Dear Jan, I have enjoyed the website, it is pleasant to see that the internet can be used to reconstruct. I had the recollection from the 1947 book, and I have also printed out the conversation from 1997. Thanks and best wishes. Tim Snyder

I've been dabbling in searching for ancestors on both my husband's and my side of the family. My maternal relatives came from the former Poznan province (Czerniejewo) and Bygdocsz. I know little about my father's side as they did not speak much of their years before immigrating. Bothe sides arrived in the Midwest between 1880 and 1890, while my husband's family arrived prior to WW 1.

I've been dabbling in searching for ancestors on both my husband's and my side of the family. My maternal relatives came from the former Poznan province (Czerniejewo) and Bygdocsz. I know little about my father's side as they did not speak much of their years before immigrating. Bothe sides arrived in the Midwest between 1880 and 1890, while my husband's family arrived prior to WW 1.

My cousin Nickolas Kotow has been involved with the Pittsburgh society as president and recently voted Ukrainian of the year. I live in Seminole, Fl.and just started to look into my family roots. Hopefully this will be a great start ! My grand-parents were Jacob and Paraskevia Kotow. any help would be grate-full. Thanks Joseph M. Kotow

Sa ludzie i fakty o ktorych nalezy pamietac Gratulacje

Very interesting and a joy to read. Thank you, I have referred this site to a few Lemkos.

Thank you for all imformation.First time we have found anything about Demkowicz.

Dziakuju, cudounaja staronka, vielmi infarmacyjnaja j dobra azdoblenaja. (spadziajusia, Vy zrazumieli hety tekst u bielaruskaj movie).

I was searching the Web for people with the same last name as me and I ran across list page. I found it very interesting

Janie, dzie,kuje, za zapoznanie mnie z Twoja, strona,.Jest bardzo interesuja,ca.Zycze, Ci wielu sukcesow i wytrwalosci w zgle,bianiu tego tematu. Krystyna Czernisz

I am searching for information on my husband's family. We know his father was born in Dobra Poland and have some paperwork in polish decribing land birth certificate etc. His fathers name was Thaddeus c. Wrobleski and his grandfathers name was Francis who married a Veronica Radziemski (sp). Will have to look up name. Am in a class on Internet and got curious. Hopefully you can tell us something.

I found very interesting information on this page. I have neither been in Dobra nor know about it before. I'm going to visit it soon.

I'm doing some research for a friend on the town of Strzelce Krajenskie (Friedeberg), and we hope to visit there in July 2000 with about 20 of her relatives. Her grand-father emigrated in 1882 from the area. This web-site was recommended to me by Jan Popiel--any information on the Strzelce area would be greatly welcomed! Thank you!

Very nice page. I printed the picture of the San to inspire me. I am doing research around the Lesko/Sanko area (Wola Postalova) on KNYSZ and WOJCHEK (Wysik). Would love to know more about the area. Thank You!

I would like to find out more about my family and where from Poland the family comes from.

Just revisiting the site. You've done a great job updating it and it was good before. I submitted this link to "Cyndi's List". If she publishes it, you're sure to get more hits. Keep up the good work.

Thank you for this site. Been trying to find some kind of information on my history for awhile. Seems no one in my immediate family knows much.

My great grandmaother was Anna Krowiak and cousins are the Demkovichs

You have an excellent web site! Congratulations!

Dear Ingrid, Daber where your father was born is called Dobra since 1945 and is located near Stargard (Kreis Stettin) in north-west Poland. Dobra Szlachecka, also called Dobra, is located near Sanok in south -east Poland. I wish you a rewarding trip both to Dobra and Daber. Jan

My father Hermann Laske was born in Daber in 1891My grandmother's maiden name was Zeglin.I'd appreciate any information somebody may have.I have some old photos but don't know what they depict.My grandfather had a Gasthof.I was very suprised to find this site.I'm also planning to visit next summer and could use any advise. Thank you very much.

Dear Jan; It is nice to see that you are adding information to the site.

My last name is Chomko. Its not a usuall last name like Smith or O'Malley...So I guess that will make my search easier for me on my ancestry..... Thank You!!!!!! Juliet

My Grandfather came from Poland, his name was Nicolas Krowiak and his wife (my grandmother) name was Anna. I would be interested to see if any of my ancestery is from Dobra.

What info do you have on Czertez, Sanok, Poland ??? What church did your relatives belong to in Dobra??? Also my mother's sister married an American born Polish with the last name of HNAT What do you know about the village of HNAT??? Enjoyed your web site!!

I like your page The Dobra Shlachecka. Have a nice weekend!

