looking for Kozura

[Marcie]

I am looking for any family members with the name Kozura and how to write it in Ukrainian.

[Hannia]

Read thru before clicking.

All these surnames strike me as Carpatho-Rusyn.

The key to your search is locating exact date and place of birth for each immigrant ancestor!

IMPORTANT TO READ these two links before doing anything else !!!
Peters Genealogy Article
http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/cra/petercra.htm

Carpatho-Rusyn Surname Searchers
http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/surnames.htm
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There is a Jan KOSURA(age 34), lists himself as Ruthenian/Ukrainian/LEMKO arriving on Ellis Island 2/1906 from Sierakosce, (Lemkivshchyna Area) Poland. He was heading for Philadelphia to sister Anastasia/Nastusia Osipowicz's.

There is also a Janos KOZURA(age 42), lists himself as Hungarian(Magdar), arriving in 1907 from Moha, Hungary and heading for McKeesport, PA.

STARTS WITH produces wildcard results.
Searching Ellis Island Database in One Step
http://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/ellis/ellis.html

Microfilm Numbers for the Philadelphia Passenger Lists 1883-1945
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/phillylists1883.html
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Try a metasearch for each surname . Do not use given name in order to widen search. When you locate relatives in social security index, you might consider requesting a copy of SS-5 for that relative. That copy should provide you with place of birth and names of parents, including mother's maiden name.
RootsWeb MetaSearch
http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/metasearch

Social Security Data In Research
http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/ssinfo.htm
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Links of interest:

Carpatho-Rusyn Background
http://www.tccweb.org/rusynback.htm

Ruthenians/Lemkos
http://www.tccweb.org/rusynback.htm

Distant Cousins - Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogical Resources
http://www.distantcousin.com/Links/E.../Carpatho.html

The Carpatho-Rusyn Knowledge Base
http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/

http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/indexgen.htm

The Carpathian Connection
http://www.tccweb.org/

Rusyn Homepage (Rusyn is pronounced RUE-SEEN. Nothing to do w/Russian!)
http://news-4-u.com/rusyn/

CARPATHO-RUSYN RESEARCH - Genealogy - http://maxpages.com/poland/Carpatho_Rusyn

LEMKOs | Lemkivshchyna | Lemkovyna | Lemko | Boyko | Rusyn | Rusnak | Ruthenian
http://www.lemko.org/

Ukraine history, culture and industry of Lemkivshchyna Ukrainian ethnic group in Poland.
http://www.busternus.com/ukraine/ukraine.html

Galicia
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tobiasiz/advgalicia.html

GeoNative - Ruthenian - Ukrainian - Polish
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9479/rusyn.html

http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/crinamer.htm

Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Web Site Home Page
http://www.rusyn.com/index.htm#Immigrant

UKRAINIAN RESEARCH - Genealogy - [url]
http://maxpages.com/poland/Ukrainian_Research

Research in Ukraine
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw/research.html

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

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Surname KOSURA shows up in 1910 PA Census.

Cyndi's Comprehensive List of Genealogical Sites
http://www.cyndislist.com/

USGenWeb Archives Search Page
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm
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PS> Make sure to thoroughly document your immigrant ancestors in States before moving your search to Eastern Europe. Good Luck - Have Fun!!! If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

[Marcie]

This is great, I will start here. My father in law is trying to get me some info to help out. I appreicate all your help!

[Hannia]

Have your father-in-law look at his own Baptismal certificate. Then go backwards from there. Eastern European church records/certificates frequently contain place of origin for parents.

[Marcie]

Hannia,
I am getting some other info from my father in law. He has some papers of the origianl John Kozura comming over and the town he was born in. He said he was carth. He is getting me everything together that he has found.
Something cool! He has 2 big old trunks and he showed them to me today. They are John Kozura's and he brought them with his things in them from the Ukraine. They are beautiful! I am in the process of talking him out of them too, haha, since he is not doing anything with them. All of this is very exciting since my husband is John Kozura IV.

[Hannia]

Marcie,

You and John Kosura IV are real lucky. Those trunks probably contain family treasures of museum quality. Have you ever been to Ellis Island? The museum there contains articles from old family trunks. Fabulous stuff.

PS>I can help you w/any translations you might need.

[Marcie]

Yes, we went to Ellis Island about 2 1/2 years ago. It was such a wonderful experience! My mother's family (Entriken) also came through there. I just couldn't take it, I cried so much.
The trunks are just fab! They are so beautiful. I am going to find someone that can restore them.