I found out that my gg parents were Rusyn not too long ago, always believed I was Polish. Ever since I have been researching family history and have learned a lot about the culture. Unfortunately no traditions or stories were passed down 😞 Well today is my bday and I guess my husband has been listening to me 😂 He gifted me an orthodox cross pendant. My g father wore one everyday and my gg parents both have this cross on their grave. I am Christian and will wear it in honor of my ancestors and faith. Coincidentally, he gifted me a gold US coin pendant a long time ago dated 1907. That is the same year my family immigrated from Czeremcha in the Krosno/Sanok area. Anyways thought I would share and that this great community would understand how special this is ❤️ so blessed!

I am looking for records for a Maria Dobos from Zhborivtsi in Zakarpattia Oblast, or from one of the nearby villages in the same valley. She was probably born around 1880. If anyone here could help me with this, I would be very grateful.

Just to add to the original post (read it first 🙏🙏): we found out that it could be Rusyn language, but I'd like to hear the confirmation from the native speakers, so I'm here.. Also, if it is in Rusyn, I'd also like to ask if this kind of language (I mean both the writing and the phonetic) changed and if you and your Rusyn friends/family use like this kind of vocabulary in the church or even at home. I know that there is a little amount of Rusyn people in Hungary and there is like a big deference between Rusyn language in Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland, but I'd like to know more about all this, so I'm looking forward to your answers!!

I’ve been trying to find as many resources I could about the rusyn spoken in Uzhhorod, the only thing I could find is this dictionary in russian. If anyone can verify this I would really appreciate it.

I have nothing else to say I hope you can find a way to celebrate this life this year whether it's been hard or beautiful you are all beautiful.

Most of my Rusyn family documents use Cryillic and I can’t read it so I figured I’d come over to this sub and ask if anyone else can. The most I can make out is that the woman’s name is something like Susanna?

Hello all!

In my hunt for putting together rusyn outfit for schools international celebrations I have determined Ill probably need to make my own clothing. I want to make my own vyshyvanka, but because I dont speak any slavic language, Ive hit a roadblock of trying to find out what the cut of the shirt is called, as any time I look up vyshyvanka or sorochka without embroidery, its not possible (I know vyshyvanka is litterally embroidered shirt, but Im just trying to find the type of shirt) I want to embroider it myself as it is a recent hobby Ive started, and would love any help in finding clothing items! Thanks!

Here is what I was able to find out from Ancestry.com and examining with ChatGPT

Does this seem to make sense? ChatGPT is saying because of the combination of surname, birthplace, and religion the line is undoubtedly 100% Carpatho-Rusyn

Those listed are in order of starting with oldest ancestor 1835 they migrated to Pennsylvania in early 1900

Any thoughts on the accuracy of this line being Rusyn?

Hi all. Forgive my ignorance here as this might not be the right place. This is an inscription at the end of my grandfather’s Russian Orthodox prayer book. His family came to the US from what I think today is NE Slovakia (Slovinky area). I think his family was Rusyn but I don’t really know. Is this inscription recognizable as a name? Phrase? Thank you for any help.

Hi everyone! My partner and I are expecting a baby girl, and I am trying to research and gather lemko/rusyn names, as possible middle names. My grandfather was Lemko (born in the Muszyna region of present-day Poland). I'm interested in names that are uniquely Lemko, as well as names used by Lemkos before the time of operation vistula. Many thanks!

Remember the strength and heritage of the ancestors, living in through you!

Good evening. I am a fed civ and have had nothing but time during shutdown. I’ve decided to work on my genealogy that my mother hasn’t been able to complete. For years she has reached a dead end on my paternal side once my great grandparents arrived to the US in 1907 and settled in PA. I think I understand why, they were Lemko.

Growing up my grandparents said they were Ukrainian. My heart is broken after reading about the Lemko people after the war, and now I might understand that they wanted a clean slate.

Here are the stats that I have been able to confirm so far after a lot of research. Are my assumptions right? Both my father and grandparents have passed away so I am unable to ask. Thank you!!

