Berkosha in Prutivka near Sniatyn

[matera]

Hi Ron,

It would be a good idea to send your letter of inquiry directly to Ivanijchuk Lubomyr - Prutivka village major and see what happens next.
Just copy the address below and put it on the envelope:

Іванійчук Любомир Васильович
Сільська рада
с. Прутівка
Снятинський район
Івано-Франківська область
Ukraine 78348

It will be a big event in the village and all the people with Berkosha surname will know about it.
I bet you'll get the feedback.

Regards,
Andriy

[rrusinsk]

Fantastic - I'll do it!
Ron

[rrusinsk]

Andriy
Your help did it! We are in regular email contact with a relative in Prutivka. Thank you so much!
I’m looking for relatives in Velykyj Kucuriv (Kuczurmare) where my maternal grandfather Ivan Kowalski (Covalschi), son of Petro and Anna Bille, was born 1888. His son Michail was born in 1912. Ivan was married at that tome to Domnica Tivilic, daughter of Georgi. Ivan came to Canada alone in April 1912 and had to wait until the war was over to send for his son Michail in 1922. Michail’s godparent was Eufrosinia Craucinc and the midwife was Eudochia Uihalcean (?). The baptizing priest was Gauriil Hrainul (?). I don’t know what happened to Domnica Tivilic. Was she lost in the war but her son Michail survived as an orphan? Do you have any information that might help find out if there are any relatives still living in the area?

Thank You Again!
Ron

[matera]

Ron,

I'm really glad you did it!
Unfortunately, I see no people with Kovalski surname there. Still, it does not mean there aren't any. It can be checked by either doing the research in the village (I can do it for you) or finding someone local on the forum to help you. There are 3500 people in Velykyj Kocuriv and I think you will not be able to find people the way you did in Prutivka with the information you provided in the previous post.
You should check marriage records (if Dominika survived, she most probably got married and changed her surname) and death records on Kuczumare. Was teh family Orthodox? Have you already seen these:

Title
Metrical books, 1832-1932

Authors
Orthodox Church. Kuczurmare (Bukowina) (Main Author)

Notes
Microreproduction of original manuscripts at the Chernivtsi State Archive.
Civil transcripts of Orthodox Church records (births, marriages, deaths) for Kuczurmare, Bukowina, Austria; later Cuciurul-Mare, Cernăuţi, Romania; now Velykyĭ Kuchuriv, Storoz︠h︡ynet︠s︡′, Chernivt︠s︡i, Ukraine. Text in Russian and Romanian, written in old Cyrillic script before 1873 and in Roman script thereafter.
Chernivtsi State Archive: Record group 1245, series 1, files 666-667 -- Record group 1245, series 12, files 15-30, 130-132.

Subjects
Austria, Bukowina, Kuczurmare - Church records
Romania, Cernăuţi, Cuciurul-Mare - Church records
Україна, Чернівці, Сторожинець, Великий Кучурів - Метричні книги
Ukraine, Chernivt︠s︡i, Storoz︠h︡ynet︠s︡′, Velykyĭ Kuchuriv - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
Romanian
Russian