I have just visited your site and I was very impressed. You have done excellent job. Prosze tak dalej. Jozef B.Baran

Father - Nick (Mikolai, Nicholas) Popiel-Oleskowicz born 1890 in Kulczyce. I'm not sure of the spelling of names. Mother - Mary (Baranecki, Baranecky)(Stokhailo, Schtokylo) born 1898 also born in Kulczyce near Sambor, Poland. Am just getting started, any free help is welcome. This is really amazing what you're doing, thank you so much. I can't believe there are so many Popiels out there. Sorry I took up 2 guest slots, wanted to hear from you so I had to borrow my son's e-mail address.

I checked your page because my students and I translated one of your documents from Latin. It's a great site!

Who knows where my ancestors came from? My grandfather, JOSEPH KROWIAK came to Canada from Europe (possibly Austria) in his early teens in about 1920. All I know of his family was that his mother's name was HELEN and the rest of his family, who remained in Europe, was pretty much wiped out by influenza at about the time he came here. With all the WWI and WWII destruction of church records in Europe, is there any way to pick up the trail of this information?

I appreciate all the hard work involved in your extensive research. It is nice to know the background and location of my ancestral home. Their are many Demkowicz's in the Chicago area and now I know I have relatives all over the world.

I noticed that Krajniks were listed as being inhabitants of this village. I would like to know if they were my ancestors and would also like to received any other information about the Krajniks in the Dobra Village.

Nie znam historii moich przodkow poza tym,ze moj ojciec Emil Popiel-Oleskowicz urodzil sie w Kulczycach/Sambor/.Ukonczyl Politechnike Lwowska i rospoczal prace w woj. krakowskim gdzie zaskoczyla nas wojna.Ja urodzilam sie 10.04.44 w Nowym Saczu.Po wojnie przenieslismy sie na ziemie zachodnie.Obecnie rodzina moja /Brat-Czeslaw Popiel-Oleskowicz-Profesor na Politechnice Poznanskiej/ zamieszkuja w Poznaniu.Ja Ukonczylam Politechnike Wroclawska .Wyjechalam z Polski w 1972 r.do Francji a teraz zyje od 13 lat w Montrealu.O naszch pochodzeniah ,,wschodnich''i o naszych Przodkach rodzice nie informowali nas z obawy przed przesladowaniami -a szkoda!Moze dlatego zainteresowalo mnie wasze site-Popielowie.Brawo! Romana

I changed the English spelling of my name because I got tired of people thinking I was Japanese.... I never knew my maternal grandparents (Grod), but they were either from Ukraine or Poland. I also have no idea where my father's father was from. But I can't describe how excited I was to see the family of Hnatusko listed in the -1947 inhabitants of Dobra. If anyone can tell me where other Hnatushko's and/or Grod's were living in Eastern Europe prior to WWII, I would really appreciate any and all information. My email address is ukrn69@ktb.net.

My grandfather on my mother's side was a Dobranski. His name was Matthew Dobranski, he died a few years ago. His parents were from Poland and migrated here with their 13 children. I'm not sure of any of their names, thanks to my grandfather. I'm just curious to see if anybody may know anything about them.

Milo widziec strone tworzona tak daleko a dotyczaca miejscowosci obok mnie...

My father was born in America, but is resting in Dobra's cemetary. I was born in Ulucz But i live in america. My mother was from Dobra--Krowiak, Nisewicz, and Hryckewicz. My father's side from Ulucz->Klysz(Klisz), Solecki, and Warski. Thanks for these web pages. This is a piece of history of hard working people from the AWARD of King Jagello to shameful expultion by the "Wisla operation". I just came back from a short vacation, it is beautiful there! I was hiking from Dobra's new bridge to Hruszuwka. My compliments to Jan and Mikefor a great job!

Sluchajcie, pomysl jest wspanialy. Z przyjemnoscia wpisujemy sie do Waszej Ksiegi Gosci. Jestesmy mile zaskoczeni zawartoscia historycznych informaci i wiadomosci. Pozdrawiamy Ela i Mirek.

just found this page while "surffing" around thru POPIEL's

The family names I am researching are Siminski, Kiebala, Jasinski aka Jasek/Jacek, Gasiorowski, Urbanek, and Czaikowski. Last found Kiebala's and Urbanek's came from Wielopole Skrzynskie, Gasiorowski and Czaikowski from Ropczyce. I have not been able to trace Jasinski and only know that Siminski came from a part of Poland that was once ruled by Germany. Thanks!

