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Aug 27, 2006 · Rusyns have common Slavic first names like Michael (Michal or Michajlo), John (Jan or Ivan), Maria, Helena/Olena, and Anna or Anastasia. But several first names are peculiar to Rusyns (and extremely rare among Slovaks): for males, Vasil (Wasil, Vasko, Wash), Dimitri (Mitro, Metro), and Demjan (i.e., Damian); for females, Paraskeva (Paraska ...
Jul 10, 1998 · If the number has a letter prefix (such as J or B), this refers to a Journal or Book. For example, J24 refers to The New Rusyn Times, the publication of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society, 125 Westland Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA. B60 refers to names taken from the Carpathian Village People booklet. Surname Village Map County ID Issue IssueDate E ...
Second wife Suzanna Cizmar b. 1885 also from Snakov. Suzanna came to USA 1910 or 1911; arr. Ellis Island. Worked as a maid in Philadelphia before arranged marriage to Michael Fecko in 1914 in Fernie B.C. Michael's nephew John Fecko from Slovakia worked briefly in Canada before returning to Slovakia.
The Rusyn family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Canada between 1891 and 1920. The most Rusyn families were found in USA in 1920. In 1920 there were 5 Rusyn families living in Michigan. This was about 36% of all the recorded Rusyn's in USA. Michigan had the highest population of Rusyn families in 1920. Use census records and voter lists ...
The following persons are either researching or have other interest in the surnames and villages listed. This list is limited to persons with ancestry in Carpatho-Rusyn villages. If you are interested in participating or wish to exchange information, e-mail: Greg Gressa (ggressa@carpatho-rusyn.org) See limitations at the bottom of this page ...
Carpatho-Rusyn Society. 915 Dickson St. Munhall, PA 15120-1929 (412) 206-9508 www.c-rs.org. The Carpatho-Rusyn Society is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to manifesting Carpatho-Rusyn culture in the United States and supporting Rusyn culture in the Homeland in east central Europe.
Surnames could be missing if a person/family did not have land, but rather worked the land of another person. Data for some villages is missing entirely due to some cadastral records not being available or not located. We will be supplementing the Krasovs'kyj surname data on an ongoing basis with data from church Metrical records and other ...
