Semak-Halamaj

[giock83]

Hi! my name is Giovanni, an Italian boy, and I'm looking for my relativies.
My grandmother was Maria Semak .She lived in a small village, called Semaki near Lvov. Her mother was Katarina Halamaj and his father was probably Jacob Semak. Maria had many sister: Anna, Eva, Olenka, Kcenia and a brother: Ivan. Probably, a Katarina's brother called Fedor (or Theodor), emigrated to Argentina in 1936; another brother, Hryhorij Halamaj, until 1957, lived at this address: Lvov, Rawa Russkaja, UL. Seredkewych.
A Maria's sister, Olenka Semak, until 1957, lived at this address: Bolochylohradskaja. Obl, Markobskyi, Sobhoz Ajdar OPD1.
I want know if you and me are related!!
I hope that you can help me!!
Thank you very much!

[IreneLviv]

There is no such a village as Semaki anywhere near Lviv,
but.. there is one Halamai living in Rava Ruska - might be your relative!

[giock83]

I know that the village Semaki has gone completely destroyed during the second world war, and some trace has not remained of it..., do you know how I can track this person down? Do you know his/her name?
thanks for the interest...

[Hannia]

Giovanni,

Sometimes it takes stepping away from something in order to see it more clearly. Your ancestral village was Siemianowka during the Interwar Period (1919-1938). Today it is called Semenivka > Pustomytivskij raiondistrict >Lvivska oblast/region, zip code 81162.
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Selo/village Semenivka was first documented in 1443, although the ethnographer, Vasil Laba, claims that the settlement existed as far back as the 11th/12th century. The village was named after St. Simeon.

The village has experienced a turbulent history, ranging from the Tartar attacks in the 16th century to the two Great World Wars in the 20th, that left the village in ruins every time. For as many times as the village was destroyed, the residents found the strength to rebuild it and make it even better than before. They always held on to their dream that one day their homeland would be free and independent.

The following pictures portray the villagers celebrating the raising of their monument of independence, a statue of the Mother of God, the Protector of Ukraine. The entire community, both Ukrainians and Poles, who have lived together in harmony for a very long time, contributed to making this monument possible. Everyone contributed money, time and labor to creating this symbol and placing it in the center of the village.

Semenivka serves as an example for the rest of Ukraine and Poland, and the world for that matter, in how to live peacefully with your neighbors. There are three churches that service the community of 2,000+ people. There is a Christian Orthodox Church, a Greek Catholic Church and a Roman Catholic Church.

These are your grandmother’s people and you should be very proud of them.

тЁКЭЛХ СЯОЁУС ДКЪ ПНГБХРЙС ЦПНЛЮД Б сЙПЮ©МЁ

[Hannia]

LDS has filmed some very old Greek Catholic Church Records for Semenivka..

Title
Metrical books, 1808-1879

Authors
Greek Catholic Church. Siemianówka (Szczerzec) (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 Siemianówka (Szczerzec), Galizien, Austria; later Siemianówka (Lwów), Lwów, Poland; now Semenivka, Pustomyty, L′viv, Ukraine. Text in Latin with some headings in Russian.
Record group 201, series 4A, files 5025-5026, 6043-6048, 7126.
For some years the records of this locality are mixed with the records of other localities.

Subjects
Austria, Galizien, Siemianówka (Szczerzec) - Church records
Poland, Lwów, Siemianówka (Lwów) - Church records
Україна, Львів, Пустомити, Семенівка - Метричні книги
Ukraine, L′viv, Pustomyty, Semenivka - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
Latin
Russian

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2002-2004

Physical
on 4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Volume 201-4A/5025 Births 1808-1817 - FHL INTL Film [ 2349627 Item 4 ]
Volume 201-4A/5026 Deaths 1848-1879 - FHL INTL Film [ 2349627 Item 5 ]
Volume 201-4A/6045 (title board is labeled wrong) Births, marriages, deaths 1843-1844 -- Births 1845 -- Births, marriages, deaths 1846-1847 (includes other localities) - FHL INTL Film [ 2373781 Item 6 ]
Volume 201-4A/6044 Births, marriages, deaths 1839-1842 (includes other localities) - FHL INTL Film [ 2373781 Item 7 ]
Volume 201-4A/6043 (title board is labeled wrong) Births, marriages, deaths 1835-1837 -- Marriages 1839 (includes other localities) - FHL INTL Film [ 2373782 Item 1 ]
Volume 201-4A/6046 Births, marriages, deaths 1848 -- Births, marriages, deaths 1857-1860 (includes other localities) - FHL INTL Film [ 2373782 Item 2 ]
Volume 201-4A/6047 Births, marriages, deaths 1861-1863 (includes other localities) - FHL INTL Film [ 2373782 Item 3 ]
Volume 201-4A/6048 Births, marriages, deaths 1864-1865 (includes other localities) - FHL INTL Film [ 2373782 Item 4 ]
Volume 201-4A/7126 Births 1818-1824 -- Births 1861-1875 - FHL INTL Film [ 2389075 Item 5 ]

[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!

[Hannia]

Irene, you are probably right. I should have noticed that. I didn't stop to think. I did count 22+ same name villages thru out Ukraine. I am pretty sure that this is the village that Giovanni is probably looking for. I will leave it up to you, to find out if there are any Semak and Halamaj still living there.

Did you ever make contact with anyone in Rawa Ruska?