Kostelnik - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Kostelniks from Austria/Hungary/Czechoslovakia to Pittsburgh, PA

dorothya100 — 2012-01-19 22:26:59Z

Fun to hear the tidbits, while we are snowbound and without power here in W. Washington... except for our generator... so it may be a LONG while b4 i can do more research in the old country records...the Kostelniks that I found on my mom's side went back to the mid 1850's, and were all in Catholic church books... in present day Slovakia. At that time,the Austrian Hungarian Empire encompassed a very large area, so it is difficult to pinpoint more documentation unless you find the 'ancestral village'...best of luck with that Russian!

Re: Kostelniks from Austria/Hungary/Czechoslovakia to Pittsburgh, PA

coop1421 — 2012-01-19 13:42:07Z

thanks for your response. My grandmother (Anna Kostelnik) and her siblings ended up worshiping at Roman Catholic Churches. I some times wonder if it just made a difference to which church was in their community. I do know that the family spoke russian and Michael Kostelnik's death certificate listed Austria as country of birth.

Re: Kostelniks from Austria/Hungary/Czechoslovakia to Pittsburgh, PA

dorothya100 — 2012-01-18 22:22:57Z

Thank you for posting your info about the Kostelniks in your family. I will look back into the church records when i get a chance...perhaps your Michael and my Maria were distant cousins in the old country, altho all the records and family history i have from my mom is that they were devout Roman Catholic, so not so likely. dorothy

Re: Kostelniks from Austria/Hungary/Czechoslovakia to Pittsburgh, PA

coop1421 — 2012-01-06 23:33:09Z

I have some information to add about the Kostelniks. My great grandfather was Michael Kostelnik originally from Austria and lived in Wolf Run Ohio. Founding father of All Saints Russian Orthodox Church. May have had a brother Nicholas also lived in Wolf Run. Michael died in 1918 (influenza.) He was married to Mary Kochan Kostelnik there is the possibility he was married to a Maria Rodak July 27 1909 prior to his marriage to Mary Kochan.I have a extractus of his marriage to Maria Rodak lists Thekla Paveliak Rodak as Maria's mother.)The Paretes sponsi for Michael Kostelnik was Andreas and Anna Filyak Kostelnik. Family history does list a Fidak as a relation. Mary Kochan Kostelnik's sister was listed as Mary Fidak of Empire in obituary. He had 5 children Andrew birth 1911 death 1969, Tille, Anna birth 1915 death 2010, Mary 1917 death 2004 and Sophia birth Jan 19, 1919 death Sept 21, 1919.

Re: Kostelniks from Austria/Hungary/Czechoslovakia to Pittsburgh, PA

dorothya100 — 2011-12-09 21:50:59Z

Vlado,

My apologies, I was so excited that I mistakenly called you 'Adam'! May I inquire your whereabouts in Slovakia? I believe the 'ancestral village' of my grandfather (Kvokacka) was just north of Raslavice, but I am having difficulty with locating my mother's maternal side (Kasprik). I am looking to find current and old info on the names of the villages in that area so I can further search church records. Thanx in advance for any suggestions!

Dorothy S.

Re: Kostelniks from Austria/Hungary/Czechoslovakia to Pittsburgh, PA

dorothya100 — 2011-12-09 21:40:54Z

Hello Barb and Adam,
I am interested in your connections... Mine is a bit removed as I do not have specific knowledge of any Kostelniks that emigrated to the US. However I have recently found that my maternal great grandmother, Maria Kostelnik or Koscelnyik ... or... :) married my great grandfather (Kvokacka)and they resided in the area of current day Presov, Slovakia. I was having some success researching online church records, but when my mom passed away this past spring I had a hard time revisiting those sites. Your recent communications have re-ignited my interest, and I hope to hear more. My grandpa, John (Janos) did settle in Pennsylvania when he first came, married Agnes Kasprik, later moved to NYC ... Kostelniks would have been his cousins.

Re: Kostelniks from Austria/Hungary/Czechoslovakia to Pittsburgh, PA

VAdamik — 2011-12-07 10:32:47Z

Hi Bob,
any relation to Rosa Kostelnik arrived to US in 1907 from Bikacs (vilage) Hungary (or Romania, Austro - Hungaria)? you can choose whatever you want it's still the same country....

