Velykopole [Ru] Wielopole[Polish]

Lesko District, present day SE Poland

Lemko Surnames found in 1787 Austrian Cadastral Records

Parish Data:

The church was "Saint Michael the Archangel" [1939] [still standing]

A masonry church was erected in 1939 that replaced the wooden church dating to 1865. There was an even older wooden church dating to at least 1830. The church was reopened in 1991 as a Ukrainian Catholic parish.

In 1785 the village lands comprised 5.34 sq km There were 175 Greek Catholics 25 Roman Catholics and 5 Jews

1840 - 313 Greek Catholics

1859 - 249 Greek Catholics

1879 - 328 Greek Catholics

1899 - 510 Greek Catholics

1926 - 679 Greek Catholics

1936 - 595 Greek Catholics

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

The village was a filial parish to the one located in TARAVA GORNA (4km )

LDS microfilm # 0765859 contains Births 1784-1866