MY GRANDFATHER'S LAST NAME WAS CZAJKOWSKI. HIS PARENTS WERE JOSEPH AND ANNA CZAJKOWSKI. I BELIEVE MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME WAS LEWINSKY OR LETINSKY??? MY GRANDFATHER CAME FROM UKRAINE IN 1912. HIS MOTHER CAME ABOUT 1911. HIS PARENTS CAME FIRST. HIS FATHER HAD FIRST GONE TO SOUTH AMERICA ABOUT 1909 - MAYBE EARLIER, LEAVING HIS MOTHER AND 3 CHILDREN (IVAN, JULIA AND ANNA) IN UKRAINE; AND THEN HIS MOTHER IMMIGRATED BY HERSELF FROM UKRAINE TO VANDERGRIFT, PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE HER HUSBAND THEN CAME FROM SOUTH AMERICA AND THEY SETTLED THERE AND THEN BROUGHT THE 3 KIDS OVER. THEY HAD 5 MORE CHILDREN IN VANDERGRIFT - MICHAEL, JENNY, STANLEY, WALTER, AND BERNICE. IS THERE SOME WAY YOU COULD CHECK THE RECORDS FROM THE VILLAGE OF DOBRA SZLACHECKA AND LET ME KNOW IF MY GRANDFATHER IS FROM THAT VILLAGE? HE WAS BORN AROUND 1895 OR 1896. THANK YOU. NANCY CARROLL

Great pages. The history part is very good. Thank you. do widzenia, Edwin

please send me information. Also if you have any information of the Polish National Catholic Church, I would be intrested. I am on the archives committee. Thank you

I read an internet request looking for people whose ancestors were from Dobra Szlachecka. My maiden name, Fedczak, was on the list of names. I would be very interested in learning if this is the origin of my family. My grandfather's name is Michael Maximillion Fedczak, and that is all I know about my family history.

I am certain that in few years most of learning will be provided via Internet. It is great to see that you had taken the first step to ensure that the Ukrainian culture will be present in the global vilage's future ocean of knownedge!

My mother was a Popiel. When I was little she told me stories of how her family came from royalty in Poland. Can this be? I am looking to research our family roots. Most of my relatives settled in Philadelphia but I have lost touch with them and would like to learn about our family so that I can pass the information on to my children. Any Suggestions? Thank you.

Cannot answer the second to last question with the menu as is. Would click-on 'I don't know', but that is not an option.

Sorry About that - fixed by Mike D.

Chcia³bym w imieniu Zwi¹zku Szlachty Polskiej pogratulowaæ dobrego pomys³u oraz godnej naœladowania inicjatywy. Oby wiêcej szlacheckich maj¹tków doczeka³o siê przede wszystkich tak ofiarnych mi³oœników jak Panowie, a przy okazji stron internetowych w tak atrakcyjnej formie, jak strona Dobrej Szlacheckiej. Pozdrawiam i ¿yczê powodzenia! Marcin Micha³ Wiszowaty Sekretarz Zwi¹zku

Ciekawe, ciekawe...

I was pleasantly suprised to find the Dobra web site. Thanks to Steve Koch for telling me about it. My grandparents, Nicholas Staleny and Anna Hinko, were both from Dobra. I would like to correspond with anyone researching the names Staleny (Stolony), Hinko (Hynko), Soroka (Sroka), Bialas, Dobrzanski, Krajnik, Kaplon, Niesiewicz, and Demkowicz. My compliments to Mike and Jan for a great job!

Hi guys! Well done. I would never expect to find anything about Dobra on the Net. Very nice surprise, indeed. I used to be a school teacher in Dobra for about 5-6 years. I'm sure there are still some people in Dobra that can remember me ( I hope). I think I have met you Mike in 1988 or 89 in Dobra. You were introduced to me by Mrs Demkowicz. Anyway, it's a very interesting website. Keep up a good work and I'll see you on the Net again.

Congratulations. It is a very interesting web page. My name is Andrzej Mrzygod and I was borne in Beuthen. I guess that my ancestors came from the town Mrzyglod near by Dobra. Mayby someone can tell me a way to get more information about it. The only thing i know is that my forforfather was smith. Many thanks Andrzej

What a wonderful site with such a combination of the feeling of the "old" and sacred together with the newest technology of the internet! I noticed a name or two that may be in your district, but will need some help with this. I am under the impression that my grandfather, John Boruszeski (Boruszewski?) came from Boguzyn near Warsaw during his 22nd year in late 1895 or 1896. His parents were Frank Boruszeski and Catherina Bobroski. Recently, the Polish Nobility Assn. has invited my membership and for many years I have participated in conferences and other activities with a certain slant of authority and blessing to be quite outspoken yet diplomatic for the cause of others. I guess this goes with Polish heritage!!! Although I was born here in America, I have always felt a difference from the mainstream American--something more. If any of your members have any clues that might help, I'm all ears. The partitioning and renaming has created some real translation problems as my Polish and German are VERY limited to key words on the geneology guides--and Russian, oiy!! PS: Am hoping to raise travel fare for Poland pilgrimage and visit/research to certain areas. Pray for this miracle as it will have to be big enough for late April or October, this year '98! I will bring my first tour out of this country for Country/Folk/Inspirational music to the villages. I'm not a performer normally, mostly writer and producer, but I have a wonderful time with people. Again, what a beautiful village I see on these pages. Hope we can connect again. Blessings, Gloria Boruszeski