Best regards

Vlado Adamik / Slovakia

Robert W. Kostelnik, 82,son of the late Stephen and Helen (Lengyel) Kostelnik

KENNELLYMARKA — 2011-05-07 02:28:12Z

Robert W. Kostelnik
Liberty Borough
Formerly of Munhall
Robert W. Kostelnik, 82, of Liberty Borough, formerly of Munhall, died Thursday, May 5, 2011. He was born Jan. 2, 1929, in Homestead, a son of the late Stephen and Helen (Lengyel) Kostelnik;
brother of Raymond (Mary) Kostelnik, of Penn Hills, Rita Mae Popovich, of Liberty Borough, and the late Joseph Kostelnik (wife, Darleen, survives); also survived by nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the SAVOLSKIS-WASIK-GLENN FUNERAL HOME INC., 3501 Main St., Munhall. No visitation Sunday. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, Homestead. Burial in Jefferson Memorial Park
(Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Tribune)

St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, "

Re: Kostelnik from Austria

dorothya100 — 2011-02-03 00:57:05Z

My paternal great grandmother, Mary Kostelnik(Kvokac'ka) lived in the Saris region of what is now the Slovak Republic ...although many of her children emigrated she did not... there are many church records from that area that have 'Kostelnik's'. My Mary was born in 1856, her father was Andreas Kosczelnik ...these records are available in the FamilySearch: Slovakia, Presov Region Church Books collections, which date back to 1592... best of luck :), dorothy

Kostelnik from Austria

coop1421 — 2011-01-31 17:27:03Z

I have information regarding Michael and Mary (Kochan) Kostelnik. Settled in Wolf Run, Ohio. Trying to determine what city in Austria family came from and what their nationality was.

Re: Vincent G. Kostelnik Obit Pa. 2005

mhowrylak — 2010-10-25 01:39:21Z

My grandfather's name was John Kostelnik. I believe his funeral may have been at St. Therese's in Munhall back in the late 1970's. Our family always uses either George Irvin Green or Savolskis Wasik Glen funeral Homes.

Re: Kostelnik, Sisak

BKostelnik333 — 2010-09-18 20:16:01Z

I don't know... because that's not "my Steve"'s birth date.

Re: Kostelnik, Sisak

ZlaticaBeca — 2010-09-15 23:22:00Z

Are you talking about requesting his SS-5Form?
STEVE KOSTELNIK 08 Nov 1875 Oct 1965 (Pennsylvania) (none specified) 192-07-4736 Pennsylvania SS-5 Letter
You need to click on SS-5 Letter with his information, include the $ and send it off to the address.

Re: KOSTELNYK, KOSTELNIK Binczarowa

ZBeca — 2010-09-11 01:52:46Z

Kostelnyk, Eufrosina Glincrarona 23 1883 1906
Kostelnyk, Eufrozyna Bilarowa 18 1884 1902
Kostelnyk, Julia Biuczaroma 20 1883 1903
Kostelny, Dmitro Bincharova 46 1857 1903
Kostelnik, Eugenia Binczarova 19 1885 1904
Kostelnik, Marya Biuczaroma 29 1874 1903
Kostelnik, Tacianna Binezarowa 20 1883 1903
Kostelnyk, Julia Biuczaroma 20 1883 1903 view www.ellisislandrecords.org
No KOSTELNYK only KOSTELNIK in Poland.
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/kostelnik.html
Binczarowa
924 osoby
woj. małopolskie
pow. nowosądecki
gmina Grybów
www.halgal.com
http://maxpages.com/poland

Re: Kostelnik

ZBeca — 2010-09-11 01:35:59Z

Some KOSTELNIKs in Poland
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/kostelnik.html

Re: Kostelniks from Tulcik

jpkostelnik — 2010-09-10 13:48:20Z

Barb,

yep it's me!

ok....try this....

