Hrynczuk family from Ratyshchi, Ternopil

[wallyclan8]

Looking for relatives of Dmytro Hrynczuk, born 03 Nov 1893 and went to the US in 1914. He had a brother Josep born 19 Mar 1886, and he went to the US in 1911. He also had a sister, Maria, born 17 Sep 1893. She married a man named Josep Boyko, born 17 Sep 1890. They went to the US in abt 1914.
Any help would be appreciated. Parents of these people are unknown at this point.

[Voronchak]

The village Ratyschi is in Zboriv district Ternopil region.
In Ternopil Archives no metric books villages Ratyschi.
In the Lviv archives is the Greek Catholic metric book Ratyschi for 1835-1862 and Roman Catholic for 1816-1865.
Other metric book probably is in the Zboriv registry office.
Igor

[veramiller]

I believe it will be easy to get the information you are seeking in the USA. You should e-mail Elizabeth Burnes at Elizabeth.Burnes at nara.gov. She look up different spellings of the family names to find their Alien Files. Alien Files for your relatives could have copies of their birth and marriage certificates. I searched for your family names on Online Public Access and found several people with the same surnames, but not the same people. Your relatives' surnames could have changed during immigration. Elizabeth is great with playing around with spellings to find records.

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[wallyclan8]

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions and your advice on where to find some help. I will certainly try these resources.