Synjava [Ru] Sieniawa[Polish]

Sanok District, present day SE Poland


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


  1. Baniak / Banjak
  2. Bek ( 5 families)
  3. Bobak
  4. Bobal / Bobal'
  5. Wasylik / Vasylyk (2 families)
  6. Wasyl / Vasyl'
  7. Halko / Chalko / Galko / Alko / Hal'ko (4 families)
  8. Hanulak / Anulak / Hanuljak ( 3 families)
  9. Hrycak / Hrytsak (2 families)
  10. Danczak / Danchak
  11. Dziugan / Dziogan / Dzjugan
  12. Gmitryk / Dmitryk / Dmitrzyk / Dymitryk / Dmytryk (5 families)
  13. Mitro / Gmitro / Dmytro
  14. Kowal / Koval' (3 families)
  15. Kopiniak / Kopynjak
  16. Korwacz / Karwacz / Korvach (2 families)
  17. Krupa (3 families)
  18. Xeniak / Xyniak / Ksenjak (2 families)
  19. Kuziemko / Kuzemko ( 2 families)
  20. Leypa / Lejpa
  21. Leszko / Leshko
  22. Maynosz / Majnosh
  23. Maximik / Maksymyk (3 families)
  24. Maca / Matsa (2 families)
  25. Nerebecki / Nerebets'kyj
  26. Pilip / Pylyp
  27. Proc / Prots' (2 families)
  28. Rak (4 families)
  29. Rybka (2 families)
  30. Romanczak / Romanchak (2 families)
  31. Sysko (3 families)
  32. Skarbala
  33. Sodomir / Sodomyr (2 families)
  34. Susik / Susyk
  35. Tymko
  36. Tymczyk / Tymchyk
  37. Cyrka / Cyrko / Tsyrka ( 3 families)
  38. Szayniak / Shajnjak ( 2 families)
  39. Szostak / Shostak ( 2 families)
  40. Szul / Shul'

Parish Data: [from Blazejowskyj and Iwanusiw]

Church was "Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary" [1874] [still standing]

The wooden church replaced an older wooden church that had been destroyed by fire. It is now used by Poles and 2 of the banjas have been removed.

In 1785 the village lands comprised 7.64 sq km. There were 630 Greek Catholics 80 Roman Catholics and 10 Jews

1840 - 812 Greek Catholics

1859 - 738 Greek Catholics

1879 - 810 Greek Catholics

1899 - 1028 Greek Catholics

1926 - 1280 Greek Catholics

1936 - 1040 Greek Catholics

In 1936 there were 155 Roman Catholics and 12 Jews

The village was incorporated in to the Lemko Apostolic Administration in 1934

Localities served by the priest were HLYBOKE 3 km away and MOCHARNE - BARTOSHIV 4 km away


LDS microfilm is not available