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start

click on "search or browse"

then click on "europe" on the map (this will bring up all countries in europe that they have records for)

scroll down to "slovakia" (IT ONLY HAS THE RECORDS FOR THE PRESOV REGION (COUNTY)...I believe Babin Potok is in the Presov Region...but may be included in another town's records, depending on where the church was...use the second one because the first one lists the town names in hungarian, not slovak)

click on it.....(some other countries are searchable, but slovakia isn't....it only has actual images of the record books....the actual hand-written church records)

so, first you would click on one of the religions...then choose one of the towns.....after you click on a town, the church records for that town will pop up in the 3rd column....click on the one you want, and have fun reading thru all of the info....

please let me know how it goes.....

fyi...I tracked my kostelnik's in Tulcik back to Andreas (married 1809..born about 1777-1779)...cant find any in tulcik prior to that....so i started looking at other towns...found a bunch in Stopkov, Kurima, and Hazlin so far.....all in the Roman Catholic Church records....

Re: Kostelniks from Tulcik

BKostelnik333 — 2010-09-09 17:40:35Z

I figured it out... the links just weren't obvious to me, at first. But which column is surnames, please?

Barb again

Re: Kostelniks from Tulcik

BKostelnik333 — 2010-09-09 17:13:26Z

JP, I hadn't seen that web page before, and also I can't seem to get it to "work". I'd be so thrilled if it would give me some new leads on our "Stif". (Is this Jeff? If so, would you email me about it?)
How does one go about using that site?
Thanks,
Barb

Re: Kostelniks from Tulcik

dartguy1 — 2010-09-07 01:12:48Z

My last name is spelled Kostelnyk. My grandparents came from Byncarowa, Poland in 1927. This is not terribly far from Tulcik. My grandfather was Ilya, his father was Alexander.

Re: Kostelniks near Pittsburgh, PA

BKostelnik333 — 2010-09-04 18:50:22Z

I have Family Tree Maker. But of course, that only works if you have both people in the correct places in your tree. Is your question about two people I'd have in my tree? -- Barb

Re: Kostelniks near Pittsburgh, PA

linda_basista — 2010-09-03 04:55:33Z

Thanks for the quick reply. I will also keep this info and see if we can eventually make the connection. I have been reading the microfilm from Slovinky so maybe next time..I will need to search the older records first. Is it possible to find out what the connection is with the tree on Ancestry? I remember that when I had Family Tree Maker, you could check the relationship between two people. Just curious!!

I will let you know if I am able to figure this out! Please keep in touch.
Linda

Re: Kostelnik, Sisak

BKostelnik333 — 2010-09-02 00:09:35Z

I can't believe this! I have to FILL IN his father's name, and his mother's maiden name, before they will let me order it! Talk about a dead end... :-(

Re: Kostelnik, Sisak

BKostelnik333 — 2010-09-02 00:07:10Z

I was finishing a long reply to this when my fingers slipped and it disappeared! Anyway, I just saw this today, thank you. I do suspect he may be the same person despite the birth-date difference. I think I will order a copy of that record. Thanks so much for your input and suggestions!
Barb

Re: Kostelniks near Pittsburgh, PA

BKostelnik333 — 2010-09-01 17:59:59Z

Wow! I wish I could answer ANY of those questions other than "I don't know"! :-( I'll keep this info and hope we can find out more that might indicate a connection!

I only know who Stif's wife and children were. :-( It seems he's the only Kostelnik in the US without a father or siblings! :-(

Thanks for writing, and I'm so glad to hear my tree has been a help. I'll share this info with my hubby, who I'm sure will be intrigued as I am.
Barb

Re: Kostelniks near Pittsburgh, PA

linda_basista — 2010-09-01 02:20:20Z

Hi Barb,
I am trying to help my mother-in-law research the Uhrin family. Your tree has been very helpful, thanks! Her aunt and uncle were Anna Uhrin and Gabor Kostelnik. I was wondering if you knew what/if there was a connection between Steve/Stif and Gabor/Garbor?

Also..do you have any idea who the Jewish jeweler was that paid Steve's way to the US?! I realized while seaching passenger lists that Gabor was on the same ship at the same time as my great-grandfather! I knew that that date sounded very familiar! It was Aug. 21, 1901. And the strangest coincidence is that my great-grandfather was Jewish and a jeweler! But, this is Gabor, not Steve and also not 1896. I am still just surprised to discover that these two families were on the same ship!!

If I could offer any information, please let me know!

