Hi Bobbi WYSOCKO is about 6 miles SE of Jaroslaw Miasto (Jaroslaw City). While there are other villages named Wysocko in contemporary Poland, this one fits your criteria of having been in the former Crownland of Galicia and having had Greek Catholic residents. I cannot offer any guess as to which Wysocko is your best bet to research first. Wysocko near Brody, Wysocko near Jaroslaw, Wysocko Wizne and Wysocko Nizne near Turka all fit your criteria. I can only add that the surname SZELEST can still be found today in the Rzeszow and Przemysl areas which would include Jaroslaw, but the surname ZOMMER cannot. And both surnames can be found in the "new" western Polish provinces where folks forcibly removed from SE Poland were likely to have been resettled because of "Akcja Wisla" in 1947. Is that a tie-breaker for your decision? I'm not sure. So, when it comes to choosing an LDS microfilm, it's largely a case of "you pays your money and you takes your chances". Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raven Fan" <tm5173@comcast.net> To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [GALICIA] Wysocko, Poland >> You might want to add to your list the WYSOCKO near Jaroslaw (Poland) >> which had its own Greek Catholic church. >> >> Dennis > > Thanks Dennis, > > However, now I am confused. I guess I did not notice another Wysocko in > the soueastern region of Poland. I went back to www.familysearch.org to > plug in Jaroslaw and quite a few came up. > > I went to www.mapquest.com to see where Jaroslaw is, and even magnifying > the > map does not show me a Wysocko in the area. Could you tell me more > specifically where this Jaroslaw is that I should be looking at films that > include the town of Wysocko please? > > Thank you. > > Bobbi > > > > > > > > >> To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:26 PM >> Subject: Re: [GALICIA] Wysocko, Poland >> >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have need of your expertise and hope that you are willing to help >>> educate >>> me. I have been trying to pay attention to the discussions about this >>> southeastern portion of Poland, and I have read a good bit of history on >>> various web pages. I want to find out more about where I should be >>> looking >>> for families that state they are from Wysocko, Ukraine-Poland, or >>> Wysocko, >>> Galicia on their ship manifests. I understand how the borders have >>> changed >>> over time due to wars, etc. >>> >>> I am trying to search for the ancestors of my 2nd cousins. Our 3 >>> grandmothers were sisters. These women came from Parchanie, Inowroclaw, >>> Poland and went to Crompton, RI. One sister married a man named >>> Havrylo/Gabryl Szelest. Another sister married a man named >>> Tadej/Tadeusz >>> Zommer. I have been researching my own grandmother and grandfather for >>> the >>> past 4 years and have traced back to ~1700 on their ancestors in towns >>> in >>> northern Poland. Now I want to help my cousins research their >>> grandfathers. >>> I want to be sure I am looking in the correct place. >>> >>> Havrylo Szelest was born 13 Dec 1878 in Wysocko. He was the first >>> husband >>> of Pelagia. This branch of the family reports that Havrylo/Gabryl >>> Szelest >>> died ~1919 and Pelagia married the brother, Stefan Szelest. >>> >>> Stefan Szelest was born in Wysocko ~ 1895 according to his ship >>> manifest, >>> but the family is not sure of this, nor do they have any papers from >>> Stefan >>> Szelest. >>> >>> These brother list their parents' names as Thomas and Mary Szelest from >>> Wysocko, Austria. >>> >>> On various documents the brothers report: Ukraine, or Galicia, or >>> Austria. >>> I do understand why. >>> >>> Somehow I suspect these brothers are also related to Mikolaj Szelest and >>> Paraska Szelest (who are brother & sister) found on ship manifests, who >>> came >>> from Wysocko and who lived in Crompton, RI. >>> >>> The other sister married Tadej/Tadeusz Zommer. He was born 18 Sep 1881 >>> in >>> Wysocko. This branch of the family reports that they always had to >>> celebrate Greek Catholic Christmas for their grandfather at his >>> insistence. >>> Tadej had brothers Prokop/Reler, Benjamin, and another one. >>> >>> On the LDS site I find microfilms for Wysocko (Brody), Wysocko Wyzne >>> (Borynia), and Wysocko Nizne (Borynia). If I am lucky, I may only be >>> able >>> to find the birth record for Havrylo/Gabryl Szelest in 1878 on LDS film >>> 2010583 Item 4 or maybe Item 6. Do you think I will find him there? >>> >>> Am I looking in the right place? >>> >>> How and where can we write to request the birth records for the >>> grandfathers >>> in 1881 and 1895? >>> >>> Thank you in advance for any help you can be. >>> >>> Bobbi McCaffrey (100% Polish, just hiding behind this Irish name :) >>> >>> >>> >>> ********************************* >>> Need to contact the list manager? >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? > 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 >

