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Last Post: 11 Jun 2010
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From: Wilmington Delaware USA
Speaks Polish?: no
Interests: Genealogy

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ElaineDE   
12 Feb 2010
Genealogy / Looking for family in Jedrzejowka, Narol [5]

I am looking for relatives who live or lived in Jedrzejowka, Narol. My grandmother was a Nieduzak. Some of her close relatives were named Wazna, Marynicz, and Galka. As recently as 1990, some of our family was still living n Jedrzejowka, as my late mother was corresponding with them at the time. Any leads would be gratefully appreciated!

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Mamczur from Huta Stara/Hutzul?

I am looking for anything that might help me track my roots. My grandfather, Michael Mamczur, came to America in 1910. The few documents I have found indicate he came from Huta Stara, Austria. I was told by my mother that he was Ukrainian and my grandmother was Polish(Nieduzak from Jedrzejowka, Podkarpackie). About a year ago, I posted on polishforum.com about a song he used to sing to my mother when she was young. The response suggested that the song was Hutzul, if that might be a clue to anyone. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
ElaineDE   
23 May 2010
Genealogy / Looking for family in Jedrzejowka, Narol [5]

Hi!
Thanks for your post. When I Google directions from Jedrzejowka (near Narol)to Huta Stara it seems to be far by 1910 standards (the time period that they came over to US). Google says it is one hour 49 minutes by car (which they probably didn't have back then.)

Is this the Huta Stara you mean?
ElaineDE   
10 Jun 2010
Off-Topic / What language is this? [5]

A year ago I posted a request for an old song to play at my dying mother's bedside. I thought it was Polish, but got a response that it was probably Hutsul. I'd like to ask again, because it might be a clue as to whether my grandfather was Polish or Ukrainian or Hutzul.

My elderly aunt remembers the song as being about a woman who went for a ride on an animal (she thought it would be a horse, but it might be a ram), and the animal threw her and she lost her teeth. Trying to write down the words as she sang them was quite a challenge for someone who doesn't know Polish:

She-la baba na barana
Je who ran na hu-beh
Baran pedna, peznu zu-beh

(Please forgive the mangling of the language!)

Someone replied:

"Most probably:
Sidari daǐdana, sila baba na barana,
Baran beĥnu, babu zvernu.

Hardly Polish.
Looks like some short song in Hutsul language.
But they were Polish citizen before ww2. "

I am hoping that someone might know if this song is part of the Hutsul language, or, if not, what it might be!
ElaineDE   
11 Jun 2010
Off-Topic / What language is this? [5]

Thanks. That really puzzles me. Grandfather was born in Narol, (Galicia) Poland. Grandmother was born in Jedrzejowka nearby.