Re: Your new Kostelnik board volunteer administrator

BKostelnik333 — 2010-08-10 17:08:03Z

Hi, Doug,
I believe you will be amazed at how much you will pick up from ancestry.com, and not just about your immediate family! :-) For people who were born after 1930, your best bet is the public records. But you can find so much more... census records that go back decades, military records (like draft registration cards with lots of great info on them and with your relatives' actual signature!), passport applications with photos, naturalization applications... it's -- well, as I said, amazing! :-)
Barb

Re: Your new Kostelnik board volunteer administrator

dougkostelnik — 2010-08-10 01:48:02Z

Hi Barbara,
It seems there were some really common Kostelnik names. My brother, father, and grandfather were all Joseph's. There are Lots of Anna's as well.

I picked up a 14 free trial to this site to see if I can glean any information from my immediate family. I am waiting for my mom to drop a huge book in front of me and say "have at it".

Doug
www.kostelnik.org

Kostelniks from Tulcik

jpkostelnik — 2010-05-14 19:10:42Z

hello everyone....

humor me if this is old news, but....

...using the LDS website, pilot search...you can find photos of church records from the Presov region of SK....

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=wayp...

I used these records (Roman Catholic)to trace "my" kostelniks to Tulcik. so far, I have gone back to late 1700's with Andreas...father of Joan, father of george, father of george, father of george, ...etc.....(a lot of georges!)....

just wondering if any other kostelniks are related to these ones...and me....

look forward to hearing from you all...

Re: new Kostelnik information

audreyeleanor — 2010-04-30 02:46:20Z

My name is Dawn Kostelnik..my grandfather was John Jsmes Kostelnik..his family came from Slovenski in Slovakia. His father was Michael Kostelnik and his mother was Mary Homulous. He said that five brothers came to Canada and that his father stayed in Lethbridge Alberta Canada area and the others went to the US. We are having a Kostelnik family re-union in Lethbridge Alberta this summer. Myself and my three brothers and my father John Kostelnik will be the only family there with the last name of Kostelnik

Re: Kvokac'ka/Kasprik/Kostelnik

ZlaticaBeca — 2010-03-31 17:39:30Z

Dorothy, you're welcome.
I have been going on the boards for over ten years helping others with what I can.
If you have his baptismal than there is a location on the document. If you like, you can send it to my private e-mail or attach a scan of the document to your reply to me. I'be glad to take a look at it to get you over the hump.

Re: Kvokac'ka/Kasprik/Kostelnik

dorothya100 — 2010-03-31 17:29:17Z

Zlatica!

:):):)... ok I'm so hooked! I had no idea I could access those church records without going to Slovakia, or at least visiting an FHL and requesting them to order the correct microfiche!!!!

so, after many hours, I found my GP's birth/baptismal record :). ... now that i can 'read' Latin, Slovak, and GERMAN!!! ... I know there is much more to uncover, many new pathways to explore, i can even contemplate starting on the german side of the family tree, over the YEARS to come...

Have to take a break and install some software ...

Your info has been so helpful, i'm curious, are you a 'professional'?, or have you been researching your own family/if so for how long? (wondering how long it will take me to acquire the 'expertise'?)

most sincerely- dorothy

Re: Kvokac'ka/Kasprik/Kostelnik

ZlaticaBeca — 2010-03-30 17:34:19Z

You're welcome.

You did say that KOSTELNIKs and KVOKACKAs were cousins. In that case, KOSTELNIKs should be from within +or- 10 miles radius.
information about Raslavice
Raslavice BJ/PV šariš. 1971 zlúč. o. Nižné Raslavice a Vyšné Raslavice .
1971– Raslavice
Nižné Raslavice: 1773 Magyar-Raszlavicza, M[agyar]-Roszlavicza, Uherske Roslawicze, 1786 Magyar-Raszlawicza, 1808 Magyar-Raszlavicza, Uherské Raslawice, 1863 Magyarroszlavic, 1873 Magyarraszlavic, 1877–1913 Magyarraszlavica, 1920–1948 Uhorské Raslavice, 1948–1971 Nižné Raslavice
Vyšné Raslavice: 1773 Tóth-Raszlavicza, T[óth]-Roszlavicza, Slowenske Roslawicze, 1786 Tóth-Raszlawicza, 1808 Tót-Raszlavicza, Slowenské Raslawice, 1863–1873 Tótraszlavic, 1877–1913 Tótraszlavica, 1920 Raslavice, 1927–1948 Slovenské Raslavice, 1948–1971 Vyšné Raslavice

