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Належало до Грибівського деканату Перемиської єпархії.
За поділом 1999 р. – гміна Криниця, повіт Новий Сонч, Малопольське воєводство.
Berest [Ru] Berest [Polish]
Grybow District, present day SE Poland
Lemko Surnames found in 1787 Austrian Cadastral Records
Adamiak / Adamjak (3 families)
Warchol / Warchow / Warhol / Warhow / Warchil / Warchiw / Varkhol
Warcholak / Varkholjak (4 families)
Wyslocki / Wyswocki / Wislocki / Wiswocki / Vyslots'kyj (2 families)
Holowiak / Howoiak / Holowiak / Holovjak (5 families)
Horoszczak / Horoshchak / Choroszczak
Hurey / Hurej / Huryj / Churey / Hurej
Demianowicz / Dem'janovych (2 families)
Dziadyk / Dzadyk / Dziatyk / Dzjadyk
Dudiak / Dudziak / Dudjak (2 families)
Keblesz / Kieblesz / Keblesh (3 families)
Koziara / Kozjara (4 families)
Maliniak / Malynjak (5 families)
Masciuch / Mastsjukh
Mykytiak / Mykyciak / Mikiciak / Mykytjak (2 families)
Myczko / Mycko / Mychko (2 families)
Monczak / Monchak (2 families)
Olesniewicz / Olesnevych (2 families)
Pawlik / Paulik / Paflik / Pavlyk
Panczak / Panchak (2 families)
Polewka / Polifka / Polyvka
Skalik / Skalyk
Slota / Swota (4 families)
Talpasz / Tawpasz / Talpash
Urban
Fedoszczak / Fedoscak / Fedoshchak (2 families)
Cieluch / Teljukh
Tkaczyk / Tkachyk (3 families)
Czupak / Czupik / Chupak
Szepczyk / Shepchyk
Szczesniak / Shchesnjak
Szczawniak / Shchavnjak
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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