After searching the web, saw there were a few people who had family from Berezka / Bereska / Brzuska (however you write it :) ) near the Ukrainian border.
My father was from there and I visited this year.
Anyone else from that area or have a connection there?
I am. If you are interested, you need to register, so you can PM me for more details. I have met a bunch of people such as yourself this year through internet. I found some close relatives and other people, who like yourslef are looking for roots.
It appears that those could be two different villages. anyways, if you manage to register, drop me a line please, if you have a problem with the registration, contact the admnistration - they will assist you as far as I know.
I am trying to find and information on Berezka and my maternal grandfather's family. The surname has been see spelled three different ways in the U.S. Korolewiat, Korolwait and Korolewot. He and 4 brothers and 2 sisters immigrated to western Pennsylvainia in the the first decade of the 20th century
The village Berezka you talk about was located between Piatkowa and Ostrow near Przemysl and 10 km north from BIRCZA (before Bircha) indeed. That Berezka no longer exist.
My father-in-law was Ivan Szafran from Berezka near Lesko. He emigrated to Derry, PA, USA around 1910. His father was Symko Szafran. I am trying to get more information on the family and town records. Thanks
SZAFRAN: This is the Polish word for saffron, an very priceyoreitnal spice first brought to Europe after the Crusades. As a surname it could have been given to a spice merchant or, alternatively, to an inhabitant of Szafranki (Saffronville).
Your grandfather, translated John Shaffron was probably my grandmother's brother. My grandmother, Catherine Shaffron, married Anthony Corey (Korolewiat in Bereska) in 1907 in New Florence, PA a mining town near Derry. She died in childbirth along with the baby sometime after 1912 when my mother Ann was born. My grandfather and mother then lived with John and his wife Mary Shaffron in Derry.
Berezka: Some posters here discovered long ago that there are two different villages of this name. In fact there are at least three. Let's clarify it - differentiating them by counties where they are currently assigned to, that is by the largest towns nearby: Przemyśl, Sanok and Lesko.
1. Brzuska (Berezka, Bereska, ukr. Березка) - gmina (municipality) Bircza, Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodship. 38 km west of Przemyśl by road, about 30 km west as crow flies.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brzuska pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brzuska pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbrodnia_w_Brzusce It looks like the Polish spelling was alwaysBrzuska, although modern correct spelling - if it is to be corresponding to Ukrainian Berezka - should be Brzózka. This is the village referred to by posters "Whymickey" and "pdorotiak".
2. Berezka (Bereska) - a deserted village, gmina Tyrawa Wołoska, Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodship. An 1898 old topographic map locates Bereska about 2 km NE of Tyrawa Wołoska, on the road from Tyrawa Wołoska to Kuźmina, West of Rozpucie village. It looks like it was a very small village.Tyrawa Wołoska is located about 21 km East of Sanok by road, or about 15 km East as crow flies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrawa_Wo%C5%82oska
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrawa_Wo%C5%82oska
3.Berezka (formerly Bereska, Ukrainian: Березка, Berezka) - gmina Solina, Lesko County, Podkarpackie Voivodship - a tourist farm village on Bereźnica stream, at the road Hoczwia-Polańczyk, 15 km South of Lesko.
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berezka_(powiat_leski)
Historical toponyms: Brziska 1447, Brzysczka 1448, Brzoska Wola 1463, Brzoska 1467, Brzeska 1475, Broska 1480, Brzoska 1515, Bereska 1578, Brzeska 1662, Beresko 1742, Bereska 1851. The contemporary name derives from Ukrainian berezka/березка, Polish brzózka. In XV century a variant form Brziska was used under Ukrainian influence. Another variant form Brzóska Wola was also used. In 1977 the name of this village was officially polonized as Brzózka, but the old name was restored in 1981.
Hi there. I am currently in Berezka (near Lesko,) looking for informtation about my family. My grandfather, Iwan Doszkewycz (I believe this is slightly different than the original spelling) was born here in 1919. He was deported during WWII and eventually ended up settling in the United States. If anyone has any information or contacts, please let me know!! Jackie. Jackie023@gmail
My paternal grandfather, Alex Krawtz, whose passport and documents name was Ilko Krawc - Krawec - Krawcow, emmigrated in 1912, to the USA from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and from Bereska, a village in what is now southern Poland, from a larger area that was once called Galicia. He settled in SW Pennsylvania, starting off in Creekside, near Indiana, and ending up in Derry, PA, where he worked on railroads and in coalmines
My maternal grandmother, emigrated out of Bibrka, a village only a few miles away and met him in Greensburg, PA.
My father-in law John Shafron (Szafran) was from Berezka and lived in Derry, Pa and also worked on the railroad. I have an envelope from a letter that Anna Krawc wrote to Mary Shafron, My mother-in-law. joanshaf@comcast.net
KUSZ-my grandmother's (Mary / Maria) maiden name coming from Berezka circa 1904. She worked in New York for a short while and then traveled to Somerset / Berlin area and was married. She later moved to Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
My Grandfather Nicholas Melnyk was born in Brzuska, Galicia, in 1881, and emigrated to the US in 1906. I am interested in the jewish history of the family, and if there is anyone still in Brzuska. Can anyone help? Okay to PM me. Thanks.
My grandfather said he was born in Berezka in 1895, but states his race as Ukrainian. I know he didn't speak polish but spoke some other language. He never talked about his home country but I have some documents of his that gives me a little info. He came to the U.S. in 1913 under the name Antoszka Kostek, says he was born and lived in Berezka till coming here. He went to a Ukrainian, Greek, Catholic Church. I have some letters his family wrote him but can find no one to translate them, the writing is very hard to read. Can anyone give me info on where to get help, we live in Johnstown, Pa.
Grandma ended up in western pa, beaver county to be specific. Moved from Poland in 1952 but said she used to live in a town by this name. Last name was Hyrckowian. Any family members or anyone around know anything? Anything would be cool.
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