Thank you Dennis. I suspect my research will be hunt & peck. I guess I will just start with one film and go from there. As to my other questions, does anyone have any input on that? I would like to request the baptismal/birth documents for Stefan Szelest and Tadej/Tadeusz Zommer born in 1895 and 1881 respectively. These dates are not included on the available LDS films. Where do we write to request these? Thank you Bobbi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Benarz" <benarz@hotmail.com> To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [GALICIA] Wysocko, Poland > Hi Bobbi > > WYSOCKO is about 6 miles SE of Jaroslaw Miasto (Jaroslaw City). > > While there are other villages named Wysocko in contemporary Poland, this > one fits your criteria of having been in the former Crownland of Galicia > and having had Greek Catholic residents. > > I cannot offer any guess as to which Wysocko is your best bet to research > first. Wysocko near Brody, Wysocko near Jaroslaw, Wysocko Wizne and > Wysocko Nizne near Turka all fit your criteria. I can only add that the > surname SZELEST can still be found today in the Rzeszow and Przemysl areas > which would include Jaroslaw, but the surname ZOMMER cannot. And both > surnames can be found in the "new" western Polish provinces where folks > forcibly removed from SE Poland were likely to have been resettled because > of "Akcja Wisla" in 1947. Is that a tie-breaker for your decision? I'm not > sure. > > So, when it comes to choosing an LDS microfilm, it's largely a case of > "you pays your money and you takes your chances". > > Dennis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Raven Fan" <tm5173@comcast.net> > To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:53 AM > Subject: Re: [GALICIA] Wysocko, Poland > > >>> You might want to add to your list the WYSOCKO near Jaroslaw (Poland) >>> which had its own Greek Catholic church. >>> >>> Dennis >> >> Thanks Dennis, >> >> However, now I am confused. I guess I did not notice another Wysocko in >> the soueastern region of Poland. I went back to www.familysearch.org to >> plug in Jaroslaw and quite a few came up. >> >> I went to www.mapquest.com to see where Jaroslaw is, and even magnifying >> the >> map does not show me a Wysocko in the area. Could you tell me more >> specifically where this Jaroslaw is that I should be looking at films >> that >> include the town of Wysocko please? >> >> Thank you. >> >> Bobbi >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:26 PM >>> Subject: Re: [GALICIA] Wysocko, Poland >>> >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I have need of your expertise and hope that you are willing to help >>>> educate >>>> me. I have been trying to pay attention to the discussions about this >>>> southeastern portion of Poland, and I have read a good bit of history >>>> on >>>> various web pages. I want to find out more about where I should be >>>> looking >>>> for families that state they are from Wysocko, Ukraine-Poland, or >>>> Wysocko, >>>> Galicia on their ship manifests. I understand how the borders have >>>> changed >>>> over time due to wars, etc. >>>> >>>> I am trying to search for the ancestors of my 2nd cousins. Our 3 >>>> grandmothers were sisters. These women came from Parchanie, >>>> Inowroclaw, >>>> Poland and went to Crompton, RI. One sister married a man named >>>> Havrylo/Gabryl Szelest. Another sister married a man named >>>> Tadej/Tadeusz >>>> Zommer. I have been researching my own grandmother and grandfather for >>>> the >>>> past 4 years and have traced back to ~1700 on their ancestors in towns >>>> in >>>> northern Poland. Now I want to help my cousins research their >>>> grandfathers. >>>> I want to be sure I am looking in the correct place. >>>> >>>> Havrylo Szelest was born 13 Dec 1878 in Wysocko. He was the first >>>> husband >>>> of Pelagia. This branch of the family reports that Havrylo/Gabryl >>>> Szelest >>>> died ~1919 and Pelagia married the brother, Stefan Szelest. >>>> >>>> Stefan Szelest was born in Wysocko ~ 1895 according to his ship >>>> manifest, >>>> but the family is not sure of this, nor do they have any papers from >>>> Stefan >>>> Szelest. >>>> >>>> These brother list their parents' names as Thomas and Mary Szelest from >>>> Wysocko, Austria. >>>> >>>> On various documents the brothers report: Ukraine, or Galicia, or >>>> Austria. >>>> I do understand why. >>>> >>>> Somehow I suspect these brothers are also related to Mikolaj Szelest >>>> and >>>> Paraska Szelest (who are brother & sister) found on ship manifests, who >>>> came >>>> from Wysocko and who lived in Crompton, RI. >>>> >>>> The other sister married Tadej/Tadeusz Zommer. He was born 18 Sep 1881 >>>> in >>>> Wysocko. This branch of the family reports that they always had to >>>> celebrate Greek Catholic Christmas for their grandfather at his >>>> insistence. >>>> Tadej had brothers Prokop/Reler, Benjamin, and another one. >>>> >>>> On the LDS site I find microfilms for Wysocko (Brody), Wysocko Wyzne >>>> (Borynia), and Wysocko Nizne (Borynia). If I am lucky, I may only be >>>> able >>>> to find the birth record for Havrylo/Gabryl Szelest in 1878 on LDS film >>>> 2010583 Item 4 or maybe Item 6. Do you think I will find him there? >>>> >>>> Am I looking in the right place? >>>> >>>> How and where can we write to request the birth records for the >>>> grandfathers >>>> in 1881 and 1895? >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance for any help you can be. >>>> >>>> Bobbi McCaffrey (100% Polish, just hiding behind this Irish name :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ********************************* >>>> Need to contact the list manager? >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> ********************************* >> Need to contact the list manager? >> 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 >> > > >