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2004-2010

Physical
on 8 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Volume 1245-1/666 Deaths 1832-1853 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2414163 Item 12 ]
Volume 1245-1/667 Marriages 1838-1882 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2414163 Item 13 ]
Volume 1245-12/15 Births 1863-1879 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187236 Item 2 ]
Volume 1245-12/16 Births 1887-1894 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187236 Item 3 ]
Volume 1245-12/17 Births 1890-1896 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187236 Item 4 ]
Volume 1245-12/17 (continued) Births 1896-1898 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187237 Item 1 ]
Volume 1245-12/18 Births 1895-1900 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187237 Item 2 ]
Volume 1245-12/19 Births 1896-1906 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187237 Item 3 ]
Volume 1245-12/20 (continued) Births 1906 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187287 Item 1 ]
Volume 1245-12/21 Births 1907-1910 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187287 Item 2 ]
Volume 1245-12/22 Births 1911-1919 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187287 Item 3 ]
Volume 1245-12/23 Births 1911-1922 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187287 Item 4 ]
Volume 1245-12/23a Births 1922-1925 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187288 Item 2 ]
Volume 1245-12/24 Marriages 1840-1850 (years out of order) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187287 Item 5 ]
Volume 1245-12/24 (continued) Marriages 1850-1886 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187288 Item 1 ]
Volume 1245-12/25 Marriages 1887-1904 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187288 Item 3 ]
Volume 1245-12/26 Marriages 1900-1910 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187288 Item 4 ]
Volume 1245-12/26 (continued) Marriages 1911-1919 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187289 Item 1 ]
Volume 1245-12/27 Marriages 1903-1921 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187289 Item 2 ]
Volume 1245-12/28 Marriages 1905-1919 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187289 Item 3 ]
Volume 1245-12/29 Deaths 1901-1911 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187289 Item 4 ]
Volume 1245-12/30 Deaths 1905-1919 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2187290 Item 1 ]
Volume 1245-12/130 Births 1925-1932 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2423903 Item 2 ]
Volume 1245-12/131 Deaths 1911-1925 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2423903 Item 3 ]
Volume 1245-12/132 Deaths 1925-1927 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2423903 Item 4 ]

and these

Title
Metrical books, 1900-1927

Authors
Orthodox Church. Kuczurmare (Bukowina) (Main Author)

Notes
Microreproduction of original manuscripts at the Chernivtsi State Archive.
Civil transcripts of Orthodox Church records (births, marriages) for Kuczurmare, Bukowina, Austria; later Cuciurul-Mare, Cernăuţi, Romania; now Tysovet︠s︡′, Storoz︠h︡ynet︠s︡′, Chernivt︠s︡i, Ukraine. Tysovet︠s︡ was once part of the historical locality of Kuczurmare, Bukowina, Austria. Text in Romanian, written in Roman script. Headings in Romanian and Russian.
Chernivtsi State Archive: Record group 1245, series 12, files 117, 144-146.

Subjects
Austria, Bukowina, Kuczurmare - Church records
Romania, Cernăuţi, Cuciurul-Mare - Church records
Україна, Чернівці, Сторожинець, Тисовець - Метричні книги
Ukraine, Chernivt︠s︡i, Storoz︠h︡ynet︠s︡′, Tysovet︠s︡′ - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
Romanian
Russian

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2004-2010

Physical
on 3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Volume 1245-12/17 Births 1900-1909 - VAULT INTL Film [ 1409573 Item 3 ]
Volume 1245-12/144 Marriages 1913-1921 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2423906 Item 5 ]
Volume 1245-12/144 (cont.) Marriages 1921-1926 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2423907 Item 1 ]
Volume 1245-12/145 Births 1907-1912 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2423907 Item 2 ]
Volume 1245-12/146 Births 1913-1927 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2423907 Item 3 ]

Kind regards,
Andriy

[sylvie]

Kovalski is not a name in Ukraine, is it? Could it be Kovalevsky (Ковалевський)?

Found one individual in Velykyi Kurchuriv -
КОВАЛЕВСЬКИЙ МИКОЛАЙ ГРИГОРЬЕВИЧ ВЕЛИКИЙ КУЧУРІВ

[rrusinsk]

Hello Andriy

Thanks again. Ann, our contact in Prutivka, has visited the St Nicholas church and found further information on Berkoshas. I assume that would be the orthodox church that has the metrical books mentioned in your earlier post. I do have the info on the metrical books for Kuczurmare and we may have to go that way. Ivan Kowalski spoke both Ukrainian and Rumanian, I believe (living close to the border), but that doesn't really explain his "Polish" name. The Tivilic name isn't really Ukrainian either, is it? More mystery.
I looked at your web site and I like what I read, so we may talk more about your research possibilities in the future

Thanks
Ron

[sylvie]

Tivilic = Tivilik or Tyvylyk = Тивилик (Cyrillic). There are many Tivilic living in Velykyi Kurchuriv, Chernivtsi and Sniachiv (Chernivtsi oblast).