---------- > From: Bill Watamaniuk <bimiwat@OSO.AURACOM.COM> > To: GEN-SLAVIC@MAIL.EWORLD.COM > Subject: Re: ZINTSCHUK, searching. > Date: Saturday, April 12, 1997 10:39 AM > > At 04:21 AM 4/12/97 GMT, you wrote: > >The "chuk" ending of your grandfather's name is typically Ukrainian. Of > >course, Ukraine borders Belarus. Is it possible he was Ukrainian? ..... > > ................ > > > >Karl Karl, my grandfather was born in Belarus (1882), but the area where he was born is now in the Ukraine. What bothers me is the original surname was said Kozupchik which is pronounced as Ko-Zoo-chick and written, to my understanding, Kozubchik. With the common Ukrainian name ending as being chuk and the ending of my families name being chik or chyk, is my name Belarusan or Ukrainian.. I have search the world over trying to find my families original surname Kozupchik or Kozubchik and can only find the surname Kozub.. I often wonder am I part of the family Kozub. Since my grandfather Matvey Kozupchik came to the US in 1907, our name was changed to Zuchick and said Zoo-chick.. Talk about a puzzle.. > >> White Russian is now Belarus, I believe at one time part of this area was > >> also Poland. As was Rechitsa, Khotin Dstrct, Khotinskoi volosti, Volhynia where grandfather was born, was once in Belarus, but is now in the Ukraine. > My "Dictionary of Ukrainian Surnames In Canada", F. Bogdan, shows > the following variations: > Zenchak, Zenchuk, Zinchuk, and (of course) Zhenchuk. Bill what does your Dictionary of Ukrainian Surnames In Canada say about Kozupchik, Kozubchyk or other variations of my name to include Zuchick? > The variations may be the result of an attempt to transliterate the > name into English. The root 'zhen-', in Ukrainian (and many other Slavic > languages) refers to 'woman, wife, female, etc.'. Perhaps 'zin-. or 'zen-' > may be corruptions of 'zhen-', or may have no connection. Michael Researching Surnames: Kozubchuk, Kozubchik, Kozupchik, Kozubchyk, Kocuipchyk, Zuchick, Barna and Spears Kozupchik: Rechitsa, Khotin Dstrct, Khotinskoi volosti, Volhynia, Ukraine Perotsky/Porotsky: Rechitsa, Khotin Dstrct, Khotinskoi volosti, Volhynia, Ukraine Zuchick (Kozupchik): USA Barna: Certizne, Slovak Republic