Muchnachka Nizhnja [Ru] Mochnaczka Nizna [Polish]
Nowy Sacz District, present day SE Poland
Lemko Surnames cited by Krasovs'kyj from 1787 Austrian Cadastral Records
Parish Data: [from Blazejowskyj and Iwanusiw]
The church was "Saint Michael" [ 1846] [ still standing]
The wooden church was renovated in 1923 and in 1929. It replaced an older wooden church. It has been taken over by Poles
There was also a wooden chapel erected in 1867 but it is not mentioned prior to WW-I so perhaps it was aquired from another village.
The parish was established July 16, 1626 and there was an old bell dated from that year which weighed 300kg. In 1873, 94 villagers died in the cholera epidemic
In 1785 the village lands comprised 13.09 sq km. There were 545 Greek Catholics 0 Roman Catholics and 0 Jews
1840 - 798 Greek Catholics
1859 - 705 Greek Catholics
1879 - 625 Greek Catholics
1899 - 819 Greek Catholics
1926 - 800 Greek Catholics
1936 - 788 Greek Catholics
In 1936 there were 21 Roman Catholics, 33 Jews in the area
The village was incorporated in to the Lemko Apostolic Administration in 1934
Village served by priest was Mokhnachka Vyzhna 3km away
LDS microfilm not available