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Welcome, Family History Researchers!

This spreadsheet represents the culmination of countless hours of dedication spent transcribing, translating, and indexing records from the Greek Catholic Church. These records, filmed and digitized by FamilySearch.org, remain (as of 2024) largely unindexed for the areas pertinent to our research.

The collection, titled Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592–1935 / Greek Catholic Church / Bardejov / Becherov, comprises four books documenting births/baptisms, marriages, and deaths/burials of residents from the villages of Becherov, Regetovka, and Ondavka. These records span the years 1819 to 1925, though it should be noted that some records for these villages remain incomplete in FamilySearch’s digital archives.

To ensure consistency in indexing, this spreadsheet includes birth, marriage, and death dates, along with hyperlinks that provide direct access to baptism and burial records. You will need to have a Familysearch.org account, which is free, to be able to click the link and go directly to the specific church record page. These links allow researchers to explore essential sacramental details and are included alongside the relevant book and page references for each entry. Additionally, many surnames were "standardized" to make it easier to locate individual records. Given the numerous spelling variations of surnames in the original church records throughout this historical period, standardizing names significantly enhances the usability and effectiveness of this project. This approach ensures that researchers can efficiently navigate the dataset and uncover valuable genealogical information.

Additionally, this spreadsheet (along with a similar resource for the villages of Chmeľová and Stebník, anticipated to be completed in 2025) was created to support family history researchers tracing ancestors who attended St. Mary’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Northeast Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mrs. Jaszewski, co-author of this project, began indexing the records from these villages in 2013, as a time-saving tool in her research of her husband's Rusyn grandparents, Susana Juricsko and Mitro Kostik. The Kostik's who emigrated from Chmeľová ( Komlosa) in the 1920's, became members of St. Mary's parish shortly after their arrival. The author's mother-in-law and father-in-law were married at St. John Byzantine Catholic Church, also in Northeast Minneapolis. Many Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants from these Slovakian villages settled in this ethnic enclave after their arrival in the United States. For those interested in viewing the Ancestry.com tree that has been created focusing on the people from these villages, Kim Johnson ( kim@teampowder.com ), who comes from Rusyn roots, has researched a family tree named " Carpathian Village Families. The tree presently has over 22,600 people and growing. Here is a link to that tree. https://www.ancestry.com/invite-ui/accept?token=o5CZvsVietLFR3S1VCaP58tfdqJufTbhKKD_A2vPb-A=

While originally intended for a smaller audience focused on this Minneapolis-area congregation, the scope of this project has proven far broader, offering valuable insights for descendants of Carpatho-Rusyn families from these villages who settled throughout the U.S. and beyond.

We hope this resource serves as a helpful guide in uncovering and preserving your family’s rich history.

To begin viewing the index, please click below at the 🔒 Index Tab

Acknowledgments:
This spreadsheet was carefully compiled and developed by Eileen M. Osterbauer Jaszewski and Zachary J. Kijak, as part of an ongoing effort to assist family history researchers. Their dedication to transcribing, translating, and indexing these invaluable Greek Catholic Church records has made this resource possible. Special thanks also go to FamilySearch.org for their work in digitizing the original records. If you have questions, contact Eileen Jaszewski at emjaszewski@gmail.com
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Andras=Andrew
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Elek=Alexius,Eli,Lesko
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Fedor=Theodore/Todor
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Gabor=Gabriel
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Gergely=Gregory,Hricz
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Gyorgy=George
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Ignac=Ignatius
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Illes=Elijah/Elias
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Istvan=Stephan
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Jan=Janos=John=Ivan
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Karoly=Charles
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Kozma=Cosmo
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Lazar=Lazarus
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Lukacs=Luke
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Matyas=Matthias
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Mihaly=Michael
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Pal=Paul
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Timot=Timothy
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Todor=Theodore/Fedor
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