Need some help

[bpthebigdog]

My Last name is Poperechny.I live in the United States and have very little knowledge of my last name.Maybe someone can help?

[Hannia]

Poperechny/also could have been transliterated as PopereCZNY.

The surname is Rusyn (pronounced RUE- SEEN), not Russian, but Ukrainian.

Peters
http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/peters.htm

Where did the Poperechny's settle in US?

What is your relationship to the Poperechny immigrant? Any idea what his given name was?

What is your religion? Chances are this was the religion of your ancestor.

Try searching for both transliteration variations of the surname on this link. This is just to give you a feel for the clan here in States.
RootsWeb MetaSearch
http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/metasearch

Search Canada and other countries available.
AOL White Pages
http://www.aol.com/netfind/aolwhitepages.adp
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In order to make a connection to Ukraine, you will have to establish exact Date and Place of Birth for the first Poperechny/Popereczny immigrant of your family.

A quick look on the Net indicates that there are Poperechny/czny's in Hamburg, Helsinki and Poland.

If you can pinpoint the village of origin, you might even be able to connect to any surviving relatives still living in your ancestral village.
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PS> Ask immediate family for any oral history, no matter how trite. Try to get a read on approximate time frame of immigration. A given name would be very helpful to you. Get back to me and I will get you started. AND PLEASE ENABLE YOUR E-MAIL HERE.

[Hannia]

Ran a Soundex Check (Sounds Like) on surname Poperechny/czny. Code 162

Poperechny/czy? immigrant appears on passenger lists of vessels arriving

@Baltimore (1820-1897)
@Baltimore (1833-1866)
@Baltimore (1897-1952)
@Ellis Island (July 1902-Dec 1943)
@Philadelphia (Jan 1883-June 1948)
@St. Alban's, VT
thru Canadian border
crossing (1895-1924)

PS> Your search would be so much easier if you didn't have to blindly dig thru these records. Try real hard to find out as much as you can from anyone in family.

[Hannia]

Social Security can be a very valuable tool!

<The "Application for a Social Security Number" is commonly referred to as the SS-5. In addition to the SSDI, you may find your ancestor's Social Security number in other ways, especially on death certificates. While it may seem like you are recreating the wheel to request the SS-5 form, there are times that this can be the only proof you will have for an ancestor's birth. For instance, for those ancestors born in the 1860s to 1880s who immigrated to the United States, it can difficult to pinpoint their place of birth. On the SS-5 it was required that the applicant supply complete birth information. This means more than just the country of birth, as is usually found on census and death records. Moreover, the maiden name of the applicant's mother was requested, often critical information for a family historian>

excerpt
RootsWeb Guide to Tracing Family Trees No. 10
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm

This link will help you ascertain ancestor's social security number, if he/she had one. Bottom of SSDI link has request form. For wider search on link below, do not type in given name.

RootsWeb MetaSearch
http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/metasearch