Hi! Wanted to try and reach more people who may be interested in these surnames and / or ancestral villages (partial list below in the information section of the announcement), and invite them to our annual event, the Losie Kermesh. You can email me personally for more info! Che Zuro Whiting pennsylvania_che@hotmail.com Losie Kermesh 2012 Sunday August 26, 2012 Noon – 6pm Location: Campground 70, one mile north of Bentleyville, PA (between Belle Vernon & Washington, PA) Turn off Exit 32-B on I-70 and follow the "Kermesh" signs. Joe and Diane Perun, proprietors Admission: Bring a covered dish and any genealogical information that you wish to share. Genealogists will be present with records from the entire area. For more information contact: Rox Vanguard roxman@city-net.com Join our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/LosieKermesh The Losie Kermesh (picnic/celebration) is for Lemko descendants representing villages from the northern slope of the Carpathian Mountains in present-day southeastern Poland and formerly (until 1918) the province of Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire: Bielanka, Blechnarka, Brunary, Czarna, Dolina, Hanczowa, Jaszkowa, Klimkowka, Kunkowa, Leszczyny, Losie, Nowica, Petna, Pryslop, Ropki, Snietnica, Stawisza, Uscie Ruskie, Wawrzka, Wysowa and more. The kermesh is an informal get-together to share genealogical information and photos and enjoy the day with all of your Lemko cousins, old and new. There will be music, pot luck meal, 50/50 raffle, and a Chinese auction in addition to genealogy and photo sharing! Past representation by surname: Barna, Choma, Dolinsky, Dudyk, Fekula, Gal, Gyza, Huratiak, Karel, Karpiak, Krill, Krutilla, Malecki, Mitus, Monita, Nowak, Pawlack, Perun, Popovich, Rogots, Shlanta, Szmonchak, Telech, Trembach, Wachnowski, Woytovech, Wozniak, Yewusiak, Youshock, Zuro, Zuraw and more!