looking for information on Nahorodny family

[Mnahor]

Hi I am looking for any information on my husbands family Nahorodny. His grandfather
Martin Nahorodny left Bukovina around 1910. His fathers name was Vasil Nahorodny and his
mothers maiden name was Gospodarz. Any information would be helpful. Thanks in advance for any
help. We have back to the 1400's on my side of the family and it would be nice to have more of the
family tree for our children on their dads side.

[Hannia]

Have you requested a copy of SS-5 for Martin Nahorodny? I see he settled in Michigan upon immigration. See UZDANOVICH post for how-to instructions. Do a metasearch for Grandmother Gospodarz as well. Stay flexible with her surname. Could have also been spelled as GospodarCZ.

The 1930 Fed Census is now available!

The answers are somewhere in local records. Ascertaining exact place of birth is critical, before moving your search to now Ukraine, Moldavia or Romania. Religion will also play an important role in locating records in these countries. If Grandparents were Catholic, keep in mind that
Catholics from this part of the world were either Greek or Roman Catholic.

[Mnahor]

We are in the process of getting Martins SS-5. Father-in-law says that Martin came to America thru Canada. He worked in Canada as a lumberjack. When he came to America he worked in Kentucky and Pennsylvania in the mines, before settling in Michigan. Father-in-law says that Martin was from small town in Bukovina in the Carpathian mountians. Martin had 10 brothers and 2 sisters (one sister was blind). Martin did correspond with one of his sisters after he came to America. Father-in-law says he was told that all of Martins brothers were killed. He is unsure about what happened with Martins sisters and his parents and if there was any aunts, uncles or cousins. Father-in-law says that Martin was married in a Greek Orthodox church. Not sure if this is same religion Martin was in Bukovina (someone else told us that the family was originally Jewish). Father-in-laws older sister may have more information(including letters from Martins sister in Bukovina) but fear instilled in them as children keeps her from sharing it at this time. so we are trying to find out what we can on our own and not having much luck. Thanks you for any help you can give us.

[Hannia]

There are WW2 Period Obits available thru LDS/Mormon Genealogy Library. In Ukraine both part of Ternopil and all of Chernivtsy Region (today) would have belonged to Bukow/vina . If Martin's brothers were in the military and died in the course of WW2 (& were from what is Ukraine today), their names and place of birth would be listed here. You will need Cyrillic transliteration of surname in order research those documents.

Microfilmed Records: LDS Family History Library
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Libr...t_disp=Ukraine,_Chernivtsi&columns=*,180,0

Have you read thru any of the Bukovina links that have been posted in this forum? Do a SEARCH for BUKOW/VINA on top in opening Genealogy Page. I think I posted a whole bunch in KOSURA thread. You might find the Carpatho Rusyn links interesting as well.

Religious conversion in villages was not something that was common, but it is possible. Once village is ascertained, you will find out for sure.

PS>
Canadian Immigration:
NA - Genealogy Research
http://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html






[Edited by Hannia on 11th May 2002 at 14:15]

[Mnahor]

Thanks Hannia, I have not checked out any of the other forums on this site yet! I just found this site late last night! I will check them out though - thanks!! Thanks also for the links. I sure hope that in my research that I will be able to find more of the Nahorodny family. It seems so sad to me that because of hate that so many lives were lost and whole families erased from exsistance. Thanks you again for taking the time to help out! I will let ya know if I find out anything.