As I remember Uluch, the village had four main parts... Boriwnycia, Kut, Krajnyki & Wdolow. Boriwnycia was the indutrial center of Uluch, it had four flour mills and one saw mill. One flour mill and the saw mill was owned by Myhailo Czebiniak. the flour mills were owned by S.Charydczak, Polanski, Krajnyk. The rest of the population was predominantly farmers. As I remember, the rest of the village was very picturesque, almost every house tended beautiful flower gardens and orchards. There was a new school, store 'Kareratyva" & two churches. Unfortunately, Uluch was destroyed and it's people forcibly removed to other regions of Poland, but one of the churchs was saved, I assume due to the historical value, it is situated on 'Dubnyk' hill and was built circa 1510. Every year the church hosted 'hrystove woznesinia' or znisinia'. Since permission was granted from the Polish government, this celebration is hosted again every year. Last year was the 50th celebration of the diaspora or forcible re-location of the Ukrainian people of Uluch. Former inhabitants came from all over North America and Europe. Holy mass was held at the church followed by a celebration on the River San. It was an exciting time for all who attended, for we left as children and returned 50 years later meet again as seniors. 50 Years made it a little difficult to recognize old friends from appearance, but familiy names werer exchanged and old friendships and old memories re-kindled. This annual event will be hosted in Uluch, at the church on the third weekend in May of this year. I strongly recommend former inhabitants and relatives of former inhabitants who are interested in meeting old aquaintances or learning of they're lineage to attend. Sofia Prystay-Czebiniak Toronto, Ontario Canada

JaK majete mozliwist bud laska skontaktujtesia z Vladykoju Archijepiskopom ADAMOM z SIANOKA.Znaje Vladyka duze dobre istoriju tych okolic.

Jestem synem Józefa i wnukiem Zygmunta Czajkowskiego.Moja matka z domu Buczyñska pochodzi równie¿ z Dobrej Szlacheckiej.Ojciec zmar³ na Syberii w ³agrze nad Ka³ym¹ niedaleko Magadanu.Skazany by³ na 5 lat ciê¿kich robót za sam fakt ¿e by³ zawodowym oficerem Wojska Polskiego przed II Wojn¹ Œwiatow¹.

My Grandmother was Justina Zbyr born 2 June 1889 in the villiage of Weis Skolin, Town: Prezmysl, Poland, Street: Krakowiencenis, Baptised in Zmiowiska (Parish) church: Weis Skolin Neleki Oche (St. Nicolai) Church 3 june 1989 Obstetrician?/Doctor?/Midwife: Marea Klomerak My Grand father was Afanasy(Athanasius) Poleshchuk from Volensk?(sp) on my mother's side. Other relatives were grandmother's mother, Catherine Prymak -daughter of Elia Prymak and Maria Magerus. and granmother's father Andrew Zbyr, son of Anna Rodych and Yoannis Zybr. I am sure all the preceeding spellings have been Americanized but perhaps you will find some interesting information here. Godparents were Theodorus Prymak and Andrew Yurcheshyn

Interesting site

My name was originally Mrzyglod. It was apparently changed when my grandfather came through Ellis Island in 1915. As far as I know he was from Sambor (he married Katherine Skraba who was from Rudki) and settled in Auburn, NY. It's interesting that the village of Mrzyglod is on the outskirts of Dobra and a stone's throw from Sambor.

Bardzo dobry pomys³.Obejrza³em, bo szukam ciekawostek o trenach ma³o znanych w Polsce.

I'm looking for my Demkowicz relatives, but no one in the family seems to know for sure where my grandparents were born. Some think maybe around Ternopol. If anyone has a parent or grandparent who was related to Harry Demkowicz, I'd really appreciate hearing from you. This is a great site, by the way.

Nothing

I've been researching my family names and this is the first 'hit' I've found for any. Thanks for being there!

Keep up the good work.

I live in Przemysl,a beautiful town on polish - ukrainian border. There is a state archive here for a whole province which part is Dobra. If anyone needs my help with genealogical matters or anyother let me know and I will gladly act as an intermediary. I'm a fun of NBA basketball teams( I favour NY NICKS ) and X - Files so drop me a line if you have the same interest or if you are a... beautiful american GIRL.

I met Jan in a bookstore, and was told about the Website. I don't have an immediate reaction to the poem, Jan, I need to let it sit for a bit. thank you for sharing this with me!

