Hutsul/Moskalyk

[rarenick]

Looking for info on my grandfather and grandmother.Grandfather born in 1894, village of Ketsman,Western Ukraine. Name Wasyl Hutsul.Grandmother born 1897,Cello Howribvic or Howribwic, Ukraine.Named Rosie Moskalyk.Thank you.

[millgirl]

Welcome.. what do you know of your Grandparents already? Did they leave Ukraine and come to US? A bit more info would help us assist you.

[Hannia]

To this day the Hutsuls are a proud, resourceful and passionately independent micro-ethnic group. There is a wonderful riotous quality about them. It is in their nature to laugh and sing and stomp their feet when dancing.
And they can carve magic from a piece of wood. Rarenick, this is your heritage.

Ukrainian Tribal Divisions and Ethnographic Groups
http://home.swipnet.se/roland/ukrainiantribes.html

hutsuls_people
http://www.geocities.com/galychyna/hutsuls_people.html
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KITSMAN (coordinates 48.26-25.46) was & still is a District Center Town in Chernivtsi Region of Ukraine> formerly frequently referred to as Northern Bukovina, the Land of Beech Trees. At the turn of the century this
area belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Kitsman was called KOTZMAN.

Bukovina, a picturesque area of the Ukraine, is often referred to as "the beech-land" for the name Bukovina stems from the Uk..
http://myworld.cv.ua/bukovina.htm

Immigrants frequently referred to their District Center as place of origin for geographical reference, because their own villages were small. Immediately around Kitsman there are about 13 different villages. Ruthenian/Hutsul farmers from these villages would bring their produce to market in Kitsman. The district itself contains many more villages.

Kitsman District/Raion Village List:

Berehomet
Bila
Borivtsi
Brusenki
Brusnytsya
Valyava
Verkhni Stavivtsi
Vytylivka
Hlynytsya
Davydivtsi
Drachyntsi
Dubyvtsi
Zeleniv
Ivankivtsi
Kalnivtsi
Kyseliv
Kitsman
Klivodyn
Lashkivka
Luzhany
Malyatyntsi
Nepolokivtsi
Nyzhni Stavnivtsi
Mamayivtsi
Novi Drachyntsi
Orshivtsi
Oshykhliby
Pyadykivtsi
Revakivtsi
Rivne
Stavchany
Striletskij Kut
Sukhoverkhiv
Khlivsche
Chotorya
Shypyntsi
Shyshkivtsi
Uzhynetz
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Where did your Grandparents settle upon immigration? Were they married before immigrating? Have you made any archival inquiries yet? Were Grandparents Christian Orthodox?