 886+ Halamaj living in Ukraine.

Галамай М М Коломийська вул.
Галамай Й І Червоної Калини пр.
Галамай С І Червоної Калини пр.
Галамай О М Вернадського вул.
Галамай Г М Стрийська вул.
Галамай И И Оброшино, Миру бічна
Галамай Ю І Водяне, Лісова вул.
Галамай М Ф Липи вул.
Галамай А Р Миколайчука вул.
Галамай Т Г Петра Панча вул.
Галамай Н П Кричевського вул.
Галамай І П Садова вул.
Галамай А А Сигнівка вул.
Галамай Я І Городоцька вул.
Галамай М В Виговського вул.
Галамай О І княгині Ольги вул.
Галамай Р Ф Стрийська вул.
Галамай Н М Петлюри вул.
Галамай М Ф Пулюя вул.
Галамай О Т Айвазовського вул.
Галамай Г Й Левандівська вул.
Галамай Г М Широка вул.
Галамай В Ф Яворницького вул.
Галамай Г В Кутова вул.
Галамай В Г Дубляни, Шевченка вул.
Галамай Ї І Лінкольна вул.

Semenivka in Pustomyty> Lviv was destroyed during WW2, but the villagers, both Ukrainians and Poles, rebuilt it and made it even better than before. See URL I provided .

The last time anyone here had contact w/Giovanni was early February. Does he even think that we might be able to help him? His last post was a plea w/o a response. He was just left hanging.

[giock83]

Thanks for the answers!!
then, if I have understood well, there are different villages around Lvow and Rava Ruska that they could correspond to what I am looking for. unfortunately, my grandmother is dead in 2003, and therefore she cannot furnish me anymore useful information.
what my family and I are trying to understand is as to retrieve information in Ukraine, for example in consulates, files, newspapers....as it would be better to stir?
I don't know really from whether to begin, luckily on this site I have found people prepared to help me, however I don't know the Ukranian and little the English, is studying from little Russian. I would like to come in Ukrainian, one day and to see the places in which my grandmother lives......
Are they still these villages there?
yes, I am proud of my origins!

[Serhii]

There is a big and nice village of Semenivka in Dn-sk oblst and it is very possible to find Gorki street in it. But it is too far from Lviv.

Giovanni , I am very pleased you are proud of your origin and that you came back again. Hello from the banks of the Dnipro !

[giock83]

is Dnipro a river, true? I know that there is also a team of football with this name.....