Dear Jan: I should have an e-mail address for you soon, and then will contact you. Bohdan

I found your site through the Lemko site. I have been looking for information about the birthplace of my grandparents, which is Sanok. I noticed that Dobra is nearby. My grandmother's name was Anastazia Haluschuk and my grandfather's name was Joseph Corba. He came from another town and she from Sanok. They married and raised children in Carnegie, PA, which is a suburb of Pittsburgh. this suburb had a strong Unkrainian (or Lemko) neighborhood.

Your WEBPAGE is beautiful and very informative, sured to be copied. PS My grandfather came from Prybyshiw (born 1871) immigrated to Wilkes-Barre Pa. 1889. Good luck

this city is near Wola Sekowa where I think my relatives are from so I was looking for a possible connection.

signed your guestbook first. have not looked at anything else, but expect to. It's like a lot of things I do--my motto is why read instructions--when all else fails, then read the instructions.

i could not retrieve your website topics off of aol..wondering if the town was named after our family...remember my grandfathers name was julius, that's about it

You have a wonderful website for Dobra. I only which there was such a site for my grandfather's village, Borchow, which I am told is about 18 km of Cieszanow. I check the LDS records regularly but so far they have not filmed the records I need. Can you suggest other sources of information someone in California might access?

Bardzo ladny pomysl, tylko pozazdroscic

Thank you for the opportunity to become a member of your Society. Seeking genealogical ancestry surname Gbur, mother's maiden name Grob. Seeking Grandfather's village former Hapsburg-Austro-Hungarian Empire village of "Sarcoak". According to genealogist Greg Gressa "Sarcoak" may be current Polish village "SAWKOWCZYK" which sounds like Sarcoak phonetically. Grob from region Carpathian Mtn./Danube River. Grandfather spoke German, Ukranian/Russian, Hebrew. Grandfather nor descendants are Jewish. Grandfather was orphan raised by Aunts. Grandmother maiden name Babiak. Possible Great Grandfather Andrew (killed in mining accident, Ukraine region?) I also have an Uncle Simons (Americanized Simoni) from L'vov (currently L'viv) he also attended German-Austrian grade school prior to emigration. Other Gburs I am currently in contact with: Roland (Stuttgart, Germany), John (NJ), John (PA) I have a lot of other research to share with other Gburs feel free to email me.

serching for relatives . my parents names are stanley hryszkiewicz born 4-17-20 in wilna mother wladislawa ogarekborn 12-4-23 we came to the states in 1956 to chicago

My Lemko ancestors lived in the villages just east of Krynica (Czyrna, Snietnica, etc). I'm impressed with your site, and hope I can do as good a job for Czyrna/Snietnica one day. I was in Sanok this summer. Who knows, maybe I drove thru Dobra on my way to Sanok from Lancut.

a very well done webpage! Congratulations! If I only get across some materials I will send them to you immediately.

Hey, just doin a search on my last name... Why is my name on one of your list? I thought it was unlisted? :)

I was actually searching for information on Ukrainian nobility and came accross this web site. I teach Ukrainian and was looking for information to introduce a new story. I found this site very interesting and helpful!

I'm looking for news on thi Jagiello Dinasty,I think it is possible a case of descendance.Thanx in advance

Dzien dobry! przeczytalem dzisiaj Panski e-mail, a ze nie mialem czasu odpisac od razu, odpisuje teraz na lamach "ksiazki wpisow." (Siedze w bibliotece, i nie mam dostepu do swojego konta na internecie.) Pomysl otwarcia nowej strony poswieconej Uliczowi bardzo mi sie spodobal. Jak juz pisalem, jade w Bieszczady pod koniec roku i moim glownym celem bedzie tzw. photo documentation. Moj projekt zostal bardzo dobrze przyjety przez uniwersytet i ... udalo mi sie zebrac wystarczajaco duzo pieniedzy na pokrycie wiekszej czesci jego kosztow. Zajrze do Dobrej i Ulicza i przysle zdjecia, ktore, mam nadzieje, wzbogaca Wasza strone o D&U. Mam nadzieje, ze i Wam uda sie zabrac dosc pieniedzy, zeby wydac ksiazke o ktorej Pan wspomnial. Mirek ps. odezwe sie jeszcze przed wyjazdem do Kraju.

milo znajdywac takie strony...

I know almost nothing of my heritage. Perhaps, I am a decendent of Dobra.

I have been to Dobra Szlachecka few times. My parents are from the neighboring village, Ulucz. Most of the names listed on the page sound familiar. Great job!!!

I'll have to ask my grandmother from where she and my grandfather had emigrated. I had always assumed it was from the Kiev area, but perhaps I'm wrong. Most of my family lives in the Philadelphia area, where we have a funeral home. The business was established in 1919, so my grandparents had probably emigrated to the United States shortly before that time.

Nice site.

Web site looks very professional, Good work guys !!!! For a small village like this one there's lots of info and great pictures. Keep enhancing it.