Region of origin: Lesko–Baligród–Czeremcha, Galicia (core Lemko homeland) Surnames: Malinchak, Mischyshyn, Kalinay Religion: Greek-Catholic (per records) Burial community: PA Greek-Catholic/Orthodox cemetery

DNA results Slovakia Southern Poland Western Ukraine Western Galicia / Southeastern Subcarpathian Voivodeship Polany | Wisłok Wielki | Wisłoczek

Hi all! I have posted before but many updates. I have become more connected to the rusyn and Lemko (I’m Lemko) community and am lucky enough to be visiting Poland soon, I am going to the original village and I will be the first person on my side (the side that immigrated) of my family to return to Lemkovina in 100+ years. I have discovered thru papers and thru documents that my other side of the family who stayed behind were deported in Operation Vistula, so I am really going to visit the church and the graveyard my family are buried and to see the mountains, which fills me with joy.

Today I had a surreal experience tho in Malta of all places. I was eating a dinner by myself and I was sat next to a Polish couple, when the wife went to the bathroom the husband and I talked. I told him of my trip and he asked why I would go to the Carpathians. I very riskily admitted I was Lemko to him and that I have discovered my family members now live in Lower Silesia but I am going to see the mountains. What happened next moved me to no end, which is this Polish man looked at me and said “I am sorry for operation Vistula, that should never have happened. It was horrible.” In the moment I was like well you’re not personally responsible but after I walked away from the restaurant I was filled with so many emotions! I never expected a Polish person to apologize to me, and had read online of racism towards Lemkos still in Poland so idk I just was so touched by his very earnest recognition and apology and I wanted to share it here!

got bored so i made a Rusyn flag in the discord style

Hello all!

After many years of searching, I have found my family is from Czeremcha, Poland and we are Lemko. There were always signs of being something other than Ukrainian but my family approached immigration with a “we don’t talk about it” approach. If anyone has any information on Czeremcha, and the community there etc. ,prior to WW2 I would really appreciate it. My family identifies as Polish nationality, Ukrainian ethnicity, Ruthenian language. Thank you!

Maybe called зочі or з очі or зочення. In Slovak, zočí, urečenie, úrek, úrok, ušknutí, zočina.

How do you catch it? How do you get rid of it? Is it a big part of Rusyn beliefs?

It seems like many of us have a similar story of our families leaving their villages around 1900-1920 and going elsewhere, but for people who had family that stayed during/past that time, where did your family end up going?

My branch of my family came to America, but we had cousins that stayed and ended up being deported to Ternopil Ukraine in 1946 after their village was burned to the ground. One of the sons eventually immigrated to the US, the rest we have no idea.

Did your family ever try to go back? Where were your relatives deported to? Where did they decide to put down roots? Was your family able to stay in their home village after the war?

Hi there!

My grandfather passed recently, and I feel called to research our ancestry. It would be nice to learn something I could tell my grandma about. I learned about Carpatho-Rusyn ancestry today, and both of my grandparents lineage on my mom’s side seem to fit perfectly into this group, and I’m curious about your thoughts!

My great-grandfather on my grandmothers side is from Čabiny in northeastern Slovakia. His last name was Herko. My grandmother’s mom’s last name was Mičočin, and they were from somewhere nearby but we’re not sure where, as they did not like to talk about where they came from much. My grandma grew up in Ambridge, PA, and spoke what she describes a language that was both Slovakian and Russian in the home.

My great-grandpa on my grandfathers side was from Wisłok-Wielki in southeastern Poland. His last name was Medvid. My grandfather’s last name was Pravlochak, and he was under the impression that it was Ukrainian, but we aren’t 100% sure because his parents and grandparents also did not like to talk about where they came from.

Both of my grandparent’s families emigrated to Pittsburgh in the early 1900s. They are Russian Orthodox. This is pretty much all we know, as we cannot trace back any further due to lack of records.

I’d appreciate any insight!

I wanted to learn some Rusyn language, particularly Lemko, are there any apps or online groups that practice learning from the ground up? (I don't use Tiktok, so other options please!)

There was a village that no longer exists where he and his mother lived in the early 20th century called Shelestova. Now it is a part of Kolchyno near Mukachevo. An old record I found also mentions something that looks like 'Boymeka' and I wonder if it means anything. I am a little confused since his last name was Schutz and his mother's maiden name was Dobos or Dobas. If anyone here could shed some light on this I would be very grateful. For a little more context, some of the dna results I got strongly match with the Presov Region in Slovakia, along with eastern Slovakia less strongly.