Kobyly BJ/PV šariš.
1773 Lofalva, Kobula, 1786 Lófalu, Kobula, 1808 Lófalva, Lófalu, Kobilé, 1863–1913 Lófalu, 1920 Kobyle, Kobulie, 1927– Kobyly {all the names this village was known by}
Map of Saros megye map:
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/saros.jpg
No Berczaliga but most likely it was Berczalja aka
Janovce BJ/PV šariš.
1773 Beczallya, Janowcze, 1786, 1808 Beczallya, Janowce, 1863–1913 Bércalja, 1920– Janovce
You might want to go thru the church records of these villages by process of elimination.
from SK's phone area code 054
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=kasprik&...
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=koscelni...
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=kostelni...
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=kvokacka...
Kaszprik, Janos Hertnek 38 1863 1901
Kasprik, Anna Hertnik, Czechoslo 23 1897 1920
Kasprik, Janos Hertnek, Hung. 45 1866 1911
Kasprik, Verona Heitnik, Cz. Slov. 22 1899 1921

Re: Kvokacka/Kvokacska Vanyiskocz/Ivanyos = Vaniskovce, SK

dorothya100 — 2010-03-30 16:51:45Z

Zlatica- you have opened all kinds of doors!

Yes I believe Vaniskovce and surrounding villages (Raslavice/Berczaliga/Lofalu) are names I have found on the Kvokac'ka AND Kasprik manifests... the Kostelniks are still a big mystery....

I need to digest some of the info and decide which direction to go next... since I do not speak any of the languages, not sure about connecting with the mayor just yet :)...

Have some other 'current' family matters to attend to, so may not get on this too directly.. but will be looking when i can... thanks again for your time and interest!

Re: Kvokacka/Kvokacska Vanyiskocz/Ivanyos = Vaniskovce, SK

ZlaticaBeca — 2010-03-29 18:48:38Z

Kvokacska, Janos 1896
Kvokacska, Maria Vanyiskocs 18 1883 1901
Klokacska, Johann Vanyiskow 43 1859 1902
Kookocska, Anna Vanyiskocz 18 1886 1904
Kwokaczka, Janos Ivanyos, Hungary 48 1862 1910
Kwokaczka, Marya Ivanyos, Hungary 17 1893 1910
Kwokaczka, Zuzanna Ivanyos, Hungary 18 1892 1910
Kevokocsko, Andras Ivanyos, Hungary 38 1871 1909
found in www.ellisislandrecords.org

Vaniškovce BJ/PV šariš.
1773 Vaniskocz, Vanisskowcze, 1786 Wanischkócz, Wanischkowce, 1808 Vaniskócz, Wanisskowce, 1863–1882 Vaniskóc, 1888–1902 Vanyiskóc, 1907–1913 Iványos, 1920–1985, 1990– Vaniškovce {all the names this village was known by}
KVOKAC'KA still in Vaniskovce's phone book:
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=kvokacka...
The mayor of Vaniskovce is a KVOKAC'KA.
www.obce.info

Re: Kostelnik, Koscelnik, Kvokacka/Kvokacska

ZlaticaBeca — 2010-03-29 18:07:42Z

You're welcome Dorothy
The list is from www.ellisislandrecords.org

An ALL site for research in Slovakia : if the ancestral village is in Slovakia. Do you know the name of ancestral village?

Re: Kostelnik, Koscelnik, Kvokacka/Kvokacska

dorothya100 — 2010-03-29 17:23:32Z

Zlatica!

wow! many thanx! so much to digest and assimilate!!! -brings up many more ???'s...

i believe that Janos is my maternal GP, and Maria his sister... but where is this list from? census or immigrat. records?

also what does 'ALL' site refer to? i'm showing my ignorance here... but thank you for these wonderful links!!!

