beskowiney or something close to it?

[zestycheesemonkey]

hey, i'm in canada, and our name is beskowiney, but that was changed from something close to it when my grandparents came from ukraine. or maybe it was my great-grandparents (i'm not sure). anyway, they were apparently from the austrian part of ukraine, which i didn't even know existed, so any info would be great!

[Hannia]

The surname could be of Galician Cossack heritage?

Galician Cossacks served the largest landlord of the time.
Ukrainian daily newspaper "The Day"
http://www.day.kiev.ua/DIGEST/2001/06/culture/cul6.htm

Hrushevsky, renown Ukrainian Historian, has written fairly extensively about the very subject.
Editorial Preface to Volume 7
http://www.utoronto.ca/cius/HTMfiles...v/hru-edv7.htm

This is a GENERAL good read just to get an idea how Galician Cossacks lived.
MEMOIRS BY A GALICIAN UKRAINIAN
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~reten...v_skormem.html

PS> Where did your ancestors settle in Canada? Local links available. Before moving on to Ukraine, you will need to document the family in Canada first. The key to any genealogy search is date and place of birth for first immigrant/ancestor.

[zestycheesemonkey]

they settled in saskatchewan in the yorkton and surrounding area. thanks for the reply, hannia!

[Hannia]

These will get you started. Remember to stay flexible w/ all transliterations (sounds like) of surnames. The key for connecting to Ukraine is DATE & EXACT PLACE OF BIRTH.


Yorkton and Area GenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~skyorkto/Yorkton/

Saskatchewan Gen Web Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cansk/Saskatchewan

Sask Family History Research
http://skfamilyhistory.esmartbiz.com/

Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness -- Canada
http://www.raogk.org/canada.htm

Helpful Genealogy Links for Saskatchewan Researchers
http://home.primus.ca/~triedit/Saskres.html

RootsWeb: CAN-SASKATCHEWAN-L Archive (April 2000)
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/inde...CHEWAN/2000-04

Culture & Heritage
http://www.usask.ca/stm/pcuh/heritage/culture_frame.htm

Ukrainian Customs and Information Page
http://www.geocities.com/ukrcustoms/

NA - Genealogy Research
http://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html

Genealogy.com: Canadian vital records
http://www.genealogy.com/00000153.ht...ome=1002774821

InfoUkes - Information Resource about Ukraine and Ukrainians
http://www.infoukes.com/

This link has lots of pop up's, just delete as they come up
UKRAINIAN RESEARCH - Genealogy - http://maxpages.com/poland/Ukrainian_Research

Ukrainian Genealogy Group - National Capital Region
http://www.geocities.com/uggncr/