Dobra should feel proud and lucky that it is not New York City. No noisy stinky subways. No metermaids. No baseball team that can't even get into the world series. But on the other hand Dobra has a historian that rivals that eruditian and wisdom of Herodotus (the father of history). Jan Popiel of course will one day complete his book and will posthumourously win the Nobel Prize in comedy.

"Wydalam ciebie, abys byl mscicielem! Synu popiolow nazwany Popielem." Mscicielem!? Mscicielem czego...? A moze tego: patrz PRL: DYKTATURA I TERROR(adres wyzej). Ale nie, nie bardzo widze Cie w tej w roli Janie Rex... Pozdrowienia. Edward I.

My mother was visiting, and on a whim I searched her maiden name of Hnatusko and found your site. What a surprise!! My Mom's parents were Wasyl and Mary (Hrychiewicz) Hnatusko and they came from Dobra. I don't know when they came to the US but it was prior to 1910 I would guess.

I've just visited your site, that's great! Really!! And thanks for email. I'll reply soon.

Dear Mr. Popiel: Great Homepage. There should be one for all villages in the Jaroslaw region. You should also clearly note that there is also a Dobra Rustykalna and two villages in the former Austrian Crownland of Galizien (Galicia) with the name Dobra: one was/is near Sieniawa and the other is near Limanowa. _________ Lavrentij Krupnak

I thought the information about the village was well presented and interesting. History should never be forgotten.

Signed in before, but I seem to have dropped off the list. Great site!

Fantastyczna strona. Gratuluje ! To pieknie, ze na Internecie mozna znalezc ciekawostki zwiazane z polska i ukrainska genealogia. I to na takim poziomie ! Panie Janie, dzieki za przekazanie mi adresu strony podczas naszego spotkania w Warszawie na odczycie w PTH (w ktorym to uczestniczyl rowniez p.Kaj Malachowski). Serdecznie zapraszam do odwiedzenia strony Polanlanta, jak tylko bedzie ona gotowa (narazie jest w przygotowaniu). A tak wogole, czy to prawda, ze powstalo The Popiel's United Society of America ? Pozdrawiam z dalekiej Australii i klaniam sie. P.P.B. A word in English for those who did not understand what I have written so far. In short, I was glad to get in touch with Mr Popiel and I praised his Society's web site. And then I sent my best regards ! Best regards to all genealogy and heraldry maniacs (like me).

Great job on the page, what a suprise to find a home page about my fathers (Jan Pankiewicz or John Pankewycz 1940-1978) family village on the web. Just for your information there are approx 80-100 Pankiewicz/Pankewycz family members in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada area. By the way there are colour photographs of the church and bell tower in a book called "Churches in Ruins" this book includes a great deal of History and photographs of churches in the surrounding areas, unfortunatly I don't recall the author, but can find out if anyones interested.

I understand a Mr Popiel visited my church several weeks ago. Unfortunately I could not meet with him at that time. ( Ss. Cyril & Methodius, Olyphant, Pa.) I have traveled to Ukraine many times however I have not been fortunate enough to see my ancestors village(s) On the maternal side my ancestors also were from nearby their names : Gadomski/Stefano : Grndfthr/Grndmthr

Wasza strona podoba mi sie, wiec podaje jej link na mojej stronie (patrz: FIALKOWSKI FAMILY). Pozdrawiam i zapraszam rowniez na moja strone. Edward I. Fialkowski

My grandparents and most of their ancestors came from Dobra. They subsequently relocated to Yonkers, N.Y. The surnames in my family tree include Czajkowski, Hinko, Stalony (Stalenyj), Krajnik, Demkowicz and Niesiewicz to name the most common. Other members of the Czajkowski family immigrated to the Chicago and Detroit areas. I’m always glad to hear from anyone about Dobra. Keep up the good work on the Dobra Szlachecka Page!

Hey Mike! Looks good! I'm sitting at work with my colleague whose ancestors come from Kiev and Odessa. Maybe they were neighbors? Go figure! Small world! (This is Wendy, Phyllis' cubicle neighbor. Your sister is one of the hardest-working people I have ever met. She does't like me saying this, either) Bye for now.

Send me an E-Mail if you lost my adres you can find me by acsessing the home page of the dutch scout organisation http://scouting.nl go with the left side of the screen to E-mail and type Amerongen by Plaats end the you found me

I was in Dobra many years ago and I liked that place. Thanks for founding this society!!!

Website is OK!