dorothy

Re: Kostelnik, Koscelnik, Kostolnik

ZlaticaBeca — 2010-03-26 21:21:57Z

You're welcome again,

No KOSTELNIK in my family tree. I am in USA.
Your Steve (Stif) could have been from a village in area of city of Kos'ice (Kassa in Hungarian) but I did find these arriving NY Ellis Island :
Koszczelnyik, Maria Kassa, Hungary 31 1879 1910
Kosztclnik, Maria Kassa, Hungary 25 1889 1914
Kosztebuik, Margit Kassa, Hungary 26 1881 1907
Kosztebuik, Vilmos Kassa, Hungary 2 1905 1907
Kosztelnik, Gyorgy Kassa Bela 53 1847 1900
Kosztelnik, Gyorgy Kassa 17 1884 1901
Kosztelnik, Janos Kassa, Hungary 29 1878 1907
Kosztelnyik, Janos Kassa, Hungary 36 1871 1907

Koscelnyk, Janos 20 1883 1903 {Malcza on the manifest}
Koszceluik, Anna Jiketerebes, Hungary 8 1906 1914
Koszceluik, Erzsebet Jiketerebes, Hungary 49 1865 1914
Koszceluik, Maria Jiketerebes, Hungary 11 1903 1914 {correctly the town is Toketerebes}
Kosztelnik, Gyorgy Kassa Bela 53 1847 1900
Kostelnik, Gyura Kossa Bele 28 1874 1902
Kostelnik, Katurina Kossa Bele 56 1846 1902
Kostelnik, Maria Kossa Bele 1 1901 1902 {their village is Kassabela}

Re: Kostelnik, Sisak

ZlaticaBeca — 2010-03-26 20:59:17Z

You're welcome Barb.
Take a look in www.helenezx.homestead.com Slovak Pride Index as surname KOSTELNIK and SISAK is listed there. You might want to connect with the descendants if their ancestor was from same village as yours.
I do not have a paid subscription so can not help looking for his manifest.
Is this your Steve (Stif) in http://ssdi.rootsweb.com If yes, than his SS-5Form should have his place of birth and parents names.
STEVE KOSTELNIK 08 Nov 1875 Oct 1965 (Pennsylvania) (none specified) 192-07-4736 Pennsylvania SS-5 Letter

Re: Kostelnik, Sisak

BKostelnik333 — 2010-03-26 18:13:25Z

Wow, you are very helpful! Thank you!

I remember seeing a list of passengers with Stif/Steve's name on it, but now I can't seem to find it. Perhaps I'm remembering wrong. My paid subscription is not active at this time, so I'll have to look for it later. I don't have it linked to him in his profile, which surprises me.

I will check out those links you shared, for sure!

thank you,
Barb

Re: Kostelnik, Koscelnik, Kostolnik

BKostelnik333 — 2010-03-26 18:10:00Z

Thank you! I have a note on my genealogy map that some Kostelniks were from Kosice (with a mark above the s). According to what you're saying, that is a better fit for my husband's grandparents than Bratislava. Where are you located? Do you have any Kostelniks in your tree?

I'll reply to your other posts ASAP.

thanks again,
Barb (Binder) Kostelnik

Re: kostelnik, bojanowski

ZlaticaBeca — 2010-03-25 23:50:58Z

pated155

Distribution of a surname in Poland
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/bojanowski.html
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/kostelnik.html
to hear pronounciation http://say.expressivo.com
http://maxpages.com/poland
www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/index.html
www.surnamenavigator.org
www.pgsa.org

Re: Kostelnik, Koscelnik, Kostolnik

ZlaticaBeca — 2010-03-25 23:44:58Z

Barb

If your ancestor was Carpatho-Rusyn/Byzantine Catholic than he was from Eastern Slovakia and not from city of Bratislava.
In Bratislava a spelling KOSTOLNIK which is proper Slovak.
In Eastern Slovakia we have KOSTELNIK and KOSCELNIK spelling.

Re: Kostelnik, Sisak

ZlaticaBeca — 2010-03-25 23:37:32Z

BKostelnik333

He most likely was Ruthenian/Rusyn - Byzantine Catholic, not Russian.
Up to 1918 it was Austria - Hungary
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm where 12 different languages were spoken. Our ancestors married within same region, religion (few exceptions) but for sure communiate in a common language and observe common tradition.
In Slovak Republic's phone book we have
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=koscelni...
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=kostelni...
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=sisak&am...
An ALL site for research in Slovakia:
www.iabsi.com/gen/public
Do you have Steve/Stif/Istvan arrival manifest? Does it give you his place of birth or last residence?

