Berest [Ru] Berest [Polish]

Grybow District, present day SE Poland

Lemko Surnames found in 1787 Austrian Cadastral Records

  1. Adamiak / Adamjak (3 families)
  2. Warchol / Warchow / Warhol / Warhow / Warchil / Warchiw / Varkhol
  3. Warcholak / Varkholjak (4 families)
  4. Wyslocki / Wyswocki / Wislocki / Wiswocki / Vyslots'kyj (2 families)
  5. Holowiak / Howoiak / Holowiak / Holovjak (5 families)
  6. Horoszczak / Horoshchak / Choroszczak
  7. Hurey / Hurej / Huryj / Churey / Hurej
  8. Demianowicz / Dem'janovych (2 families)
  9. Dziadyk / Dzadyk / Dziatyk / Dzjadyk
  10. Dudiak / Dudziak / Dudjak (2 families)
  11. Keblesz / Kieblesz / Keblesh (3 families)
  12. Koziara / Kozjara (4 families)
  13. Maliniak / Malynjak (5 families)
  14. Masciuch / Mastsjukh
  15. Mykytiak / Mykyciak / Mikiciak / Mykytjak (2 families)
  16. Myczko / Mycko / Mychko (2 families)
  17. Monczak / Monchak (2 families)
  18. Olesniewicz / Olesnevych (2 families)
  19. Pawlik / Paulik / Paflik / Pavlyk
  20. Panczak / Panchak (2 families)
  21. Polewka / Polifka / Polyvka
  22. Skalik / Skalyk
  23. Slota / Swota (4 families)
  24. Talpasz / Tawpasz / Talpash
  25. Urban
  26. Fedoszczak / Fedoscak / Fedoshchak (2 families)
  27. Cieluch / Teljukh
  28. Tkaczyk / Tkachyk (3 families)
  29. Czupak / Czupik / Chupak
  30. Szepczyk / Shepchyk
  31. Szczesniak / Shchesnjak
  32. Szczawniak / Shchavnjak
  33. Jastrabczyk / Jastrzabczyk /Jastrabchyk (2 families)

Parish Data:

Church was "Saints Kosmas and Damian" built in 1842 [still standing]

The wooden church was erected in 1842 and was renoovated in 1913. It replaced an older wooden church dating to 1828. Formely in the parish a miraculous icon from IZBY was venerated. Church is now used by Poles.

In documents it is mentioned that the village existed in 1368. Cholera and famine struck in 1866 and again in 1873 and many villagers died.

In 1785 the village lands comprised 11.15 sq.km. There were 483 Greek Catholics 0 Roman Catholics and 5 Jews

1840 - 647 Greek Catholics

1859 - 572 Greek Catholics

1879 - 519 Greek Catholics

1899 - 539 Greek Catholics

1926 - 586 Greek Catholics

1936 - 558 Greek Catholics

The village was incorporated into the Lemko Apostolic Administration in 1934

In 1936 there were 16 Roman Catholics 10 Orthodox and 26 Jews

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