First of all, my apologies for the first attempt I made to sign your guestbook. I have no idea how looking for erotic pictures turned up since I definitely didn't type that in! Anyway, I am much more interested in genealogy and have no time for such nonsense, The listing for the surname Czajkowsky very much interests me since both my Grandparents came from this general area (possibly Laka or Dublany in the Sambor District???) My Grandfather's surname was Americanized to Chicosky but was originally spelled more like the Czajkowsky surname. My Grandmother's maiden name was very much like her married surname Czalouska/Czalowski??? I have been in pursuit of information on my Grandparents for about 15 years and it seems like I still haven't gotten anywhere, but I still keep on looking! Other surnames of interest are: Horodiskey, Bandroski, Urban, Vinicki/Winicki. I have very much enjoyed your fine website and am sure to return frequently!

Je mi barz dobri vydity vashy cikavy stranky... uzh znam zhe immigrovaly mnohi nadsjansky rusnaky z Dobroj Shlakhetskoj do Olyfantu v Pennsylvaniji, de meshkaly tizh veljo nashykh lemkiv-rusyniv. Je tam ishchy barz velka rusnacka/lemkivska/halycka greko-katolycka cerkov imeny Sv. Kyryla i Mefodija jak, dumam, uzh znate! Nadiju sja, zheby mohly by zme maty, v buduchnosty, dobry vtjahy medzhi nashyma rusynamy-lemkamy i susidnyma nadsjanskyma rusnakamy! Budte zdravy i ostavajte furt z Bohom! Here in English is the letter from Richard Custer: It was a pleasure to see your site.... I have known that many Rusnaks from the San River area have already emigrated from Dobra Shlakhetska to Olypant, PA, where many of "our" Lemko-Rusnaks lived. There still exists a large Rusnak/Lemko/Galician Greek Catholic tserkva of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, as I think you already know. I hope that in the future we will have good relations between "our" Rusyn-Lemkos and neighboring Sian River Rusnaks! Stay healthy and remain continuously with God!

Dziekuje za zaproszenie. Jest to wzruszajacy przyklad pietyzmu i nostalgii. W Dobrej nigdy nie bylem, ale od lat bywam w Bieszczadach i okolicy, tzn. kilka razy w Beskidzie Niskim i kiedys raz w Brzozowie. Z podpisow pod zdjeciami wynika,ze p. Jan Popiel byl teraz w Dobrej - ja tydzien temu wlasnie wrocilem ze spotkania muzycznego w Jaworniku kolo Rzepedzi, zorganizowanego przez "Orkiestre pw. sw. Mikolaja" (http://automat.pol.lublin.pl/orkiestra), a wczesniej wysylalem m.in. na administrowana przeze mnie liste dyskusyjna muzykant@plearn.edu.pl komunikat o warsztatach tancow lemkowskich we wrzesniu w Izbach kolo Banicy, organizowanych przez "Dom Tanca" (http://polbox.com/k/klejnas)z udzialem znanych mi osobiscie muzykow z grup "Kyczera" i "Lemkowyna", na ktorych strony znalazlem z Panstwa strony sciezki. Znalazlem tez informacje o tegorocznej "Watrze" - bylem w 1992 r. Sadze, ze warto zaproponowac, by na Panstwa strone porobiono sciezki ze stron http://polska.pl o kulturze i mniejszosciach, a takze by podobne strony zrobiono tez dla innych "malych ojczyzn". Sprawy genealogii moglyby byc tez ciekawe dla mojego kolegi Kaja Malachowskiego (sggmwwoy@plearn.edu.pl), moderatora listy na ten temat, a takze dla listy historykow klio@plearn.edu.pl, turystow tramp@plearn.edu.pl i listy Poland-l z Buffalo oraz dla Instytutu Kultury (strona wsrod stron http://polska.pl), a aspekty ekologiczne (ale nie tylko) dla sieci NGO'sow "Most" (http://www.most.org.pl). Z kolei Panstwu musze zarekomendowac internetowy album cerkwi lemkowskich i bojkowskich na stronach Gdanskiego SKPT (mozna trafic ze stron http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl o turystyce). Zapraszam na Muzykanta i pozdrawiam ! Karol Ejgenberg

Drogi Janie Rex...Odwiedzam Twoja strone tak czesto, poniewaz Cie lubie i z uwaga obserwuje Twoja kariere. Nie bez znaczenia pozostaje rowniez fakt, ze - jak zapewne pamietasz - zawsze interesowaly mnie stosunki polsko-ukrainskie (nawet w czasach, w ktorych odczuwalismy ich brak): kiedys zle, pozniej zadne, a dzisiaj takie sobie...Mam jednak nadzieje, ze beda one lepsze i coraz lepsze, az stana sie normalnymi czyli dobrymi z korzyscia zarowno dla Polski jak i Ukrainy. Lacze pozdrowienia. Edward. PS. W sprawie ambasadora Cieszanowskiego wysle e-mail.

