Chernosowich, 15km from Lviv ????

[Marj]

Could someone please tell me where this village is.
We would like to come visit as this is where our grandparents came from.
Reseaching Last names Balla, Kozak, Chersak and Gregoraschuk
Thank you

[IreneLviv]

Chornushovychi - about 20 kms east of Lviv in the Pustomyty district
Pse - give more details on whom you are looking for !
Too many Balas in the village!

[Hannia]

Bala = Бала, Kozak =Козак, Chersak = Черсак, Hrehoraschuk = Грегоращук

selo/village Chornushovychy = Чорнушовичі > Pustomyty =Пустомити raion/district > Lviv = Львів oblast/region >Ukraine
latest zip 81143. Population 648.

From late 18th century to 1918 Czarnuszowice was predominantly a Ruthenian/Ukrainian village w/its own Greek Catholic Church. Filial RC Church was in Wyzniany. Lwow was the powiat (administrative district-county) and Winniki was the gmina> Galicia/Halyczyna Province, administered by ethnic Poles for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During Interwar Period (1919-1938) this region came under the domain of Reconstituted Poland, which technically had not existed as a geopolitical entity for the previous 125+. Used Polish version of all place names. Post WW2 this region became a part of SSR Ukraine under Soviet domain until 1991, when Ukraine became independent.
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There are 1,230 Bala currently residing in Ukraine, 11+ of which are listed as living in Chornushovychy.

БАЛА ЕКАТЕРИНА ПЕТРОВНА 0 1931-05-10 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
БАЛА СТЕФАНИЯ МИХАЙЛОВНА 0 1922-11-06 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
БАЛА АНАСТАСИЯ АНДРЕЕВНА 0 1947-02-15 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
БАЛА ЛЮБОВЬ АНДРЕЕВНА 0 1982-09-03 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
БАЛА АННА ФЕДОРОВНА 0 1920-06-26 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ 25
БАЛА МАРИЯ НИКОЛАЕВНА 0 1926-03-18 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
БАЛА СОЛОМИЯ ИВАНОВНА 0 1990-11-08 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
БАЛА НАЗАР ИВАНОВИЧ 0 1986-07-15 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
БАЛА ИВАН МИХАЙЛОВИЧ 0 1959-06-27 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
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LDS has filmed some old Greek Catholic records for your ancestral village.

Title
Metrical books, 1736-1897

Authors
Greek Catholic Church. Czarnuszowice (Winniki) (Main Author)

Notes
Microreproduction of original manuscripts at the State Archives, Warsaw, Poland and at the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in L′viv.
Greek Catholic Church records (births, marriages, deaths) for Czarnuszowice (Winniki), Galizien, Austria; later Czarnuszowice (Lwów), Lwów, Poland; now Chornushovychi, Pustomyty, L′viv, Ukraine. Text in Latin, Polish, and Russian.
Record group 201, series 4A, files 1967-1968, 5997, 7335.
For some years the records of this locality are mixed with the records of other localities.

Subjects
Austria, Galizien, Czarnuszowice (Winniki) - Church records
Poland, Lwów, Czarnuszowice (Lwów) - Church records
Україна, Львів, Пустомити, Чорнушовичі - Метричні книги
Ukraine, L′viv, Pustomyty, Chornushovychi - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
Latin
Polish
Russian

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971-2004

Physical
on 4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Births, marriages, deaths 1839 - FHL INTL Film [ 765888 Item 6 ]
Volume 201-4A/1967 Births, marriages, deaths 1835-1845 (some years missing; includes other localities) - FHL INTL Film [ 2185449 Item 4 ]
Volume 201-4A/1968 Births, marriages, deaths 1846-1865 (some years missing; includes other localities) - FHL INTL Film [ 2185449 Item 5 ]
Volume 201-4A/5997 Births 1736-1777 - FHL INTL Film [ 2373856 Item 9 ]
Volume 201-4A/7335 Births 1867-1897 - FHL INTL Film [ 2392065 Item 3 ]

[Marj]

Hi Irene,
Thanks very much for the quick reply.
All I know is my husbands grandfather came from this village. His name was Wasyl Balla, his father was Elias Bala married Hanah Namasna (her parents were Matthew & Martha nee Houcecoua)
Wasyl came to Canada in 1899 with his mother and son Phillip.
His brothers Joseph & Dymetro Bala left there in 1893 first went to the USA and 5yrs later to Canada.
Very interesting to learn there are still Balas in the village!!

[Marj]

Thank-you very much Hannia.
Will have to get my sister-in-law to help some as she can speak and read some Ukrainian.
We are planning a trip so we can see where the family came from!

[Hannia]

Elias = called Ilko by family

[Hannia]

Marj,

Selo Chornushovychy is right outside of the regional capital of Lviv, which is a historical city dating back to 12th century. Lovely place w/lots to see.

With Irene's help you might even be able to meet up w/surviving family still residing in the village.

This part of Ukraine is the migratory home to the Black Stork from South Africa. In some cases the nests have been located in the same place for generations upon generations. They are considered good luck to the villagers and before storks' return, villagers often place potatoes in the nests as welcome meals.

Anna Namasna.

Surname is female version of Namasnyj.

Following are Namasnyj still in ancestral selo.
НАМАСНИЙ ВАСИЛИЙ ПАВЛОВИЧ 0 1988-02-09 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
Wasyl, son of Pawlo
НАМАСНИЙ ПАВЕЛ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ 0 1966-10-19 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
Pawlo, son of Volodymyr
НАМАСНИЙ ВЛАДИМИР ПАВЛОВИЧ 0 1938-05-01 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
Volodymyr, son of Pawlo
НАМАСНИЙ МИХАИЛ ПАВЛОВИЧ 0 1941-05-16 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
Myhajlo (Michael), son of Pawlo (Paul)
НАМАСНИЙ ПАВЕЛ МИХАЙЛОВИЧ 0 1965-09-16 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
Pawlo, son of Myhajlo
НАМАСНИЙ ИГОРЬ СТАХОВИЧ 0 1980-11-24 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
Ihor, son of Evstakh
НАМАСНИЙ МИХАИЛ ЕВСТАХОВИЧ 0 1928-01-03 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
НАМАСНИЙ МИХАИЛ ЕВСТАХИЕВИЧ 0 1928-01-03 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
НАМАСНИЙ МИХАИЛ СТАХОВИЧ 0 1987-02-01 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
НАМАСНИЙ ВЛАДИМИР ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ 0 1977-12-11 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
НАМАСНИЙ ВЛАДИМИР ПАВЛОВИЧ 0 1938-04-03 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
НАМАСНИЙ НИКОЛАЙ ПАВЛОВИЧ 0 1989-12-22 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
Mykola (Nicholas), son of Pawlo
НАМАСНИЙ МИХАИЛ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ 0 1973-09-02 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
НАМАСНИЙ СТАХ МИХАЙЛОВИЧ 0 1957-08-06 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
НАМАСНИЙ ЮРИЙ МИХАЙЛОВИЧ 0 1967-11-03 ЧОРНУШОВИЧІ
Jurij (George)