Re: Kostelnik, Koscelnik, Kvokacka/Kvokacska

ZlaticaBeca — 2010-03-25 23:23:54Z

Dorothy

An ALL site for research in Slovakia and it does cover 1869 census and church records is
www.iabsi.com/gen/public
Kvokacska, Andras 26 1870 1896
Kvokacska, Imre 38 1858 1896
Kvokacska, Janos 1896
Kvokacska, Maria Vanyiskocs 18 1883 1901
On http://genforum.com a KOSTELNIK board.
In SK's phone book:
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=kvokacka...
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=kostelni...
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=koscelni...

Re: Origin of the Kostelnik name

dorothya100 — 2010-03-18 06:03:04Z

Hello Todd! ... I see you post is quite dated, nevertheless I'm intrigued by your story. I've recently discovered that i had a great-grandmother Mary Kostelnik - MY grandfather's mother... My estimate is that she would have been born about 1860-65... It would be way to coincidental with all the 'Joseph's' and 'Mary's' out there, that yours and mine would be siblings! Still can't help but wonder... Do you know approx. your Grandfather Jozef's birth year and have any other info on Demetrius(was he originally a 'Bordowsky', or was that back another generation? ... also any specifics about the church affiliation? (Greek or Roman Catholic)

Re: Your new Kostelnik board volunteer administrator

dorothya100 — 2010-03-18 04:59:32Z

Hi Kostelnik people! :) I randomly came across your thread and am amazed and curious... especially about anyone researching 'old world' Kostelnik connections... i recently found info on my grandpa's draft registration indicating that his mom was Mary (prob. 'Maria') Kostelnik ...all i know about her is that she married a Gyorgy Kvokacka ... (and I have their photo!) i believed they remained in Austria/Hungary (present day Slovakia between Bardejov an Presov in the foothills of the Carpathian mountains)... my grandpa, John, was born in 1883 and was the oldest (he emigrated at 17 and eventually settled in wilkesbarre,pa. (so those pa. kostelniks might be his cousins...) ... However, my thought was that his parents would be in their late teens, early 20's when he was born, so ... Mary Kostelnik might be in the 1869 Austrian-Hungarian census-that is available thru the LDS family history library catalogue... BUT i do not read hungarian,german or slovak :(... anyone out there know how to access that kind of info?

Re: Reply to Miroslav Kostelnik in Serbia

fmiroslav — 2010-01-06 01:00:50Z

Hello Barbara
Thank You for Welcome greetings.
In a days I will finish my first version
of digital family tree.
It's tree for Fa (Galuska) family
with branch for Provči, Homa and Kostelnik family name.
Data for Kostelnik are since 1850.
Mostly they stay in new settlements in Vojvodina
Except few, they live to UK, Hungary, Germany or Croatia.

With Regards
Miroslav Fa

Reply to Miroslav Kostelnik in Serbia

BKostelnik333 — 2010-01-05 23:15:53Z

Hello, Miroslav,
Welcome to the Kostelnik family board. Thank you for sharing your information with us.

Do you know whether any of your family ever came to America? If so, do you know where in America they lived?

Barbara Kostelnik

Re: new Kostelnik information

fmiroslav — 2010-01-05 13:02:02Z

Hello to Kostelnik family

My GrandMother (Leona Kostelnik) from
father side was from Kostelnik.
Gabor Kostelnik (Havril Kostelnik) was
Uncle to my GrandMother
(Janko, Mihal [father of my GrandMother] and Gabor
was tree brothers)
Gabor had 3 sons (all lived in London, UK) and
1 douther Stišja (lived in Zagreb, Croatia)

Contact on email f.miroslav (at) eunet.rs
Miroslav Fa Galuska

I live in Vrbas, Vojvodina, Serbia.

I am looking for familys
Galuska (Haluska, Galus)
Homa (Choma)
Homza
Kostelnik
Provči (Provci)

Re: Your new Kostelnik board volunteer administrator

BKostelnik333 — 2009-12-21 17:02:55Z

Nice to "meet" you, Joseph. There were 3 Joseph Kostelniks living in this 2-family until one passed away at age 82 about 10 years ago. Now there are two. :-) We're originally from the North Side of Pittsburgh... can't find a connection with the Homestead Kostelniks, yet.

Barb Kostelnik