I check this out because of the name Demko..... I believe I may hav a relative who married into our family and he lives in Toledo, Ohio. He goes by the surname DEMKO. Emil Bobik son of John Bobik and Elizabeth, Girman Bobik

Czynie badania "Drzewa Rodzinnego," i nie tylko. Ciekawi mie rowniez historia rejonu skad pochodza moi rodzice i krewni, a mianowicie historia STRYJOWKI i sasiednich wiosek, w bylym powiecie zbarazkim, woj. tarnopolskie. Poszukuje informacji o historii KRASNEJ, woj. samborskie, z XV-XVII wieku, oraz ksiag metrykalnych z TURKI, BORYNI, i SAMBORA z tego samego okresu. Poszukuje rowniez ksiag metrykalnych kosciola Grecko-Katolickiego ze STRYJOWKI i sasiednich wiosek z przed 1940 roku. Informacje na powyzsze tematy i inne, beda mile widziane. Krasniccy o ktorych poszukuje informacji pieczetowali sie herbem SAS, RAWA, i JASTRZEBIEC. Chodzi mi szczegolnie o Krasnickich ktorzy pieczetowali sie herbem SAS. Nazwisko DOBRZANSKI ciekawi mie poniewaz znam Dobrzanskich ze Stryjowki. Rzekomo Dobrzanski bral udzial w Powstaniu Styczniowym. Przegladajac mikrofilm ksiag metryklanych ze Zbaraza z lat 1732-1784, nazwiska Dobrzanski nie znalazlem. Byc moze ze rodzina Dobrzanskich nie pochodzila ze Stryjowki, lecz z Dobrej, i dopiero w XVIII-XIX wieku osiedlila sie w Stryjowce. Po przesiedleniu na zachod (Ziemie Odzyskane) rodzina Dobrzanskich byla szczegolnie szanowana z nieznanych mi powodow. (Kuzyn z Kanady podal mi adres tej "Webpage."

It's really good idea, Mike!

I plan to visit Poland next year and hope to find my roots, Korzenie Polskie. Visiting this site was a real eye opener, as I had expectwed to find nothing on the web. Keep up the "good" work! I'll let you all know how the visit went.

Znalazlem w Internecie polska nazwe Dobra Szlachecka i to mnie bardzo zainteresowalo, poniewaz jestem Polakiem.. I find in Internet Polish name Dobra Szlachecka and it's very interesting for me, because I'm Polish. Best wishes from Tom.

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Very EXCITED to find this! Are you relations to Andrew Nisevitch (my father) or Julia Demkowicz (my mother)? I know I have cousins named Mike Demkowicz so I'm wondering if you're one of them. Anyway I was hoping something like this was around to share with my dad. He emigrated from there in 1939 (when he was 20)so he has a pretty good memory of most things. I'm just beginning to look things over but from what I see, you've done a great job! Thanks alot for putting it together. Judi

I enjoyed the site. I left Dobra in 1942.

My Greatgrandmother was born in Dobra, Her name was Maria Popiel. Her mother was a Demkowicz. I have been searching our family tree for many years and this site is terrific. Maria Popiel married Ignatz Lachiewicz from the town of Mrzyglod. She then came to the US . First to new Jersey then to Chicago where many of the people from Dobra immigrated.

Nice homepage. Keep up the great work! Jan, czy pamietasz te slowa? Licze na Twoja inteligencje! Odezwij sie. Edward.

I am doing research on my Mother's family, got to you from the Lemko site. My mother was from Izby east of Dobra. Interesting site!! Shipley

Fajna strona.

Been searching for relatives of grandfather: W. Okurowski aka: Walter Ogrosky He was from in NE Poland, Lomza, also Okurowo. He left home about 1905-10 with maybe two brothers. They may have returned to Poland. He moved to South US, became seperated and lost touch with family. Any news? email me or call 803-831-1157 from 9-5 MF. Thanks.

I know nothing about "Dobra" but I felt that if you had the nerve to email me to ask for my vote that you deserved it.. Gail

I already sign this guestbook, what happend to... Any way great homepage. Congratulations.

Mike..I got the address right now. I've even finally got the counter and a guest book working too! Hopefully you'll be getting a few hits here from my page. I see what you mean about it looking wrong with IE. Till later....Joe

Hi Janek! This is great! I'm not sure I can sign up, becouse I don't have Netscape. See You May 31, 97 at my pleace. Graduation Party!!!

This is a very interesting site. I have learned a lot about the history of Dobra and origin of the name "Dobrzanski" from this site and Jan. Thanks Jan.

This week presidents of Poland and Ukraine will sign an agreement in Kiev. I wish they could see our homepage. Moreover, I wish present inhabitants of Dobra were conscious of history this village of ours experienced.I hope that they will have better knowledge of our past and their future after they read what we have published here. We, Ukrainian clan of Demkowych Dobrianski will meet again in Dobra, where we originated and where our rights were confirmed on June 28, 1402. So help us God!

Come on everybody... sign our guestbook!