Komancha / Kumancha [Ru] Komancza[Polish]

Sanok District, present day SE Poland

Lemko Surnames cited by Krasovs'kyj from 1787 Austrian Cadastral Records

  1. Babey / Babej
  2. Barna
  3. Bogulla / Bogula
  4. Boiwka / Boilka / Bovka (5 families)
  5. Burianyk / Burjanyk ( 2 families)
  6. Wolosacki / Volosats'kyj
  7. Harhay / Harhaj ( 4 families)
  8. Hoholik / Hoholyk
  9. Hrynio / Hryn'o ( 2 families)
  10. Dziurdzio / Dzjurdz'o
  11. Diadio / Djad'o
  12. Kantolak / Kantoljak ( 2 families)
  13. Kapustianik / Kapuscianik / Kapustjanyk
  14. Komaniecki / Komanicki / Komanets'kyj
  15. Kopilec / Kopila / Kopylets' ( 2 families)
  16. Kuchyna / Kukhnya ( 3 families)
  17. Lenczyszyn / Lenchyshyn
  18. Lodynski / Lodyns'kyj
  19. Mankowicz / Mankovych ( 4 families)
  20. Ostrowski / Ostrovs'kyj
  21. Pankowicz / Pankovych
  22. Patrosz / Patrosh ( 5 families)
  23. Pelesz / Pelisz / Pelesh ( 2 families)
  24. Polumachanicz / Polumakhanych ( 4 families)
  25. Romanik / Romanyk ( 2 families)
  26. Stanczak / Stanchak ( 2 families)
  27. Stec / Stets
  28. Slimak / Slymak
  29. Suszko / Sushko
  30. Chomka / Khomka ( 4 families)
  31. Car / Tsar
  32. Czopik / Chopyk
  33. Czurma / Churma

Parish Data: [from Blazejowskyj and Iwanusiw]

The church was "Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary" [1805] [still standing]

The wooden church was renovated in 1919. After WW-II the church was still in use until 1962, when it was taken by the Orthodox. Services were then held in a Roman Catholic chapel until 1987 when a Ukrainian Catholic church was built. The priest o. Orest Venhrynovych was killed by the Poles here in 1944. The wooden church is protected as an architectural landmark by the Polish government. The church houses a number of ancient liturgical books dated 1638 to 1793.

In 1785 the village lands comprised 18.94 sq km. There were 450 Greek Catholics 16 Roman Catholics and 15 Jews

1840 - 528 Greek Catholics

1859 - 573 Greek Catholics

1879 - 620 Greek Catholics

1899 - 741 Greek Catholics

1926 - 915 Greek Catholics

1936 - 878 Greek Catholics

The village was not incorporated in to the Lemko Apostolic Administration in 1934

Filial churches located in CHYSTOHORB 3km and DOVZHYCJA 4km

LDS microfilm # 0766018 contains Births/Marriages/Deaths 1764-1781, Births/Deaths 1784-1861, Births 1827-1828, Marriages 1784-1879 and Births / Marriages / Deaths 1784-1879