Galicia Genealogy Inquiries

Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005
From: Rose Sigut <>
Subject: genealogy

Hi.
I am looking for the name Demko in Ukraine, Galicia, Austria. Can you tell me where this name originates or where it is most familiar? My grandmother Maria Demko was Austrian but I can find no trace of her roots in Austria or Hungary. Any info will be appreciated.
Rose Sigut of Canada
Looking for: Demko family, Maria Demko, Galicia/Ukraine/Austria/Hungary; surname origin.

Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005
From: Satu Suonperä <>
Subject: Lastname search

Hi!
I am searching for a lastname: Zecanow. The spelling is right but some letters have marks/accents.
My mother’s father, Nikolai, and his brothers emigrated/escaped from Lvov during the war. The last person carrying this name was his parents; I don’t know what happened to them or if they stayed in Lvov. The story is that the Zecanow family lived in Lvov and had a child Nikolai, possibly brothers Sergei/Sergej and someone called "Vekko/Vecco/Vecho." The children escaped to Finland, changed their names to Finnish, and never spoke Ukrainian/Russian again.
I’ve searched online for years but found nothing. The name might also be Zechan, Zechanow, Chichanow, etc. Any advice, tips, or sources for records or phonebooks in Ukraine/Russia would be helpful. My birth name is Satu-Maaria Heikkinen, but I suspect it is not my original family name.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Satu-Maaria
Looking for: Zecanow (Zechan, Zechanow, Chichanow) family, Nikolai, Sergei, Lvov to Finland, lost surname roots.

Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005
From: Vivien Mills <>

Hi
Did anyone know my father Roman Lobaz? He lived in Lvov and left during the war and came to England. He is no longer alive but I would love to hear from anyone who knew him.
Vivien
Looking for: Roman Lobaz, Lvov, England, wartime emigration.

Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005
From: Rita Gnep <>
Subject: Searching relatives: Gnep in Ukraine

Hello,
I am looking for my relatives Gnep in Ukraine. They lived in the area of Lviv. My father Michael Gnep was born August 19, 1919 and had one brother (Wladimir) and three sisters. His father was named Daniel. My father left Ukraine when he was twenty years old and came to Germany. He never told much about his family. Maybe there is anyone who can give me advice or knows the Gnep family.
Thank you.
Rita Gnep
Looking for: Gnep family, Michael, Wladimir, Daniel, Lviv/Ukrainian relatives, postwar Germany.

Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005
From: Natalie Domarad <>
Subject: Post I read from 2001

Hi
I was googling my grandmother's maiden name Onyczkanycz and I found a post from Kevin Ony. I was just wondering if his father's name is Vasyl and if his grandfather emigrated to British Columbia... If you ever get this, just e-mail me back.
Natalia
Looking for: Onyczkanycz family, Vasyl, British Columbia, Kevin Ony connection.

Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005
From: Donna Shahar <>
Subject: From Lvov to Parma - a new testimony book

Hi,
My mother, Klara Rosenfeld (maiden name Silverman), has just published a book about her heroic escape from ghetto Lvov. The book was published by Valentine Mitchell in the UK; I would like to contact any survivors organization from Lvov or any other interested party to send them a copy of her book.
I would appreciate if anyone could provide me with the relevant addresses.
Thank you
Donna Shahar
Looking for: Lvov/Lviv Holocaust survivor organizations, Silverman/Rosenfeld family, memoir/book contacts.

Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005
From: Kath Butler <>

Hello. I am the eldest daughter of Marek Bilik. His father was called Mietek Bilik and came from Lvov. Mietek died when my father was only a small boy. He had a daughter in Lvov before he came to England who would be about 70 now, called Basia. I am trying to find Basia and her family. She had 2 daughters Ewo and Beata. Ewo would be 48 and was married to a sailor in the merchant navy and Beata would be 46. Basia was divorced but remarried in 1977 to a lawyer. I don't know her married name. She came to visit England in 1975 and met my step-grandfather and grandmother, neither of whom told her she had 2 half brothers. Mietek died when my dad was only a small boy. Can anyone help me find Basia?
Katherine Butler, UK
Looking for: Mietek Bilik, Basia, Ewo, Beata, Bilik family, Lvov, England connections, lost relatives.

Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005
From: Sunil Ananda Kumarasiri <>
Subject: want to find university mates

Dear sir,
I have studied at Lvov State Medical Institute from 1980 to 1987, and left after graduation but my heart is still there. I still think about my friends and all the good days spent there. I am now working abroad as a doctor but coming back to Russia to do post-graduate, probably in Tver. I will be visiting Lvov and want to meet my friends from the university. I am from Sri Lanka and my name is Kuruwage Sunil Ananda Kumarasiri, and all of you called me 'Kuruwage.' Where are you? I want to meet you all soon. Please contact, I was living in hostel - obsheshitie no 7, na ulitsa Meshnikovo, room 513.
Do pobacheniya, c mnoi grupe bil Nathasha, Roman, Lahiguk. Napishite shdu.
Kumara.
Looking for: Kuruwage Sunil Ananda Kumarasiri, classmates/friends, Lvov State Medical Institute 1980-87, hostel contacts, alumni reunion.

Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005
From: Alex Weisler <>
Subject: Shatsk/Kropivnickie

I'm searching for any records of [Kagan]s and [Nemets]s in the towns of Shatsk (Szack)/Kropivnickie/Lubomil. Lvov is the nearest city and I was wondering if any sorts of archives have been catalogued or preserved. I know that the vast majority of Shatsk's (Szack) Jews were murdered by Nazis on June 22, 1942. Any information you could provide would be appreciated (even addresses of more local information repositories).
Thanks,
Alex Weisler

Looking for: Kagan, Nemets families, Shatsk/Szack/Kropivnickie/Lubomil, Jewish archives, Holocaust victims, archival sources.

Date: Sunday 10 July 2005
From: Reuven L. <>,
Subject: Searching for family Liebes and Rosenberg

Thank you for providing this page. I was born in Lviv in 1934 and left in 1946. My father and mother were killed by Nazis in Janowski camp in 1943. My father (Mauricy Liebes) was a civil engineer, studied in Lviv Politechnic in 1919-1922. My mother (Ida Rosenberg) was a doctor of medicine (dentist), studied in Lviv University 1922-28. We lived on Syktuska street (old Polish name) maybe number 22-23. Anyone who can find information, documents, photos will be paid for expenses. Answers can be in English or Polish.
Thanks for any help
Looking for: Liebes and Rosenberg families, Mauricy, Ida, Janowski camp, Lviv 1919-46, Syktuska St., Politechnic, University.

Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005
From: Lyn Cannon <>
Subject: Searching

My name was Zina Lavaric (not sure of correct spelling) and I'm searching for any available history of our family. My father was Grigori, born in Lemberg 17 August 1910. He married Efrosinia Yevchenko (yevshenco?) in 193?. We have little knowledge of his life or what happened to the rest of his family.
My mother, father and brother Yuri were taken by the Germans to Germany about 1940-41 and came to Australia as refugees. My father to Tasmania in 1948, my mother and 3 children to Melbourne in 1949.
Any information on either my mother's (place of birth only known as Ukraine) or father's family, or direction as to where to find same, would be appreciated.
Lyn Cannon
Looking for: Zina Lavaric, Grigori (b. 1910 Lemberg), Efrosinia Yevchenko, Yuri, family history, emigration, Australia.

Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005
From: Patricia Wilson <>
Subject: Family GELBER / KARLIK - Lviv.

Searching for descendants of family GELBER from Lviv/Lwow. Tzvi Hersh GELBER was born in Lviv in 1916, only child of Moshe (Morris) GELBER and Genia Karlik (born 1894). Family immigrated to Mexico in the 1920s.
Moshe GELBER'S father was called Avraham and had at least 4 brothers. Genia was the daughter of Israel Karlik and Liba (Lena) Kichler (Lena was born in Lemberg in 1875, died 1929). The GELBER/KARLIK families were well known in Jewish theatre circles—singers and actors. Israel GELBER, grandson of Moshe GELBER, now in Israel, would love to find relatives. Any information would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Patricia Wilson (Israel)
Looking for: GELBER, KARLIK, Kichler families, Tzvi Hersh, Moshe, Genia, Avraham, Israel, Lviv/Lwow, Jewish theatre, Mexico, Israel.

Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005
From: Yona Kelly <>
Subject: family

My name is Yona Frishman Kelly, my mother's name was Yehudit Bones (Frishman). Her parents were Joseph and Luba Bones and they lived in Lvov/Komarno Poland before the Holocaust. I am looking for any information I can get.
Thank you,
Yona Kelly
Looking for: Frishman, Bones families, Yehudit, Joseph, Luba, Lvov/Komarno Poland, Holocaust survivors.

Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005
From: Moshe Sarfaty <>

Hi,
My name is Moshe and I am starting a research on the village Khodorov near Lvov. If anyone has names and information of any kind, please email me. I am working now as a translator of holocaust testimonies in Yale University and in order to get finance for this research I need something to begin with.
Thanks
Looking for: Khodorov village, near Lvov, names, history, Holocaust research, Yale project.

Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2004
From: Joan Bobra <>
Subject: Tracing Relatives of Stanislaw Bobra

Hello Nick,
I am so thrilled to have found your website as I have been trying for years to trace my father's relatives. His name was Stanislaw BOBRA and was born in Lvov in 1915. He came to Edinburgh, Scotland during WWII with the Polish Resettlement Army. In 1945 he married my mother. He died on 11 June 1947 and is buried in the Polish War Cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. Before WWII he was at Katowice University.
He had a sister called Emilia, who I think was alive a few years ago but not sure where she now lives or how old she is. I think her married name is Pietrowska.
Thank you so much for the chance to find some blood relatives and to see how beautiful Lvov is. I am hoping to visit this year with my youngest son.
Joan Bobra
Looking for: Stanislaw Bobra (b. 1915 Lvov), Katowice University, WWII, Polish Resettlement Army, Edinburgh, Emilia Pietrowska, family roots.

Galicia Genealogy Inquiries - 2004-2005