Village History

Over time there have been varying names for the village :

1435 Roztoka, 1808 Rostoky, 1920 Rastoka, 1927 Roztoky; Hungarian: Rosztoka, VEgrosztoka; roztocky, Roztocan,-ka.

County and Region:

Saris County; district Svidnik, region Presov to 1960; district Bardejov, and from 1968 district Svidnik, Eastern Slovakia Region.

The names of the parts of surrounding areas:

Kuchtovce, Pustatina.

Population in years:

1869-342, 1880-437, 1890-398, 1900-443, 1910-414, 1921-421, 1930-489, 1940-528, 1948-246, 1961-312, 1970-391.

Village Size:

1124 HA is the size of the village. HA is short for Hektar. 1 Hektar is 2.471 acres

Background:

The center of the village is 374 meters above the sea level. Surrounding area is between 350-600 meters above the sea level. ROZTOKY is situated in the northern part of Lower Beskydy mountains in the valley of the creek flowing to Ondava river close to the border with Poland. The area is slightly uneven. Abundance of forests with beech, oak and spruce.

The village was named in 1435 but incorporated in 1573-1598. It belonged to the landlords of Makovica.

At the beginning of 18^th century the inhabitants cultivated grains: oats, buckwheat and barley. They also breed animals. In 1787 it had 54 houses and 335 inhabitants, in 1828 it had 70 houses and 522 inhabitants. In 19^th century Knight Kolbassa owned properties here. From the first half of 19 century many inhabitants emmigrated to other countries, mostly to USA and Canada. In 1944 during the WWII German army evacuated everybody against his or her will. The farmers co-op was established in 1958. Inhabitants no partly work in industry, mostly in Kosice

There is a Greek Catholic Church from 1848 with elements of late baroque style of architecture.

Editors Note:

The Roztoky Greek Catholic parish registers of baptisms, marriages and deaths (1824-1901) are included with the parish register of Keckovce, Slovakia, formerly Kecskócz, Sáros, Hungary. They are available via the LDS (Family History Center). The film numbers are 1792752 & 1792753.

The current Greek Catholic resident priest is Father Vladimír Dráb. The parish address is  Keckovce c. 30, 09011 Vysný Orlík. Telephone Number 0937/7592023.

Village Photos

TCC would like to express our gratitude to Elaine Latzman Moon for

providing us with photos of her ancestral village of Rostoka.

Sign on Town Hall

Village Homes

Greek Catholic Church

Village Cemetery

Orthodox Church

Surnames Found in the Greek Catholic

Parish Records of Roztoky

(Surnames as interpreted by Steven Osifchin)

Sample Marriage Record Sept. 2, 1885 - Feb. 8, 1886

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