I have been looking for the history of my BILCZE family name. I have studiedthe history of Ruthenia (I mean the closest territory of the Carpathian Mountains to Hungary), mostly Ugocsa megye villages of Veritzkee" - Verecze/Verjacja,Veroce and Kiralyhaza , now Korolevo, My grandfather Mihaly and Lazilo migrated from there to Alliance, OH around 1900. Both spelled last name the same. I thought that there may be families who carry this name in this area today. Have come up with nothing. I know they were Magyars, not Ukrainians. It is highly possible that our name comes from the village name BILKE. some possibilities: BILKE BILCZE BILECZ BILKE BILOK BJELEK BILECZ Any info you can share on Verecze? Familiar with these BIL*** villages? I would like to see telephone directories of these areas to see if there are some BIL*** surnames. The Ukrainians are hard to deal with. All phone books in Ukrainian Cyrillic. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance Joe Bilcze Alliance, OH