zernica wyzna, lemkiwczyna

[irynab]

my maternal grandparents were born in zernica wyzna, powit lisko,lemkiwczyna. they were greek catholic. i know the village no longer exists. is it possible to find church records? i have found some records dating ~1812-~1870 through LDS family history centre but these won't be of much use until i find out when my grandparents were born and who their parents were. where do i write to find these records? and what costs are involved?

[Hannia]

Are you familiar w/the work going on here?

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http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/new/
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St. Basil the Great Church in Zhernica Wyzna was destroyed in 1800. Unfortunately village Zhernica Wyzna>Lesko>Krosno itself was destroyed in 1947.

Filial churches:

Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bereznycja Vyzhna (destroyed 1916 and served by church in Bereska).

St. Michael the Archangel in Zhernycja Nyzhna, which today is used for storage of fertilizers. The Polish government turned the village lands into a penal collective farm for criminals not considered dangerous. These are the LDS Film # 0765867 from 1812-1870.

Saint Nicholas the Miracle Worker in Bereska was built in 1783. Bereska was a large village with more than 1500 inhabitants. During the 1944-1947 expulsions, more than 250 were killed including Rev. Oleksa Bilyk (1892-1944), his wife and son Mychalyo. The Poles killed Rev. Bilyk by driving a wooden wedge into his head. The church was burned to the ground in the 1980's.
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There are some birth records that go up 1885 available thru Archives in Przemysl.

SEZAM the Date Base
http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pra...=show&id=21129

Materials in the Polish State Archives in Przemysl Relating to Lemkos
http://www.lemko.org/lih/przemysl.html

ADDRESSES FOR ARCHIVES in WESTERN UKRAINE and SOUTH-EASTERN POLAND
http://www.lemko.org/genealogy/addresses.html

State Archive in Przemysl - home page
http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/ev/
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Do you have an appx idea when Grandparents were born? Did they emigrate?

Millgirl on our forum has used this archives for her research.

[Edited by Hannia on 24th February 2004 at 20:18]

[irynab]

hannia,
i have looked at some of the sites you have mentioned. i have tried emailing ggressa at carpatho-rusyn to be put on the surname search but have not not been able to connect.
my maternal grandmother was born ~1900 and died ~1935 in zernica wyzna while my grandfather was born ~1890's and died in 1962 in ukraine.
iryna