Cyndi, The best approach is hire a researcher in Poland. The archives are not staffed with researcher who can perform broad-based research. ________ Lavrentiy Krupniak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GaliciaPoland-Ukraine/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rusyns/ Cynthia wrote: > > Dennis: > > I've followed many of your posts regarding the Lemko people. I've visited > your web pages and found them quite helpful on various matters. I've gotten > some assistance from others researching my interests also. > My grandfather and his brother came from Myscowa, former Galicia. > I have other relations from Bzrezowa, Desznica, and a straggler who was sent > to Jarabina. > All the surnames began as TYRPAK. Some spelling variants occurred upon > arrival to the US. > > Here is my dilemma and I'm hoping with your vast knowledge of the area, you > might perhaps know something I don't or am just missing by looking at the > info too long: > Andrzejowka & Mylyk parish records were filmed by the LDS. The other > villages were not. I've written to the Polish Archives in Przemyl but was > told my query was too broad so to speak. I asked for all Tyrpak males born > between 1870 and 1890 from the villages of Desznica, Myscowa and Bzrezowa. > I sent again as three separate village requests but have not received any > type of response. From what I can see by surname distribution, this surname > was quite common in those villages and after WWII< spread over Poland and > into Europe further also. > Am I asking the right archive for those villages' parishes? My hope is with > you extensive knowledge of this area, you may be better equipped to point me > to the correct archive, or perhaps suggest how I can limit my scope for > their ease of finding. Grandfather was John here in the US, so he could > have been Iwan, Jan or even something else at home. Great Uncle was Samuel > here, but I've got several documents which he uses Simeon/Szymon on. Their > father is listed as Paunko Typrak on the one document I have that gives a > parental name. Any input or suggestion would be useful. Thanks in advance! > Cyndi > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message