Eternal Memory...
	Village History
	Village Facts
	Original Greek Catholic Church Photos
	Surnames
	Surnames found in Detrik, Matyaska, & Vavrinez
	1872-1885 Marriage Records
	1865-1875 Birth Records
	1870-1890 Death Records
	Views of Matysová
	Photos - 2004, Courtesy of Steven M. Osifchin
	Matysova_Cemetery

Eternal Memory...

Note: For those who had ancestors from Matysova, we invite you to submit photographs honoring their memory in this section.

Click to Enlarge	Description	Photograph Date	Immigration	Courtesy of
	Stefan Geryak 1875-1952	Circa 1921 New Jersey	1892	The Sokol-Jakubjansky Family
	Nicholas Hudak, Sr. 1877-1958	Circa 1920 Clifton, New Jersey	Immigration Date 1895	The Hudak Family
	John Lukachovsky  1880-1964  born in Maly Lipnik Katherine (Peles) Lukachovsky 1883-1968 born in Matysova. They met for the first time in Passiac NJ, were married approx.1903 and came to Buffalo NY for a honeymoon. lived out their lives in Western New York	Buffalo, NY	They immigrated seperately about 1898	George Lukis (Lukachovsky)
	Wasko (Basil) Peles 1869-1953	Circa 1919 Pennsylvania	1888/1889	Mary Chanda's Photograph Collection
	Wasko and Anna Youpa Peles	Clymer, Pennsylvania	Immigration Date for Anna 1891 for husband Wasko 1888/1889	The Tabacsko Family
	Michal Pristas 1904-1989. Husband of Maria Sedlarova	Gravestone Photo	Lived out his life in Matysova	In Memory of Michal Pristas
	Maria Pristasova nee Sedlarova 1907-1984	Gravestone Photo	Lived out her life in Matysova	In Memory of Maria Pristas
	Peter Sedlyar 1874-1942	Circa 1935 Duryea, PA	Immigration Date 1891	Son John Sedlar and Family
	Joseph Wirostko 1889-1965	1924 Brooklyn, New York	1907	The Sokol-Jakubjansky Family
	Michal Virostko 1917-1966	Gravestone Photo	Lived out his life in Matysova	In Memory of Michal Virostko

The center of the village is 600 meters above the sea level. Surrounding area is between 550-884 meters above the sea level. Matysová is situated in the Lubovnianske hills in the valley of the creek Lipnik. Village territory is situated on the geological formation of Maguras rocks and it is pretty well rocky. Most of the forests are cleared and some forest remains on the outskirts. On the western side there is a cliff Marmon, where they used to mine the reddish limestone that was very similar to marble. In the vicinity of Marmon there are numerous small caves. Soils that prevail are brown forest soils.

The village was incorporated under buying law in the second half or the 14th century, first mentioned in 1408. It belonged to the landlords of Plavec. In 1787 it had 58 dwellings and 395 inhabitants, in 1828 68 houses and 505 inhabitants. They were farmers, they had sheep, burning lime and linen making. Their professions didn't change much after 1918. Private farmers are working soil. Part of the inhabitants are working in Stara Lubovna, Podolinec and Maly Lipnik.

Wooden Greek Catholic Church from 1833 is now in Stara Lubovna skanzen.

Village Facts

Different names of the village over time:

	1408 Mathezhaw, 1773 Matissowa, 1786 Matischowa, 1920 Matis`ova, 1927 Matysová; Hungarian: Matiszova, Mate; Matysovsky; Matysovcan, -ka.
	Saris County; district Srtara Lubovna, region Presov until 1960; district Presov, Eastern Slovakia Region, Region Presov 1996.
	The names of the parts of surrounding areas: Bydacova, Marmon.

Population in years:

1869-635, 1880-670, 1890-649, 1900-542, 1910-494, 1921-419, 1930-435, 1940-509, 1948-483, 1961-486, 1970-387.

Village Size:

1010 HA is the size of the village. HA is short for Hektar. 1 Hektar is 2.471 acres

Editors Note:

The Greek Catholic parish registers of baptisms, marriages and deaths (1834-1895) for Matysová, Slovakia, formerly Matiszova, Sáros, Hungary are available via the LDS (Family History Center). The film number is 1792639.

The Greek Catholic church in Matysová is under the direction of the Sulín parish priest. The parish address is Attention: Excurrendo zo Sulína, Malý Lipník c. 34, 06546 Okres Stara Lubovna.